CruizinSusan70

My take is that any marketing done promoting the Sphere Class would be list because of the massive campaign that Royal is doing with the Icon. The astronomical rates that Royal is charging and that people are paying amazes me. Having spent 28 days on Royal Class ships previously, we're looking forward to the 28 days that we have booked on the Sun as well as the additional 28 we have booked on the Star. Don't need any superlative marketing to convince us. We like the Princess product and we like the Excel Class of Carnival, so we know what to expect regarding a ship of that size. It'll be nice with 2000 less passengers.

It has happened on other cruise lines as well. The Wonder OTS by Royal as well as the Norwegian Prima both had inaugural entertainment delays and with the Prima it included shows that were initially promoted and never came to fruition.

Mt Dew Zero is a Pepsi product, so that won't happen. All I can state is that we enjoyed all the Coke Zero we wanted on our 28 days of Princess cruising. 14 of which was April of 22 on the Discovery and another 14 in June of 23 on the Majestic. Sprite Zero was more difficult to find.

Nothing false about my statement. My DH and I enjoyed Coke Zero on the Discovery for 14 days in April of 2022 cruising the Mexican Riviera and the California Coastal.

That is not the same as Coke Zero or Sprite Zero. Diet Coke has that nasty aftertaste, whereas the Zeroes taste very similar to their regular counterparts.

They did for 14 days in April of 2022.

We currently have 28 days each booked on the Sun, Star & Enchanted in the Caribbean as well as 7 on the Discovery in Alaska.

If you're interested in booking one of the Sphere Class ships, bookings did indeed open up today. The Sun will be doing 7/14 day runs each Sunday, while the Star opens up with a special 5 day sailing, then switches to 7/14 each Saturday. The Sun dates are from 11/16/25 to 3/1/26. The Star dates are from 11/10/25 to 3/21/26. We booked 28 days on the Star consisting of 14 day sailings with a two month gap in between.

Enjoy. Those older ships would never be on our horizon. Just booked 4 today on the Star to go with our previously booked 4 on the Sun. Happy cruising.

If you have to embark from Cape Canaveral, then I guess it won't be on Princess.

Typical website glitch today. Bookings opened up at 1100 am for Elites and general bookings are not until 300 am tomorrow. For about 20 minutes around noon time I was able to start getting pricing and cabin availability and then of course it shut down. Currently not Elite so I guess it'll hopefully be done tomorrow morning.

What's the big deal, you have the option to either fly into FLL or MIA when you need to embark out of Port Everglades on either the Star (Sat departures) or the Sun (Sun departures). You're in Arizona, so you're flying either way, right?

All you need to do is go back and read the second paragraph of post #8 and you would know that the current time limit is July 31, 2024. Cruises after this date have not yet been approved.

You get treated like cargo. 😉

We rank MSC at #2. It's good stuff.

You get two included 3 course visits with the Plus package. Besides, I wouldn't get the pizza there, I'd get the calzone. The pizza costs 8.50 a la carte.

We currently have 28 days booked on the Sun and will be booking the Star on Wednesday when bookings open up. We have sailed the Excel Class ships on Carnival with almost 2000 more passengers than the Sphere Class and we enjoyed ourselves.

Pizza is definitely a subjective matter. Sit-down pizza at Gigi's or Alfredo's on Princess is far and away the best at sea since it's done in a brick oven. MSC, Carnival, Celebrity, NCL, and RCI is our ranking on the half dozen mainstream lines we have sailed. Have cruised on RCI seven times with 3 booked and we rarely go to Sorrento's.

The 3 Excel Class ships of Carnival (Mardi Gras, Celebration, Jubilee) all have a shawarma stand built into their buffet area on the Lido deck.

The exact same thing can be said about those cruisers that have to be in a balcony, or a mini suite or a full suite.

But at least they are included and you don't need to pay extra like JR's. And don't even think about bringing up Sorrento's pre-made garbage vs Carnival's freshly made pizza.

That is unfortunately only available on Viking or Virgin, since the entire ship is 18+. There could be an adults only specialty on Disney, not too sure since we have never and will never sail on them.

But it was mentioned about the absence of music between 500-800 while enjoying drinks before a late dinner. The above 3 times would have music ending by 600, assuming a 45 minute set at 515. It's nice, but you can't compare a family oriented line like RC to an adult oriented line like the Edge Class ships of X, which is where the lamenting came from when similar types of music were not available on RCI.

Eliminate the "Dynamic Pricing" policy regarding the prices of the drink packages and excursions. On every other cruise line, an excursion costs X amount or a drink package costs Y amount. It's not flexible depending upon which ship you're on or when you sail.

Celebrity does. And we only go to the steakhouse on Royal for lunch when we get it for under 25 pp with gratuity for a filet, shrimp cocktail, side and dessert.