WAAAYTOOO

Ah. I understand your question now. It does appear that there might be less "openness" on this balcony than on others but I don't think the size is any different. Remember that you can ask to change rooms if you aren't happy with your location. Since you snagged a D1 then you basically have your pick of any balcony cabin on the ship. The real question, of course, is...is there a room with which you will be better off ?

Magnifique !

It may not be any longer. Who knows. I always wondered, though, why I DIDN'T get Champagne in Labadee !! I survived....

We did the dolphin swim in Curacao, too.

Yes, your excursion is cancellable (is there such a word ?) on board so long as you don't wait until the day of the excursion. Any refund will be given as OBC though. Your CC will not be reimbursed directly.

I'm not sure what you mean by a "shared" balcony. There are no balconies that are open to multiple staterooms without the partition being opened by the stateroom attendant. If you have a balcony, it will be a private balcony.

I never got Champagne in Labadee either. Just in Coco Cay and that was in May 2015 on Freedom.

I got champagne with my cabana at Coco Cay a few years ago. I can’t remember exactly how long ago that was.

Not to hijack this thread....but has anyone else noticed that the combo ultimate dining package and deluxe beverage package is no longer available ? I checked on all 4 of my upcoming cruises and I don't see it available on any of them. Have they discontinued that combo package ?

mmmm.....questo fundido. My FAVORITE !

Suck-up ! ??

The pic with the decorating boxes looks familiar. We just had the same experience on Allure last week. Fun to watch them start decorating for Christmas.

I don’t think any of the shows on Adventure requires a reservation. In fact, I don’t think there is even a way to make any show reservations except for Oasis and Quantum class ships.

No, items from the minibar are not covered in the packages but as @rjac suggested, a recent policy has been for the fridges to be emptied. You can request items to be added to the fridge, however.

All of the cabanas (regardless of where they are located) accommodate 6 people so you will be able to have everyone in 1 cabana. Good news ! Suite guests ARE permitted to have non-suite guests at the cabana (but they would not be permitted in Barefoot Beach without a cabana) so your non-suite guests will be welcome. Good news #2 ! There is a golf cart (known affectionately as the "limo") that will take you from the gate at Labadee to Barefoot Beach. Good news #3 ! I WISH the golf cart would pick you up at the ship as I find the walk on the Labadee pier to be very long, hot and exhausting but, alas, no vehicles of any kind are allowed on the pier. When your Concierge contacts you (usually about a week prior to the cruise) let him/her know that you are interested in a cabana. Since you are on Harmony, you will not be confirmed until after you get onboard b/c the Star Class guests have priority for cabanas but I am very confident that you will get a cabana if you request one early. You may not get your first choice but you will almost certainly get one. Remember that a number of the Barefoot Beach cabanas (most notably, the over-the-water ones) were damaged in the hurricane so there are fewer cabanas available, presently...but hopefully, by May of next year, they will have those rebuilt.

Not that I normally work while onboard but what would be the purpose of blocking a VPN ? I would be unable to work onboard if they are blocking VPNs. That is the way I connect to work sites. Just curious

I have done Stingray City at GC and while it was VERY crowded, there were no shortages of stingrays for everyone to enjoy. I agree that everyone should do it at least once. I will probably never do it again but it was quite an experience.

We just got off Allure and had purchased the 4 night specialty dining plan. They did not add any additional grats for any of our meals. I did not hear anyone talking about paying extra grats for their dining purchased onboard but that doesn't mean they weren't charging it.

No, as Tiny mentioned, there is only the interior climbing thing next to Sabor, not the netting system like Harmony has. To my knowledge, Harmony is the only ship that has this netting system.

No, not on this cruise. We are in a D1 “hump” balcony. You don’t need any kind of mattress topper when you’re in Star Class. The Duxiana mattresses in the Star Class suites are the most comfortable beds I’ve ever slept on in my life ! i won’t lie though. I miss my Genie ! ??

Off topic a bit but wanted to report that we were allowed a $50/pp credit at Izumi on Allure this week. They started out telling us it was a $35/pp credit allowance but we insisted that we had always gotten a $50/pp allowance and they ultimately relented. Of course our entire bill only came to $71 so we didn’t use all of the $100 credit but I was happy that they acknowledged that the lower allowance was a bit arbitrary. I doubt they will allow this discretion forever but it worked for us this week !

If Star Class kids were able to ride the Flow Rider over and over without any wait then someone (staff monitoring the FR lines) was not doing their job. Yes, Star Class has a priority line but this does not permit Star Class pax to ride, endlessly. They should still have to allow non-priority pax to ride on an alternating basis (usually 3 non-priority to 1 priority). If Star Class are truly hogging the FR line, that’s a sure way for Star Class to lose this perk completely. I hope that’s not happening.

This week on Allure Giovanni’s was open for lunch on embark day. I was surprised. Didn’t go there but we saw lots of others going in.

On Allure this week the first hour (noon to 1 PM) on sea days the limit for most table games has been $5. At 1:00 it goes back up to $10. This (lower limit) doesn’t seem to apply on port days when the casino opens in the evenings after we leave port.

On Allure now. We asked for a mattress topper and to our great surprise, we did get a very nice egg shell foam topper plus an extra comforter. Very comfortable. I don’t know if Allure just happened to have left-over egg shell foam toppers or if RCI decided that the bad press they’ve been getting for the hard mattresses makes it worth using the toppers and discarding them after they get soiled. I’m betting on #2. Whatever the cause, we are delighted with our bed on Allure this week.