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We are packing up for our trip and was wondering if the ship provides rock climbing shoes onboard? It's been awhile since we climbed onboard and forgot. Thanks!

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I have a half dozen of the RCI plastic cups with the blue flashing lights at home. I quite enjoy them actually. Thanks for asking. :)

Agree! I enjoy all my cups plastic or glass. Lol

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Thanks for the responses just the phone call took me off guard.

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I just received a text and voicemail from Royal detailing when we should arrive to the pier in San Juan this Saturday for the Jewel. There was no delay or problem with the upcoming boarding just them wanting certain groups to arrive at certain times. In all my cruises with Royal I have never received a text or voicemail prior to sailing about boarding times. The only time I was ever contacted was for a sailing that was being delayed. Is this something new? My only concern would be my transfer at the airport. Airport transfers usually begin around 10am but now with there recommended times first starting at 1pm will I be waiting at the airport forever? Can I cancel my transfers and get a taxi with no penalty? I understand Royal always has recommended times listed in the documents but I have never received a phone call about it. Thanks for any info!

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Anyone know what time the shore excursion desk usually opens?

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Thanks !

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Where can I get the concierge's email address?

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I'm leaving Saturday and one of the excursions that we really want to do is now unavailable online to book. I called Royal last night and was told to check once onboard because they hold a certain amount of spots for those to book onboard. Do I actually have a shot at this or are they probably just sold out of that particular one? Has anyone had a similar situation? Should a I contact my concierge ahead of time? Any opinions or tips would be helpful. Thanks!

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The dining room will only be open on the one sea day.

 

 

 

When we sailed late out of San Juan muster was held early enough to not interfere with dining times.

Thanks for the quick response!

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My sailing this upcoming Saturday is a port intensive cruise with only one sea day. Will the dining room ever be open for lunch besides that one sea day? Also if my muster drill and dining are both at 8:30 how will that work? Thanks for the responses!

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Yes...the hours varied..but most days it was usually open from 2:30-6:30pm and then again 9:00pm-1:00am.

 

First formal night we ate WJ it was a St Thomas port for us and we spent as much time as possible off ship and then to the CL...so didn't want to dress up...2nd formal night MTD...We cruise often and have gotten far away from feeling formal on many itineraries.

Thanks for the info! We agree with feeling less formal on certain sailings as we too cruise often.

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Just off Jewel 2 weeks ago...we also only used MTD on two nights...each time great service...Seaview Cafe and WJ were our usual options...just easier for this itinerary.

Did the sea view cafe have good hours? Where did u eat for the first formal night?

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The drink package is unrelated to your C&A status. If you are D, D+ or PC, there will be 3 vouchers loaded onto your SeaPass daily, irrespective of any other purchase you may have made.

I know it's not related just wondering if the drink package would void those usual 3 drink coupons I normally get. Thanks for clarifying!

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Will you also get drink coupons loaded onto your card even if you have a drink package?

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What a wonderful review with fabulous pictures. You have a true gift and thank you for sharing it with us. I never get tired of seeing pictures of the Oasis and yours were some of the most beautiful I have seen. Thanks again and Happy Cruising.

Wow! Thank u so much for your very kind words. I'm so happy you enjoyed the review! Thanks for taking the time to read it.

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The only thing that makes a cruise bad is it coming to an end! Couldn't even imagine being disappointed by a cruise!

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All bags (even carry-ons) must go through ag inspection at San Juan. Knowing this saves time because if you don't do it first, they will send you back when you get to the airline ticket counter.

Gonna ask a real silly question but I'm assuming this is for only outgoing and not incoming flights?

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Wonderful review! Just booked Oasis this morning for November 2015....so long to wait, but so excited to sail this gorgeous ship. Thanks so much for sharing your trip!:D

Glad you enjoyed the review! Have fun planning for your upcoming cruise you are gonna have a great time!

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If the flight lands early you should not have that long of a wait right for the shuttle? Our flight lands 945 what time do you think we will be on a shuttle by?

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We are sailing on adventure of the seas in April 2015. The ship arrives back to San Juan at 6 A.M. Do you think an 11 A.M. flight would be too early? I'm afraid we might be cutting it too close. Any opinions on this?

Going on the jewel in 2 weeks and we booked our air through choice air. We are supposed to be arriving at 6am in San Juan and our flight leaves 11:05. If royal is offering it it must be doable. Pick a later flight though if you feel more comfortable!

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Do you know when Captain Thore will start his rotation on the Jewel?

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Im following along. Great review so far! I'll be doing this same itinerary on the Jewel as well in two weeks. Just wondering why my sailing lists St. Croix first before St. Marten. Loving the pictures!

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Fantastic review, just spent the last couples hours reading it all. Time to book a cruise.:D

Thanks so much for taking the time to read it! Have fun booking your cruise : )

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Disembarkation Day:

Unfortunately the day finally arrived where it was time to go home. I'm not sure which is worse, knowing that we are leaving the ship behind or knowing what a travel hectic day we have just to get home.

The ship pulled into Port Everglades at 6am. By the time we got up and ready and gathered our belongings we didn't leave the cabin till 8:30. We headed over to the Windjammer for breakfast before we left the ship. Because it was so busy and they wanted to keep things organized they were actually seating people. This worked out great. From past experiences on other ships I know how much it stinks trying to navigate the Windjammer with luggage looking for a seat. Besides the Windjammer, the dining room, Solarium Bistro, and Starbucks were also open for breakfast. After we finished breakfast we took a final walk of the pool deck to get to the Promenade to disembark. We had my mom back home checking the web cams constantly throughout the week to see if she could grab a glimpse of us. Finally, the last possible moment of being on the ship the camera captured us! We took a screen shot with our phone to save the moment.

We made our way off the ship and down to the terminal. This part was very long and unorganized. The line to get down the escalators to get to your luggage was extremely slow. We spotted our luggage coming down the escalator which saved us a few minutes of searching. Once we grabbed our luggage we joined the customs line. Every ship we ever sailed on always separated the line for customs into Non US citizens and US citizens. At this pier it was just one long line and boy did it take forever. Once we made it through that mess we found the transfer shuttle and loaded our luggage and ourselves and headed off to the airport. It was a quick five minute drive with a few stops at each terminal at the airport. Once we checked in and found our waiting area we grabbed some lunch from the food court. This was the biggest wake up call that the cruise was over. The quality of food and the fact that our Sea Pass no longer worked was a bit depressing. Oh yea did I mention that our drink packages were considered inactive!

Our flight was delayed by 2 hours but not until we had already boarded the plane. There was a bad storm in the area that had knocked out the power at the airport for a few minutes. This caused the run way to shut down while we waited on the tarmac. Thanks to Jet Blue we were able to watch the Kentucky Derby just before taking off. Because of the storm the flight home was very rough. We landed safely and claimed our luggage with no problem.

The ending of every cruise is always sad but it is also good to be home. The best remedy of cruise blues is spot start planning your next one! And that's exactly what we did! Thanks for joining me on my journey onboard the Oasis and I hope that you join me again in a few weeks after we sail the beautiful Jewel of the Seas.

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Day 7:

When we returned to our cabin we were shocked to see our luggage and those around us to still be sitting in the hallway. We had our luggage out by 11 like requested and usually they start taking it by then but tonight it was not picked up till after 1am. It didn't really matter to us because we have no problem doing walk off with our luggage but we were curious as to what was going on. Once the luggage was collected we settled in for our final night onboard. We had a busy day ahead of us!

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