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Not a great pic but here is U77

I stayed in a sideways cabin on the Fantasy. U77. I liked the layout better than my reg interior I had on the inspiration. It did seem bigger to me.

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You get 15 drinks per day w cheers for I think 52$ per day now.

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I have the same itinerary for my march 1 cruise. As far as I know, the formal night will be the 2nd night (Freeport day) [emoji30]

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Only because I still had some TFR in my bloodstream from our Magic cruises! :D

What does it taste like?

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I did too! Going from an ocean view aft on upper deck to a balcony on main deck for 298$ more. I passed.

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Continuing aft on Promenade Deck 9 you will find the Serenity area…..

 

Here are some Serenity views…..

 

 

 

 

 

Looking towards the Dames Point Bridge which we will be sailing under…..

 

Patti spots our van in the parking lot…..

 

To be continued…..

Is there a bar in the serenity area? On both my cruises I've been on I never found my way there. So you walk thru the Cole porter lounge to get to?

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Am I reading it wrong- it's 298$ MORE to upgrade correct? If so that seems to look like I would be paying more total than what a new booking is offering for a balcony? Seems pricy to me. .. but never had an offer to upgrade before.

If I go online mock booking I can get a balcony for 538$. If I add the 298$ offer upgrade I will be paying over 100$ more to upgrade than the mock booking.

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Got the same offer today for 298$ to upgrade both my bookings to balcony. Didn't take it.

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Once parked, we walked over to the terminal building. The lines for the scanners were fairly long, but once we got past that, things moved very quickly. It only took a few minutes to check in and receive our Sail & Sign cards, and then we boarded the Elation around 1:15pm…..

 

Now that we are aboard, here our today’s Fun Times……

 

The first thing we did once we boarded was to head to our cabin, which was U181, an outside cabin on Upper Deck aft, starboard side…..

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To be continued…..

Omg I've been following this post since day 1 Bc of the elation and now I see we have the same room on the elation!!! So exciting to read even more!! :)

We sail march 1!

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Correct. Pack & Go are usually guarantee rates which do not apply to price matching

Thanks. Thought i would check just in case!

And I've used the form twice already and both got approved within the hour :)

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Not to hijack- but I assume the pack & go rates that are lower than my ES rate don't apply for a credit, correct?

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Enjoying your review! Can't wait for the Elation part... I sail on the Elation march 1! [emoji3]

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How is the strawberry bisque?

I'm curious about the chilled/cold soups. Thanks

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So if you put 100$ for your hold in cash- how do they refund it back?- do you go back to the desk to get your refund?

I don't see myself spending 100$ on board since I will have already payed for cheers ahead of time. I've only ever used my debit card.

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We managed to get moved! We went up a deck to Empress but did go pretty far forward to E47. We've been that far forward before with no issues so just hoping we won't have anchor noise this trip.

Did you have to pay a fee to move?

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What room did you stay in? When I booked our Elation cruise for march 1 I called & wanted a connecting room but they didn't have any.

Thanks for the review!

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1st post on these boards, currently searching for my answers but thought id ask anyway.

so the cheers program is like RCs deluxe drinks package except you can only have 15 drinks a day?

is that just 15 alcoholic drinks? or is any drink that would normal cost you counted as one of the 15?

what happens if you want a 16th drink?

When I maxed out on my sea day someone else just bought drinks for me. Unless you find a cool bartender who will continue to serve you after you are over the limit.

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Per person. I hit my max on one of my sea days on my last cruise. Well worth the cheers program!

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Just a reminder to those that book the $50 early saver offer. The first time you price match to a lower fare, you'll likely have to pay the balance of the usual deposit amount to get the lower fare, any time prior to final payment due date.

Yup- happened to me 2 weeks ago on my first price drop. Had to pay 100$ difference to make the deposit & get my fare adjusted.

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Download the ship mate app and add your cruise and set it on price alert. That's how I do it. Had 2 price drops in the last 2 weeks and both times they notified thru email!

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Enjoyed this review!!!

I do have a question about the blue iguana rum bar- those drinks are included in the cheers package correct?

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Definitely stick with what you have

 

 

 

I am extremely susceptible to motion sickness (Meclizine junky here!) and we love the Fantasy class. We usually get OV rooms more aft than forward - the felt motion seems less there even though they are pretty much equidistant from true mid ship.

 

 

 

And we've sailed the Elation out of Jax - the ride is pretty smooth to begin with

Thank you for the info !

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Elation cruise for march 1 has dropped 2 times in the last 2 weeks. Not a big drop but it is less than I booked about a month ago.

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