CruiserNicole47

3 minutes ago, Nanny2Trey said:

I would love to know how you feel it compares to RCCL. I’m starting to question if I made a good choice. Thanks

I will let you know when we return!!! 

We are new to NCL also. We were loyal to royal for years but decided to switch it up in a couple weeks on Bliss! 

10 hours ago, tomk3212 said:

Men have to wear slacks for dinner in the main restaurant and the specialty restaurants (Cagneys, LeBistro, etc) but other than that it's Freestyle; dress as you wish!  As someone stated earlier it's one of the endearing qualities of NCL & the BIG reason why we always go on NCL.

 

Question for OP: we're considering a cruise on RCCL out of NJ & were wondering if dressing up for the formal night you mentioned in your original post is REQUIRED when cruising on RCCL.

I would think dressing up for formal night is suggested on Royal. My husband and I actually like dressing up so we are fans of it, and all of the ships we’ve been on pretty much everyone has been dressed up. I guess in the more recent years more people have been dressing down. So it’s up to you I guess! 

We’ve been on several cruises and I wanted to try something different for our honeymoon so we did an all inclusive in Mexico. We were extremely bored the entire time! We are used to the entertainment on the mega ships, always something going on, but at the resort there was really nothing!! It’s nice if you want to just sit by the pool all day and drink but that’s about it. I didn’t really enjoy the food either. So we’ve continued our cruising after that experience. 

We’ve never cruised Norwegian before so we are used to formal nights on Royal Caribbean. I haven’t seen anything that says formal nights in my research so I just wanted to be sure. Are there optional formal nights?? Or just 7 casual nights??? 

Everyone is worried about the ports... I'm kind of worried about the ship malfunctioning? Has anyone noticed or felt any changes with the ship since this problem was discovered???

I'm like you, I love the Oasis class the most by far and that was my biggest concern the first time I went on the Explorer after the Oasis. We ended up having a blast and never felt like we were on a "smaller" ship. And I can tell you that we got just as excited for our future Explorer cruises as we did our Oasis cruises.

 

I haven't been on a Freedom class ship in a few years and I'm dying to go back (even though the Oasis is still my favorite). Do it. You will not be disappointed.

 

The Liberty has many of the Oasis features like the Royal Promenade, Cafe Promenade, Sorrentos, Flowrider, cantilevered hot tubs, ice skating rink, On Air Club, Boleros, etc.

 

I actually like the Solarium and Schooner Bar better on the Liberty than the Oasis.

 

And you can actually use the Viking Crown Lounge on the Liberty if you are not in a suite.

Very good to hear! We went on oasis the second time with family and they said it was too big and they'd rather go back on freedom class but I always said I just don't think I could go "smaller" as we loved the constant entertainment and things to do.

Our last two cruises have been on Allure and Oasis, and we are looking forward to our June Liberty cruise! Allure and Oasis are certainly unique ships which we enjoyed, but we also enjoy Freedom class ships. You'll find a great shows including the Ice show, Sat Night Fever, etc., along with Chops & Portofino, Flow Rider, Rock Wall, mini golf, Schooner Lounge, Viking Crown Lounge etc., etc.

 

No, you won't be bored.

 

Are you looking at the 9 night or 5 night?

We are looking at a 9 night! Actually the main reason we looked at this one because we wanted to do a longer cruise this time!

Thanks for the advice everyone! I just get nervous because we did an all inclusive resort for our honeymoon and there was NOTHING to do there so I never want to be that bored on a vacation again!! :)

God, I hate posts like this .... just do your research, do some googling, put your big girl pants on and take a chance.

 

Seriously ?? How bad or boring do you really think a huge beautiful ship like Liberty would be ?? Youre not going from Oasis to the Bahamas Celebration, for gods sake. :rolleyes:

 

I'm Rude? OK.

Wow, sorry. I thought asking for some opinions on here was "doing my research". My bad.

Hello all,

Hubby and I are looking at cruises for this May/June and came across 1 we're thinking about taking on Liberty. We cruised on Majesty and Enchantment probably 7/8 years ago and I don't think I liked them much as they were too small. We've since been on Oasis twice and I always say I don't think I could go smaller after being on it. I love how much there is to do, the shows, the restaurants, etc so I am worried with going on a smaller/older ship I may not enjoy it as much. I know it was remodeled recently, but is it still as good as one of the newest ships?!

Has anyone been on Oasis/Allure and gone back to smaller ships and still enjoyed them?? Or does anyone think Liberty still will be enjoyable after loving Oasis??

We were considering going on a Norwegian cruise on one of their newer ships, but we'd like to stick to Royal Caribbean so any advice on Liberty would be great!

I hate packing on the last night and waking up on the LAST morning!

I hate the seasickness too, but I guess that's my own fault for picking a cruise!