Ken at the beach

I doubt it

Not allowed to solicit nor are people allowed to post recommendations. Google is a good place to start but even better is recommendations from people you meet on a cruise

Icon's was delayed by a few months as well

Depending on the category you booked they may have group space held at a lower rate and some will offer additional OBC for transferring the booking to them. You have 30 days from the date the booking was created to transfer the booking

Unfortunately after Royals final payment date there is no refunds or OBC offered. They did offer this during Covid but that stopped last year. The only thing you can hope for is upgrading to a higher category that can be done for a low additional cost. Note, It is Royals final payment date and not when you made final payment that is the deciding factor. If you are before Royals final payment date then you would get a refund and not OBC

Agree 100%. Love the music hall on QN class.

Really depends on your cabin steward.

Scheduled drydock

They've been through a couple drydocks and haven't added the Freestyle machines, seriously doubt they would add them during a quick 3 day service.

I was also pleasantly surprised by our sailing on Ovation last summer and I'm really looking forward to Odyssey this Christmas. Only one flowrider was a serious negative for my wife and son though

You know its cold when as a Canadian you can let your American friends know what temperature it is where you live and you don't have to convert it to Fahrenheit and its the same as what you are at in Celsius. That's -40 degrees. We didn't quite get there but with the wind chill last night it was close. Thank goodness in 24 hours we will be back up to just above freezing.

In the next couple of weeks

I'm lookingat Christmas 2024, not 2023. The 6 day Christmas is now just over $1500 with a D discount and the 8 day NYE is just over $1900 with the discount (group rates)

If it was a Vision class ship those balconies can be insanely expensive compared to the OV. Guessing that is the reason.

Or there were never any balconies offered. Vision class has that a lot given that there are so few balconies to start with

Yeah, depends whether they apply the discount to both guests or just one. The system rounds .50 up to the next dollar. Taxes and fees is good,

We didn't have a problem over Christmas but we were on board before 11am

Sent you an e mail, Still a deal just not quite as good

$225 on 6 - 9 night cruises (per stateroom)

LOL, Not everything that Royal does has a published policy. Simply sharing firsthand information and experiences on the changes that they announced to TA's.

No tired ones on Odyssey. That was only Radiance class that had those

I booked an 8 night over NYE in a balcony for $1418 after my discount, taxes included. Definitely a great deal.

If you are asking if there is a list of which airlines you are able to do this with the answer is no. This was discussed on one of Vicki's coffee talks last year and I have booked a couple of flights for clients where I have selected the seats at time of booking

Seat selection for A2S has changed in the last month or so. For many airlines you can now select seats at the same time as you are booking the flights even though you are not paying until final. This varies by airline and A2S is working on bringing more airlines on board with this. There are still some that you must wait until the seat is paid for and ticketed.

What I thought was hilarious was they grabbed a kid and threw a groundhog hat on him and had him as a stand in for poor Fred