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We are getting ready to book the Radiance for next summer when the Alaska bookings open up. Does anyone have a preference over northbound or southbound and any particular reason considering the ports are the same?

Is there a better month between May-August to cruise Alaska, not taking weather into consideration? I am thinking more about the wildlife that we would see and such.

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I have a photo of menu B for Coastal Kitchen, but cannot figure out how to make it big enough to read. Any suggestions?

Wolfganghowell -

We were on the Oasis March 13-21. I emailed the concierge over a month before and he secured our Cabana immediately. We had B2 and loved it.

Yes, the suite lounge is accessed by the aft elevators.

It is still the regular main dining room menu. We were assigned to the Silk dining room for MTD, but after the first evening we asked to be changed and was assigned to Grande. We did not care for how dim it was in Silk and we had a bad location.

We always had to go to logoff.com before logging

onto another device. It did not automatically kick us off.

I am still trying to figure out how to upload a bigger photo...

The manager indicated that there would be two different menus. One for the first half and one for the second.

We did not eat lunch there, but they were serving complimentary drinks in the lounge during the day, at least the times we were in there.

We were also able to take our drinks out of the lounge so it was perfect right before we left for dinner.

Breakfast was very good.

There was a future sales person in the lounge several times.

Also, they had removed all the blue notebooks out of the staterooms and one of the concierges were placing new items in them. So, maybe it will be about the new suite amenities. I was hoping it would be put back in our suite before our last day, but it was not.

BTW, we stayed in 11330 and loved it. Although I prefer the larger bathrooms in the original GS, it certainly did not affect our cruise. It is a long walk to get anywhere, but I only look at that as needed exercise.

Sorry about that. I will figure out how to make it bigger.

Just got off the Oasis yesterday and this is a new menu that began in the middle of the week. We did not get a chance to try it, but it looks even better than the first one.

I look forward to seeing the picture. We will be in 11330 on March 13. Like you said, not necessarily a big deal, but an inconvenience trying to keep the floor dry.

Otherwise, how is the cruise?

The above answer is also what I have been told about our children. Two are over 18 and they have our Emerald status, but have a long way to Diamond while we are only 8 nights from Diamond. Unfortunately we will only get 7 nights sailed in March before our youngest turns 18 in May. Unless, I can get DH to take a 3 night...:)

Thank you for the video. We will be in 11330 and 11730 three weeks from today!

I think it usually about two weeks before. Sometimes we receive an email, and sometimes not. I have emailed the Oasis concierge already about a cabana for our March 14 sailing and he has been quick to reply. It would not hurt to go ahead and email him if you have any questions or requests. He did confirm that Coastal Kitchen reservations are made onboard.

The RCL cruise planner rep I talked to today about our Oasis March 13 sailing said that they are working on the reservation system to get it changed back to early/late or MTD from Dynamic Dining. He said that it would probably be towards the end of this month before any dining reservations could be made.

I look forward to seeing those pictures and your thoughts on the Suite Lounge and Coastal Kitchen. We have 11330 and 11730 booked for March 14, 2015. Also, the first Oasis cruise for Dynamic Dining...

I also hope they enforce the dress code. We have always followed the dress code suggestions for the MDR including our three sons from smart casual to formal. It seems the Grande is the answer for those who don't want wear formal wear and hopefully they will not try to get by and not follow the suggested guidelines. Call me crazy, but it bugs me to see people in shorts and flip flops on formal night in the MDR.

The website says that Dynamic Dining reservations for the Oasis will be open on January 1, 2015.

I am looking forward to trying it out.

I found this information on cruisestateroom.com. It does say that the bathroom will only have one sink as opposed to two in the current Grand Suites.

Grand Suites (14330, 14730, 12330, 12730, 11330, 11730) have one bathroom sink and balcony lounge seating. Staterooms 12330 and 12730 are 433 square feet plus 362 square foot balcony. Staterooms 11330 and 11730 are 466 square feet plus 470 square foot balcony. Staterooms 14330 and 14730 are 421 square feet plus 136 square foot balcony.

I cannot wait to see photos of the completed suites.

We have 11330 booked for March of 2015!

We are sailing on the Enchantment this Friday and received an email from the Concierge on Monday. Her name is Catalina Barros.

Liberty has a late departure option. Check it out:

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/shoreExcursions/product/detail/view.do?sourcePage=shorexByPort&ProductCode=BRF1&DestinationCode=

We just returned from our cruise on Liberty and had a great time. You will too!