Ken at the beach

That's good. Need something to do after 9 when Vikki goes to bed

Count us out for the time being. Not paying these prices. I have a feeling the only way I'm getting aboard is if I get lucky and get an invite to one of the 2 day preview sailings

Royal has not lifted many of the restrictions for booking. 2 guests looking to book an Oceanview balcony are limited to deck 12 and 14. For a CP Balcony they are limited to deck 14. This is crazy, there are so few cabins that hold 2 guests on this ship, no way will they fill them all with 3 and 4 guests

That's not surprising. Infinite verandas on Celebrity are more than the regular balconies

Still not open in cruising power

You need to come up with a 2 day list for December. No need to stck to 6 per day either.😉

Didn't we do something similar on Symphony

I've seen these releases as late as 8am the next day

Every single C&A preview sale tgsg i can remember has been open to thr general public. Nothing special needed to book.

Correct. If it's not set up as a group vegore you book it you font get the extra benefits.

I am guessing that Royal is making a major departure from their policy of not allowing 2 people to book a triple or quad occupancy cabin. Nearly all balconies on the ship can hold 3 or 4 guests with the exception of some Oceanview balconies on decks 12 and 14. All Infinite verandas hold more than 2 as do all the CP balconies and Surfside (hard not saying BW). Most of the Oceanview and insides also hold more than 2 guests with the exception of the smaller insides. It will be interesting to see how the base fares of the cabins that hold 2 guests compare to the base fares of the cabins that hold more than 2 guests as in the past the triple and quad occupancy cabins nearly always had a higher base fare for guests one and two since there were less of them and in demand.

Looks like Utopia will be the only Oasis class ship to not hold the record of the largest ship

If one person wakes up before the other they can't go sit out on the balcony while the other person sleeps.

In the past it ended up bring open to everyone even though they said C&A and yes TA's had access through cruising power.

Of course that's the line they will give you. Let's see if that's still the same 9 months from now.

You are both right. As mentioned earlier it is ship dependant. Miami has no more and once the ships use up their existing supply they are gone unless they can find another supplier.

That was pretty much my sons experience on our July Ovation sailing.

Already announced and able to be booked. Allure is doing 3/4 day sailings from Port Canaveral from November 2023 to April 2024 Didn't read far enough ahead to see that this had been mentioned

Correct. What the OP is referring to and the Chef's choice are two entirely different things

Pricing won't be released until they are open for booking

They won't reveal anything that we don't know today. It will be months before Royal will know whether the ship will be done closer to their original planned date of October and they can release more sailings between then and January

Book refundable rates, don't book air, and be prepared to change if you have your heart set on the inaugural

The problem is that we don't know that the first cruise that they are releasing next week will actually be the first passenger cruise. I suspect there will be many disappointed people who book that first sailing thinking it's the inaugural. Kind of like it sailing from the UK.

Unknown They have said the same thing in the past. sometimes its 10pm the nighty before, sometimes 3am and sometimes the next day

Depends. I have seen it already loaded when bookings open and I have seen it take a few days. It depends on 2 things 1. When Royal releases the group space 2. When the travel agencies groups department block that space.