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We were in St Thomas two weeks ago on SOTS and this was no problem. 

Our October 2021 Symphony cruise had a small drop last week which we jumped on, then went back up this week to over our original price. 

My wife and I will have to get tested before our trip to St Lucia (replaced our November cruise). I wouldn’t expect sandals or the St Lucian government to pay for a test when I am voluntarily going there. If you want to vacation in this current climate, it comes with the territory 🤷‍♂️

7 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Regular visitor to CK and almost never request things not on menu. Its hard on the very small kitchen that is already taxed to the breaking point. Just a thought.

I guess I should have clarified, not special food requests. I meant more like special service requests. For example, we had a show too close to dinner and realized we weren’t going to have time for dessert. We mentioned that to the waiter while we were eating, he said just come back after the show and he would have us seated again to resume where we left off. That type of thing. 

We love CK if we aren’t doing a specialty restaurant. We’ll usually do all breakfasts, lunch depending on activities/ports, and most dinners. For us it really brings a “small-ship” feel to the Oasis-class ships. As others have said, the wait staff learn your preferences, for example you’ll quickly find your regular drink materialize in front of you after sitting down. We had a good experience making a couple unusual special food requests. 

We like deck or deck 8. We like 7 since you’re only one deck away from either the boardwalk or Central Park. We like to stay near the aft elevator bank. 

1. Symphony 10/2/2021

2. Symphony 10/2/2021
3. Symphony 10/2/2021

We were booked on the upcoming 11/2 Vision sailing (11-night southern Carib) but we preemptively canceled before final payment to avoid tying up all those funds for another 12-18 months. RCCL hasn’t moved their cutoff beyond 10/31 yet but I’ll be surprised if it actually sails. Moved the FCC to the above listed cruise a week ago and reset our countdown.

15 hours ago, Milwaukee Eight said:

You’ll need to bring your own glass or drink it out of the bottle. 

Don’t threaten me with a good time. You say that like it’s a bad thing 🤷‍♂️

My Vision 11-night southern Caribbean in November had all of its cruise planner stuff drop in price last week. Deluxe beverage went down to 39, refresh to 19, and soda to 7.49, key at 12.99. All the excursions dropped, too. All told, cancelling and re-ordering everything saved a few hundred dollars. 

Is it the fact that you have 343 unread emails? 🤷‍♂️🧐🤔😁

Yep, my wife and I sailed on her back in March. Great ship, lots of new amenities/upgrades, plenty to do or not do. We thoroughly enjoyed the sailing. 

Vision OTS November 2020 11-night is showing a normal $52 per night. 

Paper straws. You have to drink your drink fast before the straw comes apart. 

Yep, there are people who will do it at almost any price. Just like the staterooms example, there are people who pay $10-20-30k for the star class staterooms. I could never justify that to my wife when we can get a room for $2-3k or less. To each their own 🤷‍♂️

Not on the flowrider. That said, the crew manning the flowrider have offered to hold it and walk around me as I was riding to get some good shots.

my wife and i thoroughly enjoyed our GS on Harmony. the dividing will help separate the kid's room from the parent's room. we liked deck 7, but any of the middle decks will have quick/easy access to central park, boardwalk, and the promenade. plus we liked having the balcony farther away from the noise of the pool decks. at night being on decks 6/7/8 on your balcony it's so peaceful just hearing the silence and the swish of the hull through the water. great way to start and end the day. 

Our Mariner cruise in March we flew in the day before. Flew into FLL, Uber to the hotel (around $35-$40 total for two) in Miami, then just caught Uber to POM the next day at our leisure. Same thing after the cruise to get back to FLL. Super easy. 

13 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

The coffee card is the one exception to the variable pricing of most things - not only is it the same price fleet wide, it's same price in the planner pre-cruise and on board. The only variable to the coffee card by ship is how many punches the barista feels like using per drink.

Wow. Something that is actually priced consistently. 

I was thinking more the prices of the drinks themselves might vary, though, not the card itself. 

You may also want to specify what ship and sailing you are on. Pricing may not be the same fleet-wide. 

On Harmony last year our charge didn’t show up until almost a month after we returned. 

The aft junior suites have large balconies (good) and have a long walk to get to them (less good), but otherwise all the rooms themselves are the same. I would say determine what part of the ship you want to be on or near and go from there. The more centrally located you are the easier it will be to navigate the ship and generally have less motion than the rooms on either end. 

10 hours ago, Milwaukee Eight said:

 

Did you remember to say hello to Maria?

5 hours ago, Biker19 said:

Try a Voyager class sailing. 

This. Voyager class are a little bigger, but still super easy to navigate. Lots to do, good entertainment. 

On 4/29/2019 at 8:33 PM, PKB said:

We dove with Ocean Explorers for two years and they are absolutely phenomenal.

Another vote for Ocean Explorers. Great outfit, smaller boat with small group, great crew. We will use them again next time we’re in St Maarten. 

27 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

 

What about those French welds. 😱

These are Spanish welds. Much stronger! 😁