OCSC Mike

It's outdoor seating. Giovanni's is where Wonderland is on other ships and has two floors. The pic looks like it was taken from the 2nd floor looking down. Looks pretty cool.

Izumi in the Park is now in Central Park on Utopia instead of GK.

19 minutes ago, Gilley said:

Thanks.  Never cruised out of Orlando.  Didn’t realize the distance from the port to airport.   It always seems when I cruise we reach the port before 6am.

You’ll likely dock at PC very early & can usually get off the ship quickly via self-assist… which is why it’s doable… but one hiccup (like an accident on the highway to the airport or ship delay) and it can quickly become dicey.

In other words, I agree with the other answers.

18 minutes ago, Neesa said:

we are still full from the past 7 days

Yeah, that even happens to me by the end. That’s partly why we do specialty early in the week.

Glad you enjoyed Hideaway so much!

Now @Neesa’s just messing with us. 

We see you clicking emojis… how dare you enjoy your cabana & not take the time to update us!

2 hours ago, Toni P said:

our excursion was over at 12:30 pm

That would kill it for me. We don't go to beach clubs in Costa Maya b/c all-aboard is 1:30pm (on the Western itinerary we keep taking) and I can't see taking advantage of included food & drink if I have to leave that early.

It looks nice otherwise.

21 minutes ago, Debstr66 said:

Ok, shopping for rainbow underwear so I don't have to wear multiple pairs while on my Indy cruise in Aug... 

Careful on the wording there... one could read that as you planning to just roll with the one rainbow pair for the entire cruise.

Clearly you meant you'd buy a cruise-worth's of rainbow, just sayin...

1 minute ago, SweetPea said:

you'll sleep in the cabana and like it!

I have definitely dozed off in both a Beach Club cabana and at a Mexican beach club. It's not hard to do.

22 minutes ago, Neesa said:

So frustrating.....any day now!

I'm virtually yelling at hubby and daughter to get their butts off the ship for you!

My wife and I are generally on the same page, schedule-wise, but she mentioned something about possibly not getting off the ship ASAP in Cozumel next month when we have a daybed at Paradise Beach. Now it's not like I need to start eating/drinking at 8am (although they do have smoothies that I would definitely try in the morning since it's all-inclusive) but of course I want to get off early!

She clarified that it was in case she didn't sleep well the night before so I said no problem...

1. Take a sleep-aid.

2. How awake do you need to be to lie in a daybed?!? You can go back to sleep there, lol.

14 minutes ago, CrimsonCruiser said:

I actually have no idea if these are good prices We only normally get the soda package - since we don't drink much - but after last year, when we got out Diamond drinks, we realized it was actually hard for us to drink the soda, water and cocktails to make everything worthwhile lol. So this time we're skipping any drink package and taking advantage of what we can bring on board.

Yeah, I only know they're good prices because I'm a nerd and keep an eye on the CP even though I'm not buying anything.

We're in the same boat. We recently turned D+, my wife barely drinks, and I'm not a huge drinker though I try to be while cruising. She uses 1-2 vouchers per day and otherwise lives off of strawberry kiwi water onboard. Despite my efforts last week, I couldn't use up the rest without getting a couple cans of soda or Truly at the end of the night. I have vowed to do better next month, lol.

16 minutes ago, CrimsonCruiser said:

this is what's showing for me

Yep, same for my July Wonder, I was just too lazy to screen shot the other packages. All good prices AFAIK.

I said this when I saw a Beach Club cabana for $980 last month... it almost makes me wish we actually bought any of these things, lol. I know they're good prices, we just don't buy hardly anything pre-cruise except lunch/brunch during BF or another big 40% off sale.

1 minute ago, smokeybandit said:

Unless no one was in a hurry to get on the beach.

I bet this is definitely part of it. We were there alone last week so it was obviously empty… but where we sit by the Oasis Lagoon, we were the first ones there & it was at least 80% empty until after 9:30am & still plenty empty later into the morning.

This made me not care about being there with Allure next month. We’ll get off first thing as usual & grab our spot. I expect it to be crowded later but I can deal with a short line for food and whatever as long as we have our preferred homebase. Twice as many people docking isn’t a big deal until they get off the ships… and then it’s less of a deal to me once we’re situated.

8 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

I will try her one day I'm sure.  Just not now.

Yep, that’s us… except it will likely be Star.

6 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

It's mostly gray at Coco Cay.

For some of us who leave home where it’s sunny and 95+, we root for clouds & wind on CocoCay, lol. As long as it’s not pouring, it’s perfect for me.

Hope you enjoy your day!

7 minutes ago, NewfieCruiser said:

Trying to make the DBP more appealing to the Diamond and above members. Personally, I wouldn't even buy the package, unless it was much more cheaper. 4 free drinks each would be plenty for us. Even if we needed to buy a couple al la carte here and there.

I wouldn’t buy it at virtually any price, but others do so hopefully this alerts them to possible savings.

I don’t buy it but this is by far the lowest price I’ve ever seen for my Wonder cruises.

Refreshment package is also $23.99 & Soda is $8.99.

Hope you enjoy that cabana to the fullest! Send your server out for plenty of fried food and pizza in my honor!

And use those vouchers!

18 minutes ago, janderson said:

So do we all check in at the same time or how do they know who is supposed to be in the cabana?

Assuming it works like a Beach Club cabana (I've never done Hideaway), yes, everyone just shows up together and gets taken to their cabana. At the Beach Club, there are wrist bands you put on if you want to leave and come back.

The shore excursions desk will have all this info once you board if you still have questions.

No one in the cabana has to pay anything additional.

12 minutes ago, ScottD said:

Also, really hoping to go back to Roatan again next year, so I'll try to remember to come back and get that guys info!! 

Cool! He had stories about the stuff you mentioned like Bojangles and told us about the 3-4 resorts he worked at doing diving/medical stuff.

Any good, friendly guide can show you whatever you want to see of course, he just had some personal stories that made it that much cooler (they weren’t all uplifting but that’s life).

3 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

That still doesn't really explain why a SY show is now trying to play on WN too....

No, it doesn't. I'll be stalking Wonder on the app as usual and keeping an eye out to see if it appears this week.

3 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

I couldn't stand it. I looked it up.

So did I but you were posting before I could edit my post, lol.

Now I'm even more disappointed. You know Symphony is my missing Oasis class ship.

3 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

There are so many of these shows now I am starting to get confused. Isn't there already an Aqua Nation on another ship (not WN)? The name sounds so familiar.....IC has Aqua Action, but I feel like there is already an Aqua Nation somewhere.

Possibly? Maybe?

EDIT: Google says it's on Symphony.

Random follow-up to our visit to Roatan. If you don't remember, we loved our guide (Cardy) and visited a school to donate supplies but the younger kids weren't there so we dropped them off in the office and visited a couple slightly older classrooms.

Anyway, apparently Cardy just sent my wife pictures of the younger kids receiving the supplies via WhatsApp that he got from the school.

He's such a great guy. I've been trying to recommend him on the FB page of our July cruise but it's full of first time cruisers who are either afraid to book independent excursions or I'm guessing won't be willing to book a tour with a guy via his e-mail address/WhatsApp.

Without going into detail, he could really use the business and I wish I had a better way to help get him some.

16 minutes ago, ScottD said:

@OCSC Mike so I read a review of your cruise that someone left on FB.. they said they were told that new aqua show was actually a practice run for the Utopia aqua show, and not a new show for Wonder. Whether that's true or not...don't know, but if you don't see it when you go back again, then maybe it was the case. 

@ScottD Thanks but that doesn't jive unless they changed the name on Wonder for some sort of elaborate misdirect or it's a 2nd show on Utopia. The main aqua show on Utopia was already announced as "Aqua 80 Too"...

https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2024/04/19/royal-caribbeans-newest-ship-feature-epic-80s-music-spectacular

The one I tried to see was called AquaNation.

2 hours ago, SweetPea said:

I recommend self-medicating through vouchers

And lots of Italian food!

Who needs an EMT or medical when she has us?