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3 hours ago, alexandria said:
On the Jewel this week. Enjoying the hospitality at Maya Chen Beach right now.
1400 on board this week. 1800 booked the week of Thanksgiving. Windjammer is open for dinner.
Will post a review upon our return.
Sail away from Miami from our aft balcony:
Great photo! We Sail in Jan 2022 and cannot wait to read your review.
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2 hours ago, peteukmcr said:
Here’s a link to my published review of the last 2021 sailing by Jewel of the Seas which departed from Limassol, Cyprus on 23rd October.
Great review and thank you! We Sail the Jewel Jan 2022 and it will be our first cruise since COVID. Super excited and thank you again for the detailed review.
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16 hours ago, Sayuil said:
I am on the Jewel tomorrow. Happy to answer any question you guys might have about menu or venues ?
That is great! Where is your cruise heading to? We sail Jan 15th and it will be our first cruise since COVID.
We would be curious how your check in goes and anything else interesting you see. have a great Cruise!!!
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I was hoping some folks would have information regarding current Med cruises and if Royal is using the same setup as the US Sailings of designating certain places onboard as Vaccinated only? Thank you in advance...
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Thought i would share this....we need some hope and positive energy nowadays. Obviously time will tell but much better than all the doom and gloom out here. Cant wait to sail again with you folks.....
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3 hours ago, livylotte said:
Maybe helpful for anyone packing for Oasis this summer. We are currently in the Med on her.
Main Dining room have been strict with dress code on Formal night. Men were being turned away in long trousers with smart polo shirts. Jackets not necessary but a long or short sleeved shirt is the minimum.
The majority of people were dressed up. I saw lots of dinner suits and sparkly dresses - long and not so long.
So far we have also had a 'white' night and a 'tropical' night.
As always anything goes in the Windjammer.
Thank you for sharing! First tie Med and Oasis cruise coming up August 8th. Any other helpful tips or insights???
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Thank you! We sail for the first time in Med and on the Oasis August 8!!!
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3 hours ago, Merly said:
We have sailed on partially chartered ships before and to be honest it hasn’t impacted on us. I think they try and minimise the impact to other cruisers. The Allure is a big ship! At the end of the day though only you can decide if you want to take the risk.
Just curious how and if you were notified by Royal that the ship was a partial charter? We are booked on Explorer next Feb 16th 2020 and the only way we found out was the Sailing was removed from Royal's website and someone on a FB Group said that sailing was charted to a Group. Royal has not cancelled or notified us of the charter. Thank you for any info....
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Good morning all....just killing some time at work on a slow friday. 202 Days until our first ever Western Med Cruise on the Oasis (also a first on the Oasis class). Just wondering if the cruise line changes any daily activities to cater to the ships current location? For example i assume no steel drum bands....things like that. Do they tweak the MDR menu's at all ? Thank you and Fair Winds and Following Seas to all......
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18 hours ago, Host Clarea said:
This should link to Oasis posts:
Thank you Bob.
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Hello, we are new to the Oasis Class and will be taking our first Oasis cruise in August in the Med. I was wondering if anyone had a link to a previous post highlighting the big changes compared to the rest of the fleet? I know due to size we need to pre-book all shows once they are available (tips like that). I also thought i read they seat you at the Windjammer and of course the neighborhood layout and such. Any help is appreciated. I will keep combing the boards for all Oasis posts, but not as easy with the updated CC layout.
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Good morning...first time Oasis Class future cruiser in August. We currently have rooms 3818 and 3820 booked. Anyone have any issues with noise from the casino or Ice Rink/Studio B above on Deck 4? Seems like the rooms are directly below those areas. Thank you in advance.
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10 hours ago, LC2626 said:
Just off Brilliance this Monday. 3rd time on her in 2 years. She’s in great shape! They’ve updated some things from our last sailing in January. New dining chairs, carpet etc. I’ll try to post some pics tomorrow. We love Brilliance.
Great to hear and thank you!!!!!
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15 hours ago, njkruzer said:
We'll be joining you! Can't wait. Bringing our married children and granddaughter to celebrate our anniversary. 17 days to go!
Wonderful! We are so excited. First Holiday Cruise with our 11yr old triplets.....
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Hello all,
Feeling the Holiday stress at work and were hoping for some experts who could share links with recent Brilliance of the Seas photos? We sail for the first time on December 29th and cannot wait. Thank you in advance
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21 hours ago, njkruzer said:
Also on the cruise. The Royal app still seems to list 2nd night as formal and you reserve special dinners for NYE. We won't be booking the special dinner as we are traveling with our married children and almost 6 yo granddaughter for our anniversary, too pricey! We have 2nd seating so I figure the evening will already be in party atmosphere. Did note that even though a port day, it's an early departure. Printed out our luggage tags and set sail passes, though I know our children haven't! 27 days to go!
Yes, we just did the same. very excited especially now we hit December!!!!
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Brilliance just got back from Europe, so there may not be anything from this season yet.
This is from last season: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=54972384#post54972384
Thank you Bob...I know they are on this sailing now and was curious if anyone onboard had them to share. :D
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Good morning all.....i was hoping someone could share cruise compasses from the current Brilliance sailing stopping at Grand Cayman and Cozumel please? I have a long work trip coming up and need a "fix" until we sail..thank you in advance :D
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The family and I have never sailed on a Holiday Cruise and will be on the Brilliance 5 nighter December 29th celebrating New years Eve after leave Grand Cayman.
Couple questions.....
1. I assume Christmas decorations will still be up....someone had mentioned a large Christmas tree in the Centrum area??
2. What type of New years Eve countdown events might they have? Do they do anything else throughout the evening to work up to Midnight besides the normal evening show in the Theater?
3. With previous 5 Night cruises our second night which has been a Sea day were always the Formal Night. Do you think they would hold off one more Night for New Years? Doesn't matter too much as the Wife and I enjoy dressing up....
4. We will have our 11yr old triplets and were curious if the Kids Clubs would be doing anything special for the Holiday?
Thank you all in advance....131 days but who is counting.....
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I’ll try to make it as “life-like” as possible for you [emoji5]
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Same....countdown is at 439 for OASIS in the Med so thank you as today is a rough day:D
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We are booked on the same ship, probably same itinerary, but a month earlier. We chose Italy because we really want to visit Rome. We plan on arriving at least 3 or 4 days earlier to experience it. It is more important to us than Barcelona which is one of our port stops on the cruise.
If saving money, easier transport is best for you then go for Barcelona. If it's about which embarkation/disembarkation port means the most to you in terms of sightseeing, pick that one. That's what we did.
We booked the Rome Itinerary (July 25th 2019) because it is Rome and will be coming in 3 days early to see the amazing city. I am very curious to read the follow up on this post however....
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Hello all....
My wife and I will be sailing our first Med cruise and it says the ship leaves port at 8pm. We are trying to gage how much time we have before boarding opens.
Q1: What time do they allow you to board? Is it the same as say a 4pm departure in the US?
Q2: Is disembarkation the same when you return? For example are all folks off by 11-12pm?
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For hotels in Rome it can be challenging. Pick an area that is near sites you want to visit. cruisemom42 gave you an excellent area.
Each time we do our research I use Trip Advisor. I narrow down to the area I want to visit. I look at the hotel write ups and for those that interest me I go to each of the hotels own websites where I look at additional details including pricing and the accommodations.
Keith
Thank you Keith. I know we 1 want to visit the Vatican and 2 the Colosseum and then everything after that is great. Just being in Rome will be amazing for us.
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This is a silly game that the cruise lines play because in some parts of the Med, the port where you actually dock isn't the real 'destination' city or place that most cruisers want to visit.
So, for example, ships that dock in Civitavecchia will often say Civitavecchia (Rome), meaning they dock in Civitavecchia but it serves as the jumping off port for Rome.
Unfortunately, lines aren't always consistent in the way they do this. But in your case I'd say it's 90% or more likely that you'll dock in Naples -- unless you're on a really small ship. From Naples you have a variety of options, not just Capri. There's Pompeii, Sorrento, the Amalfi Coast, and Naples itself -- any one of which makes for a good day of sightseeing.
Edited to add: Oops, sorry. I missed that you are on Royal Caribbean. I'd make my estimate more like 97% likely it's Naples.
Thank you for the help! Sneaky like that I suppose. Any recommendations by chance on Pre- Cruise Hotels in Rome itself? Thinking since our cruise leaves on a thursday we would spend Tuesday and Wednesday in Rome.
FCC timeline ???
in Royal Caribbean International
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My apologies for a repeated question Im sure....but we just had our Jewel of the Seas Cruise cancelled in January. We chose the FCC and would like some folks experiences on typically how long this took to be sent from Royal? Thank you for the help.