WannaCruise
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6 minutes ago, Joe01 said:
I did Symphony last year so I have already sailed her. The issue with CocoCay on the last day is that I prefer to have an at sea day on the last day, and the last day is usually a rush to get everything done for me so I won't be able to enjoy the port as much.
Price is neck and neck.
Ah ok..that makes total sense. I feel the same way.
If you've done Symphony already and the itinerary is better with Harmony, then maybe book Harmony again? Don't think you can go wrong either way.
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Love your reviews and your wealth of knowledge and experience. Am really excited for you to be trying star class, and your kids Oasis class. We'll be on Symphony at same time (in measly Boardwalk balcony room .. lol) so will need to read your review after the fact but will definitely follow. Its exciting with the time leading up to a cruise...just 5 weeks.
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Not clear...what is wrong with going to Coco Cay on your last day? If price is similar and that's only negative then I'd try Symphony just to see how it compares (although I imagine it'll be more similar than different). But nothing wrong with repeating a ship again. (I just posted about this and many good thoughts)
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11 hours ago, PocketsRN said:
Careful with that dream, now. I spoiled myself with a junior suite one time, and now it's like a standard requirement. I'll occasionally settle for an ocean view when it's a short getaway or a last minute decision, but now that I've finally figured out the royal up thing, I'm in real trouble.
Oh, junior suite just came available? GRANDE suite, you say?
Lol...can totally see that. We typically do insides for the price (promenade) but we did try and balcony last summer and see the fuss. Our upcoming cruises are a mix (including a balcony) and I totally get what you're saying. My mentality used to be "we're never in the stateroom except to sleep and shower so doesn't matter" but even that hour in the morning watching the sun rise while waiting for our kids to get up was heaven. And this summer we're trying 2 staterooms so may be hard to return to one. Then...if we ever try JS, can imagine the space and normal bathroom will be wonderful and hard to return. All very addicting and with each one, there is something better.
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Just now, RBRSKI said:
I think when you repeat a ship, it feels more like home! I know this sounds crazy, but this allows you to find everything more quicker and you have the chance to sail with the same crew. There is nothing like walking down a hallway and one of the cabin stateroom attendants or any cruise staff say hello to you by name. Wilma on the Freedom is awesome and my great friend Usha on the Allure. Can't wait to see her in March!
That's awesome, and a great advantage of sailing again in same ship
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I heard on Oasis class, the beach pool is salt water, but the other pools are freshwater.
And yeah, the Mariner is salt water. I was on Indy in December, but not with our kids (as it was my daughter that noticed) so I didn't notice if it was saltwater or not (and we stuck with solarium).
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Just now, Lovetocruise2002 said:
Ditto on that one. If it's not Oasis or Quantum class or it hasn't been AMPed, it's out if we have our kids with us. Now my kids have informed me that they no longer like salt water pools either so that list of "no" is growing and the list of "repeats" might be growing also.
Our daughter commented last time about the salt water pool on Mariner (which is what she'll be "stuck with" next time as it's their only pool she can go in).
We don't have that issue...yet...with them adding to the "no repeat" list....but hopefully we'll get there someday...lol (meaning we keep cruising enough)
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3 minutes ago, Gears said:
We have been on multiple ships several times and every class of ship except Anthem. We have never booked based on a specific ship or ships, but given our experience if we had the option of going on the same itinerary/date/disembarkation port, there are ships, or rather classes, we would pick over others.
1. Freedom Class
The only time we consider the ship is when travelling with our kids. For example, DH and I would have no issue trying a Radiance or Brilliance class ourselves, but if with our kids would select where there is lots of stuff for them (i.e. Oasis, Quantum, Freedom, Voyager - amped ships). And with Royal's ships, the itinerary is last consideration as we look at the ship/date/price first.
I should add that when selecting our latest booking, which ended up being Harmony, we did put the ships first that we hadn't been on (Oasis, Harmony ....over Allure which we were on, and Symphony, which is coming up). But that's just because we had the option between the four ships. And if it came down to it, we would have no issue going on one of the other two again.,
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Just now, KLA said:
Haha, no. Honeymoon was in 2017 and we did a B2B on Allure. This cruise will actually be a week ahead of our second anniversary. All kinds of nostalgia on this cruise haha!
Enjoy the Mariner aft! I've sailed Mariner twice and really love what they've done with the ship, and the crew is fantastic.
Ah ok..so first time was your honeymoon. Well, this time can be your anniversary cruise then. You should make it a tradition.
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Just now, KLA said:
We just booked Allure yesterday (after a really irritating personally-at-fault changed booking on Enchantment) and we said the same thing - on boarding day, we won't have to rush around and reorient ourselves. We can just relax and already know the places we enjoy spending time. Plus, the nostalgia of spending two weeks on board for our honeymoon.
This time around, we booked the furthest aft cabin on the boardwalk on deck 9... though I have a feeling we'll try and swap to an OV balcony on deck 6.
It's your honeymoon? Congrats! Yes true...you already know your way around.
We booked aft for Mariner for the first time. A bit apprehensive but also interested to try to see if we like it. (Not sure it'll be a true test though as Mariner 4 day cruise is staying still more than the ship is actually moving so we don't have much wake time to enjoy).
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52 minutes ago, whenismynextcruise said:
we mix it up. We have been on Anthem 5 times in a row for Thanksgiving. A few reasons, its conveneint to drive to Bayonne, the price is right for us, and we really do love Anthem. We will be on her for Bermuda this Spring and again for Thanksgiving. For a winter cruise we mix it up to tru other ships and other lines. We are on NCL Bliss next Saturday. We chose it because its a new ship to experience.
SO great to hear. We're trying Anthem next March for the first time. Makes a difference too if you can drive to the port so double reasons for you to have been on it multiple times.
Enjoy your NCL Bliss cruise. Never done NCL but they look like great options too.
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5 hours ago, JasonL said:
I live so far away that none of them are convenient to sail on. So I definitely want a different ship every time or a repeat after it's been amped. If I lived closer to Florida I'd sail whatever weekend cruise worked with my schedule quite often.
I know...we keep saying this as well...not that we have any plans to move to Florida...but it would be so easy to jump on a ship at last minute or if it works with time off work. For us, it's a 3hr plane ride each time (which means around $2k on non-peak times, much more during March break)
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Such a cute picture, and glad to hear you like the room despite feeling the vibrations. What ship is that? I don't think the ones on Harmony (the 1K rooms) have the slanted window. They are at the front though; 2 aft facing, and a few others aft but on the sides.
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14 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:
I'm with @tiny260 on this one. I don't purposely repeat ships either (because Hubby hates to repeat ships, I don't mind as much) but I will depending on the situation.
Sailing Harmony for the second time and a third time because we got awesome deals for Star Class on both.
Sailing Oasis for the second next March but it will feel like the first time again because we have not sailed her since the inaugural.
Sailing Allure too after her dry dock so it will be another new-ish experience. And because we got an awesome deal in Star Class.
Sailing Brilliance for the second time (definitely not by choice) but because of the people (GC).
Also sailing Anthem for the second time for the itinerary and the people (another GC).
Who am I kidding? After looking at this, I will basically take any cruise lol.
That's amazing you gave do many cruises to look forward to..repeat ones but new experiences.
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4 minutes ago, bhageerah said:
Been on Oasis twice as well as Brilliance of the Seas twice, I do not mind repeating ships, although I have to say the ship for us all depends on if the dates match what we need. If the dates are right we do not care which ship it is on! My worst day on cruise is FAR better than my best day at work!
Touche! Totally agree with your last comment.
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51 minutes ago, tiny260 said:
I have been on Allure 3 times, Liberty 2 times, Adventure 2 times, Voyager 2 times.
I will be on future cruises Oasis 2 times, Harmony 2 times and Anthem 2 times.
After my 3rd cruise on Allure which was just 2 weeks ago I feel like cruise 3 is the sweet spot for me, we knew where everything was, all the little secrets, tips and tricks.
I repeated or will repeat for varies reasons, ship was the destination, the itineraries, availability (date) and itineraries, and/or room features (Star Class)
Was gonna say that 2 seems to be your lucky number...but good to know that 3 is your sweet spot.
Seems like you try the bigger ones (Oasis, Quantum, Freedom and Voyager class)
Maybe i should ask too...what is your favorite ship?
My favorite so far is Allure (although ask me again in March after we try Symphony). But really loved the revamped ships. Our kids loved the Mariner with the additional amenities (slides, Sky Pad, and Laser tag)
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Just curious. I have been on Grandeur, Voyager, Allure, Mariner and Independence.
We have following booked: Symphony, Navigator, Anthem, Mariner and Harmony.
So only ship that will be a repeat is Mariner (but can see us starting to repeat after that). The only negative with repeating...if can call cruising a negative...lol... is that you are repeating the ship's production shows. With different cruises too, we try different staterooms (e.g. promenade, starboard balcony, aft balcony, interior virtual, Boardwalk, etc)...2 rooms, 1 room, etc (Dream is someday to try a Junior Suite but hasn't happened yet).
So what about others....do you repeat ships? Or do you try and do different ships? And if you repeat, is it because you like the ship, or the date/time/itinerary/price worked out that way?
(And of course, this is within Royal, as there is also trying other cruise lines).
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We have the waterpark part booked for March (skipped the ziplines). When are you going? I can report back afterwards.
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10 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:
@WannaCruise I noted the ages of your kids and that is why I said if it were me, I would give serious consideration. The trundle is going to be tough and probably uncomfortable for either one of your kids at that point.
I did not like the 1K for reasons that may not apply to others. Overall it was still a great family room. I just did not care for the washroom size and I really missed the balcony. But still a way better option than what we originally booked. At least we weren’t tripping over one another, which I worry would be the case with 4 adult size bodies (even 11 year olds can take up a lot of space lol) in an interior.
Thanks. Yeah...they are getting older with my older one taller than me now and younger one not far behind (she's very tall for her age...and I'm not)...so 2 years from now, even more so. Can see what you are saying. Maybe I'll have to go on the trundle...
The ultra spacious you had looks even nicer than Harmony as I think you had a separate room. Harmony just has the one big room with the pullman, or more like a bunk bed, in its own space.
Prices shot up today...so for now, happy with what we have and will manage, but I have 2 years to price watch...lol.
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Thanks Lovetocruise. Yes I remember you stayed in a similar room on Indy. I seem to remember that you didn't love it? Think it was related to the bathroom vs JS though? In our case, the bathrooms would be the same. I find cruise rooms funny as these "large rooms" are really no larger than a standard hotel room, and if anything still smaller. It's all relative though, right?
We have managed before in a Allure Promenade room, and trying Boardwalk room on Symphony in March...so we can make do. But true...by this cruise, which is 2021, they will be older and almost having 2 teenagers (and one is a boy and one a girl).
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We have a few cruise bookings and I'm always price checking and looking at other options. For our Harmony cruise we got a great price on a Central Park Interior room (window…no balcony) at 191 sq ft. Our kids will be 15 and 11 when we travel. One of the other rooms I'm eyeing is the Ultra Spacious Ocean View room. It has the extra Pullmans (in the closet…lol) and is 271 sq ft. From what I can tell, there are 1 or 2 windows depending on the specific room. Also from what I've understand, Harmony has a sofa bed + separate trundle so it's not a huge deal with the bed configuration in the Central Park room (vs having to share a double sofa bed), but the ultra spacious is nice as they would completely get their own space. The difference in price right now is $900 CAD so a bit much, but if it goes down at all….questioning if we should move.
Has anyone stayed in Central Park Interior and/or Ultra Spacious and has comments about the room type? Is the move worth $900? On the flip side, never stayed in Central Park room and they do look neat and different. Also the Ultra Spacious room is very forward (with 2 of them being forward facing) so not sure about movement . Having said that, our Central Park interior room is forward section as well.
There aren't a ton of either of these stateroom categories so may not even get the choice, but want to be able to make a decision in the case an ultra spacious does lower in price (or if its worth $900 more).
Would love to hear other's thoughts.
PS - As a note….To date we've always stayed in one room and for this cruise it's very expensive for even 2 interiors so not considering it. Even balcony rooms are a big jump up in price.
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Lance Bass was on my Allure cruise 2016. I knew he was on as there were some closed events, but funny enough I kept seeing him around (e.g.on our Blue Lagoon excursion , by the pool). The last night he and his group also had an open event where they hosted a show (and I think sang one song at the end but I didn't stay).
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Just now, Matt said:
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Same here. I have the app on Android. Calendar shows for our Symphony cruise but it's empty, even though we have shows and one excursion through Royal.