Jolly Ogre

Waaaytooo
 
5 May (Enchantment
10 May (Enchantment)
18 May (Wonder)

I don’t consider myself one of those, but I will keep taking the free cruise offers 😂

5/10/25 Enchantment of the Seas

It is only for you high rollers!

It is only for you high rollers!

It is only for you high rollers!

Nothing for us but that’s nothing new

I got a rock.

This Is every cruise for us. It is just US! No kids, family, friends...just us.
Every cruise we have had has been immensely relaxing and enjoyable. Sure there are things and times that were not the best, however the overall cruise experience has been great.
OH and 1 more thing that we make a point of is to turn off the phone and lock it in the safe for the entire trip.

This Is every cruise for us. It is just US! No kids, family, friends...just us.
Every cruise we have had has been immensely relaxing and enjoyable. Sure there are things and times that were not the best, however the overall cruise experience has been great.
OH and 1 more thing that we make a point of is to turn off the phone and lock it in the safe for the entire trip.

Here's an anecdotal comment on the length of cruise for families, especially young families. As a very young family with two under 3 years we did a four night Disney Fantasy. We had done a 7 night Allure before then with our 1 child 17 months at the time. Allure was the newest ship in the fleet, "largest in the world" by a few feet and it was phenomenal. The Fantasy was also the newest in Disney fleet and we had heard that the Disney cruise experience was elevated. I remember us walking off the four night thinking NEVER again are we going to embark on such a short cruise. With the amount of baby crap we had to bring it felt like we had hardly unpacked before we were leaving again. That is not the feeling we got on our first cruise the 7 night on Allure. We gave the short cruise another try when we did a slightly longer 5 night on the Anthem to Bermuda during the Zika hysteria. We had to switch from a 7 night on Allure to an island that didn't have the bug (or the bug) 😉.  As wee had #3 in the oven and overnight to Bermuda fit the bill. A little better than the Disney shorty, it felt the same way. Again, never again less than 7nights! So yes our kids got older and now we have four what we don't haul in baby stuff we haul for more people. Still, a huge endeavor to either drive 9 hours to Port Canaveral 11ish to Fort Lauderdale/Miami or fly then jump on and off in a weekend or a little more. 
I'd ASSUME  I'm not the only family that feels this way about the logistics of getting to a 3/4 night just to jump off. More power to those that like it but even those with older kids will have the children complain about not getting to do the rock wall or flowrider and they only got to see their new cruise friend once!!
Fast forward to my passion and absolute frustration behind our favorite class being relegated to 3/4 night cruises. Plus, the much higher cost per night and further limited itineraries. Do a back to back they say, sure pay more and lose a day. No thank you. Oh by the way we generously still offer 7 night cruises on ICON class, but be ready for us to hit you for another 25% for a similar experience. Thank you loyal cruisers. Keep coming back you are 25% of our core business. Um...maybe not. Thanks for making me go outside my comfort zone and look at other innovations in cruising. 

If the idea is "new cruisers on 3/4 nighters become established cruisers on 7 nighters on Icon class" there's a risk that they will price those new-becoming-established cruisers out of the market.
Many established cruisers have little or no interest in Icon class (beyond perhaps a one-time taste or trying to sail every ship in the fleet at least once). 

This Is every cruise for us. It is just US! No kids, family, friends...just us.
Every cruise we have had has been immensely relaxing and enjoyable. Sure there are things and times that were not the best, however the overall cruise experience has been great.
OH and 1 more thing that we make a point of is to turn off the phone and lock it in the safe for the entire trip.

This Is every cruise for us. It is just US! No kids, family, friends...just us.
Every cruise we have had has been immensely relaxing and enjoyable. Sure there are things and times that were not the best, however the overall cruise experience has been great.
OH and 1 more thing that we make a point of is to turn off the phone and lock it in the safe for the entire trip.

On Wonder and Utopia they totally enclosed the Solarium so no fresh breezes. Big fail I think. The other Solariums on Oasis and Freedom class ships have open air and let the fresh air in. They are much more enjoyable to me anyway.

On Wonder and Utopia they totally enclosed the Solarium so no fresh breezes. Big fail I think. The other Solariums on Oasis and Freedom class ships have open air and let the fresh air in. They are much more enjoyable to me anyway.

My MEI TA does wonders...Since Icon was excluded for prime I was fortunate to have my TA get my prime cert credited to my previously booked cruise from Next Cruise that I had booked in Dec 23. Same room transferred all the CP purchases, everything. 🥰😍🤩

Ok...got my prime cert applied to this cruise...YAY!! MEI TA Beth Dickerson.

If they cranked the a/c on Wonder/Utopia when it's hot in there, I'd be OK with the lack of breeze. They call them "climate controlled" but I don't think that's the climate most human cruisers were expecting. I love the space itself and it's comfortable to me in the early morning or when it's not too hot and sunny out (unfortunately we're largely limited to spring/summer cruising).
But in general, I agree. That's one aspect I prefer on older Oasis class class as much as I love all the other changes/additions to Wonder.

My MEI TA does wonders...Since Icon was excluded for prime I was fortunate to have my TA get my prime cert credited to my previously booked cruise from Next Cruise that I had booked in Dec 23. Same room transferred all the CP purchases, everything. 🥰😍🤩

On Wonder and Utopia they totally enclosed the Solarium so no fresh breezes. Big fail I think. The other Solariums on Oasis and Freedom class ships have open air and let the fresh air in. They are much more enjoyable to me anyway.

My MEI TA does wonders...Since Icon was excluded for prime I was fortunate to have my TA get my prime cert credited to my previously booked cruise from Next Cruise that I had booked in Dec 23. Same room transferred all the CP purchases, everything. 🥰😍🤩

15 days to go...time to start the dry cleaning to get ready to start packing.

Well I tried to do this last night and was on hold for 2 1/2 hrs and when I got connected they said that I have to go through my TA as it was an existing reservation.
I sent the e-mail to my TA this morning and I have my fingers crossed, but with little hope.

Well I tried to do this last night and was on hold for 2 1/2 hrs and when I got connected they said that I have to go through my TA as it was an existing reservation.
I sent the e-mail to my TA this morning and I have my fingers crossed, but with little hope.