ChrisK2793

I know you can’t fit in it with 5 people, but the Surfside Family Suite is HORRIBLE, even for 4 people.. Our friends had that room on our cruise in February. They booked it long ago and only paid $7k for 4 people and they HATED that room and said they’d never do it again. It was small for two adults and two 12 year old boys, they felt like a regular balcony room would have been better. The bed the boys had to sleep on was so short that both of their feet hung off the end about 6 inches when laying flat and they are only 5’ 4”. The overall area of the room seemed smaller than most balcony rooms. It only had 1 small closet and the closet wasn’t even deep enough for the supplied hangers to fit properly. The hangers had to turn sideways to fit in the depth of the closet which made the space available to hang clothes even less.

Unpopular Opinion (but the truth): The new MDR menus lines up with the Windjammer menu and tastes exactly the same as in the Windjammer ………. Whatever the Windjammer is serving that night, the MDR is serving the exact same thing ……….. the only difference between the 2 is that the Windjammer has a bigger selection of food choices than the MDR menu and gets your out faster LOL The only decent dinner food anymore is at Specialty Dining or in the Coastal Kitchen (if you’re in a suite)

Are you, your wife, and child not connected as a family? If you are, all 3 of you should have received the number of points received for the cruise that the one in the single room received ……. 14 ………. When you’re connected as a family you’d also all have the total nymber of points as the person in your family with the most points. For instance, 2 years ago my spouse and son were in a balcony room, I was alone in the room next door. Because we’re all connected as a family, we ALL went up 14 points after the cruise. Also, I’ve been on 5 cruises that my family hasn’t been on, but we all currently have 233 points.

We have both Labor Day weekend and Columbus Day weekend booked and both of those only show the same picture you posted.

We had a great time, it’s a beautiful ship ….. but there are just so many things about the Icon class that are a downgrade in your experience as compared to Oasis Class. We didn’t even mention to the kids that we didn’t care for the ship, and they all said totally on their own that they’d rather stick with oasis class from now on.

I wish they weren’t replacing Wonder in PCN with Star for the 7 night trips. We were on the 2/10-17 sailing of Icon and much prefer Oasis class ships. Our group of 15 (8 adults and 7 kids from 12 to 17) were unanimous in that we would rather not sail on an Icon class ship again.

Why would you want to pay dinner prices for food off the lunch menu? if they do make it for you, you’ll still have to pay the dinner flat fee pricing. Just go there for lunch lol

WONDER ……… both the child pool and the waters slides are now in the same area and that makes it much easier if you have kids of different ages

We just now received our email this morning …….. actually it did come last night …… I just didn’t notice it until now lol

Anyone who’s been on the first 2 Icon sailings …….. When did the suite concierge reach out to you? We’re now only 5 days away from our sailing on 2/10 and still nothing. TIA

Just an FYI ….. You do NOT get double points when you win a bid to upgrade from a regular cabin to a suite.

The cruise itself is GREAT ……. it’s just the food that’s been very subpar. You got lucky with hot fish LOL ……. We haven’t gotten any entrees after a long wait with a temp above lukewarm

‘Being new here, you’ll quickly learn that there’s a group of people who will viscously attack you if you say anything other than everything on Royal is God’s literal gift to the universe ………. I’ve been on many Royal cruises and I agree ……the food quality has steadily declined since Covid ………. The higher the cruise prices go, the worse the food gets. I’m on Allure right now and the food in the MDR has been no better than the food in Windjammer, and that’s not saying much. in fact, with the new menus, the “free” food on the menu in the MDR each night, is the exact same food you’ll find in the Windjammer that night. We usually do unlimited specialty dining (which has also gone down a lot in quality since Covid) ….. but we booked this cruise last minute and figured we’d try the MDR this time since it’s only 4 nights …… big mistake …….. yes, the specialty dining food quality has gone down since Covid, but it’s nowhere near as bad as the “free” food in the MDR. AND GO …….. Let the attacks on me for saying all that begin in …….3…….2……..1 LOL

Yes

Crown loft ……. It’s bigger and only 1 floor directly above the grand suites, coastal kitchen, and suite sun deck. The crown loft floor is also more private than the grand suite floor.

Then the cruise lines can pay them more, and just charge a little more for the cruise. On my own, I individually tip a lot more than the pittance they supposedly get from the auto-gratuities. Assuming, RCL even gives 100% of the auto-gratuities to the crew and doesn’t keep a chunk for themselves.

The only thing booking onboard does for you is it gets you a cheaper deposit. Waiting until April to book though, will probably make your overall cruise cost much more expensive ……… you are correct, all the “sales” and “discounts” are illusions ……. The best way to save money on cruises is to book them as early as possible.

NO …… You only get the points for the ORIGINAL room you were booked in when you do a Royal Up

I can’t believe the people complaining ……. What did you expect it to be?????? A large ship with nothing to do on it?????? Maybe a huge “Empress of the Seas” clone???

‘Good luck getting them ……. We earned our 140 on Mariner last year, they said they had to mail it to us because they were “out of stock” …… it’s 10 months later and C&A still claims they don’t have any …… we’re 2 points away from earning our next one on Wonder in February and I’m willing to bet $10k that we will never see that one either!!

You have to find your own table. When you’re with multiple people, it’s best to find a table and have 1 person wait there while the rest go get their food. They do have people coming around getting you drinks, but it’s much quicker and easier to get it yourself. Just an FYI, the food at windjammer isn’t that great. On sea days, you can have a much better breakfast or lunch in the main dining room. Also, every day the Park Cafe has good options for breakfast and lunch as well.

They obviously have a deal with NCL starting September 3 or NCL would say on their website that there will still be a limit to certain sailings and they do NOT.

There’s not a limit ……. The person who’s saying that apparently thinks it’s still the 10% unvaccinated deal, which it’s not …….. it’s definitely unlimited starting September 3.