Thanks, all. OP here. We did the POA and the excursions beforehand with my parents in a 2BR, 2BA suite. I think we could all use a little more separation from each other! 🤣 I think to make things easier, we will just get a regular balcony room and save the perks when we are just traveling as a couple.
I will say this about the Haven v. the suite we had on POA. On POA and Haven, we have a butler and a steward (everyone has a steward). We got to eat breakfast and lunch in designated places (Haven on Prima and Cagney's on POA). We always turn down the drink package because we don't drink. We aren't big pool people either. Plus, this cruise we are looking at will be in mid-October so we probably aren't doing much swimming/hot tubbing then either. The Haven restaurant was nice for dinner but you can truly only choose from the same items so many times! Plus I wanted to try other restaurants as well. We were walked off both ships with the suite and with the Haven room which was nice. Not sure it was x amount nicer! Plus if the rest of our group isn't being walked off then we are just waiting on the pier for them anyway. We might as well walk with them. My dad has anxiety when we travel so being with him when I can is much better than not - but not in the same suite!