tonyfsu21

Area 51?

Shorts 100% of the time. Vacation in the Caribbean = no pants. Nobody in that MDR cares what you wear. I’ve seen some borderline offensive logos and nobody bats an eye. Do what makes you happy and comfortable on vacation. 

IMHO if you want to experience the culture and food head over to Versailles and have lunch or dinner and check that box. I wouldn’t consider Little Havana as a destination. 

It doesn’t exist. I wouldn’t go to Labadee if I were you. Royal Caribbean has a habit of putting their customers directly in the line of fire. 

This is probably the safest place you will go on your cruise. No issues at all. This is not “Haiti” like Port Au Prince style Haiti in any way. Don’t spend even one minute being concerned with this. 

Oasis class is the GOAT!

This made me kinda giggle.  Can you imagine RU if Royal had created it and was operating it ?!?  😬

Oasis class is the GOAT!

The ATS…
As many of you know, this was our first time trying the ATS. We have long wondered about this room, many love it, and we were so thankful that we had the opportunity to try it. We were saying at dinner last night how grateful we were to get this Royal Up, as it allowed us the opportunity to fully experience all the venues on this ship, especially specialty. 
The room is great for families. Even if we had our girls with us, there would have been plenty of space. 6 would make it tight; and I would not recommend 8 in this cabin, even though it can hold 8 max. 
What others have said is true, the views make this room worth it. IMO, there is definitely no better views from any other  cabin on this class of ship. It is great for people watching as well, and the wrap around balcony gives you privacy if you so choose. 
The floor to ceiling windows in these ATS rooms on Wonder (and Symphony), eventually Utopia, are much better that the older ones on the first 3 OA class. It opens up the room more and the view is way better from the inside. 
The location of the ATS (Deck 8, 9, 10) allows you to use the stairs more easily. That came in handy this sailing because it was so hard to get an elevator. 

Downside of this room…
As @WAAAYTOOO has already mentioned, the bathrooms are not impressive at all compared to other star cabins. It is a bit of a walk, but we did not mind that at all. And of course, it lacks the “wow”‘factor of the lofts. 
The location of these cabins makes it a bit harder to hang out in the suites area. I found that we did not spend as much time there (lounge/sun deck) this week as we normally do. You also lose a bit of the exclusivity of being Sky or Star because the location is so far removed from those areas.
Our final thoughts, we are still #teamDeck17/18, however, given the right opportunity, depending on which ship, and price, we don’t mind this room as well, especially if we had the girls with us. 
 
 

This is awesome! I’ve never been so lucky to see a bill like this after 7 days.

We started with some pretty good OBC 😉

Final onboard account:

This, combined with our $0.77 win from our casino free play and we walk off the ship $1.82 richer! Darn! We really need to keep our day jobs. 😂

Yes, it’s in the perfect location. There are certainly nicer hotels at that tier but the location is key. During season it’s a “no go” for many because of the excessive price increase. Dinner at La Bamba and homemade ice cream at Razzleberry across the street! 

Backtracking a bit. Before Hubby got sucked into the watches, we had brunch at the Mason Jar. This is probably my favourite restaurant on this ship! The crew here is so chill and personable. The food was great once again. I really liked the saltine crackers with whatever dip it came with. We also tried the Deviled Eggs, Fried Chicken n Waffles, Blueberry Johnny Cakes, got the Charred Watermelon Salad again, and we finished with the Cinnamon roll. We loved every single dish today. So much so that we asked Hannah to move our lunch/brunch plans back to Mason Jar tomorrow for one last time. 

I don’t even know about this “BOGO” and we have been D+ for at least 2 years. Is this new? 

We tried dinner & brunch and you cant go wrong with either! The service was excellent in March so we booked both again for November. The crab beignets are blah IMHO. 

We tried dinner & brunch and you cant go wrong with either! The service was excellent in March so we booked both again for November. The crab beignets are blah IMHO. 

Don't think so. On day 1 or 2 each D+ member can book a specialty dinner (not sure about lunch) and you only pay for one person out of two. Even though it reads like you have to actually eat on night 1 or 2, many D+ members have told me you just have to book it then but you can pick any night you want to eat.
Only catch is you have to pay full price on board and it will be subject to availability but that's obviously still worth it.
If you're a couple, you each get one "coupon" just like you each get two days of internet, so a couple could book two separate BOGO dinners.
Found this from an article Matt wrote last September...

We’re sticking with brunch for now but plan to go there on all 4 of our currently booked future Wonder cruises. We’ll turn D+ after the next one so perhaps we’ll try dinner with a BOGO after that. The issue is my picky wife won’t eat a lot of the dinner items that she can’t already get at brunch so it would be for me… which is OK too.
Great service for us last month as well. I appreciate when the server encourages you to try the whole menu, lol. She was also super nice & took my 9 year old niece up to the band to make a request.

We tried dinner & brunch and you cant go wrong with either! The service was excellent in March so we booked both again for November. The crab beignets are blah IMHO. 

We tried dinner & brunch and you cant go wrong with either! The service was excellent in March so we booked both again for November. The crab beignets are blah IMHO. 

We tried dinner & brunch and you cant go wrong with either! The service was excellent in March so we booked both again for November. The crab beignets are blah IMHO. 

Yep, I agree. Much like park cafe or the solarium bistro, by day 3 the cats out of the bag and it’s crowded with people. RC certainly needs to resolve this issue sooner than later especially with suite prices at a massive premium these day it only makes sense. 

In March they were checking seapass cards on the Sundeck but that must not be standard procedure. I saw quite a few people get asked politely to leave by the staff. I hope they resolve this issue soon.

In March they were checking seapass cards on the Sundeck but that must not be standard procedure. I saw quite a few people get asked politely to leave by the staff. I hope they resolve this issue soon.