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I wonder if the disparity in mask wearing is because Ovation is down in the South Pacific? Wonder is sailing out of Orlando. They haven't worn masks out of Florida since February. Anyone done the tour on Wonder? I would call Royal, but we all know their phone reps don't have a clue!

I just noticed that this became available for my Wonder cruise in a couple of weeks. I was reading the description and it says that a KN95 mask must be worn. Has anyone done the ship tour in the last few months? I don't want to do the tour if we have to wear a KN95 mask. I was hoping this might be an outdated description.

Did solarium bistro have an omelette station?

I booked the shows for my 1/29 Wonder cruise on 12/1 and other people booked them the night before. That was 60 days before sail date.

packing cubes: We have a large family and everyone has cubes in their own color. It keeps everything in suitcases so nicely. You know right away which cubes belong to which person by seeing the color. A family of 7 can easily travel with so many less bags by using the cubes. We unpack so quickly. I use them for all vacations, land or sea and love them.

We flew into Bush in July to get to Galveston and took Uber XL(5 of us) to stay at our hotel on the island. We are going agin this July and are going to have another one of my sons with us, but I'm thinking we'll still squeeze all 6 into the UberXL, as that was the cheapest option. We are going to book a hotel near the airport this time and uber the next morning. Our Uber driver told us that it is hard to get Uber/LyftXLs in the AM and he would just come back for us in a week. We went that option and just paid him cash after the cruise. Hobby airport is closer. Bush is 70-90 min depending on traffic, but we live in Cleveland and there are no direct flights into Hobby by us, either. BTW, Roatan is our absolute favorite port. We love Daniel Johnson's monkey and sloth. We book him directly from his website. The time, effort, and love that this man and his family puts into his business is amazing.

I don’t think so. This was when the ship was only 40% full. If I remember correctly, I think there we’re almost as much staff as passengers. I think they just didn’t need it open because the ship wasn’t full.

My 3 teen boys (14,15,16)wore sneakers each night to the MDR and fit it in just fine. The 15 year old even forgot his dress pants and wore khaki shorts each night with his collared shirt, even the formal nights. We had went to the shops on board to buy him dress pants and oddly they didn't sell them. I was afraid they would not let him dine with us, but we ate all 7 nights in the MDR and it was never a problem at all.

Does solarium bistro have the omelette station? When I was on Symphony in Feb. Solarium bistro and Johnny Rockets were both closed for breakfast.

I've been waiting to see where Independence is sailing out of. I keep hoping for Baltimore, if that's a possibility.

One of the pools will be open at 7am. You will not have to wait until 11.

I've heard of people bringing a case on board. I think technically you can only bring 12 bottles per room, but maybe you could just bring a case, put a luggage tag taped to it and give it to the porter (with a tip), with your other bags? I've never tried this, but I've heard other people have gotten away with it. My guess is, if worse came to worse they could take 12 of the bottles.

No, I wouldn't. we have a lot of kids and don't get a lot of vacation time. We need to make the vacations we get count.

I wouldn't take the offer. My ocean view balcony is part of the cruise experience for me. I don't pick the GTY room, either. I would not like my vacation as much in the inside cabin . I'm cruising Wonder in January, so I just looked to see if there are cabins still being sold for this cruise, which there are, but at about triple the price I paid for my ocean view balcony!

One day all the other excursions will populate. I'll be in Labadee on 1/31/23. I booked the Dragon's tail coaster back on 10/10/22. I did end up canceling and rebooking with the Black Friday deal to get it 1/2 off. But, I'm thinking your Labadee excursions should come up soon.

As a nurse who works in a level 3 NICU I find it very hard to believe that her 22 week baby was 2.2 pounds and is breathing on his own.

Thanks so much for posting this! I just booked the free escape room experience for my January Wonder cruise and booked the entertainment, too! I’m so excited to get to do this escape room for free!

Yes, it was on Saturday. The spots were available immediately after I clicked cancel.

I know this might make you nervous, but you can cancel and rebook online. I did this for my excursion on Labadee that was sold out and the price lowered by half. I cancelled mine and my husband's reservation and then immediately those 2 openings became available. I then booked them at the cheaper price. I got the refunds on my credit card 2 days later. YMMV

Flight was back on my February sailing. On Symphony.

What do you do if the excursion is now 50% off but is “sold out”? I’m afraid I’ll not be able to repurchase it if I cancel.

I'm getting on the Wonder right as you're getting off, on 1/29. You're going to love your first cruise! Don't fret about the passports, most likely they will come before then. If they don't, you can sail with a drivers license and birth certificate. Yes, you can get off in all the ports without a passport. Insider tip I would give is, don't try to do everything while on the ship. There is no way you can. I remember my first cruise in 1995, I wanted to do everything! I fad FOMO so I over scheduled and tried to do too much. I stayed up late at the Halloween party one night, then insisted that I not miss seeing us pull into Labadee and see on the sunrise at 4:30 AM (we had slept barely 2 hours). Yes, the sunrise coming around the mountains was beautiful but the lack of sleep made our day in Labadee less enjoyable.

I like 6,7. or 8 on oasis class ships. 7 is my favorite, I have a room on that deck reserved for our upcoming Wonder cruise. On 7, you only go up or down 1 flight for Central Park or Boardwalk. Promenade is just a quick 2 flights down.

If she has a passport, that is a photo ID that is accepted. She doesn't need a passport, though. I just cruised with a 14,15 and 16 year old. All had birth certificates. Only the 16 year old needed a photo ID. He has a drivers license, but if he didn't he would have needed a State ID or passport.

The 14 year old only needs a birth certificate to cruise.