bayportkat

We currently have an ocean view balcony room on Anthem of the Seas. We got the Royal Up email recently and while I know it is an individual decision, I would love some advice/opinions as to what may be worth a bid. We have a great price and are ok staying in our balcony room, but hav never stayed in a suite. It is an anniversary trip so we are considering a Junior Suite or Grand Suite bid. My husband has the soda package and I have the refreshment package. We don’t drink. We purchased the internet package and enjoy some of the shows. We usually eat in the main dining room for dinner and wherever works out for lunch. We only get off the ship at CocoCay-are thre any suite benefits there? Any information you can share on amenities or advice regarding suites would be appreciated.

We were on Oasis over the summer and I took my dishes to find a place to put them as I don't like leaving them in the hall. I saw someone with a cart with dirty dishes and asked if they could take them- they did, but told me next time it is easier to leave them in the hall, so that is what we did for the rest of the trip. It seems as though that is acceptable and recommended.

There was an Alpha call earlier and we saw a fire truck and rescue truck pull up by the ship. I was worried that may have been it. Will be keeping the family whoever they may be in my prayers.

Just pulling away from Port Canaveral on Oasis, sitting on my balcony, and Taps was played over the speakers. Never heard that before on a ship and was wondering if anyone knows the meaning?

Just a heads up that the prices at Portside BBQ on Oasis have gone up as of this week. Inam on a B2B and was a but surprised yesterday!

Thanks for all the info! I am on a b2b on Oasis now and was hoping you can help me. My family is joining us next week and asking what the special dress nights are. I honestly haven’t paid attention. I know there is White night and Caribbean. Is there anything else that you recall for me to tell them?

You are the best! Thanks so much! I will save my cups from the first leg of our trip for those in the group who are water drinkers to make it easier for them. Enjoy your last couple of days!!

Not sure if you know the answer, but can you get water from the Freestyle machines? I remember in the past you could (without a soda/drink package), but feel like on our trip last summer, it wasn't an option anymore.

My favorite way to spend a port day! In the empty pool!! Hoping for many people to get off the ship in both ports the next two weeks!!

This is interesting to know. But you would only be able to use the cup-not get soda in the dining room or at the bars since the soda package is not attached to your card, correct?

Getting more excited every day as we get closer to our cruise! Did a lot of people get off at Nassau and Port Canaveral? Our plan is to stay on board and I am curious as to how crowded it will be on the ship. I know every sailing is different but wondering how it is on your sailing. We splurged for a cabana at the Oasis Lagoon. Hoping it is a nice day for us. We have a larger group than usual and wanted a landing place for everyone. So glad I did it with 2 ships in port that day if I looked it up correctly. Never been there with 2 ships!

Thanks! I guess we will have to make some adjustments to some plans. When I look at the menus in the app (only listed on Main Dining Room 5 at this point) it says early is 5:30-5:45. I assume it will change sometime this week. Enjoy your trip!!

I am so excited to follow this live! We board on Sunday when you disembark! I have a question about the MDR- when we signed up it was listed at 5:30, but I have heard that it is now 5pm. In the app, I see it as 5:30 in the menu section and 5:00 in my personal planner. Do you know if dinner is at 5 or 5:30? I am really hoping they are flexible and we can eat at 5:30 if they changed it after our booking.

That is what we wanted. The private 1 hour since there are several of us. It was fully booked several weeks out from our sailing-I didn’t even know that was possible! The week before I will be one the ship as well and there is a lot of availability, but the group that wants it is on the second week of my b2b. I will ask as soon as I board to see if there are openings that weren’t listed on the app

Thanks! We are repeat cruisers and usually book the flowrider for an hour of private use since the lines are always ridiculously long in the hot sun for a single ride. That was always done on board on past cruises but it appears to be in the pre-book section now. I am just hoping they have more availability once on board.

Wondering if anyone on Oasis recently bought and used the Wow band. We are cruising soon and wondering if they are worth it. We just cruised on Princess and the medallion is great, but can be used for everything so you don’t even get a card. Wondering if the wow band is worth it if you need to carry the card anyway? Also, I saw it mentioned that you can get it programmed to open other room doors in your party (family of 5 in 3 rooms). Is this accurate? May be worth it to not carry 3 cards around. Thanks for any input you can share!

I will definitely be following! Is your trip a 9 night? We leave on Sunday 8/13 so I am guessing between now and then there is a 9 night to make the switch from Friday to Sunday. I hope you enjoy your trip!! I am curious to hear what drinks are offered in the Freestyle machines as it seems to change a bit each time we cruise.

Now I am getting more concerned about our upcoming B2B! There have already been a few things, like prebooking of the Flowrider being sold out, reduction of services and several reviews that have me concerned! I am going to keep my expectations low- just looking for a relaxing time and hope I didn't steer my family to the wrong cruise!

I just noticed that the Flowrider is available to book prior to our cruise, but is sold out. Does anyone know if there will be more availability once we get on the ship? On past cruises, we haven't been able to book in advance so I didn't realize it would be an option and obviously missed it. Thanks for any information you can share.

Thanks- the other two children are adults (over 18), so we only need the one letter but thanks for thinking of that- as I didn't think of needing the letter for the 10 year old!!

I am cruising out of Bayonne in a few weeks with my 10 year old son for a B2B, but my husband is staying home and joining us for the second week, along with my other 2 children. Would I need any documentation for this? We all have passports and the same last names. Never would have occurred to me to even think about this until I saw this post. Just want to be sure I have correct documentation.

We have found that 2 connecting rooms are often a similar price or just slightly higher for our family of 5 and well worth the cost. It is definitely worth looking into. Also if you have good travel agent, see if they have any deals that they know of that may reduce the cost.

We are just home from a cruise on the Royal Princess and Glacier Bay and the park rangers were amazing. My mom is a Princess cruiser, while we are mostly Royal, so I was a bit concerned about how we would like it (haven't cruised Princess for 20+years) but the cruise was worth it for Glacier Bay alone! There were definitely things we didn't love about Princess, but a bunch we did as well (they still have 2x cabin service!).

Just scroll down on the Your Upcoming Cruises screen and at the bottom it says”Don’t dee your cruise? Let’s add it now”. Then put in last name, date of birth and reservation number. If you don’t have that information, I guess you would have to ask your travel agent if they have all the reservation numbers and they can take care of it.

If using the app to request towels, or ice, etc, do you have to wait around the room for someone to bring them like in a hotel? That will be very frustrating if that is the case. We like fresh towels on vacation for every shower (or they are still wet from the previous shower!).