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I'm hoping we get lucky and still get them - our past two cruises where we weren't supposed to get them without asking they were in the room every night. I find I like the paper version for to look through in the evenings or morning with breakfast and the app version for while we're out and about on the ship looking for something to do between other things to do lol. Never tried the PDF version as i feel like it would be hard to read on my phone screen but I could be wrong....and if that's what we're moving to then *shrug*.

This is a small bummer but overall not awful. JS seem to be wider than standard balcony rooms so there won't be the sideways shuffle to get into the room unless someone is sitting at the vanity. And since we're only 2, I don't think we'll run into that too often. Thanks all for the help!

This is the most recent cruise compass on the site:https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/cruise-compasses/odyssey-of-the-seas/sat-01282023-0000 The link is on the header of the main page now rather than in the forums

I did also try "right way bed" with and without quotes but still got nothing. Seems to be working for me now though..of course.

In looking at room tours on youtube and pictures on line...it doesn't seem like this applies to Jr Suites....They all seem to be oriented the same from what I could see. any knowledge on that?

Thank you!

So I tried to search for this because I know the thread exists but...I guess the search is broken because "bed" comes back with 0 results. Anyway..my question: someone once posted about how to get a room with the bed on the "right side" of the room in balcony or jr suite cabins. Basically the configuration where the bed is by the window instead of by the door. As I now find myself looking at rooms that could have this configuration I was hoping to find that thread because someone (I think @WAAAYTOOO?) posted a hack that I wanted to try.

A potential other option: if you and your hubby are okay snuggling on a full size mattress, the king can be split into two twins which the boys could use.

*le sigh* I don't think I'd mind it as the main benefit we'd have to the morning cleaning to take away the breakfast plates and fresh ice but I do hope we can request AM or PM. PM comes with the towel animal, cruise compass, fresh bath linens, and mom prefers the ice at night anyway. It does maybe kind of suck that they're getting more rooms though. I know on paper it should be the same amount of work but I feel like in practice it's more since 2 cleanings in 12 rooms only meant 12 families vs 24 families with varying schedules, questions, needs etc.

ooh! a live vlog I'm not too late for! an on Sweet Odyssey, our first mega ship

I'd be so invested though cuz every ship would be new! ports and repositioning maybe even?!

Unfortunately, once on land, you have to deal with the 3rd party Royal uses for their photo delivery. I don't remember who it is but I think historically they aren't the greatest.

I got a mild case of what my doctor hypothesized was E.Coli (it never got bad enough to justify an emergency room visit so I was never tested for anything). My mom and I both got burgers from the place, same time, cooked same doneness. Only difference was I had lettuce and she didn't. Our assumption was the lettuce was probably improperly kept, maybe too close to the beef. It wasn't a fun 24 hours...I never hated water as much as I did that day

I don't have any advice for you but I am EXCITED to follow along! I hope you remember us in 2024 and give us some check-ins. I'd love to hear what a first time cruiser thinks of LIVING on board!

I don't think there is a limit on how many souvenir bottles you can bring on board - just what you can reasonably carry. Though there may be a n immigration thing if the value is over a certain amount but I will hazard a guess that you're not going to spend thousands on a single bottle. When you get back on at each port, you'll turn the bottles over to a little table and they'll package it up with your room number on it to be delivered to your stateroom around dinner time on the last night.

Unless you or someone in your travel party is a VERY light sleeper, I don't think you'll have any issues. We've been on at least 3 sailings in Grand Suites directly below the below deck (since GS are usually only midship and on Freedom and smaller seem to be only on the top stateroom deck) and we've never heard the chairs being moved around or people in the pools or on the pool deck. And I sleep in AND take midday breaks in the room.

Have any other cruisers seen or heard of the once-a-day room attending?

I wish I could say something good about Enchantment, but honestly that whole adventure was kind of a bust for us. It was our second cruise and I didn't know the ships could be that different (we did Freedom first) so it wasn't until after booking that I saw it was a much smaller ship. We also flew in for a 4-day cruise which is a general no-no. And to top it off we had all Bahamas stops including everyone's hated Nassau and pre-perfect day CocoCay I don't think the ship itself was bad but the only thing I remember doing on board was going to a Star Wars trivia and feeling super alone and also kinda hating that Schooner is basically built in a hallway so people just trying to get around were squeezing by all the time. As for Grandeur: well, at the time of posting it kind of was in terms of getting a GS at around 2k with ports we're not bored sick of. But since looking at various areas of reviews, we've decided to be a bit more flexible because we both were disappointed with what we were seeing with Grandeur. Considering a guaranteed suite (something we'd never done before) really opens up our options a lot.

I am so sad..I came over to the blogs and read this one because a last-minute-for-us change in vacationing plans means we may be looking at a Grandeur cruise this year instead of our planned land trip. As we had done Enchantment before, I was hoping a live blog would remind me of the good of a smaller ship...but instead between sewage smell, lack of entertainment (especially as mom and I are both quite introverted) and poor free food options I'm scared to pull that trigger. We would have more port days than you did and maybe that would make the experience better but idk....I'm nervous

I think I saw elsewhere on this forum that the cruise docs were never updated to reflect that they do allow non-alcoholic beverages. And on a personal, anecdotal note, both in 2021 and 2022 we took on bottled water and protein shakes and wine with 0 problems.

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huh! I never knew that. Then i guess the difference is they use Rum instead of Vodka or whatever alcohol is used most often in the US. Either way it is DELICIOUS and adds a really good flavor to her baked stuff. When she ran out between cruises I literally said we need to book a cruise JUST to get more. Interesting. I got a carved wooden dolphin from Falmouth on our 2015 cruise and the only "issue" that popped up with it was going through TSA at the airport because the fins looked EXTRA pointy to the scanner. The look on the agents face when she saw it was a freaking dolphin was like "....i hate my job" lmao

I've never been awake/or noticed an evac but there was one overnight once. When I woke up the captain was saying "We had to turn around last night to evac a passenger in [whatever port we had just left] and we're pushing it at full speed so we can make it to [whatever port we were heading toward] on time." I think I preferred that vs seeing it...I'm empathetic and get shaken easily if I witness someone in need of that kind of help.

They are strict on the weighing and, as Ampurp said, they weigh everyone. It's not just to make sure people are under the limit but it also lets them know what harness and equipment to use. If you want to be fair to her without asking, I would just let her know that there is process to weigh for almost all weight-limited activities.

My mom buys vanilla extract from Curacao or Cozumel every time we go and there's been no problem with her bringing it back on board. She did have fun on Allure last time because the Curacao vanilla does technically have rum or rum flavoring in it and the people at the booze desk apparently were confused on if it counted as alcohol or not (and that was only to determine if she had to leave it with them - no issue bringing it back). You should be able to bring any other prepackaged foods and snacks on board as well. Water, chips, pasta etc