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They are normal size bottles, nothing special. My oldest didn't care for the taste of them last week on Wonder but I didn't notice any bad taste 

We sailed on Wonder last week and the internet was pretty decent, had a few moments where some web sites would take a little bit to load but for the most part it didn't make me want to pull my hair out . I was even able to stream game 6 of the Panther vs Bruins game on my phone with no issues 

45 minutes ago, derek burgan said:

I'm also going to Wonderland more for the experience as I'm sure 90% of the food I'm not going to be a big fan of. Have room service penciled in for after the meal.

Ill have a Giovani's pizza and Playmakers wings for you on standby 

3 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

Let us know what you think of Wonderland.  Judging from your self-described "picky eater" my guess is it will be....odd.

I'm at least going in with the expectations of knowing that its going to me more of an experience than anything else. Honestly im more looking forward to the dessert there than anything else 

3 day, 2hours, 53 minutes until our boarding time 

Food I'm looking forward to 

Mason Jar brunch

Wonderland - experience of it more so than the food since im a notoriously picky eater who doesn't like to experiment at all

Giovanni's pizza 

Playmakers burgers and wings and dessert and well everything 

Perfect Day over water cabana filet mignon 

Perfect Day chicken sandwich and mozzarella sticks 

Park Cafe roast beef sandwich

On 4/6/2023 at 2:10 PM, KentNC said:

First time with RCCL...Booked late but excited to enjoy the Wonder of the Seas!

Better late than never 

16 days and 22 minutes until our arrival window but who's counting 

So what does everyone have booked for excursions for our sailing?

On 3/27/2023 at 1:35 PM, Magduhlin said:

less than 4 weeks!! We just printed our luggage tags. How soon is too soon to start packing?

We started throwing things we have ordered for the trip in a suitcase a about a month ago, so technically started packing a long time ago 

The way I read this is that there are no actual photos of the ports themselves included in the package. I'm assuming that photos taken at the port by official Royal Caribbean photographers should be included. 
 

• The following are not included in photo packages: Photos of others in your party not traveling in your stateroom; Group, Wedding, Quinces, Private Studio photography and other special occasion photography; Specialty Dining photography; generic photos of the ship, characters, ports of call, etc.; any special printing or retouching requests.

So after some self deliberation on whether or not I wanted to do a live blog for our sailing, well here we are 

Has been a long road since our last sailing on Harmony back in 2018, and what initially started out as a 2020 sailing on Symphony that we postponed due to covid, then rebooked for a Harmony sailing for 2022 and then moved to a Harmony sailing for 2023 which then got repositioned and turned into this Wonder sailing, which in the end works out perfect since we get to cruise with another group of friends in 2023 that wouldn't have with our 2022 sailing and on the newest ship, win win! Link below to that live blog if anyone is interested

A couple tidbits for our sailing

11 of us total in our group with 3 first time cruisers 

Booked a boardwalk balcony room for my wife and i and our kids, deck 10 and last room so we'll have a pretty sweet view of aqua theatre 

Stops and the excursions we have booked

St Maarten - booked a snorkel tour with Captain Alan's boat charters

St Thomas - booked shop, see and splash tour with Godfrey tours

Cococay -  have an over water cabana booked and super excited for this one

Ready to get the show on the road and will post as much as time and the internet speeds will allow 

I think with Cococay, it doesn't help that Liberty will be there the same day that we are so that is probably why most of that is booked up (and they get a 3 hour head start on us getting there  . . . .booo ). I see some availability of rooms on our sailing so hard to say how full the boat will be. Comedy show im not shocked it sold out pretty quick with the small size of the venue it is in. 

We would get on at 12:01am if they let us 

Check in is open, just got 10:30am for our arrival window for my group 

Good topic, I had the same concerns when I saw the same warnings for our snorkel excursion. I was looking at the Sun Bum sunscreen on Amazon, anyone have any input on that brand?

22 hours ago, MichaelAndria said:

Just 7 more days until online check-in! Hotel - check. Final payment paid - check. Deluxe Beverage Package - check. Voom/Starlink internet+stream - check. Cabana at Cococay - check. Watching all of Matt's videos (some a few times) and live streams - check. Checking out past cruise compass and reading royalcaribbeanblog.com - check. 

Our first cruise with 3 other couples (our band) and we're all so excited. But who's counting?

Woohoo . .Cococay Cabana buddies    

Sounds like a very similar scenario that we have with @derek burgan  with 11 of us total in the group and with 3 first time cruisers. Been scouring the internet reading reviews, cruise compasses and watching every video we can find. 

Looking forward to the next milestone of online check in.

52 days, 7 hours and 59 minutes until we set sail, but whose counting! 

How far of a drive is this from the port? Debating on if we will have time to check this out after our 4 hour snorkel excursion. 

We stayed one floor lower on Harmony 10327 and had great views. Going on Wonder in April and was able to get opposite side 10729. I posted some photos on this thread if you want an idea of the view from deck 10 similar area

We stayed on deck 10 in the second to last room on Harmony back in 2018 and had a really great views, room 10327, had minor slide blocking a tiny portion but was able to see the show without any issue. Elevator walk isn't ideal but have had much worse as some hotels, besides, we enjoy being able to watch the show and have a back side water view so the elevator location isn't a deal breaker for us. Last photo has a good view if you are close to the center of the balcony but if I moved all the way over it was even better.

We sail on the Wonder in late April and was able to snag the last room on the opposite side this time so we are excited about that. Room 10729

90 days to go 

Wonder of the Seas - April 23rd 

I used a GoPro when we visited back in 2018, I used a head mount so I was able to move my head and look around if needed. With the wrist or the chest mount you are limited to where the camera is pointed

On 1/13/2023 at 9:23 AM, Rob Stambaugh said:

Is there an option to rent a go pro camera for video? I watched a youtube video and did not see any mounting on the helmets but am looking for some option to video the experience.

We are sailing on Wonder in April and here was our plan for those two islands

St Marteen my wife and kids wanted to snorkel with sea turtle so we booked a 4 hour snorkeling tour with this company https://www.captainalan.com/challenge/index.htm  $80 plus $12 for transportation we thought was reasonable. Plus it gives us some time to explore and shop before all aboard. 

St Thomas we booked the 6 hour tour https://www.godfreytours.com/ $40 was more than reasonable, gives us shopping time, sightseeing tour and a stop at the beach so a little bit of everything all in one 

I have a question, do the freestyle machines allow you get water in them in non freestyle cups?

We will be on this sailing as well. Our second cruise, with our first being on Harmony back in 2018. Counting the seconds until we set sail 

 Currently booked for a trip on Wonder in April of 2023 and has a stop in St Thomas and was wondering if anyone has any input on what might be the best excursions/locations for seeing turtles while snorkeling during our stop in St Thomas? We are open for booking excursion through 3rd party or RC

We did the buggy ride a few months ago and it was so much fun. Warning though, if you have any sort of back or neck issues do not ride on them. It is rough bumpy ride and a blast if your able to handle the physical part of it