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11 minutes ago, STEVE-O said:

Looks like Royal Caribbean caught the glitch. GS for early 2025 is $3500+ a piece.

Phew!  I’m pretty pleased with the price we got on that one.  Once in a great while my obsessive nature of checking the latest cruise releases pays off.

On 2/9/2023 at 1:51 PM, Ashland said:

Late last night I was able to book Navigator Feb 14, 2025 out of Los Angeles 7 night Mexican Riviera paid my $500 deposit and received my email confirmation and booking number. Now checking back I can't see that available but it is showing on my upcoming cruises on my Cruise Planner.

 

Got an amazing rate for an OS ($3,668.12) it was actually priced less than a JS. So did RCI make a mistake?

Today I booked a GS on the 7night Cabo, Vallarta, Mazatlán 4/18/2025 Navigator sailing for $2,658.12 (2person).  Strange enough the GS1BR is listed for 1,186pp, standard balcony 1,155pp, GS2BR $1,506pp, JR Suite $1,883pp.

Seems like some sort of mess up (on RCL's part) on a bunch of those Navigator sailings - particularly the 2025 listings that are recently listed.

I am presently on the Enchantment looking out at Key West from the balcony of our Royal suite. We have had breakfast in Chops every morning. The service and food has been wonderful. Also, the concierge Alan has been absolutely the best concierge that we have ever experienced. Enjoy your cruise.

We ate in Chops for breakfast each day on enchantment last week - Grand Suite guests. And agree, Alan is awesome. He's really, really ready to take a vacation though as he's well past his contract time.

I just finished a trip on Enchantment yesterday. There was no construction anywhere that I noticed - definitely none in the solarium.

They are doing maintenance - rust removal and painting around the railings around the pool areas when in port in Miami each time but that is only before embarkation.

We stayed in those rooms. The location was fantastic. Very quiet hallway. Excellent view from the balcony. Close to the pools and windjammer. I felt like we were in our own private world up there.

Thanks for the info! Is there any kind of cover over the balconies?

I saw your post a few days ago and have been also waiting for someone to reply. I have one of these new cabins booked for Apr 2017 and like you was waiting for some reviews. I think this is the only ship in the Radiance class that has gotten the Deck 11 cabins, so it only gives a month or so for folks to have experienced them. Hopefully we will get some info or reaction to them soon. I did notice from seeing pics and vids of the Jewel since drydock that these balcony's appear to be NOT under cover from higher floors etc and could be affected by bad weather.

For the cruise I was looking at (June 2017) those were the only non-obstructed balconies remaining at the time so I just booked it that way, but a few days later a very nice aft cabin came available so we snatched that up. I think these new cabins will likely have a pretty good view, but I was concerned about possible noise and whether the balcony had any cover. Probably still a good cabin though. Hopefully someone on the cruises this past few weeks or the coming weeks will be able to help.

I've been on Jewel of the Seas a few times, but not since the renovation earlier this year. I see several new "Superior Ocean View Staterooms with Balcony" cabins added on deck 11 1140 through 1162. These seem to be adjacent to the spa and are the only cabins on deck 11. Has anyone been in these cabins yet? I'm looking for any feedback before booking those rooms.