DJ VINCE Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 Royal is increasing capacity from what I can see. Transatlantic for the Wonder Of The Seas was sold out according to my travel agent and now a lot of cabins are bookable since the CDC lowered to level 2. Feel a bit mixed about it, but for the industry that's good news. BrianB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YellowBrickRoad Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 We were told Anthem was approx 3100 on our March 13th cruise. Some cancelled because of bad weather (flights cancelled) on the 12th and couldn’t make it in. Easy to get in shows and dining. BrianB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLA Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 14 hours ago, SpicyCherry said: We're on B2B April 30/May 7 sailings...wonder what the capacity will be. I'm with you....the thought of Hairspray not running isn't exactly breaking my heart!! I anticipate we'll miss the spring break crowd, but it'll probably still be higher capacity. Either way, just happy to be back on board! SpicyCherry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 CrimsonCruiser, WAAAYTOOO, BrianB and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianB Posted March 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 19 minutes ago, Matt said: We're baaaaaaack! Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr martini Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 Symphony at 4000 this week as @GatorCruiser mentioned, and like previous cruises felt most full on day one and certain times of the day. would like to find a staff count, but seems to me they have all they can handle. Being on her a few days now I’m convinced staff levels are what’s holding them to lower capacity more than anything else. Late seating dinner starts late because previous seating still pouring out, took two hours for the main course plates to come out, food is far and away the most mediocre and inconsistent we’ve ever had in many cruises with royal, waiters are being asked to serve too many tables which isn’t their fault but never remember who ordered what or what goes where, drinks are often painfully slow, there are zero wait staff walking pool deck during the day, pool bars are always slammed (when open, many bars don’t have the beer or bottle you’re looking for), deck chairs are all full or reserved, specialty dining (150 Central Park) was obviously much better but running a race booking everything day one instead of ahead of time was a pain, chops grille and hooked seafood booked for the whole week by 3pm on day one (suite guests obviously had a go in advance). tots and babies under two years old families are limited to 10 hours of reserved time. Wind jammer very busy and both sides closed odd hours, solarium bistro not open at all, certain hours of the day nowhere to eat except promenade pizza and wraps and long lines form, gets tough with kiddos and babies to keep them snacking and happy - it’s spring break so there’s teens everywhere, including all over the solarium day and night. Not as much trivia or events during the day going on, what events there are get packed, dazzles was overwhelmed the other day with the few events they had in there all back to back. Speed test for surf and stream under 1mb in stateroom. First world problems i know i know i know, happy to be back on a ship but hard for me to recommend the experience as being worth the money for anyone who is not an avid die hard cruise fan. I’m sure it will get better but right now they are very short handed and not providing the full royal experience many are looking for. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 I would agree with @dr martini , pool bars are slammed, though flashing a little grease to the pool waiters helped the drink issue. We’ve eaten at hooked, 150 central and Jamie’s and have had good to great service across all three. Windjammer I will try to avoid at all costs. We’ve been getting light bites for breakfast at park cafe each morning. I can’t comment on MDR as we haven’t been yet. Trellis bar has been busy at times depending when you went. My kiddos are my governor for visiting other bars so far. Saw flight and it was awesome. Haven’t tried to get them into adventure ocean yet so I can’t comment on availability there. Seems like staff could be the rate limiting step in terms of overall service. But I’m just happy to be back in symphony nonetheless KLA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLA Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 14 minutes ago, GatorCruiser said: I would agree with @dr martini , pool bars are slammed, though flashing a little grease to the pool waiters helped the drink issue. We’ve eaten at hooked, 150 central and Jamie’s and have had good to great service across all three. Windjammer I will try to avoid at all costs. We’ve been getting light bites for breakfast at park cafe each morning. I can’t comment on MDR as we haven’t been yet. Trellis bar has been busy at times depending when you went. My kiddos are my governor for visiting other bars so far. Saw flight and it was awesome. Haven’t tried to get them into adventure ocean yet so I can’t comment on availability there. Seems like staff could be the rate limiting step in terms of overall service. But I’m just happy to be back in symphony nonetheless If the biggest issue is bar service - I'm suddenly seeing giving up drinking as a big perk Thanks for the tips! We also tend to avoid the Windjammer (other than for dinner on occasion when we don't feel like getting cleaned up for the MDR) so it sounds like this will work out well for us even if capacity is high. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 Heard Allure was at about 5,000 this week, which is 95% capacity. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 Matt F, EmptyNestTravels and KLA 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 24, 2022 Report Share Posted March 24, 2022 2500, 66%, on liberty this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 24, 2022 Report Share Posted March 24, 2022 Rumor from symphony is 3900 with 1200 kids. Amazing seeing the joy in their faces. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barjpoe Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 What's the count on Wonder and Odyssey this week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5mnun Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 Any updates on adventure? We are sailing on the 6th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinJ Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 Wonder 4784 March 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiku Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 We just got off Symphony. Everything from our experience lines up with the other two people that already posted about it. Things fill up quick day 1! We were in a frenzy booking everything on the app as soon as we got on the ship Wi-Fi. We went straight to Adventure ocean to book for our baby and tits program just before 1pm and we were the first ones there. They limit your initial booking to 10 hours so everyone has a fair shot and they open up more hours later but if you try to wait until day of you probably won’t find any availability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 Mariner of the Seas 2950 guests for this sailing (March 26-31) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heymarco Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 47 minutes ago, Maiku said: We just got off Symphony. Everything from our experience lines up with the other two people that already posted about it. Things fill up quick day 1! We were in a frenzy booking everything on the app as soon as we got on the ship Wi-Fi. We went straight to Adventure ocean to book for our baby and tits program just before 1pm and we were the first ones there. They limit your initial booking to 10 hours so everyone has a fair shot and they open up more hours later but if you try to wait until day of you probably won’t find any availability. Wow, AO on Symphony was wide open the week before. They wouldn’t even take bookings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srp431 Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 Symphony of the seas March 26 4,500+ on board. Announcement by cruise director. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihaoan Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 3/25/2022 at 1:58 PM, 5mnun said: Any updates on adventure? We are sailing on the 6th. we sailed on Adventure on 3/18 thru 3/23, during spring break, and "heard" 2,800 guests, 65% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_A Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 3/18/2022 at 4:02 PM, FamilyCruiseFan said: I have family on the Wonder of the Seas, March 18th to 25th (third sailing) and passenger count is 4900 (800 kids per staff onboard). I was just on that sailing and that is about the same as what I was told - I asked at the front desk and they told me 4975 with about 1000 kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debstr66 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 Good Morning from Mariner of the Seas at CocoCay! The cruise director said we’re at around 90%. I called Guest Services out of curiosity and she said we have 2,987. If the fact sheet I found on the Mariner is correct (4000 passengers) then we’re at nearly 75%. Anywho, seems pretty full with long lines for everything. Lots of people having fun. Feels very much like pre-COVID. Yay! GatorCruiser and Nettiegirl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debstr66 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 21 hours ago, Matt said: Mariner of the Seas 2950 guests for this sailing (March 26-31) Sorry Matt! I didn’t notice you already posted yesterday. Are you onboard? I’d love to meet you and any other wonderful folks from our blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Debstr66 said: Sorry Matt! I didn’t notice you already posted yesterday. Are you onboard? I’d love to meet you and any other wonderful folks from our blog. Unfortunately, not. Someone else posted the guest count on Facebook so I thought I'd share Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templecruiser Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 On Odyssey sitting at CocoCay. Guest service said 3700 on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Templecruiser said: On Odyssey sitting at CocoCay. Guest service said 3700 on board. Hope you are getting better weather there than we did 2 days ago. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templecruiser Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 12 minutes ago, GatorCruiser said: Hope you are getting better weather there than we did 2 days ago. Very windy and high swells. They held off disembarking for 1.5 hrs to see if it would be safe to dock. They got ok and we are staying a extra hr. Winds have calm a bit, but on dock side the waves are crashing big time against the shore. But it’s sunny and sitting on by daybed at breezy point with a lava flow drink. WAAAYTOOO and Mark_A 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 23 minutes ago, Templecruiser said: Very windy and high swells. They held off disembarking for 1.5 hrs to see if it would be safe to dock. They got ok and we are staying a extra hr. Winds have calm a bit, but on dock side the waves are crashing big time against the shore. But it’s sunny and sitting on by daybed at breezy point with a lava flow drink. Glad to hear you are getting sun. We had calm seas but it was windy and overcast and spitting the whole time we were there. Templecruiser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinnewbie Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 Anthem is sailing away now with 3327 according to our Facebook group. WAAAYTOOO and BrianB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristiZ Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 Enchantment 3/25/22 sailed with just above 1700, so 71% capacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5mnun Posted April 6, 2022 Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 Just over 2700 on adventure of the seas today SpeedNoodles, BrianB and Matt 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floski Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 Harmony 3/27-4/03 4100 passengers. Sorry, I don't have the C&A breakdown. BrianB and Matt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianB Posted April 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 Wonder of the Seas…April 8…5193 90.5% capacity (double occupancy) …and it feels it! PPPJJ-GCVAB and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPPJJ-GCVAB Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 3401 passengers on FREEDOM OTS April4-8 which is about 75%. Didn’t get the breakdown though…sorry! Never really felt overcrowded except for our at sea day, the pool area was tough to find chairs so we went up to deck where Dunes golf is and found plenty. We had our own little “pod”. BrianB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCWind Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 3500 passengers on the 4/3 to 4/9 sailing of Odyssey. WAAAYTOOO and BrianB 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchy Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 Anthem 4/10/22 has 3,800 passengers. A whopping 1,800 of them are kids age 17 and under. FoxboroCruiser, WAAAYTOOO and BrianB 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyNestTravels Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 Mariner 04/09/2022 per Guest Services: Pax: 3,284 Kids: 826 Capacity: 85% BrianB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchy Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Patchy said: Anthem 4/10/22 has 3,800 passengers. A whopping 1,800 of them are kids age 17 and under. @WAAAYTOOO, that’s spring break for ya! BrianB and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1 Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 I'm confused. I have heard of spring break starting as early as the end of February and I thought it lasted through March. How much longer does it go? I usually cruise late April and I don't remember that many kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchy Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 Oops, 1,200 of the 3,800 on Anthem 4/10/22 are kids age 17 and under. Sorry for the mistype. @FoxboroCruiser BrianB and FoxboroCruiser 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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