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Yes....I don't even hang up till I receive and view the invoices to make sure all is right.

LOL....I just went through this just now with Club Royale. Saw your post and decided to call and give another go at upgrading my comp interior on the 3 night to be in the same OV balcony as I am in on the 4 night. They originally told me $472 to upgrade. I asked how are you coming up with that...he tells me that is the upgrade fee for both of you combined. I said that sounds high and lets do a breakdown...I looked up pricing myself and came up with $267 total for both of us. He says yea but then you have to add on port fees and taxes...I said we already paid port fees and taxes. He does the math again and comes up again with $472. I said what aren't you getting...if I paid port fee and taxes on the interior why would I again pay port fees and taxes on the balcony?!?!? Finally after going back and forth he agrees with me and says see your point....so the upgrade would be $267...THANK GOD....felt like I was talking to the wall. In any case decided to go for it since both the wife and I get the same offers and for the 4 night we were able to both use our casino comp offers and book 2 connecting OV balconies along with double FPsince we each got our own cabin. So long story short....we will be in the same OV balcony now for the 3 and 4 night and have the connecting balcony for the 4 night also.

More info about the partnerships can be found here https://unity.hardrock.com/en/preferred-partners/royal-caribbean

You are forgetting X-Card .....Hard Rocks top tier by invitation only.

Yep....agree...that's what makes the choice difficult....there really isn't a bad Oceanview balcony on Oasis class. Maybe end up a long walk or under deck 14 ...but other than that view wise it's all good.

I have very similar choice...have Oceanview balcony comp for the 4 night and interior comp for the 3 night. However I was able to get the interior directly opposite the balcony...so very easy move and same room attendant most likely. But just like you....for like $10 I could switch to an Oceanview balcony Guar for the 3 night.

Learned many sailings ago....always stay away from the top deck...way too much public space/noise above you.

Odd...never seen that before

If you aren't looking for or are interested in the beach then I would choose Orlando....they have much better hotels and resorts to choose from in Orlando....more to do and better restaurant choices. Other than the beach and only so so hotel choices there really isn't much in Port Canaveral.

The exclusions are the sailings in the list. All Icon sailings are excluded. It's good for non except sailings up to 7 nights. I found a 7 night Symphony sailing that was good for an assigned interior cabin that had an ocean balcony guaranty that was only $7/pp more than the interior....so I upgraded to a cat XB ocean balcony for only $14 total ....plus taxes and fees of course.

It's good for non except sailings through March 31 2025. Spring break here is March/April. Only excluded sailings for March are Icon.

Received yesterday and already booked before the rush....was surprised I only had a 5 minute wait time.

The infinite balcony was introduced with Celebrity Edge class ships...I was really surprised when they brought it over to Icon....but then again I don't have the slightest interest in Icon....so infinite away....lol

My upcoming Wonder sailing my balcony GTY was "assigned" about a week before check-in opened up for the sailing....there were still plenty cabins for me to choose from. Also some of the best location cabins sometimes seem to open up just days prior to sailing....that has just been an observation I have noticed as I usually just out of curiosity follow the inventory of my sailings.

Not really cause GTY's are usually assigned earlier in the game than Royal Up's and with a GTY you always have a chance to switch your cabin to a different location as long as they still have availability in that category. Maybe I have just been lucky but I am usually pretty happy with how my GTY's turn out.

While I think an infinite veranda would be good for cooler weather sailings like Alaska...I have to agree. I had an infinite veranda on a Caribbean Edge sailing and wasn't a fan at all.

And there you go....lol...go figure.

leaveitallbehind is pretty spot on. We go back and forth between Royal and Celebrity due to the Club Royale offers along with we are D+ and enjoy the 5 free drinks daily each....it's what sways us more towards sailing with Royal. However if we had the same offers and perks offered to us on Celebrity we would always choose them over Royal at this point. If you are going to try Royal I might suggest looking at Odyssey...that is our favorite Royal ship as it's basically a Celebrity Solstice ship that has been Royal Caribbean'ized. Odyssey to us has a more Celebrity feel to it and we love 270. The only thing I didn't like on the new Edge class ships is the switch to the infinity veranda cabins....which actually has now come to Icon class (which I have no interest in at all). I have tried calling Blue Chip to see if they would switch one of our Club Royale offers over to Celebrity but they wouldn't.

Odd because Odyssey also has a fully enclosed solarium and when you walked in you could instantly tell it was climate controlled as they always kept it on the cool side.

Had/have similar issue with upcoming Wonder sailing with some of the specialties doing a 4 hour block.

I ALWAYS tell people...pay attention to pricing if you are looking to upgrade and CALL before bidding. Royal is making a killing on some of these bids. I have frequently been able to upgrade myself for sometimes nothing or below minimum current asking bid for the cabin category I was looking to upgrade to. Perfect example....On an upcoming Wonder sailing I just recently saw a JS pop up for the same price as an ocean balcony.

Yup...you will absolutely run into issues when you go to book entertainment. All the specialties on upcoming Wonder sailing are blocking our 4 hr windows except for Chops. I had to cancel a few specialty dining reservation because of.

I have run into some dining reservation issues on an upcoming Wonder sailing along with others on that sailing. I have fixed dining so not with MTD but with specialty dining....some are blocking out a 4hr window like you are describing. It's defiantly a glitch because it will happen say with booking 150 Central Park with a 4hr block....but then when you book Chops it only has a 2hr block (which is normal).

Typically they will have ... VODKA Absolut • Belvedere • Grey Goose • Stoli • Tito’s Handmade Vodka RUM Bacardi • Bacardi 8 • Captain Morgan Spiced Rum • Malibu • Miami Club