OCSC Mike

That's the lowest I've seen. Enjoy!

11:00 can even be a little late if you're sailing from PC, lol. It's very common for boarding to begin well before 10:30 there. Completely agree with the early start sentiment.

You can see your purchases in the "order history" section of the cruise planner.

That's our take (you already know that, just sharing for others). Everyone values things differently. There's no right or wrong answer. We always sail with tons of kids and aren't bothered by them so the adult-only part doesn't matter to us. I'd try the additional food items and I'm sure I'd enjoy some of them but I really like the included food already and my wife wouldn't eat anything new. Even if she would, I'd rather put the $50 or whatever towards a specialty meal or pocket it. *Now that I said all that, I will admit that I did consider it for July only because it dropped to $22.99 and I recently learned that we'll now be there with Allure instead of alone as originally scheduled due to an itinerary change. In theory, Hideaway could be less crowded since so many kids sail in the summer, but that's just a theory. We'll likely still pass b/c I'm pretty confident in our ability to get off the the ship ASAP and make a beeline for our preferred Oasis Lagoon spot since we know what we're doing and plenty of cruisers are new, don't disembark that early, have kids in tow, etc. As long as we get our seats, I can deal with longer food lines or more people in the pool. We only use it to take a dip to cool off then return to our loungers.

I'm sure you'd want to form your own opinion, shows are as subjective as food, but you didn't miss anything IMO.

Yep, some reasonable prices for my upcoming June & July Wonders compared to how high things had gotten at their peak at least. Hideaway is $22.99, lowest I've seen for these sailings (we passed on $19.99 in March). $89.99 for the Beach Club and even the cabanas are pretty low given that they were in the 3-4K range for a while. I'm seeing $1740 for OTW and $1485 for Beach. Seeing good prices almost makes me wish we actually bought any of this stuff... almost.

12 more days for us. It looks huge compared to the Giovanni’s Table version but I have to get it. Also part of the plan. Not sure how else you’re supposed to try it with everything else.

Not at all. For whatever reason you can book the aqua show as many times as you want on Wonder. Also, you can easily walk in to any aqua show via the standby line so don't feel like your only options are the two that happened to open back up. See above.

We went there while staying in Seward for a couple days before our cruise... great place! My wife loves puffins so we paid a little extra to do the puffin encounter... got to spend a good amount of time feeding them fish inside the habitat. Enjoy!

Happy birthday!

Dinner of champions!

Indeed we will! Multigenerational family cruises are always a bit more complicated as far as planning & coordination goes.

Just the birth certificate for anyone 15 and under. https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/can-i-cruise-with-a-birth-certificate-as-my-identification Guests 15 and under do not need to show to show an ID, just the birth certificate.

I was thinking the same thing! I was also thinking, why does Tot Town have so many drinks I'd try? I'd try stuff elsewhere, of course, but nearly that entire list sounded good to me.

Other than one last minute deal I grabbed for last October, I've been booking nothing but group rates (which come with refundable deposits) so I'm on board for booking upon release now. I just hadn't made that transition until I saw prices were getting crazy. I used to be able to book fairly late and find deals for the summer when we're flexible... but those days are obviously gone.

I wasn't playing the "book when it opens" game back then... and I really stick to PC anyway as I'm sure you've noticed. My wife wants to try the class so we'll see how absurd the prices for Star are during the next release.

Her food/drink venues are at least! Her prices and home port... not so much.

Ugh, that's awful. Parents usually smile at that stuff in my experience. We often say hi and make small comments to kids like that as well. Good, enjoy the peace... and inevitable shenanigans... just not hers.

They really are. I keep saying I'm not really interested in Icon, and I'm not, but I can't help but look at John's pics.

Good point. Sometimes we skip the MDR entirely on nights my picky wife won't eat anything on that menu besides boring grilled chicken b/c I'm confident the entree I want will be in WJ (often the Indian option). Half the MDR menu or so is always there anyway.

Solarium Bistro requires reservations even though it's free and essentially a buffet and is not meant to be hit n run like WJ so not sure that part will work too well. Similarly, the MDR is not meant for that purpose. That said, my wife has done that in the past (maybe once or twice ever) and they were kind enough to grab her a dessert to go under a covered plate, but that was someone going out of their way to be kind. WJ is never a problem, pop in and out for anything you want as many times as you want. Our version is early seating in the MDR followed by stopping by the WJ afterwards to see what they have.

Nice to see people saving some $$$.

Just noticed last night that we won’t be alone at CocoCay anymore. Allure will be with us. Slightly unusual itinerary change for Allure. It was supposed to go to Labadee but now it’s going to CocoCay twice during the same 7N cruise. Can't blame Royal for filling CocoCay but not exactly thrilled about it. I’ve been spoiled by multiple solo trips on Wonder (including my upcoming one). Not the end of the world though.

They already did that.

OMG! I have an online English friend who mentioned canned hot dogs... I've made fun of them ever since, lol.