Oasis of the Seas Live - We’ve been Saved by the Bell 🐾🐾 March 12-19, 2023. ​​​​​​​

[Jimbo]

Just now, John&LaLa said:

 

Solo in a suite durin dbl points could make you D+ in 4 cruises if one was 8 days

Never sailed solo, didn't sail during double points, only once in a suite.

[John&LaLa]

4 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

Never sailed solo, didn't sail during double points, only once in a suite.

 

Good for you. Earned it the right way

 

FWIW, I haven't sailed Carnival, Princess, HAL, NCL, etc.. in several years, but had a lot of experience,  so I don't feel comfortable sharing what those lines are like anymore. Haven't a clue.

Edited March 18, 2023 by John&LaLa

[John&LaLa]

Packing now, lots more suitcase room leaving than boarding

[brillohead]

50 minutes ago, HBE4 said:

Ah, got it. Thank you. 👍

I'm glad you asked, because I didn't understand the "free" drinks either!

[firefly333]

2 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

Packing now, lots more suitcase room leaving than boarding

Lol I'll bet. Thanks for the door hanger with precious Bella and the limoncello. Everything was awesome. 

 

Thanks for all you did. 

[CruiszBug]

What a wild and wonderful week! This afternoon we capped it all off with ice skating for Phoebe! The crowd clapped when she got on and off the ice! Thank you to Chantelle, the Suite Lounge Concierge, Michelle the ice captain, and Marco who danced her around the ice. Long live the “Emperor”!

[jagsfan]

2 minutes ago, CruiszBug said:

What a wild and wonderful week! This afternoon we capped it all off with ice skating for Phoebe! The crowd clapped when she got on and off the ice! Thank you to Chantelle, the Suite Lounge Concierge, Michelle the ice captain, and Marco who danced her around the ice. Long live the “Emperor”!

It’s wonderful to see the joy!

Thank you for sharing. 

[brillohead]

3 minutes ago, CruiszBug said:

What a wild and wonderful week! This afternoon we capped it all off with ice skating for Phoebe! The crowd clapped when she got on and off the ice! Thank you to Chantelle, the Suite Lounge Concierge, Michelle the ice captain, and Marco who danced her around the ice. Long live the “Emperor”!

Look at that SMILE!!!!!

[Ocean Boy]

1 hour ago, brillohead said:

 

Honestly, (AND PLEASE DO NOT KILL ME FOR SAYING THIS!!!!) I kinda wish they'd charge $5/day to use a lounger.... it would fix the chair-hogging problem real quick-like!  

Give each lounger an ID number (or RFID tag or QR code), then you go into the app and punch in the ID number (or scan the tag/code) to "reserve" it (like you do for parking spaces in many cities) and they charge $5 to your account. 

 

If you want to switch to another lounger later in the day, you "release" your current chair and log in to a different chair (like a bus transfer, you don't get charged for the second chair provided you released your existing chair).  

They have pool attendants going around all day long picking up discarded drinkware, they could scan the unoccupied chairs as they go through and any chair with stuff on it that's not "officially reserved" gets the stuff removed and you have to go to the towel desk to pick it up.  (And if that "stuff" was just a towel, it gets turned in as abandoned and the person gets charged $25!)

The revenue from the chair rental more than covers the cost for the scanners, and the additional charge would prevent most people from hogging a bunch of chairs they're not going to use, or hogging two chairs per person (one for sun, one for shade).  

The cost for a lounger on a weeklong cruise would be $35/person, which isn't prohibitively expensive, especially since most people won't use a lounger every single day (port days, etc.).  And for a family of four where the kids will be in the pool 99% of the time, that might make the parents decide to only reserve two chairs for the adults, instead of having four chairs claimed but with only towels sitting on two of them because the kids are never in the chairs.

Or even just make it so that you only have to pay the $5 if you want to "reserve" the chair (meaning your butt isn't in the chair, but you want to keep the chair for your own use).  If people don't want to pay for chairs, they can go and SIT IN THEM.... chairs with butts in them don't get scanned by the attendants.  

If you want to go to the Windjammer and come back in an hour to the same chair, you pay the fee.  
If you want a certain chair in the front row by the pool and get up at 6am to claim it while you go back to bed for a few hours, you pay the fee.  
If you want to sit in the hot tub or pool for four hours straight and want to keep your stuff in a chair the whole time, you pay the fee.  

All it will take is a tiny bit of accountability and there won't be a chair hog problem anymore. 

(And yes, Royal should have "cubbies" set aside on each pool deck where you can set your stuff down while you're in the pool or hot tub.  Not everyone needs a chair, but they DO need someplace to set their phone / towel / sunscreen.)

Well, I usually agree with most of what you write...... but not this time.

[A&L_Ont]

2 minutes ago, CruiszBug said:

What a wild and wonderful week! This afternoon we capped it all off with ice skating for Phoebe! The crowd clapped when she got on and off the ice! Thank you to Chantelle, the Suite Lounge Concierge, Michelle the ice captain, and Marco who danced her around the ice. Long live the “Emperor”!

You have me wiping a tear. What a special memory that will never be forgotten. ❤️

[Lionesss]

Pool day. 
 

Upon arrival at 11am. Found one unclaimed

chair by beach pool. 
Dropped and locked our  Kyss bag and perched for 2 1/2 hours. 
Dehydration is the key. Never had to leave to P. 
and.

I DO NOT P IN POOLS. 

 

THEN OFF 

 

the WJ

chicken

 bucked salad

tomatoes 

French fries 

 

back in room packing. 
 

 

14:59 
 

 

[ValerieJo]

8 minutes ago, CruiszBug said:

What a wild and wonderful week! This afternoon we capped it all off with ice skating for Phoebe! The crowd clapped when she got on and off the ice! Thank you to Chantelle, the Suite Lounge Concierge, Michelle the ice captain, and Marco who danced her around the ice. Long live the “Emperor”!

That smile says it all!  How fun!

[PompeySailor]

9 minutes ago, brillohead said:

I'm glad you asked, because I didn't understand the "free" drinks either!

You had to be here to understand it

Quite possibly didn’t translate it too well 

Im sure on Bella Part Deux all will become crystal clear 😎

[Ocean Boy]

1 hour ago, Momof3gurlz said:

 

 

Im laying here trying not to think about packing 😢

Wish I had the problem of having to pack.😊

[A&L_Ont]

After one week who feels a bit line this?

 

[grapau27]

34 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

Last nights formal outfits. We did pictures on Promenade before dinner, picking up at 3

 

Ended up with the clip on

 

Selfie in SL

 

BTW, I ordered one of the group hug photos. I'll post a photo of it tonight, then scan it when we get home

Lovely photos of you two.

[Ocean Boy]

1 hour ago, HBE4 said:

 

Ah, got it. Thank you. 👍

I'm sure it was the algebra that cleared it up.

[firefly333]

I went back to my cabin to charge up and have a 2nd tote bag. Anyone want it? Just say where to meet and it's yours. The new 340 pt amenity. One is enough lol. 

 

[A&L_Ont]

51 minutes ago, ReneeFLL said:

 

That was held on January 28/29th so Royal messed up. I think they want everyone off the ship asap.

 

I did a Google search and saw nothing about a Marathon tomorrow. 

Edited March 18, 2023 by A&L_Ont

[ValerieJo]

9 minutes ago, firefly333 said:

I went back to my cabin to charge up and have a 2nd tote bag. Anyone want it? Just say where to meet and it's yours. The new 340 pt amenity. One is enough lol. 

 

Would love to have it.  We’re not quite to 340 yet.   Will you be in the Diamond lounge later?

[John&LaLa]

7 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

I did a Google search and saw nothing about a Martini tomorrow. 

 

I got two letters. One for Marathon, and one for the tunnel/bridge construction

 

Oh, and I fixed your post😉

Edited March 18, 2023 by John&LaLa

[ValerieJo]

Taking a ride on the Rising Tide Bar.

Edited March 18, 2023 by ValerieJo

[A&L_Ont]

1 minute ago, John&LaLa said:

 

I got two letters. One for Marathon, and one for the tunnel/bridge construction

Same. 

[Tree_skier]

4 hours ago, joand452 said:

We don't like to get up too early on vacation, especially on a sea day.  If we can't find seats together in the Solarium, we'll head to the top deck to try to find two seats together. Cooler and less noisy up there anyway.

We're always on the upper deck. The lower deck is just to chaotic for us.

[firefly333]

3 minutes ago, ValerieJo said:

Would love to have it.  We’re not quite to 340 yet.   Will you be in the Diamond lounge later?

Yes perfect. I'll be there by 5 ish.