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Don't look for something that exact till maybe two months out - construction projects almost always have slippage.

That's almost as subjective as the food in the MDR - only you can determine if the location and view is worth the bid.

Royal Caribbean Adjusts Itinerary Amid Operational Challenges (cruisehive.com) " Royal Caribbean International announced an update to the itinerary of Spectrum of the Seas‘ March 5, 2025, 4-night roundtrip cruise from Shanghai, China. Originally set to include a stop at Jeju Island (also referred to as Cheju Island) in South Korea en route to Nagasaki, Japan, the cruise will now modify its schedule due to unforeseen operational difficulties in Jeju. In a recent notice to the ships’ passengers, the cruise line detailed the operational challenges at Jeju’s Seogwipo Gangjeong Cruise Port, prompting a reevaluation of the planned stop. Royal Caribbean will now skip the call and spend an extra day at sea, turning the two-destination cruise into a one-destination getaway."

Personal experience and reporting from others. Unlike other US ports where it’s a somewhat universal report from just about everyone that times are not enforced, San Pedro does have reports of some enforcement. Enforcement can vary wildly even on the same day - it all depends on the volume of customers at certain times.

No, but you should wait till your original GTY cabin assignment happens (should become apparent after check in at 45 days out) before considering a bid.

San Pedro is the exception where most reports indicate that arrival times are enforced.

The app set to the closest in 7 day sailing should have that info.

Some in your Roll Call thread may have some ideas. The ports of call may also have info.

RCI stopped using Pullmans for the past 10 years in new ships in regular cabins - all those, including Icon, use sofas.

Not quite sure what you are asking here but RCI usually home ports its ships for max revenue generation.

The time at the location of the embarkation port. Pro tip: you will likely get the same check in/arrival time in the morning and those times are not enforced at the great majority of ports.

Most of that can change with every sailing and food is very subjective. Search a site like cruisedeckplans to see pics/video of the cabins - also look at Enchnatment as that should be the same for those aft cabins.

Welcome to CC. You may want to browse the ports of call section of CC and the Roll Call thread for your sailing for some excursion ideas.

Look at cabins in the same category and approximate location on any of the Freedom class ships and that should give an idea what you are likely to have in the cabin.

Welcome to CC. A site like cruisedeckplans usually has pics/videos of various cabins and may answer your question.

Welcome to 2024 RCI pricing.

Yes (not sent but available) and yes. The availability of eDocs is independent of check in.

Go to AO after boarding.

The advice given on CC assumes the most common sense scenarios though folks coming with exceptions happens quite often.

That should not be an issue as that is usually refundable OBC.

If someone has an iOS device, nothing else is needed as that device can have the SetSail pass for everyone.

Depending on the ship, you may still be able to cash it in via the slot machine.

Welcome to CC. Where/how do you get the file?

That may be available on board in the app - not usually available pre-cruise.

Don’t recall anyone reporting that - you would have to ask guest services on board.