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My wife and I went on our first cruise ever this past July on Symphony  and we got the key at the same price. Since we wanted internet I thought it was a no brainer.  Also got the DBP for$49pp. 
We have a May cruise on Harmony and the key is currently priced at $37.99 and the dbp is $65pp. No way at those prices!!!
Gotta keep stalking the cruise planner I guess.

Thank you for taking the time to share this.   

Following! We board 9/29 so I'm excited to see your adventure!

Following! Have a great trip!

Enjoy the upcoming cruise .

They ask your room number everytime you check in there, so they can reallocate the dining room tips there.  Whether they actually do or not, who knows!

Hi Everyone And Welcome To My Not Live Blog Of My Cruise On Harmony Of The Seas. I Plan To Take A Lot Of Video And Post It To My Youtube Channel. Also I Am Going To Be Using A New Camera. More On That Later.
So This Is Our Itinerary On This Sailing. 
 Day One: (Orlando) Port Canaveral  Day Two: Perfect Day At Coco Cay  Day Three: At Sea  Day Four: St Thomas   Day Five: St Martin   Day Six: At Sea Day Seven: At Sea  I Am Really Exited For This Cruise Because Today Marks 24 Days Until I Board!!

So With Out Further To Do I Hope You Will Follow Me For This Cruise Adventure!!!
 

Good morning from.... somewhere in the Pacific!
If It weren't so chilly, I'd swear we were on our way to some tropical island!

So let me go back in time a bit here and talk about boarding.  Pier 91 seemed very organized and efficient.  We hailed a Lyft from our hotel around 9:30 and were at the port in about 10 minutes.  We passed the throngs of sad-that-their-cruise-ended passengers, dropped our bags off with the porter and waited for Polly and Sheri to arrive.  We followed the signs for the key priority check-in where we showed our passports as well as our seapasses to the attendants.  They scanned everything in with Ipads, took our picture and put a check in complete sticker on our seapasses.  We were then sent upstairs and bypassed the larger check-in line where we were ushered to our priority seating area which was a combined space for Pinnacles, Diamond Plus, Suites and Key members.  At around 10:45, the ship was cleared for new passengers.  They called the suites first, and I think maybe a few people got up, then right after they called for everyone else in the priority area to board.  We weren't the first people on the ship, but it was close!
After boarding, we immediately went to a specialty restaurant to make our reservations for the 3 night package.  We chose Jamie's Italian, Wonderland and Chops, starting with Jamies on night 2.
Having been onboard Ovation's sister ship, the Anthem last year, we already had the lay of the land, and she felt really familiar. I also realized that I wasn't taking as many pictures as usual due to the familiarity, so I need to step up my picture game starting today!  We went up to the Solarium where I had my first drink of the day, the Kraken lava flow!

After a bit, we headed down to deck 3 where key members were able to drop their carry-ons and get their key letters which contained the wifi access codes.  Right after, they welcomed us to lunch in The Grande dining room where they served a special Chops lunch menu for key members only.  
No pictures, unfortunately, but I ordered the filet, Polly ordered the Branzino, and everyone else ordered burgers.  You really can't beat that Chops filet (although I know @Lovetocruise2002 would beg to differ).
Next, we went to the opposite side of the ship to show Polly and Sheri Two70.   I think the Solarium and Two70 have to be my favorite spots on Quantum class ships.
We got the call that our rooms were ready at around 1:30 PM, so we headed up shortly after to take a look.  Our luggage wasn't there when we arrived, but as we were leaving to do some more exploring I spotted it down the hall clustered with a lot of other bags, so I went down and grabbed them.
The rest of the afternoon was spent exploring the ship, experiencing the different venues complete with a visit to my friends, the robotic bartenders Mix and Mingle

After a few more drinks and a visit to Sorrentos for a pre-dinner slice of pizza, we headed up to the rooms to unpack before dinner.
Here's a view from our balcony of the coastline:

Dinner tonight was in the MDR, and of course they offered the standard night one menu:

I can't recall what everyone else got, but I went with @Matt's suggestion from our last cruise and got the spaghetti bolognese!  It did not disappoint. 

After dinner, more exploring. Hearing a live cover band in the music hall (didn't catch the name) we stopped in for a listen.  They were pretty good!  

At 10 PM, there was an Adults only comedy show featured in the Royal Theatre, so we decided to go, hoping to further acclimate to the time difference.  No offense to the comedian, (he was actually pretty good) but I was nodding off during the show, so clearly, it was time for bed.
 
Today is a sea day so there should be lots of good activities around the ship.
 

Interested in your opinion of the virtual balcony
 

Another thing to add to the list is to let your waiter(s) know what your in a hurry, this happened to us last yr on Oasis and they got us out in about 1hr.

Following as-well. We are going on Symphony on March 23. Looking forward to this ship. As our winter up here in MN has been brutal, so far this yr.

Formal nights always take longer than casual nights in the main dining room. I've also found that smaller tables have a quicker turn around time than larger tables

Following as-well. We are going on Symphony on March 23. Looking forward to this ship. As our winter up here in MN has been brutal, so far this yr.