RobInMN

We did not have Geiranger either. But in my limited research before going, it appeared to me that Geiranger and Flam had a friendly rivalry as to who had the best fjord, and just to make just you hit at least one of them. Our itinerary had Flam, and I thought it was stunning (I use that word a lot with Norway). I am not disappointed in any way that we did not have Geiranger instead/also, as we got to go to Honningsvag, which I think is well worth going on the smaller Radiance class ship to get to. Our itinerary: Amsterdam, Cruising, Molde, Arctic Circle (Cruising), Tromso, Honningsvag, Cruising, Alesund, Flam, Haugesund, Kristiansand, Cruising, Amsterdam.

I have not done Greece (yet), but I just did Norway, and it would get my vote. Absolutely stunning! But I would suggest Jewel out of Amsterdam and doing Arctic Circle vs. just the lower fjords. See discussion here:

I don't remember 100%, but it goes something like this: You enter the last name and cabin number to start. It will then ask you if you want to use your pre-purchased VOOM plan or pay for a different plan. It will then ask you if you are the first login or not. If you are the first, it will have you establish a username and a password/PIN. Every time after that, and for every extra user/device if you have a multi-device plan, you select the option that you have already enabled your plan. At that point, you will enter the username and password/PIN that you established on the first login.

On some (newer?) ships, all upgrades are being handled by Royal Up. Had pending Royal Up bids in on an Odyssey cruise last Feb, and attempted to check on on-board upgrades immediately upon boarding. If you said you were there for possible upgrades, the "line screener" would say that all upgrades are handled by Royal Up and would give you a business card with the Royal Up website and instructions and would basically stop you from even going to the counter. Other people have reported this on other ships as well.

Whenever anyone talks about Cats!, all I can think of is:

At what people are reporting RC is charging for this post-COVID, I would not take the kids. Spend that on something you know they will enjoy more.

That may used to be true, and maybe it depends on your phone and/or carrier, but you definitely can create a WiFi Hotspot on your phone even when using WiFi, at least you can with a Samsung Galaxy phone with T-Mobile as your carrier. I did this many times on my phone and my wife's phone on our last cruise. We paid for a 2 Device Voom S&S. My wife had 1 connection on her phone, and I had 1 connection on my phone. I would use my phone's WiFi hotspot to randomly connect my tablet or my laptop. I found this much easier than logging off 1 device and logging on the other. Plus, I could still stream music or podcast on my phone while still being able to use my table to play a game. Similarly, it was easier to connect the Firestick we brought to my wife's phone's hotspot rather than logging out & logging in on the Firestick everytime. After connecting the first time, if we wanted to use the Firestick, we'd just turn on my wife's phone's hot spot, and plug the Firestick in. So, to the OP's question. You definitely don't need to buy per device you will use. You only need to purchase the number of connections you will use at the same time. For us, that's per-person. That way my wife & I can use WiFi to keep in touch on the ship. Whether you logoff/login from device to device, or you use a Hot Spot. For some people, this may be 1 total. BTW, even though it's technically possible, and we did it, I think it might actually violate the Voom T&S. All though, I have not hear of anyone being penalized in anyway for doing it.

I thought Jewel seemed to be in very good shape considering her age. She's still a beautiful ship. She's not perfect, and there's expected wear, but nothing that is overtly obvious and certainly not things that are unexpected. Can't really say I was anywhere and thought "can't believe that's in that bad of shape, they really need to replace that". I am not sure of Jewel's upgrade/refresh history. I don't believe there has been any major changes, but I'd have to believe that typical cosmetic things have been updated, probably more than once, like the carpets and thigs like that. I'm sure that when she was built, she probably had CRT TVs, those are all LCDs now. I know that walking down the hall while room service was being done, that not all the curtains are the same in every room, so those have been changed out as needed. There's some mentions of Jewel in this thread. I think all references to Jewel were positive.

This one?

Pretty sure when we did it on Symphony Summer 2018 it was $109 or $119.

See my post in this thread. It references 2 other threads with information about connecting devices to TVs. But I was able to use my Firestick in Norway, even above the Arctic Circle, the resolution/quality kept degrading, but it was usable.

Adding to answer. B2B this summer was 24 nights. I think City of Dreams was once per cruise. Not a huge production show, but it had back drops, a couple large props, and singing/dancing. Tango Buenos Aires maybe twice per cruise? It's a very talented couple that does the tango. We didn't actually go to as it's not our thing, but did see them when they did short promo samples at a couple other events/shows. Seems to be a long-term residency.

We we did the B2B this summer, performers were getting on & off practically every port, at least every other. The headliners actually had the JS 2 doors down from us. Appeared to be the designated stateroom for whoever it was. Primarily, they were acts that travelled very lightly. If the TA has many consecutive sea days, not sure how they'd handle that. But if you're hitting ports every couple days, I'd imagine they keep the same thing going.

While not dedicated to trading, many trades have been posted in this existing thread:

Even before you can get to your room to get your card, you can use your beverage package. The bartender just has to look it up manually by the room number.

We recently did a 24 night total B2B on Jewel. Granted, it was Arctic Circle followed by Iceland & Ireland, so a little different than a TA. Prior, we also had concerns about whether or not we would become "bored" of the ship. We love the Oasis class, and in the last 10 years or so had only really done Voyager and Oasis class ships. Last fall we did our first Freedom class and last Feb just did Odyssey. 20 or so years ago we did a 3 night on Majesty and would not want to spend even a week on that class. A couple years later we did a 7 night Disney Magic with a bunch of families, and as fun as it was, I was pretty bored with that ship after a week. Anyway, after 24 nights on Jewel, we were not bored in the slightest. We could have keep going. There were no big production shows, but they swapped the headliner nearly every port, and there was a nice variety. I think we had a repeat headliner once, but it was a completely different show. But then again, I can take or leave a big production show like you get on the Oasis class. My wife likes them, but they don't make or break it for her and we certainly don't schedule cruises specifically for them (or against them in the case of Cats - we just won't go to that show). The ship did not really seem dated or lacking in maintenance. There were little things showing wear, but really, in my opinion, still great shape. Over-all, we thought she was still a very beautiful ship, and we would happily go on her again, especially for an itinerary like you have scheduled. Sometimes it's more about the itinerary than the ship. If you're looking for big production shows, you're basically looking at an Oasis class ship, and other than 1 ship in the Western Mediterranean each summer and the TA both ways, they are all in the Caribbean.

Yes, if you look at the link(s) I posted, there are a lot of little "nicety" benefits. Mostly "priority" access to a number of things. Just not really much of anything that I would consider as having real "intrinsic" value like Free WiFi and included DBP & UDP like you get with the Royal Suite Class.

It seems to depend on the ship. On Jewel, we could just switch it. This is the first, and so far only, time I've tried to use the Firestick. I've read other threads that say that on newer ships, like you indicate, the remote either doesn't have an input button or that it is locked out. I'd have to search and find the instructions, but I think it involves, turning off the TV, disconnecting the network cable, then turning the TV back on. Without begin connected to the network, it will no longer boot automatically to the ship menu locking you out. I am not sure if it will automatically detect the HDMI Input or if you can then use the Input button to switch. The other thing I have seen mentioned (and I brought one, but did not need to use it), is to bring a universal remote. I believe I read that the difference on which method you can use depends on whether or not you can view your bill via the TV. If traveling internationally, you may want a VPN service installed. Especially for any streaming service where you can get local channels (YTTV or Hulu+Live)

Oasis class and Quantum class ships have the "Royal Suite Class" Rooms: https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/what-rooms-are-included-in-the-royal-suite-class Benefits: https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/what-are-the-benefits-of-royal-suite-class All other (older) ships just have the "Suites Program" https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/what-are-the-benefits-of-the-suites-program And no, the Suites Program does not include any benefit that I would consider as having actual "intrinsic value" I would agree though, throwing in free Voom on the highest level suites on the older ships would make sense. Heck, under the Royal Suite Class. you get free Voom on both Sky as well as Star class, which means every full suite from Grand up. The only "suite" that doesn't get it are Junior Suites.

Here's some previous threads with some personal experiences in the replies:

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Not sure if you are referring to the DVD Player or the FIrestick, but you wouldn't need WiFI for the DVD Player. Firestick, yes. I had Voom S &S, and as the WiFi quality went down, the picture quality decreased. But it was still usable. See my answer in this thread:

Norway: But yeah. Branch out. Lots of European cruise itineraries out there. In addition to other things already mentioned, Australian, New Zealand, & a Pacific TA on our list to do at some point.

On Jewel, you should have easy access to the HDMI ports. I brought a Firestick 2 months ago and was able to use it just fine. So maybe bring something like this ($50). You can use the built-in screen or connect to a TV via HDMI. https://www.amazon.com/YOTON-Portable-Battery-Multiple-Projector/dp/B09P12W1SQ/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2SNJZYWBAKZTX&keywords=portable+dvd+player&qid=1662120407&sprefix=portable+dvd+player%2Caps%2C112&sr=8-4 If you need BluRay support, here's one for $99, without a built-in screen: https://www.amazon.com/Blu-Ray-Portable-Theater-Control-Support/dp/B08ZCNXN4W/ref=sr_1_6?crid=3ESIFQA1UXGOA&keywords=portable+blu+ray+player&qid=1662120616&sprefix=portable+blu+ray+player%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-6