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3 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

I can feel the bass on the DJ's speakers giving me a headache just from looking at those photos.

Currently just the gentle hum of the earth movers. They were already going at 6:30 as we approached the pier.

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Hideaway as of this morning 9/21/23

Can they fit? Yes. Will they fit? Possibly. Will it be comfortable? NO! My two boys who are 12& 13 do not fit. The pull out couch is roughly the size of a full size bed with less support. YMMV.

On 4/16/2023 at 5:18 PM, twangster said:

The surveys are not anonymous either.  They know who answered the survey.  

Absolutely true! We had a B2B on Voyager Nov 22' with a bad dining room experience many days the first week (resolved by the Maitre'd and he then checked in with us each evening). On day 3 of the second week he pulled me aside after dinner and asked me to please complete the survey from the previous week as he had not received mine, and before the end of the evening if at all possible. He said he was personally responsible for reviewing the dining surveys each week and used the scores to evaluate servers and kitchen performance. Each week the stations are assigned based on scores. The scores are also used to identify the servers that need "re training", demotion or silverware rolling.

Just sailed on Voyager in November. Our J3 had a "full ish" size couch. Definitely not a Queen in size and larger than a twin.  

1st year cruising. 28 days. I can only dream of 71 & 110....

In the last two weeks someone posted a link to check CP pricing in advance without logging in.  

Would you please repost? The link is lost for me in all the typical questions. 

It's a small couch. Pulled out into a bed it's roughly the size of an American full size bed. I have boys 11 & 12 and they would have had a hard time sharing. We ended up booking connecting as it allowed privacy for mom and dad as well as a second bathroom. 

I would advise based on our b2b experience and another recently posted by @Censored, do yourself a favor and buy the UDP. General food service is difficult at best compared to most other cruises.

Day 6 & 7

Day 4, 5 

@travellingtannis@BrianB8Here you go. Day 1 to 3

My wife and I were on the repo cruise from Boston 10/30 and stayed on B2B 11/6 for the first week out of PR. It was exactly as you described. Having sailed 4 weeks this year and never seen anything like it the other times. 

Every night was a gamble. Our assigned table in the MDR was given away several times. The lines for the Windjammer were out the door to the point of not even worth trying. The staff new it was an issue and tried to help us out but it was like watching a Tsunami overtake the dining staff every meal.

Our cruise also had an extra "feeding station" set up on the pool deck every lunch, afternoon snack and dinner. For some reason there was a crazy run on Michelob Ultra as well. The ice cream machines couldn't freeze the mix fast enough.

Here's a photo of one night at ~8:30 we had cleared our own table to get a spot.

It was great as you said to island hop. I don't think I would do it again on this class out of PR.

Here are the rates as of 11/6. As the previous post says it's very easy to get back.

I am on Voyager now. I was informed by the Voom "manager" starlink should be active in December at some point. I would imagine it may be a revenue accounting issue. We'll have to see if anyone else gets the same notification.  @AshleyDillo may also be correct. She certainly has mountains more Royal knowledge then I do.

After 3 frustrating days of horrible internet on Voyager we were really hoping the coco cay network would be so much better. WRONG! It appears they have transitioned the island network to be a repeater network from the ship you are on. We are in port with Liberty (starlink active). I did a speed test next to a couple with surf & stream from Liberty. They are getting 35mbps down and 8 up. I am getting .5mbps down an .12 up with surf & stream on Voyager. 

I spoke to the revenue manager from Liberty as he was passing by and he confirmed the transition at Coco Cay to a repeater network for guests. He said it was switched shortly after starlink was installed on island. The staff and island facilities have starlink but guests are strapped to the ship they are on and that ships internet capabilities. 

Took this this morning pulling up on Voyager.

On Voyager now and as the internet is terrible I checked with the voom desk. Indeed cables are run and antenna are in. They will be testing next month (Nov) with the hope to begin full service in December. 

Here is the best I've gotten with surf and stream.

1 hour ago, octaviocloss said:

We are now booked on Harmony of the Seas New Years eve sailing, does anyone knows if:

A) Royal keeps christmas decoration for NYE cruise?ç

B) Is there any kind of new year party? Or any kind of big event related to new year? 

 

This is going to be our first time sailing for new year and would love to know whats going to happen haha! Thank you so much

Our Odyssey NYE Sailing 21/22 did indeed have the Christmas Décor still up. There were at least 3 parties on NYE in different parts of the ship. I have to imagine this would be fleetwide.

The topic subject is self explanatory. Symphony and Odyssey under the belt. First time on Voyager. Thanks in advance! 

We were in an USB on Symphony in April 22'. The bunk bed frames / top side rail were steel and seemed plenty sturdy. Each bunk also has it's own mini reading lamp. There is a curtain that closes in front of the beds for privacy. The extra space was great as well as the extra beds.  Not sure how quick you'll see this as I still have to be "moderated"......

26 minutes ago, Scott M said:

Anyone happen to have an email address to send to the customer service manager on Symphony?  A month has passed and we are seemingly not getting anywhere with a reimbursement for covid quarantine.  Last we are told is shore-side is waiting on word from the ship.  Marcel is the manager I dealt with onboard, I hope maybe he can get the ball rolling.

 

So incredibly frustrating.  

While not a specific answer to your question. It took about 8-9 weeks to get our Covid "adjustment". 

We sailed on Odyssey 12/26- NYE 2021. There was a large promenade party for sure. Unfortunately we were all in quarantine so we only got to watch the party on our cabin TV. It looked like a blast! Very crowded..... we sailed at about 85% as it was a holiday cruise with covid prevalent on ships at that point in time.  

Can anyone verify if there is a kids splash pad area on Voyager? Also, is the stream worth it on Voyager in the Eastern Caribbean given it's an older ship? Additionally, have the JS on deck 9 been "refreshed"?