this happens when royal changes the cabin category on stateroom. nothing happens on the ship, the only changes is in the back end and of course higher prices for a cabn..a balcony cabin that used to be say 8C category will now be a 8A and so on
its disappointing that cruise lines is reducing public space on a ship and then adding in new cabin. Ships was never designed for these additional people and will make ship feel more crowded
the service charges that is 20 per person per day is for the room steward, housekeeping and other people. this is standard upon all cruise lines and each cruise line calls it different names
the free at sea gratuity is two complete separate things. there is one gratuity for the drink package and one gratuity for the dinning package. The package in itself it is "free" but the gratuity is not and you need to pay for at the time of booking
According to this article, the Epic will reposition to Florida for the winter.
https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2023/06/norwegian-epic-heading-to-port-canaveral-instead-of-europe
It is a 14 day cruise, carnival website shows a 400 dollar per person deposit for this length of cruise:
https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/481/kw/deposit/
log into your account, the book and sail by date is listed. for my cruise first in my account both the book and sail by date is the same. if your is like that, then you need to use before the 11/30 and it can not be used for the dec 6 cruise
Oasis only does 1 Canada cruise that only goes from cape liberty to St John, New Brunswick . they only do this one off sailing when they need to switch oasis Bahamas sailings from a Sunday to a Friday
i wonder what is going to happen when Symphony sails out of here next year if it will be a similar tight fit. Symphony does not have the retractable funnels like the oasis