MelissaM

Cruise Planner for Ovation of the Seas Alaska Aug 21, 2020
Soda package down to $6.50 from 8.99
Refreshment package down $19 from $28
The Alaska Blanket $19.99 from 29.99
The Polar bear hat my 7 yr old wanted $14.39 from  I think around 24.99
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Ultimate drink package is $51 not sure if that's down as we don't buy it
and dinning packages look about the same but I will keep my eye out.  We want the three night and it's running at $105 right now.
 
 

Cruise Planner for Ovation of the Seas Alaska Aug 21, 2020
Soda package down to $6.50 from 8.99
Refreshment package down $19 from $28
The Alaska Blanket $19.99 from 29.99
The Polar bear hat my 7 yr old wanted $14.39 from  I think around 24.99
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Ultimate drink package is $51 not sure if that's down as we don't buy it
and dinning packages look about the same but I will keep my eye out.  We want the three night and it's running at $105 right now.
 
 

Cruise Planner for Ovation of the Seas Alaska Aug 21, 2020
Soda package down to $6.50 from 8.99
Refreshment package down $19 from $28
The Alaska Blanket $19.99 from 29.99
The Polar bear hat my 7 yr old wanted $14.39 from  I think around 24.99
---
Ultimate drink package is $51 not sure if that's down as we don't buy it
and dinning packages look about the same but I will keep my eye out.  We want the three night and it's running at $105 right now.
 
 

Cruise Planner for Ovation of the Seas Alaska Aug 21, 2020
Soda package down to $6.50 from 8.99
Refreshment package down $19 from $28
The Alaska Blanket $19.99 from 29.99
The Polar bear hat my 7 yr old wanted $14.39 from  I think around 24.99
---
Ultimate drink package is $51 not sure if that's down as we don't buy it
and dinning packages look about the same but I will keep my eye out.  We want the three night and it's running at $105 right now.
 
 

Cruise Planner for Ovation of the Seas Alaska Aug 21, 2020
Soda package down to $6.50 from 8.99
Refreshment package down $19 from $28
The Alaska Blanket $19.99 from 29.99
The Polar bear hat my 7 yr old wanted $14.39 from  I think around 24.99
---
Ultimate drink package is $51 not sure if that's down as we don't buy it
and dinning packages look about the same but I will keep my eye out.  We want the three night and it's running at $105 right now.
 
 

That's a genius tip!
I've never lost my phone, but I have lost my dignity on the FlowRider a couple of times.

When we went to chops on Adventure I ordered the kids steak for my 7 yr old son.  The server suggested he just get the fillet because it was more tender and she didn't upcharge me for it would have still been $10.  Then my son fell asleep at dinner so she didn't charge us at all!  It was great customer service. 

Thanks for letting me know.  I wasn't sure about it.  We got on board at 10:45am and I just went straight to the Specialty restaurant and added him.  

Ahoy there,
My family just got off the Adventure of the Seas 6 nights Canada New England out of Cape Liberty.  I thought I'd share my dinning review.
First, I bought  Bogo specialty dinning package.  This included one specialty restaurant the first two nights of the cruise.  As Adventure has a limited amount of specialty dinning we did Chops on the first night and Giovanni's the second.
Chops - it was good not great - my steak was a little overcooked but still tender, the side dishes were yummy we had the cheesy tots, spinach and mashed potatoes.  I added my 7 yr old son to the reservation when we got on the ship as kids are only $10 dollars but you would have to pay full price if you book in advance.  He ended up falling asleep at the table during dinner and our great server did not charge us for his meal.  We ended up just adding that to her additional tip we left.
Giovanni's  was excellent!  The bread service was awesome - mix of rolls/focaccia with oil/vinegar, olives and garlic side.  The meal was also excellent you can choose appetizer, pasta and a main dish.  I ended up with the pasta of the day which was a pesto rigatoni and the eggplant parm.  Dessert was a mix of whatever you wanted off the cart.  I had the tiramisu of course.
We ended up in the buffet for an additional dessert that night and found out the theme for night 3 was tex-mex -- well you know we had to be there for that.  I may have eaten my weight in nachos.
The Windjammer was the best part of this trip.  All meals were great.  The bread and cheese options fantastic.  The last night they had Manchego my favorite and feta with herbs.  I also ate probably about 50lbs of Honey Butter on the brown bread with fruit in it.
We ended up for dinner there on the 3rd night, 5th and 6th night.  5th night was Caribbean night and was our favorite night by far.  The last night they had an apple pie the size of a house.  The baking was also on point.  The cakes/pies and all the treats were really delicious. 
The main dinning room was ok.  We went on night 4th.  The food was good but came out luke warm.  It was like if you go to a wedding and they are trying to bring out all the dishes at the same time, they are just not going to be hot.  We had my time dinning and had mad a reservation in advance.  I heard if you did not you waited a long time.  After that night and missing Mediterranean night at the buffet we vowed only to do the Windjammer. - They did have Lobster night on the 5th night which was only Lobster tails.  I don't like seafood and my husband had a full lobster meal in Bar Harbor so we skipped it.  People did say you could ask for as many tails as you could eat.
Café Promenade did have pizza, sandwiches and treats but the pizza appeared to be just frozen and then cooked, it wasn't great but my son loved it.
My son and husband did sushi making class.  It was $30 but you ended up making 4 rolls, 1 hand roll and 1 nigiri- which you got to eat at the end, worth the $30.
Overall high marks to the Windjammer and Giovanni's.  We never went hungry and I am proud to announce I only gained 5lbs - which is 2 less than the average. 

You have the same reaction to Italian as I do Bagels.  hahahah.  As a original New Yorker I just looked at them with distain and moved on in the buffet.  Glad you enjoyed all your dinning at Chops and Chef's table!

Ahoy there,
My family just got off the Adventure of the Seas 6 nights Canada New England out of Cape Liberty.  I thought I'd share my dinning review.
First, I bought  Bogo specialty dinning package.  This included one specialty restaurant the first two nights of the cruise.  As Adventure has a limited amount of specialty dinning we did Chops on the first night and Giovanni's the second.
Chops - it was good not great - my steak was a little overcooked but still tender, the side dishes were yummy we had the cheesy tots, spinach and mashed potatoes.  I added my 7 yr old son to the reservation when we got on the ship as kids are only $10 dollars but you would have to pay full price if you book in advance.  He ended up falling asleep at the table during dinner and our great server did not charge us for his meal.  We ended up just adding that to her additional tip we left.
Giovanni's  was excellent!  The bread service was awesome - mix of rolls/focaccia with oil/vinegar, olives and garlic side.  The meal was also excellent you can choose appetizer, pasta and a main dish.  I ended up with the pasta of the day which was a pesto rigatoni and the eggplant parm.  Dessert was a mix of whatever you wanted off the cart.  I had the tiramisu of course.
We ended up in the buffet for an additional dessert that night and found out the theme for night 3 was tex-mex -- well you know we had to be there for that.  I may have eaten my weight in nachos.
The Windjammer was the best part of this trip.  All meals were great.  The bread and cheese options fantastic.  The last night they had Manchego my favorite and feta with herbs.  I also ate probably about 50lbs of Honey Butter on the brown bread with fruit in it.
We ended up for dinner there on the 3rd night, 5th and 6th night.  5th night was Caribbean night and was our favorite night by far.  The last night they had an apple pie the size of a house.  The baking was also on point.  The cakes/pies and all the treats were really delicious. 
The main dinning room was ok.  We went on night 4th.  The food was good but came out luke warm.  It was like if you go to a wedding and they are trying to bring out all the dishes at the same time, they are just not going to be hot.  We had my time dinning and had mad a reservation in advance.  I heard if you did not you waited a long time.  After that night and missing Mediterranean night at the buffet we vowed only to do the Windjammer. - They did have Lobster night on the 5th night which was only Lobster tails.  I don't like seafood and my husband had a full lobster meal in Bar Harbor so we skipped it.  People did say you could ask for as many tails as you could eat.
Café Promenade did have pizza, sandwiches and treats but the pizza appeared to be just frozen and then cooked, it wasn't great but my son loved it.
My son and husband did sushi making class.  It was $30 but you ended up making 4 rolls, 1 hand roll and 1 nigiri- which you got to eat at the end, worth the $30.
Overall high marks to the Windjammer and Giovanni's.  We never went hungry and I am proud to announce I only gained 5lbs - which is 2 less than the average. 

As a person who works in Insurance (auto) I am all about insurance.  The medical costs will be astronomical without it.  I just picture myself walking down the stairs tripping and breaking my leg.   Getting sick is one thing but having a real issue is another.  Also you may have to be left off the ship at a port if it is that serious.  The insurance is not that expensive.  Last trip we took for three people (one minor) was about 94 dollars total.  This was for 6 nights and about 50k in coverage for medical. (we drove to port so didn't need flight added in)  You can choose your coverage.  Say you want more medical but less luggage.  The amounts vary. 
Again anything can happen, a broken bone, the flu, more serious inj.  Not worth the risk.

As a person who works in Insurance (auto) I am all about insurance.  The medical costs will be astronomical without it.  I just picture myself walking down the stairs tripping and breaking my leg.   Getting sick is one thing but having a real issue is another.  Also you may have to be left off the ship at a port if it is that serious.  The insurance is not that expensive.  Last trip we took for three people (one minor) was about 94 dollars total.  This was for 6 nights and about 50k in coverage for medical. (we drove to port so didn't need flight added in)  You can choose your coverage.  Say you want more medical but less luggage.  The amounts vary. 
Again anything can happen, a broken bone, the flu, more serious inj.  Not worth the risk.

As a person who works in Insurance (auto) I am all about insurance.  The medical costs will be astronomical without it.  I just picture myself walking down the stairs tripping and breaking my leg.   Getting sick is one thing but having a real issue is another.  Also you may have to be left off the ship at a port if it is that serious.  The insurance is not that expensive.  Last trip we took for three people (one minor) was about 94 dollars total.  This was for 6 nights and about 50k in coverage for medical. (we drove to port so didn't need flight added in)  You can choose your coverage.  Say you want more medical but less luggage.  The amounts vary. 
Again anything can happen, a broken bone, the flu, more serious inj.  Not worth the risk.

As a person who works in Insurance (auto) I am all about insurance.  The medical costs will be astronomical without it.  I just picture myself walking down the stairs tripping and breaking my leg.   Getting sick is one thing but having a real issue is another.  Also you may have to be left off the ship at a port if it is that serious.  The insurance is not that expensive.  Last trip we took for three people (one minor) was about 94 dollars total.  This was for 6 nights and about 50k in coverage for medical. (we drove to port so didn't need flight added in)  You can choose your coverage.  Say you want more medical but less luggage.  The amounts vary. 
Again anything can happen, a broken bone, the flu, more serious inj.  Not worth the risk.

Thanks for letting me know.  I wasn't sure about it.  We got on board at 10:45am and I just went straight to the Specialty restaurant and added him.  

Ahoy there,
My family just got off the Adventure of the Seas 6 nights Canada New England out of Cape Liberty.  I thought I'd share my dinning review.
First, I bought  Bogo specialty dinning package.  This included one specialty restaurant the first two nights of the cruise.  As Adventure has a limited amount of specialty dinning we did Chops on the first night and Giovanni's the second.
Chops - it was good not great - my steak was a little overcooked but still tender, the side dishes were yummy we had the cheesy tots, spinach and mashed potatoes.  I added my 7 yr old son to the reservation when we got on the ship as kids are only $10 dollars but you would have to pay full price if you book in advance.  He ended up falling asleep at the table during dinner and our great server did not charge us for his meal.  We ended up just adding that to her additional tip we left.
Giovanni's  was excellent!  The bread service was awesome - mix of rolls/focaccia with oil/vinegar, olives and garlic side.  The meal was also excellent you can choose appetizer, pasta and a main dish.  I ended up with the pasta of the day which was a pesto rigatoni and the eggplant parm.  Dessert was a mix of whatever you wanted off the cart.  I had the tiramisu of course.
We ended up in the buffet for an additional dessert that night and found out the theme for night 3 was tex-mex -- well you know we had to be there for that.  I may have eaten my weight in nachos.
The Windjammer was the best part of this trip.  All meals were great.  The bread and cheese options fantastic.  The last night they had Manchego my favorite and feta with herbs.  I also ate probably about 50lbs of Honey Butter on the brown bread with fruit in it.
We ended up for dinner there on the 3rd night, 5th and 6th night.  5th night was Caribbean night and was our favorite night by far.  The last night they had an apple pie the size of a house.  The baking was also on point.  The cakes/pies and all the treats were really delicious. 
The main dinning room was ok.  We went on night 4th.  The food was good but came out luke warm.  It was like if you go to a wedding and they are trying to bring out all the dishes at the same time, they are just not going to be hot.  We had my time dinning and had mad a reservation in advance.  I heard if you did not you waited a long time.  After that night and missing Mediterranean night at the buffet we vowed only to do the Windjammer. - They did have Lobster night on the 5th night which was only Lobster tails.  I don't like seafood and my husband had a full lobster meal in Bar Harbor so we skipped it.  People did say you could ask for as many tails as you could eat.
Café Promenade did have pizza, sandwiches and treats but the pizza appeared to be just frozen and then cooked, it wasn't great but my son loved it.
My son and husband did sushi making class.  It was $30 but you ended up making 4 rolls, 1 hand roll and 1 nigiri- which you got to eat at the end, worth the $30.
Overall high marks to the Windjammer and Giovanni's.  We never went hungry and I am proud to announce I only gained 5lbs - which is 2 less than the average. 

My 7 yr old son is pumped for formal night, we got him the cutest bowtie.  I think it's fun to get dressed up for at least one night on the cruise.

I love Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.. I'm only 39, but maybe it's because I'm from Jersey! hahah My husband and I would def be at this show.

I am on Adventure next month. Four Seasons here I come. I will be the one screaming when they sing Sherry Baby.

Adventure Canada sailing next August went down from $26 to $17 for refreshment package.  Pretty excited about this savings.  Deluxe only went down 3 dollars going to hold out to see if it drops any further by friday. 

For lunch, reservations are not critical. Doesn't hurt, but you cant even book lunch reservations in some cases online.

We did not. My friend made the reservation right before we walked in (say 15 before) and except for a small party we were the only people in there. Not necessary and it was a sea day. Perhaps it's not a bad idea to call/book just in case though.