rockmom

Which Oasis class ship? Because if I recall, when we were on Oasis, it was a pull out sofa bed, not a trundle. So you had to share the sofa bed. You might want to check on that for the ship you're choosing.

I only booked 2 lunches--one at Chops and one at Giovanni's. I'm sailing solo on this one AND I'm on Anthem the week before and have the 3 night package on that one, so I'll suck it up and eat at the MDR, the Jammer--or pay for some of the 'snacks' at Playmakers on Indy. Those snacks are so good (and bad, lol)

I'm on a 5 night sailing on Indy at the end of this month. Here's the current sale/onboard prices for my sailing. Currently the Unlimited Dining is on sale for $233 before the 18%. The lunches at Chops and Giovanni's have been $18-$22 depending on the sale. Hibachi lunch is on sale for $35 right now.

you cannot escape the cameo factory.......We had that stop as the first one on our itinerary, and I'm thankful for that. If it was at the very end, I'm pretty sure I would have been tired and cranky. But it is cool to see how they make them.

We did it summer before last and it was AMAZING! It's a long, packed day, but worth it. We booked through the ship because we knew it was a very, very long excursion with potential for delays since it went to several places--and quite a distance, not to mention a bus and the cruising the Amalfi part. We wanted to ensure we wouldn't be left behind. And our tour was the very, very last to get back on the ship and it was past 'all aboard' by about 20 minutes, so we made the right choice.

but I do think this can be a longshot. So many bid on these, very few get them, especially with ships almost always sailing at full capacity these days.

I was just on Harmony 6 weeks ago. They definitely monitored closely. Only the people actually in a Sky or Star class suite were allowed to use the Coastal Kitchen, suite deck, suite seating, etc. I saw several 'groups' be turned away at the door when trying to bring in non-suite guests. Junior suites 'may' be able to get a dinner reservation at Coastal Kitchen if there is room, but not able to access anything else like the suite lounge, sun deck or show seating.

hmm, Independence is there with Icon on April 26th. Unless you mean your sail date is the 26th and you're with them on May 3rd? Be warned, they finally added in our options for excursions at Coco Cay--and because Icon had been the only one there, most things are filled. And the ones that are not, are very expensive. I know someone on Icon for that week so asked them if they could share what the pricing is for the same day we are all there. They have the Hideaway day pass available to them for $28.99 with a 'regular price' of $39, but we have it offered to us for $65.99. And so on. Someone in my roll call called Royal this morning to ask about that and the rep told them "Because people on Icon paid so much for for their sailing, we are giving them a break on pricing for Coco Cay'. And I thought I had heard it all.....that rep is out of their mind, but whatever. Oh, and my Hideaway day pass for the week prior was only $20.99 with a 'regular price' of $29. You'd think since we lost Labadee (totally understandable) and are now given Icon's 'leftovers' for Coco Cay, that WE should be the ones getting a break. Sigh....

Makes sense for the comedy shows for sure since those things sell out and have long standby lines. No need for a kid to take up a spot.

Cruisemapper isn't updating all these changes so you can't depend on it to be correct during all these cancelations and re-routing to different ports. Will they eventually catch up? No idea.

Indy--4/22 sailing. Replaced with two ports, Bimini and Perfect Day, and moved Nassau to a different day.

Ugh, we are on April 22 on Indy--and we got Bimini. We did also get PDCC, but I'm there the week before already. And Icon is there with us on this new itinerary--and they were supposed to be the only ship, so I'm guessing most things are booked up at PDCC already. I know it's a free beach day, but I was hoping to not have 5 days circling around the Bahamas and picked a Labadee sailing to go farther south.

I'm on the 5 night on Indy 2 weeks later, on April 22nd. We got our updated itinerary today as well. I wish we had been given Grand Cayman. We have Bimini, but they also moved Nassau to a different day and then added in Perfect Day (Icon is already there on that day so it will be busy). So anyone that excursions for Nassau now needs to change them, if they can, to the new day. I'm figuring since Icon has been booked in at PDCC for a while, and was supposed to be the only ship, that a lot of things will already be sold out. Nothing showing in our cruise planner for the new itinerary and I'm hearing it could be a while before that populates.

So far they have not been updating Cruise Mapper's port schedule.

Thanks for sharing! I'll be there next month via a short sailing on Indy, I'm also sailing solo. I think I'll try to do the same walkabout as you just did--and end with a Labadoozie of course! I booked the cruise specifically for Labadee as it's one of my favorite ports, so I'm crossing my fingers we still get to stop there.