Biff215

Thanks everyone. Our kids really enjoy the food and servers on a cruise, so the Windjammer or Adventure Ocean probably won’t fly. We’ll head straight for the MDR when we board and plead our case. If that doesn’t work, we’ll just show up early for My Time. I believe I read the first seating is 5:00 on Harmony, can anyone confirm? I don’t remember it ever being that early on other ships so it’s throwing me off a little. If that’s true, I’m not sure how Family Time would work if the club doesn’t open until 7.

I'll post pics after our cruise with them all up, but here are two examples. The kids and I are obsessed with printing articulated (flexi) stuff from Thingiverse, so most are of that variety. I always use these square magnets I got on Amazon, I just reinforce them with some Gorilla Glue to make sure they stay. Each piece gets as many magnets as I can fit on them, and sometimes I cut them into small pieces to make it work.

Hi All- We're on Harmony next week but we only booked about a month ago. My Time Dining was all that was available and we couldn't even waitlist for something else. The earliest time I was able to reserve was 8:15. We have an 11 and 6 year old so we'd prefer something earlier so they can still go to the evening Adventure Ocean session. In the past we've done Family Time Dining so they could leave early directly from dinner. First questions: I know we can request a different dining time once on board. Should be go to Guest Relations or the MDR? What do you think our chances are of getting it honored? (we're arriving at the port around noon). If that doesn't work out, can we still try to dine earlier with My Time Dining? Is that typically a long wait and will you have different servers each night? This situation is new to us so any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Brian Edit: Sorry, I just realized there was a Dining sub-forum, please move if needed.

We’ve decorated our door on our two Royal and one Disney cruise with our kids (11 and 6). They have fun with it and it does help our younger one to not try to open others’ staterooms. This next cruise on Harmony we have two rooms that are spaced apart so this will be more important than ever. Since I’m a teacher and home with the kids in these weeks leading up to the cruise, I brought my 3D printer home and started making door decorations. One door is tropical themed (flowers, suns, flip flops) while the other is ocean (fish, turtles, whales). The kids have had a blast painting all of their creations so this will be our most personal decorating yet. Hopefully people will leave them alone but at least we don’t have a lot invested if something walks. Door decorating is definitely more common on Disney but it’s still a personal preference. I don’t think anyone should feel pressured either way.

We’ve been to Mr. Sancho’s twice. I don’t remember exactly how many ship there were in port, but it’s typically a bunch. We’ve always left the ship early and got great seating on the beach. We do the all inclusive side which always seemed less crowded. We don’t like a ton of people and we never felt that way.

Thanks everyone! I'm glad it's something the kids will be able to enjoy, but now I have to decide when to reserve it. The 7:30 show is a better time, but they'll want to be at Adventure Ocean during that time. The only other option is 10:00 and then I'll just have to hope that my 6 year old is still awake!

Is Columbus appropriate/good for kids? We're sailing on Harmony next week. Thanks in advance!