March cruise - no entertainment options yet

[lynch34]

I am cruising on Independence of the Seas in March and when I go on Cruise Planner, there's no entertainment to book. That's different than when I was on Oasis as I had booked that way ahead of time I believe. When do the entertainment options become available?

 

[msjprincess]

You don't book shows ahead on IOS. It's only available for Oasis and Quantum class. On Freedom class it's first come first show. I've sailed on IOS twice and never had a problem getting a seat The ice show sometimes requires tickets. They keep changing how they do it. On Freedom a number of years ago you had to pick up tickets on day 2 for a specific show. In 2015 on IOS they preassigned shows according to your muster station. If you wanted to go at a different time you could can get in the standby line. Last year on IOS every show was standby. I'm not sure how they're doing it now.

 

[lynch34]

Thank you - any way to see when the shows are before you board?

 

[msjprincess]

Thank you - any way to see when the shows are before you board?

Unfortunately no. You can look on Cruise Critic or https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/cruise-compass for recent compasses and hope that it's the same or similar. Just today someone on CC just posted the compasses from a 5 night IOS cruise a couple of weeks ago. It was the Costa Maya, Cozumel itinerary.