WannaCruise

Thank you for doing this belated review. It is well needed right now. I love reading about how your love of cruising happened. You never know until you try it . Looking forward to hearing more. Congrats on your engagement.

Thanks for confirming. Yes we got our yesterday at 100%, so what I was expecting. Hopefully you will get your soon and they are considering your issues.

No worries. We'll watch out for the numbers separately. Thanks again.

Thanks so much. Will watch for the refund then on our cc. This is actually a good thing to have part returned directly.

Our FCC includes the cruise price but does not include the taxes and fees, nor does it include the gratuities that we paid at final payment. Is that money lost? Or is our FCC wrong? (We are the 100% FCC scenario....but doesn't seem 100% to me)

So strange. Still not getting notifications from this site. I even tried signing out and back in and still nothing. It's been over a week now so doesn't seem so temporary. ☹️

We like decks 7-10 as we like being mid for top to bottom and near stuff. For front to back, we like between mid and aft so that we are near the stairs for Windjammer (as you mention), MDR, and ships such as Mariner, Navigator, etc have the slides and other at the back of the ship....or Boardwalk on Oasis class. Have never selected Forward staterooms, but I will explicitly avoid them as I worry about movement. Generally don't book on the first few decks, but they would be convenient for MDR, ports and when leaving the ship at the end of the cruise.

Wow sounds really rough time. Am really sorry you went through that (and had some fun too with the house to yourself). Good to hear at least it helped you heal.

Mariner is very similar with Sky Pad, waterslides, Laser Tag and then standard stuff such as Flowrider, rock wall, ice rink, etc It is a bit smaller though so no additional kids pool/slides.

Funny enough, I got your reply. Thanks for letting me know it's not just me. Nothing from any of my regular subscribed threads.

What a long haul for you but so glad to hear your foot is now healed and you are doing better.

Not sure if this is the correct spot to post, but wondering if anyone else has stopped getting email notifications? I subscribe to receive an email for any new post on certain threads, but am not getting anything. Anyone else?

Thanks for the tips. I've heard 270 has amazing views. Looks like a really neat all-purpose room too with entertainment. Really hope things are a go for Dec so can experience it. Great tip too about how to get to the indoor pool without going outside. Definitely will be useful. SeaPlex looks like tons of fun for kids. I worry a bit for the crowds for this cruise, but would try and go before it opens for any event in which they are interested. Same here in Ontario...we had an early snowstorm, then a few after that, but overall wasn't really that bad.

Thanks for letting me know your experience with the weather. Sounds like it's the same 8 day cruise and same time of year so that helps. While our kids are teen/almost pre-teen we prefer connecting rooms, but a balcony and virtual is a great compromise when ready they (or I) am ready for non-connecting. I can get what you mean about the virutal...neat at first but then wore off. That's frustrating too that it didn't even work at one point. We've stayed in promenade rooms and like having a window to see out (even if inside the ship) but do wonder about the virtual. In other circumstances though, I can see us going back to a virtual balcony sometime. We don't spend a ton of time in the room. Appreciate the input. We did end up spending the extra and switched to the 2 balcony rooms. I agree that the natural light will be nice, even if we don't step outside. P.S. - What a great time to cruise! I would actually prefer New Years over Christmas (as we don't celebrate) but New Years cruise was much more for 2020.

Thanks for sharing. Must be so strange being in jackets and even more so seeing snow. Ok.. we know to expect even the outside decks being closed. I assume Anthem has a lot of indoor stuff going on. We know it's not a warm holiday cruise.