slowpoke58

Everyone needs to go to Carnival web page and check the price of your cruise. We were able to save $80.00 on our January Cruise on the Fascination.:D

Honestly this seems to be the most buggy, convoluted, error-prone reservation system I've ever seen.

 

Been trying to make reservations for the 3 of us (in 2 cabins) since 6:30pm tonight (i.e. for 5 hrs straight, without stopping).

 

Error after error after error, with Royal's standard apologetic error msg when the website times out. Or sometimes, "Items in your cart are no longer available" (even when there are zero reservations in my cart). Or "That reservation cannot be found" (when trying to add the guests I'm traveling with...some days it finds them, some days they don't exist.)

 

I feel like I made a huge mistake choosing Allure.

We will be on the Oasis in January and we also had a hard time, so I ended up calling them and got it all straight.

Southern, we went through the Panama Canal into the lake then came back out on the Coral Princess. The way you go through the locks, it looks like the ship will not fit

We are going on the Oasis January 31, 2015 and was able to make our reservations yesterday for the shows that we wanted.

We went with my sister and brother in law on the Dream and they had an inside room. It was very small, but they managed pretty good. The only thing I can recommend is to be sure to bring a night light. It was VERY dark in their room with the door closed and no light on. It was really crowded with two in the room, but I would keep checking the prices and if it goes down, then I would get a room with a window or balcony. To us, a balcony is the only way to go. We spend a lot of time out of our room, but we also enjoy going back to our room and sitting out on the balcony. In the morning it is really nice.

mosquito's usually will hunt me down:( so I usually use the Off repellent that hooks onto my clothes and it has worked great here at home, which is South Georgia, USA, We will be going to Labadee, Falmouth and Cozumel in January 2015 on the Oasis. Would it work, do you think as good?

I am like most of the CC's on here, it is something we all need to be careful about.

We were just there and had a great time rafting down the Martha Brae. No work was required, we just sat back and left the rafting to our captain. He provided us with a lot of info as we rolled along, serenaded us, and told interesting stories. The ride to the staging area wasn't long. Afterwards, we went for lunch which was included in the price of the ship sponsored excursion. A very nice day, with time left to shop/stroll in the enclosed area.

I just called Royal Caribbean after reading about the discounts, and we are on the Oasis in January 2015 and got a $348.00 drop on our cruise. So it very worth calling them.

I find having recent copies of the Cruise Compass to be very helpful for planning. Thank you to everyone who previously posted copies over the past couple of months.

 

Here are copies of the Cruise Compass from my recently completed Western sailing on Oasis.

 

I hope they are helpful.

Thanks for posting these. We will be on the Oasis January 2015.

Jamaika/Bamboo Rafting on the Martha Brae - FYB5:

I guess the boat can also accommodate 3 guests ? The online photos show only 2 guests...

We went on this and the seat was pretty big, you could probably get three people on one, the seat goes all the way across the raft. It would be more comfortable with 2, where with 3 you would be more crowded. You have to climb down a long path to the river then climb onto the raft while they are holding it still. Our guide was "Derrick" and he was great!. We did not get to do the whole ride, because the river was too high from rains, but it still was worth it. You will have a great time. We really enjoyed it.

They furnish life jackets that you must wear. Be sure to take your camera, there is plenty to take pictures of.

Thanks for answering.

Flamuro, We will make a reservation for at least one of them, then. Thanks for your imput on the question.

Clarea, Thanks for letting us know. That way we will just make a reservation for one and leave the rest of the time for the other shows:)

We will be sailing on the oasis and want to know about the Comedy Shows. Are they different each night? also how "Adult" are they? We do not care for the really bad ones, we don't mind if the jokes are off color, just not really bad. We have read that we need to made reservations for what we want to see and would like to go to the Comedy shows, if they are different each time. I have read on CC that they are all the same, so you only need to go to one unless you want to watch the same show each time. We also plan on going to a lot of the other shows also.

Thanks

Thank you so much for the great review. We will be on the Breeze this Saturday, January 16th, going to the same ports as you and your family went. We did not know what to do in La Romana and the review that you gave for the Altos De Chavon made us decide to go to that.

Glad you made it home ok and had such a great time.

Thanks for your answers. We have resv. for the steak house on Friday night and was wondering if it would be the same night.

Can anyone tell us what nights are formal nights on the Breeze on an 8 day cruise going to aruba?

Thanks

I think the hot chocolate is the best beverage (non alcoholic) on the ship. I drink it year round and sometimes mix it half/half with coffee.

You just gave me a great idea!!

But :Dmy DH said that the only way to drink coffee is Black, nothing in it.

Thanks for the thread and info.

99 days to go for me!

I have already booked Chef's Table and am trying to decide which night to reserve Cucina. Yummmmm!

We only have 39 days to go, YEAH!!!

I agree with the above. Quiet location, less ship movement, great views, and if you're in an area with a lot of suites you will likely get a more experienced stateroom attendant.

 

EDIT: ...I'll go ahead and post the pic yet again :) If you can snag 1400 or 1700 on a Freedom Class Ship, this is your morning coffee view...

 

I was in the Navy on an aircraft carrier and aft IS NOT better

We were on the Legend in December 2011 and we thought that it was a great cruise. We also liked the parking there. No hassle to get a spot and just a block or so from the ship.

We would recommend it.

We also looked at the pictures that has been put on and really enjoyed them

We have been on Carnival several times, will be on the Breeze in January. The scrambled eggs are ok if you put them in grits, that is the way I like them anyway. If you go on a ship, you should know that the scrambled eggs are not "real" eggs anyway. You can get your eggs anyway you want them, so you did not have to eat the scrambled eggs. We have never had a problem with the food on Carnival, if we do not like what the menu looks like for the evening, we just go to the buffet. My DH, when he was in the Navy, eat powdered eggs all the time, even though he could get "real" eggs a lot of times.

It's a joke. Lighten up.

We laughed when we read it. We did not think it was rude, just funny, We will be on the Breeze in January 2014 To Aruba, ones that don't like it, get a life and lighten up.

I am also very glad to hear about the fresh water pools on the FOS. We sailed on the Princess Coral Dec. 07 and really enjoyed the fresh water pools. The JOS and NOS had salt water pools when we were on them. Maybe RCCL will change all of the pools to fresh water, would be a great improvement, at least to us.:D

slowpoke58

Thanks Cuizer2 for those pictures from your Nikon Cool Pic 8700.

It will be hard to decide between them.

slowpoke58

Crusinmama06

Would you mind telling us what kind of camera you use? Your pictures are really good.

Cuizer2 told me that she uses a Cannon A620. and her pictures are also really good,

We are going to get a new camera for our cruise on the FOS in December 08 and have looked at different ones.

The Cannon and one by Sony.

thanks

slowpoke58

Just remember, when "stitching" together several pictures, it is the software, and not the camera that matters. One of the reasons I use the MicroSoft product over the better known Adobe Photoshop Elements is, that in my opinion, the MicroSoft product does a better job.

 

Also, you will get better results if you use a tripod (which I don't use)

My daughter has PSP that she can do wonders with. I also like the Microsoft Product better, to me it is easier to use.

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