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No porters when we cruised out of Miami last November and January. We did the brightline on the January cruise and it was no issue. We were staying downtown the night before the cruise and booked transport through brightline to the hotel then the hotel had a shuttle for $10 each. We fulltime RV in a 5th Wheel and have a dually truck taking that thing into downtown Miami last November was not fun hence why we did the Brightline.

Get unlimited dining plans for all parties and go to any specialty restaurant on board. That is where you get the best experience.

All cabins have the mini cooler. It you get the refreshment package it includes all but alcohol. You can also use it at cafe promenade for Starbucks branded coffees. The package does not work at the Starbucks kiosk.

Messsed that up see above 😉

To elaborate a little further with our experience when my son broke his femur. As soon as he was out of surgery we talked to the orthopedic surgeon to find our if he had any issues with the cruise he said simply no have fun. My son did have physical therapy while still in the hospital and after he got out 3 times a week. Tell your mother that no matter how much that therapy may hurt she needs to work on it as hard as she can stand. My son did not work at the therapy and still has some mobility issues 5 years later mostly with ladders and stairs. The excursions we had to change were just to accommodate his mobility. As I mentioned he was still on a cane when we went on the cruise. Our cruise was on a different line and we even had to tender at Grand Cayman and the crew once they saw the cane had him sit in the handicapped section of the tender. Since it is Royal you probably do not have that worry. I would suggest a conversation with her medical professionals and see what they think. If she is cleared to go make sure she works hard with the PT and just have fun. I hope everything works out. Being that she is much older than my son was it may be more difficult he was 24 and broke the femur in a significant car crash so had other minor injuries as well but he is fine now. Good luck

In 2018 my son broke his femur 6 weeks before our cruise. He had to have surgery to insert a rod from his knee up to his hip through the femur. We were worried about our cruise as well but his surgeon said it should not be a problem. He was still on a cane when we went on the cruise and other than changing a couple of excursions he went and had fun.

We were on her in December of 21 and she was in good shape. We did a 5 day out of Galveston on her at less than half capacity for stupid cheap that we booked 8 days before the sailing. That was our first time on Adventure and I would not hesitate to sail on her again.

LOL I saved over $600 in excursions, unlimited dining plan and drink packages on our 10 on Oasis in January. All of which had already been booked but were returned and rebooked during the sale. I keep a spreadsheet for all our cruises which list out exactly what I pay for everything so that I know when to cancel and rebook to save money.

As long as the sales are at least 3 days before your sailing you are fine the cruise planner closes for purchases at 3 days prior to embarkation

On Oasis in January

Staff was wonderful as always. The food was all good we had the unlimited dining plan but the only venues we did not eat at were the MDR and chefs' table. Entertainment is where I have several gripes. The venue where the comedians perform I believe is Blaze and there is a huge bar in the center of the room that blocks the view for half of the audience. The Aqua show just butchers all the great music they use and also play it at to high a volume. The ice show while the skaters were great the theme is just terrible. As for live acts around the ship there were few. Nightly there was a Latin band that was good, the only country singer they had on board was usually at the bar-b-que place could not sing but played the guitar ok. He was also too loud so much so it was hard to place your order for food. Besides the orchestra which was excellent the stowaway pianist was also great. We did not spend anytime in the jazz club or the schooner bar so I cannot comment on the acts in those spots.

about a month out you can make your reservations. as stated you only really need them for ice and water shows. The comedian also needed reservations. I just got off Oasis yesterday after a 10 day

On oasis right now with the refreshment package and UDP. We walked into Johnny Rocket's yesterday showed our card and asked for milkshakes. We were ushered in our order was taken and we received our shakes. No cover charge. Our sea pass cards were scanned and there was no charge. I've no idea how many or how often we could get them.

Look into the Brightline train

10 night Eastern Caribbean Holiday on Oasis January 5

I sailed on Adventure last December in a GTY and did not get my assignment until 3 days before sailing. Granted we booked that 8 days before sail date.

We are on this sailing of the Grandeur as well and got the same notice. We had and 11 am and now 3:30 arrival. Is what it is I guess my vacation starts the day before when we drive down from Jensen Beach where we are staying for the winter. We are fulltime RVers and taking advantage of the proximity to Miami. We have this cruise and the 10 day on Oasis in January. This will be our first time on either ship and are eager to see the differences. We have previously only sailed out of Galveston on Liberty and Adventure.

We did that cruise on Adventure last December. It was our first time to Costa Maya. Not much there for shopping other than "local" crafts. My wife got suckered on a blanket while we were on the beach that was supposed to be locally hand made. After we got back to the ship we found the made in china tag. Still a pretty blanket and we do use it for the beach but not what was represented. Cozumel has everything you could possibly want. Vanilla is the only thing I would personally recommend and you want the blue cap variety though I do not remember the difference. The only other thing on your list we would be interested in is the alcohol but it is not discounted enough to worry about. Also keep in mind that technically you will need to declare and pay TX state taxes on the liquor which usually would wipe out any savings. You do you on the declaration I don't care. Thankfully my wife is not big on jewelry and doesn't want it or makes her own but we have shopped it in Cozumel when she wanted some diamond studs and found that as far as we could tell there was no difference in pricing versus stateside stores. Others will chime in with likely different experiences and that is fine.

Wife and I are on Grandeur in November out of Miami for 9 nights. This thread is timely as she doesn't get talked about much. We are in a JS our first in anything above a balcony but the pricing was in line with balconies on the larger ships. We are very interested in seeing how much we like the small ship as we have only every cruised on the more medium size ones being the Liberty and Adventure with Royal. We also have Oasis booked in January out of Miami for 10 nights.

The accessible seating was just an area of seats reserved for those with mobility issues nothing special about them just closer to where you enter/exit the tender. As for stepping down or up for that matter you step down with the bad leg first as this means you do not have to bend the knee and up with the good leg first for the same reason. So going down if it's bad leg down then good to same level then bad then good. You never have to bend the bad knee that way. It's a bit counter intuitive but it works. This is also why if you are on a cane you use it on the good side not the bad. The rod in our son's leg was placed by going through the knee cap so his knee was also compromised.

We did in Grand Cayman and it was not a real issue. Since he was on a cane the crew had him use the accessible seating on the tender and were all very helpful.

I don't know if it helps but back in 2018 6 weeks before our cruise my adult son was in a car accident and broke his femur. He had a titanium rod placed inside his femur to repair it and was using a cane for the cruise. He was still quite mobility challenged but did ok. We considered canceling but did not. We did modify most of our shore excursions to be easier on him. On board the ship the excursion desk people went the extra mile in helping us with the excursion changes we needed to make. We did get clearance from his orthopedic surgeon for the trip. You can also rent a scooter if the injured person wants. We did not. We had cancel for any reason insurance from a third party that we did not utilize.