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    Christmas cruising on Harmony of the Seas

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    We were told there are 5,700 rooms for double occupancy but that this Christmas cruise as 6,300 guests. Much too crowded. Also, have found that this Christmas Harmony cruise is mostly large family groups. Dining room is crammed together. Really disappointed at n this cruise. Considering our May cruise on the Oasis.

     

     

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    Definitely many large groups this ship. Surprisingly, they have dines nice job with service in MTD for dinners, considering the large crowds.

     

     

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    Christmas cruising on Harmony of the Seas

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Thanks for the pictures. Don't like the inconsistency on late food options - on the Mariner of the Seas two weeks ago, the Windjammer always had late night snacks from 1030pm-12mn. I made my rounds once and there were quite a few people tucking in. Would have thought it would be standard on all RCL ships.

     

     

     

     

    Like I said, it's not the end of the world, but it definitely trained me to order larger dinners so we're not hungry at 10 o'clock at night. I don't know if it's because it's due to an entirely full ship this week or something else, but it's amazing how long the lines are at Café promenade at 11 o'clock at night. I don't know people are ordering food or just getting coffee, but it's packed in there. I don't recall it being that packed on oasis last Easter at that time of night.

     

     

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    Two Oasis, side by side. St. Maarten

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    First of all, what is the plural sense of oasis? Is it Oasis'. Or Oasis? Not sure. For the first time ever, two Oasis ships docked together today in Saint Maarten. When you combine crew and passengers, that's equivalent to 16,000 people between these two ships.

     

     

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    I also included a photo of the Conquest on the left to give perspective to size, by Allure.

     

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    Christmas cruising on Harmony of the Seas

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Hi, we enjoyed the specialty coffee with the drink package on Freedom on our last cruise but that included Starbucks. Can you tell me what kind of specialty coffees are offered on Harmony? I tried looking for a post I saw awhile back with a menu but no luck finding it. Alcoholic coffee drinks?

     

     

     

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    It's odd because the café promenade does not have a menu of its coffee drinks. They pretty much serve all of the drinks minus the frappe at Chino. If you want to frappucino, you have to go to the vitality spa. There maybe one more place you can get a frappucino but I can't recall what it was. I've just tell them to make me a good coffee drink with no sugar, and they tend to come back with different ones each time. I did forget that I like the skinny vanilla latte that I get a Starbucks, so I've started ordering those as well. Since it's at the café promenade, I don't think they have alcohol behind the desk. I could be wrong though. It's an easy walk over to a bar if you wanted to throw a few shots in there though. I wish they had a menu though because that would give me a better ideas of what to order

     

     

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    Christmas cruising on Harmony of the Seas

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    On Harmony now for a Christmas cruise. A few thoughts and comments.

     

    Ship is full. I sailed Oasis last Easter. This feels more fun than the last oasis class ship a holiday. I may be wrong, but it definitely feels more full. They have done a few special things for Christmas such as Christmas caroling in the promenade, Santa Claus came however I miss that so I can't tell you what happened when he was in the promenade.

     

     

     

    We saw two shows last night. They had a guest ventriloquist on. He was awesome. His name is Ron Lucas I believe. We also saw Grace. I think I had different expectations, but the show was still really fun. I expected it to be a play, which it was not. That was probably my own mistake. The music was good and the acting was decent.

     

    There are 900 teenagers on board. At least that's what they told us at the teen club. My teens have not taken advantage of it, but it looks like they have great stuff. The teen room looks like an awesome hang out. I wish I had that as a teenager.

     

     

    We were up at the pool yesterday, first day at sea, and it was pretty packed up there. I don't know if it is an engineering problem with the floor, but there was a lot of water on the floor by the kids section. They were swobbing the deck all day long. No joke. And then people would drop their food in that as they were walking by, so that was pretty gross. We had pretty high puddles to walk through in order to pass that area I think they need better drainage on the floor because the water keeps splashing out between the kids splashing and the windy seas.

     

    The ship is definitely windier than oasis at Easter time. It's not bad, but it's definitely noticeable. As a result, they shut down the waterslides yesterday due to the wind concerns.

     

    I don't recall the room service being the same last spring. Room service ends at 11 o'clock at complementary food. Unfortunately, the complementary food in my opinion isn't that great. You can get soup, salad, and maybe something else that's pretty light. If you want burgers and fries or anything heavier, you have to pay for it no matter what time of day. It's not overly expensive but you still have to pay for it. Maybe were doing something wrong, but we always end up hungry again around 10 at night so it's kind of a bummer that you can't get a heartier meal than a salad at that time of night. Especially for my teenage boys. I don't know if I'm imagining it, but Café Promenade seems way more crowded at night now. I think people are looking for extra food options beyond the pizza.

     

    Robot bar is fun. You can make some drinks on your own or choose from one of their preselected options. It's fun if it's not too crowded over there.

     

    We have two promenade rooms, but we have two different cabin stewards. It's not a big deal but I thought it was a little odd to have the lines split down the middle and separate between families. No big deal though.

     

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    Thoughts on the Flowrider..

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    I have teens and tweens. They loved the flowrider. It takes time and practice; they got better as the week went on. When we did the zipline last time, the guy working the zipline told us that it gets busier as the week moves ahead b/c people want to 'get it in' before they leave. If this theory applies to the Flowrider as well, I imagine it would be less busy in the beginning of the week vs. the end of the week. When the lines were long, we made an event out of it. We had some cocktails and stood in line/sat on the bleachers and watched everyone try. People enjoy watching everyone and I felt like there was some collective cheer when we watched people try hard and succeed. If the line is long, it's still fun to watch.

    Do you upload your photo or take it at port?

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Thank you all! I am sure the process online is easy, but getting my whole family to sit down at one time and take photos is more work than I care to put into the process. It's the gathering of people when the screen is up that is the hassle. I think I'll wait until I'm there since it doesn't sound like it will set us behind too much in time. Leaving on Harmony of the Seas this coming Saturday.

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