Mike6453

people go to disney world for three days and spend that too. its a disney vacation, while i wouldnt pay that  as my kids are older, there are those that want it. It's disney world on the water. If thats not your cup of tea, RC is much better. FYI while allure doesnt have the water slides she is a great ship. And compared to disney you can splurge for a suite for short cruise....or not and just get a great deal for a qucik getaway. 😁

I think the days of finding cheaper prices after booking are over. The algorithm raises prices as it gets closer and rooms get booked. Last minute deals seldom have the best rooms. On my transatlantic on odyssey and owners loft dropped and they 25k per guest. (grand loft can be had for much cheaper price of 22k a person).
 

I’m trying the 6 person family balcony on Icon. Would prefer a two bedroom grand suite or 2 bedroom Aqua suite which Oasis class has. 
Not willing to pay $70K for Royal loft or family townhouse for my family of 5. 

Apparently on icon you can kind of do that with Junior suites, there are ones that are sea class and ones that are sky class which isnt on any other ship....

make sure to book those 2br gs when it posts as they go fast esepcially on the higher demand iteneraries, they have been building fewer of them even on the newer ships even in the same class. I think oddyssey only has two. we did one on oasis and it was great. Although i have always felt that they should be a star class suite, what is the real differecne between that and an aqua 2br???

Apparently on icon you can kind of do that with Junior suites, there are ones that are sea class and ones that are sky class which isnt on any other ship....

make sure to book those 2br gs when it posts as they go fast esepcially on the higher demand iteneraries, they have been building fewer of them even on the newer ships even in the same class. I think oddyssey only has two. we did one on oasis and it was great. Although i have always felt that they should be a star class suite, what is the real differecne between that and an aqua 2br???

make sure to book those 2br gs when it posts as they go fast esepcially on the higher demand iteneraries, they have been building fewer of them even on the newer ships even in the same class. I think oddyssey only has two. we did one on oasis and it was great. Although i have always felt that they should be a star class suite, what is the real differecne between that and an aqua 2br???

@sammy79 big fans of the two bedroom grand suite! (When there is no #deck17, I enjoy a Crown Loft for sure) We stayed in the 2 bedroom on Odyssey & Adventure (huge balconies) and finally my lovely Serenade, balcony on deck 7 was smaller but the space is  comfortable. Two bathrooms, well everyone knows I'm a super fan of that with a teen. Sky class amenity(yes on Odyssey it was great) or similar WOULD be nice on the other class of ships but it's a nice respite while on vacation. I sound like a broken record but I just wish Royal would get their act together & streamline the suite product across the fleet. It's a really enjoyable cabin. 
 

I totally agree, we did radiance for Alaska, and in August we booked a GS and the next room balcony on odyssey. We figured well be off the ship so much that sky class was enough. We're not getting the kids internet either.

I did sky on oasis in February 2022, the concierge reached out to me two weeks prior. I was actually able through him to reserve playmakers' private room for the Superbowl for my kids. We ate mostly in coastal kitchen besides that.... concierge was super nice and very accommodating.
 

I did sky on oasis in February 2022, the concierge reached out to me two weeks prior. I was actually able through him to reserve playmakers' private room for the Superbowl for my kids. We ate mostly in coastal kitchen besides that.... concierge was super nice and very accommodating.
 

Funny WJ story...
I told Marla right after we boarded that the goal during the week was to keep my parents out of the WJ. My parents are both early risers and it's part of their cruise routine to head to the buffet before 7am. I told them leading up to the cruise that CK is way better and more calm and they should take advantage of that.
First morning of the cruise, I woke up around 7am to find my parents gone. Got a text from them that they went to the WJ because they complained that CK opened too late for them. I got ready and headed to CK myself around 7:45am and texted them back that I was there. They ended up meeting me there and "tried a few things". Still unwilling to admit that CK was better. Second morning I asked if they wanted to go CK with me, they said they would "check out WJ first". They ended up doing a walk around but didn't eat anything. They joined me in CK for breakfast. By Day 3, I woke up at 7am to find a text from them saying they went to Starbucks to get coffee and were waiting in the suite lounge for CK to open up. They never went back the WJ after that. 🤣

if anything there should be more or special benefits on the older ships not offered on the newer ones, this might help to attract people to those ships. Unfortunately with sales through the roof despite the much higher prices i doubt we will see any changes.

HM has 3 genies at the moment. Marla, Luciano, and Raj (who is going home to get married in a couple of weeks). 
 
In my other post, there was a SC family with 18 in 5 Aqua theatre suites. They decided that one genie would take all of that group. That left Marla with us (another large group) and one other star suite. Raj has the remaining ones with smaller groups. Genies often switch around to accommodate various needs. They normally have 3 rooms per sailing and rotate the extra, but some weeks they move around depending on numbers. 

Thanks for taking us with you....just curious but how many suites/families was marla handling on the cruise?
And was it just her?

Dinner Night 7 brought us to Izumi Hibachi. This was a hard one to arrange for a group of 10. We told Marla we wanted to squeeze together. Hibachi tables usually only seat 8. That was fine but we pretty much had to stick with the time that Marla grabbed for us. That was at 7:15pm tonight. We did not have to book it first pre-cruise. 
 
Like the other specialty restaurants, we have done this one before but the rest of my family has not. Hibachi is always fun! Lots of laughs! D14 finally caught the egg thrown at her this time (IYKYK). 
 

If it is just two of you, I recommend the beach club ...super nice and chill also faces sunset so you have the sun longer. Drink service is nice as well. 

I've done the Beach club twice once the food and service was great the second time the food was ok and service was bad. I bought both times on Black Friday and got goods deals based on the old prices. We like how quiet it is and the pool and drink service. We've done this both times on cruises without the kids. I totally here where you are coming from though.

If it is just two of you, I recommend the beach club ...super nice and chill also faces sunset so you have the sun longer. Drink service is nice as well. 

If it is just two of you, I recommend the beach club ...super nice and chill also faces sunset so you have the sun longer. Drink service is nice as well. 

I dont get that, if all the food on the island is included (other than beach club) does it really change anything??
ive always done the beach club and gotten the kids (freeloaders lol) when they are with us the waterpark tickets...you might have changed my mind with the waterpark cabana....was the food and drink service easy and sever around often?

Classic 16 year old…
 

This is the only reason I would get off the ship without a cabana 😉😋
Snack Shack Funnel Cake

Day 7 - PDCC