willowberry88

Agreed, saw Aqua 80 on the June 10 sailing and liked it so much we went back and watched it 4 times! We are back on Oasis this weekend, can’t wait - the cast/show is phenomenal!!

We had friends on the May 1st Oasis sailing (this was our original sailing date too but we had to postpone to June) and can confirm that Cats was cancelled due to some of the cast being ill and as someone already mentioned, the Aqua80 cast was new to Oasis and was unfortunately not ready to perform that week - but from what I heard they still impressed with their rehearsals!! Fast forward to our cruise in June, we had an absolutely phenomenal experience on Oasis - no complaints (except the hallway carpets could maybe need replacing) staff amazing, super hard working and never felt overcrowded even though I’m pretty sure we were close to max capacity. I agree, don’t write off Royal based on this anomaly week … we’ve already booked Oasis for next month and July of next year!

I was on Odyssey this past March and they did not offer roller skating in the Seaplex. This may be a pre-Covid thing because I heard they did offer this on Anthem in the past. When not being used for bumper cars, the Seaplex was used for: basketball, volleyball, pickle ball, ping pong and corn hole throw. We also had a lot of teens on our sailing so sometimes it was closed at night for the teens to have their silent dance party.

Yes indoors, the Seaplex doubles as the bumper car arena as well!

I brought my teens with me to the gym on Odyssey. The 17 year old was old enough to go by herself but the 15 year old needed a special wrist band we got from the spa and an adult had to go with him to the gym to supervise

As most know the chat feature used to be free, on our March cruise we had everyone download the app only to find out they now charge $1.99 per person per day for the Royal chat feature. What we did find was that iMessage on our iPhones seemed to work for free when connected to the ship’s free wifi - we were able to communicate with folks back home. It also worked on our Disney cruise … but I’m thinking they may catch on and disable this feature at any time - so maybe not reliable!

Our Diamond status friends got drinks for us and our kids almost every day and it was never an issue and not a secret - won’t be a problem at all!

Just curious - where did you find this info, is there a website that posts cancelled shows? I am sailing Oasis next month

My family had a great experience on the Grandeur! We were on a 10 day that had to change the itinerary last minute due to weather and we stopped at Key West and Miami. We made the most of it and had a wonderful time. Being a smaller and older ship, it didn’t have the bells and whistles we have seen on Harmony, Odyssey, Allure etc but the staff were all super friendly, ship always clean and the fewer passengers meant the cruise was more personable and we met a lot of people! Enjoy, you won’t be disappointed!

We actually carried everything on to the ship ourselves, left it by the pool while we headed to lunch and waited for our room to be ready - but yes in the past we have checked in our car seats and they took it as long as you tag it like a piece of luggage (but this was pre-Covid) does anyone know if this has changed or have had a different experience?

It depends on his/her service of course and how many people are in your stateroom but for our last “3 day” cruise we tipped an additional $50 since there were 4 of us in the room and we felt our attendant was very good - maybe others have a different opinion as this being too much or too little?

I agree it’s a pain but I took our own car seat when we went on a cruise last week and gate checked the car seat before I got on the plane, at least you know you are using a clean, safe and non-expired car seat !

Agreed, many of us tip our room steward, restaurant serving team etc with additional cash at the end, in addition to the prepaid gratuities on our account. Last time I tipped the guy that served icecream to our kids and he was super happy! I agree, start collecting those ones and fives!

Wow I agree, that is early! On Odyssey I think a couple of pools closed at 11 (or at least 10?) and there was at least one hot tub that was posted as 24 hrs … I was surprised at this myself! One thing I was disappointed with was how early the gym closed (9pm) … after dinner we usually caught the 8pm show and then following this would typically like to go to the gym, but sadly it was not open

I can only answer a couple: 2) yes, if your cruise leaves Friday you can have your rapid antigen test on Wednesday 3) show reservations are made as soon as you board the ship and connect to the ship’s wifi Have fun! So lucky to be sailing Wonder … let us know how it goes and what you think of the ship!!