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I was on Odyssey this past week....I noticed a smashed evelator button panel on the ship from embarkation day...however as the week went on I started to notice several more smashed panels....not good. There were many posts/complaints on our group page of incidents that people experienced or witnessed through our sailing.

Guests may also bring non-alcoholic beverages as carry-on items on boarding day. Non-alcoholic beverages may not exceed 12 standard (17 oz.) cans, bottles or cartons per stateroom. https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/food-drink-onboard-policy

I wouldn't do a B2B with the same itinerary for both weeks = boring...I would choose a sailing like Odyssey that does an alternating 8 night 6 night itinerary. I would also want to stay in the same cabin if at all possible...not having to switch up cabins would make it seem more seamless to me.

It was reported by someone currently on Odyssey that they ordered the water package last week on their sailing and received 1 Liter glass bottles of Acqua Panna

Honestly what's the big deal if check-in is a day earlier or a day later. If its just to get an early check-in time...I can tell you from my past few sailings over the last year...no one cared what time you had reserved...people showed up when they showed up and no one was turning anyone away. Back during the COVID era, yes they were adhering to check-in times...but I haven't seen that happen for the past year now...at least not in Port Canaveral or Port Everglades.

Thats probably going to be a much less expensive option than booking a Star Class Suite...and then you still have the cost of the party onto of the suite.

Apparently Anthem also sent out letters about an azipod issue back in Jan 2022 and also had to reduce speed and had a slightly delayed return back into Bayonne....not sure what had to be done but think the next sailing went out as scheduled....not sure if there were more issues reported since. Anthem azipods suffered significant damage back in that storm they hit back in 2016 where they burnt out all 4 clutches of one azipod and had to shut it down completely. Think that incident required replacing the clutches of both azipods.

Back last July they were giving out plenty Oasis class offers...some that were for as far out as this March right now...as well as Odyssey and yes saw offers for Wonder also.

I noticed this posted on the website of one of the sites that sells passes for Barcelo... BLACKOUT/UNAVAILABLE DATES: Jan 20 – March 31 and April 1 – 7 We are unable to take any more bookings for the Blackout Dates above. DO NOTBOOK THOSE DATES.

Yup....that is correct..this is the second time they oversold Wonder.

Absolutely agree...my point was that I think Royal screwed up sending out offers for free cruises on some of the most popular ships during one of the busiest most high demand, expensive months on the year....during spring break. Not complaining...just thought it was odd.

Yea......but free cruises is something that brings out the pins. I think that Royal screwed up with free cruise offers....I can tell you that they were offering free prime sailings on Odyssey for this time frame also back as far as last July....and Odyssey has been another pretty much sold out ship for the last couple months.

The internet was good on Odyssey but like mentioned above...it's not blazing fast. I was hoping when I went into my phone to download e-mails it would be much faster than it was...there was still a noticeable lag....but much better than it was years ago on a ship.

Thats crazy...I just ordered the 24 bottle package couple weeks ago for $20 and change including gratuity. And like others said...I just looked and the water package is now gone and not showing up anymore for purchase in the planner.

Wow...and there you go...a glitch with a Royal work around. Downloaded and sure enough the set sail pass in my wallet says SUITE CLASS

Not any kind of excuse but unfortunately this seems to be going on across all the cruise lines right now....declined food quality....poor service....understaffed. Hearing it over and over again with different lines and ships.

My luggage tags also don't show suite anymore like my sea pass.

It's me who posted about this and Royal telling me it's a new change....which I honestly don't believe. Your situation is exactly what I explained to them. I have been on enough sailings to know that they look at your set sail pass to see if it says suite or not. I find it very hard to believe that they are changing that to the more time consuming option of having someone actually scan your set sail pass to see. I expect that anyone without suite on their set sail pass is going to have the same experience as you. And my set sail pass used to also say suite as well as prime and that has all dropped off my set sail pass in the app now....I think it's a IT issue that has occurred after the recent Royal app update....not that it's a change.

It sounds odd to me. My first question to him was did they cut JS's from priority boarding and being able to use the suite line and sit in the suite area at the port and thats why it's not showing suite class on the set sail pass like it used to in the past. This is my third Odyssey sailing...so comparing same ship and same port but this is first time the set sail pass shows differently.. He then said I don't think that junior suites have priority boarding access anymore...but then read through the Royal material and said oh no they do....it's shows it right here and read it to me. Typical Royal...their own material conflicts as I see some things say yes and then others say no...they have their own staff confused as well as their passengers.

Hmmmmmmm....interesting. The purple color should signify diamond plus...but on your set sail pass it seems it showing suite but not showing your crown and anchor status other than for the color....assuming you are diamond plus?

I noticed on the most recent set sail pass in my app for my upcoming sailing that it isn't showing Suite Class (staying in JS) or my Club Royale status like my other set sail passes have shown in the past. I called Royal's Club Royale number to verify my status as well as ask why it's not showing. They transferred me over to the dept that handles set sail passes and am being told that since the very recent latest update your set sail pass will now only show your crown and anchor loyalty status and not if you are in suite class or your Club Royale status anymore. So I asked how are they supposed to know at the port if you have priority suite access for boarding anymore as they used to just look at the set sail pass on the app to see. He is telling me that they will now scan your set-sail pass to verify instead of just viewing it to verify. Has anyone else noticed these changes or been told this same info?

In this recent 2023 article I found online and titled below it looks like priority boarding for Junior Suites has been cut. Royal Caribbean Suite Perks (What’s Included 2023) The Sea class benefits are similar to the Junior Suite perks found on older ships, but with the removal of priority boarding.

I just looked and neither does mine for my upcoming Odyssey sailing...maybe they have cut the suite access for JS's now on Odyssey...I know last time I had a JS on Odyssey last year it did say either suite or star class on the boarding pass in the app....I just showed it to them and used both the suite entrance and had access to sit in the suite section at the terminal and board with suites. Not good that it doesn't appear on our boarding pass now as without that I don't believe anyone is going to know the difference if you are in a JS or regular cabin,

Water is an item I just order from the cruise line and have it waiting in my cabin....$20 total with gratuity for a 24 count case of water. I hate when I have to buy water at the grocery store and have to carry it home....never mind lugging it to the port and going through all that. For me it's not worth the hassle for the price difference for just a case of water.

Came off a cruise in FLL during the morning of a Marathon...and I lived in FLL at the time. What should have been a 10 minute taxi ride home turned into an hour due to street closures....we had to go way around out of our way to get around. It was a nightmare and they just close streets down not caring the impact on drivers. I now always look to see what's going on during dates for cruises to make sure there isn't an issue. My advice....change your sailing date....it's not worth the stress.