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If the OBC is refundable, just go to Guest Services and the last day and they will give it to you in cash with no 5% fee.

Check your Credit Card terms. You may have travel insurance through a credit card. I know Chase Sapphire covers you.

On the newer ships where you can check you account on the TV, it will show if the OBC is refundable or not.

On my last cruise on the Oasis last month I saw a couple carrying a lounge chair down the stairwell. They must have been taking it to their cabin balcony. This is taking "Chair Hog" to a completely new level. I would hope the cabin staff would report this to their management.

If you book your cruise with a Chase Sapphire Card, it includes insurance at no extra charge. Here is a summary of the benefit. There are more details at their website.

TRIP CANCELLATION/TRIP INTERRUPTION INSURANCE

If your trip is canceled or cut short by sickness, severe weather or other covered situations, you can be reimbursed up to $10,000 per trip for your pre-paid, non-refundable travel expenses, including passenger fares, tours, and hotels.

I just got off the Oasis. On past cruises I remembered was a 10% off liquor purchase on certain days. The 2nd day of the cruise I went into the Duty Free shop and asked about it. I was told it had been going on for the last 2 days and was ending at 11pm that day. I didn't see any advertisement for it, but maybe I missed it somewhere? Do they always have a 10% off Duty Free liquor on the ships? Does the days change from sailing to sailing? Is it normally advertised?

We are on the port side of the Oasis near the front of the ship. Perpendicular to the balcony rail is due North, so the camera is pointing a little east of due north. I think Pad 39 is on the left side of the picture far off in the distance.

Hopefully a larger picture...

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I was just getting off the Oasis last Sunday and thought I allocated enough time to make it through Customs but missed the SpaceX launch by about 5-10 minutes. So close... Was anyone else on the Oasis and see the launch? I was wondering exactly where it launched from? We had an outside balcony and could see a bunch of NASA building out in the distance, but couldn't tell what was the SpaceX rocket. Attached it a picture I took from out balcony the week before the launch. Anyone know where SpaceX is located in this picture?

What about having a large OBC on a cash account. We have $650 in OBC for an upcoming cruise. Do you still have to put additional cash if you have over $500 in OBC?

Can you use your OBC in the Casino & how does it work? For example can you load $50 into a slot machine, play for awhile, then take back $40 in cash, or has cash been eliminated from the Casino? I haven't cruised for 3 or 4 years and I'm sure things may have changed. I know a lot of OBC is now "use it or lose it". Thanks for any information you can provide. I'll be sailing on the Oasis in a few weeks.

Does anyone know if you use points for OBC, but don't use it all by the end of your cruise, can you redeem for cash?

What model of 4K video camera did you use?

Skipping soda altogether may save money, and probably be better for the health.

I know most people don't want to be reminded of this about this, but here are the facts about drinking soda. I would drop the "probably be" from the above.

How Soda Affects Your Body

Did you know that just one can of Coke contains 10 teaspoons of sugar?!

This is 100 percent of your recommended daily intake (which is more than double my recommended daily allowance to begin with). Within 20 minutes of drinking that soda, your blood sugar spikes, and your liver responds to the resulting insulin burst by turning massive amounts of sugar into fat.

Within 40 minutes, your blood pressure rises due to your body having absorbed all the caffeine, and then your liver dumps even more sugar into your bloodstream.

After about one hour, you’ll start to have a sugar crash, which oftentimes leads you into a vicious cycle of consuming more sugar - and caffeine-laden stimulants, followed by crashes, throughout your day.

It is a proven fact that sugar increases your insulin levels, which can lead to not only weight gain, but also high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, premature aging and many more negative side effects.

In fact, sugar is so bad for your health in so many ways, I’ve created an entire list outlining the ways sugar can damage your health. :eek:

You should be able to find them in port.

Has anyone thought about setting up a table outside the MDR to sell their 2 bottles of wine brought onto the ship? You could sell it for half the price of what RCCL charges and make a pretty good profit. :D

Maybe someone should send a nice letter to RCCL and let them know how outrageous their drink prices are? It could be they don't know how they're gouging people for a rum and coke...

"Go Port Canaveral" - This Company seems to have good reviews. $15 per person 1-way to FFL. I have them booked for a Feb cruise on the Oasis.

Has anyone used a Fitbit One on a 7 day cruise without the internet pack? I know it connects to your phone via Bluetooth, but I think the phone needs to connect to the Fitbit server to upload your data. Will the 7 days of data be upload when you get back at the end of cruise? Thanks for any experience you have. I do want to track how much I actually walked on my upcoming 7 day Oasis cruise.

We are going on the Oasis in February and are staying at a Disney Resort for 2 nights on the return. The savings in airfare for a Tuesday flight and a Sunday/Monday flight is almost a wash for 2 nights at the resort on a weekday. It does help that our daughter is a Cast Member.

I read a lot of post on people justifying buying a drink package by comparing it to "x" number of $12 drinks to break even. It wasn't that long ago when drink on Royal ships were around $8 and the break even point for the number of drinks was much higher. I'm sure Royal's plan to raise base drink prices and push selling more drink packages has been very successful & profitable for them. I'm not complaining, just making an observation. The way I see it, the more profit they make on selling drink packages the lower they can keep the the base price of cruising.

I know you would love to personally give something to someone you meet on your trip, but if you want to make a difference consider donating money to one of the charitable organizations that are organizing relief efforts. There are many good ones, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Doctors without Borders.

I would also suggest doing research before donating to any organization. I don't know if this article is still valid, but it questions what Red Cross advertises as the percentage of what gets donated actually goes to help people.

https://www.propublica.org/article/red-cross-ceo-has-been-misleading-about-donations

Jimmy Buffett - Holiday

You need a holiday, take a holiday

Find a far off wonderland

Where you take command of your own life today :D

Lol..you could be right Paul, but holy cow. Capitalization on some words (yelling at me) ....going on the internet to prove me wrong. Why? (all he did is prove me right). ...and then telling me I phrased it wrong :confused: (seems like incorrect phrasing is his pet peeve)and then giving another example of what "gets his goat". I just hope he is okay now.;)

Sorry but it all goes back to studying Engineering and Math in college and a Logic class I took many years ago. My logic is solid. ;)

Nice change for the Majesty. I would love to do any overnight stay in Key West. The times I've been there the ship left at around 4pm, just before things got rocking there. :eek: