JB17

I've wondered how crowded Mardi Gras would feel given that its max capacity is only 7% less than Wonder's max capacity even though Mardi Gras is 25% smaller than Wonder. Sounds like it's pretty crowded. 

I'm wondering if this is port/ship specific because we recently checked in for our upcoming cruise on Wonder out of Port Canaveral, and we got a 10:30 spot.

I don't know about the main Casino, but I watched a (fairly) recent vlog that showed there is a tiny mini-buffet in the Golden Room (the small, separate, non-smoking casino). I can't say for sure that it always has food, but I have seen video evidence that it did at one time.

 

Edit to add:

Found the vlog. Not as recent as I'd remembered - Oct '22 when Wonder was in Europe - so they may or may not still do this.

If the embedded timestamp doesn't work, the buffet shows up at 21:44.

https://youtu.be/ybEsw34uYBw?list=PLrCXLlcjYJDEdkUE-dHIIb5NNJL8-_-Xy&t=1305

 

Yes. They get the bags to the right floor/section of the ship first, and then the crew takes them to the rooms. You're not meant to take your bags from the staging area yourself; they'll get to your room eventually.

Tony Hawk officially became a senior citizen this year, and much of Gen X has already crossed that threshold, so Royal's just catering to the seniors. 

 

Now I feel old. 

I did a quick search, and based on what I could find, it looks like 11708 has the bed by the balcony.

The pandemic losses/debt are forcing them to downsize to James Van Ship.

This will also further complicate abbreviations - SotS could now refer to Serenade, Symphony, Spectrum, or Star.

We got a $50 dining credit when booked Wonder through Costco, and I have some questions about it that I'm hoping there might be someone here who's had experience with this and might be able to answer.

It's specifically referred to everywhere in our documents as "dining credit," but doesn't specify any other details so I don't know if it's just regular OBC that they've labeled as dining credit for marketing purposes, or whether it actually is limited specifically to dining. If it really is applicable only to dining, does that mean it can only be used at restaurants, or can it be used to buy specialty drinks at a bar, ice cream at Sugar Beach, etc.?