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We did Prohibition Party and had a blast. We did dress up and there was nothing in the Compass about it. I signed us up on line, paid the fee of course and the information for the party was in our cabin. We received the invitation, it told us where to meet and what the password was.

The band was great, lots of crew present and dressed in the 20's style. there is dancing, drinks ( limited, what they have prepared) ours were served in cups since after all this is prohibition! Small snacks to munch on....I think all had a fun time. worth the money!

enjoy

totally agree, we as well always purchase the package and we sail in suites and are Diamond and DO NOT go to the lounges. Probably will eat in CK when on Oasis, but that will be the extent of of being in the lounge.

too crowed in lounges and too many just waiting for their free drinks.....nah, we get the packages and get a drink when we want one wherever we are

following, love your comments!

I'd move, you will also have more privacy when sitting on your ocean view balcony!

I'm not able to tell you what time to request, but we did a similar tour and yes, you do have admittance to see David. On our tour we spent approximately one hour at David while the tour guide described much about the statute. If one began to wander away a bit, they were told to come back to the group. We did not get to anything other than David and then continued with the remainder of the tour. Hopefully, your tour guide will be a bit better than ours was. She was tremendously knowledgeable about the statue, but we would have liked to visit other areas.

I asked DH if he remembered approximately what time the tour was ended and he could not remember either.

Sorry that this was of no help for time to book tickets and I do believe you would want them in advance.

Enchantment all the way!!!! We love to sit on the balcony, even on short cruises, but Majesty only has balcony cabins if you book a Jr Suite or full suite. As mentioned above, there is no Solarium, no specialty restaurants, unless you consider Johnny Rockets one.

I will be on Majesty in Sept with a group of ladies that always has done 3 or 4 night quick cruise get away, but I think this may be the last year. They all like to have balcony cabins, love relaxing in the solarium and Chops one night.

The group is going, but doubt it will happen again next year simply because of this ship. A different quick get away is in planning stages and it doesn't include Majesty.

No question at all which is the best ship, Enchantment! Royal did not do us a favor up in north Fl when they moved it south, but I do envy persons in Miami since they got a great ship.

WeBcruisin,

THANK YOU!!! yep, there it is just as you described.....whew! one less thing to be concerned about on this little cruise

wishing you a fantastic cruise!

V

thanks for your speedy reply Gwen!!

We haven't been on a Royal ship since last year and I have a question about the set sail pass. I printed it out and it does not display my C&A status. Didn't the set sail pass have that listed on it?

I may be confusing Royal with another line as we do sail quite a few different lines.

I'm a bit upset with myself as I used a Travel Agent and I usually do all the bookings myself. I am not able to contact the agent after several voice mail messages. Yes, I will be calling for a supervisor tomorrow if I don't get a call today, but wanted to check with the experts.

The TA also did not wait list us for either early dining or any time dining, I do know being on the wait list does not guarantee our dining wish time. If this cannot be changed before we board we will go to dining room asap upon boarding to request a change.

I know TA'S can be great, I just haven't located one yet.

thanks in advance for any comments!

V

I LOVE the big ships and have been on all except Harmony. DH is more for the smaller ships, so we do both!

We have been sailing so long that I wonder if you remember the Big Red Boat? Boy we sure had fun on that one and when Sovereign came along we could not believe how huge it was.

In all honesty, we did not care for Quantum, but again, that was our feeling. I sure hope Royal maintains all types of ships for all the different clients.

We do other lines as well, but have found Royal to be the better priced ship with similar amenities as some of the other lines for cruising from Florida.

V

great review and you are a FANTASTIC mother! that is already showing in your care for your little pumpkin but especially thinking of the possible issue for the little one across from you.

looking forward to the rest of your impressions of this awesome ship

V

THANK YOU so very, very much for this quick response. We will be having dinner with some of the folks this evening and I can pass this on to them.

Can anyone that has just been on Majesty tell me how obstructed the view is from cabins on deck 9 on Majesty?

Normally our group sailed on Enchantment and we all had balcony cabins. This is a yearly quick get away for us and we always use PC. Everyone has booked the cabins on deck 9 starboard side, but there has been some buzz from a few about the lack of amenities that were on Enchantment.

I did read one posting that indicated they had a good cruise recently on Majesty.

Just hoping the life boats are not what you see when you look out the window.

thanks to anyone who can provide this info:)

V

Persons coming into their cabins in the early morning hours and standing in the hallway still partying and then letting the cabin doors slam. Then going onto the balcony and being unbelievably loud. First night we turn over in bed and think, they are having fun. Second night, ask them if they can be a bit quieter. We were cursed at and told to mind our own business..... Third night, call in and report it, we will NEVER ask anyone to lower their voices again.

We did that a few years ago when the party never stopped on a balcony that one of the family members had and all the family shared it!!!! It almost did become a nightmare cruise as far as our cabin was concerned. This was back before smoking was not allowed and there was always someone on that balcony smoking. We asked the persons in the cabin if they could please not be as loud at night and boy we were told they paid GOOD money for the cruise and were going to enjoy it. The persons on the other side of this family cruise was suffering as much as us and we did go to GS together to report it......it got a bit better but probably one of the worst cruises for sleeping ever.

so, if you are loud next to us, we will NOT ask you to refrain from disturbing us, we will ask the GS to handle it.

YEA!!!!!!!!!!! another super fantastic review by RADIO! We are so anxious to hear from the expert about another cruise line. We have 2 lines we constantly travel with and you probably can see them by what is now booked.

The ladies cruise was a big discussion this year since Royal moved Enchantment to Miami and put Majesty up here, we are going to try it, but????

DH likes nice ships and I LOVE big ships and then there is always the fun time to get away. We have always found that your review along with a few others have always been 'spot on" for what is being reported.

Wishing you smooth seas and happy sailing:)

V

Majesty has something like Park Cafe (unless it got replaced in the renovation) on Deck 12 above Windjammer on the left. Good selection of paninis, a nice salad bsr, some soups, etc.

Thanks Matt, hope they still have it, liked the soups and salad on Enchantment. The last 2 years on Enchantment they had pork for the sandwiches.......that was sure not the same as the beef. Good, just not the same when you are wanting that "Kummelweck" (sp??)

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this review. Every fall a few of us ladies do a quick get away from Port Canaveral and we really enjoyed the Enchantment. Our concerns with Majesty were there are no "balcony cabins", either jr. suite or full suite if you want a balcony and there is no solarium.

Does Majesty have a Park Cafe? The one on Enchantment was pretty good, absolutely not like Oasis and Allure, but not bad.

Anxious to hear more about your adventures on Majesty.

V

looking forward to your postings

V

OH MY GOODNESS, how you made me feel good about our ladies fall cruise!!!! A few of us ladies get together and take a quick cruise in the fall. We really enjoyed the Enchantment and were very worried about Majesty when all we heard were negative issues. So very happy you posted your cruise on this "mystery" ship to us.

thank you so very much!

V

following, so anxious to have a report!

V

subscribing, was never interested in NCL, but boy, you sure do make it look attractive, anxious to know the rest of the story!

V

following along, I LOVE your reviews, have a fantastic vacation!

This sounds exactly the same issue we had on Quantum in the American Icon Grill. There were 12 children at a table that was separated by two other tables and then the adults. When we were seated we immediately saw the situation and requested to be moved since we would have been between the children and the adults. We observed these families at other locations on the ship and knew there would be problems. We were moved a few tables away. Same issue as you had, the kids were screaming and kicking the tables, running around the table chasing each other, bumping into the wait staff. We observed one female adult go over to the table and it was unbelievable, the kids laughed at her. We absolutely could not dine in an atmosphere such as this and called over our waiter and told him to cancel our dinner, we were leaving, his expression was one of "I wish I could go with you."

There is NO reason on this earth for children to be allowed to act out like this and I don't care what your reasoning is. Our children dined with us from being infants to adults. Yes, there were times when one of the boys wanted to act up and we paid for the meal and left. We did not allow the actions of our 2 very healthy boys to ever ruin someone else's meal even if it meant we left the restaurant.

Your post just brought back that awful evening and the memories of uncontrolled children both in the dining room and a few other locations on the ship.

quick question, I thought smoking on the balconies was no longer permitted?

On one of our cruises we were not able to be on our balcony at all. The smoke smell at times could be smelled inside our cabin. The folks had other family that were in interior cabins and they all made use of the balcony. We did mention it to our cabin steward and the desk, but this was back when smoking was permitted on balconies.........oh my it was bad, you could even smell it in the hallway when you were walking to the cabin. :eek:

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your reviews!!!

We sailed Princess for Alaska, Panama and the Mediterranean and a few Caribbean and Bahama cruises. They are fairly comparable but I agree the food is better and they do have very tasty pizza. We usually sail in suites and they are approximately the same size as Grand Suites or above on RCCL. We don't really have a favorite since the ports are usually what we look for.

I will tell you I am in LOVE with the Oasis class ships and we are scheduled for Oasis again in January.

I would have no fear at all in choosing Princess, we have always had great service and great food. As I mentioned above, we book for the ports not the entertainment.