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Entertainment for our 9/17/23 Wonder cruise opened last night for everything except comedy club. Comedy club was there this morning. Check in opens tomorrow (at midnight eastern tonight).

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Soda, water, beer and wine 11-11. Mixed drinks in addition 5-8pm.

According to the policy I posted above, you will not get double points. It must have originally been booked as a solo cruise. Our friend had the exact same thing happen and did not get double points. She went to C&A, customer service, emails, etc. ... they all pointed her to this policy which changed sometime last year. YMMV and you might get lucky but I wouldn't count on getting double points.

If you open the app, choose profile, select a different cruise, browse our ships, Navigator then pick the current cruise, daily planner, entertainment and select by the day at the bottom you can see the entire weeks show schedules. We were on 2 weeks ago and they didn't provide us with a weekly paper that showed all the shows.

I did this a couple of weeks ago on Navigator, first time I'd seen it offered. It was held in the jewelry store. A man, who didn't seem to excited about it, took my ring and cleaned it in front of us. Handed it back and we said thanks... the end. Never really spoke to us at all and definitely didn't try to sell us anything. I was very surprised.

The lists are in the app under dining, choose the venue, then menu, scroll to the bottom. If your cruise isn't populated yet, select your profile, choose another cruise, scroll to the bottom, browse our ships, pick Harmony, then the current sailing. I believe the list is the same for all cruises no matter the ship.

We've seen the same thing in ports... from ice cream to whole pizzas. People took it back off and were trying to cram it all down before boarding the ship.

On Allure in January this came up at a Q&A with the Cruise Director about all the shows being reserved before board. Cory said that they hold 20% of all seats available back even though it shows there are none available. Once you board the ship the other 20% become available for anyone to make reservations. If you miss out on that he advised to just show up 15 minutes prior to the show and at 10 til they open the venue for all remaining seats. People get busy having fun elsewhere, change their minds and forget to cancel, have conflicting dinner reservations, etc. There are also multiple showings of each performance so if you don't get in on one day try another. It will all work out. Don't stress.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/royal-caribbean-drops-key-port-from-some-alaska-itineraries/ar-AA1aRHWs This news story explains the reason they cannot port. After the rock slide there is not room for 2 mega ships to port at the dock RCI uses. RCI made the call on which ship.

On Allure this came up during an upper tier meet & greet with the entertainment staff and cruise director. The CD told us that the ship holds back 20% of all seats for onboard booking the first day. If by the time you board they are then full, just show up 20 minutes early and get in line. People make reservations and forget, get busy doing something else or just change their mind and don't show up or cancel their reservation. At 10 minutes until the show starts anyone can go in a sit anywhere in the venue for the show until it is full. For example we went to a sold out ice show and it never got more than 2/3 full. There were still a ton of open seats when the show started. Don't stress about it!

Hubby just boarded Adventure today and on the D+ onboard benefits it now says 5 drinks daily up to $14 (excludes Starbucks and Johnny Rocket milkshakes). First time we've seen that. He was just on Adventure a few weeks ago and was able to use a voucher a couple of days to get a free shake.

Currently messaging is shut down fleet wide due to a breach of some sort last week with inappropriate texts being sent to everyone onboard. Until that issue is fixed there is no chat on any ship.

Basically just June/July on Oasis class ships and Christmas/NY sailings on others.

Thanks for this information. I just sent a message to see if they could accommodate us.

I was looking at a cruise a few days ago on Wonder for January and the inside cabins were priced $300 higher than an oceanview balcony!

Everything that I have seen indicates the 3rd week of April.

This is exactly how it works at the new Galveston terminal. Less than 15 minutes from scanning out at the ship and driving out of the parking lot. Straight off with bag, down a hall, stop to look at a camera for less than 2 seconds and you're out the door headed to your car.

Prior to this year, we've always sailed in at least an OV balcony or Junior Suite. A few grand suites and a Crown Loft for hubby's retirement cruise. Now that he's retired and income is reduced we made the choice to sail in insides to take 3 cruises a year instead of 1 in a balcony or suite. I thought I would hate it but have been pleasantly surprised on the 2 I've done so far. I enjoy breakfast on the balcony, watching the ship come in or leave port, and having a glass of wine in the evening... but I'd rather cruise more so interior it is, with the occasional Royal Up if the minimum bids are low.

Hubby has done walk off 3 x in last 2 months. Off the ship and in the car by 7:30-7:45. That's parking in the North Lot Premium or North Lot without having to wait on or take a shuttle. I think a 9:30 flight is unrealistic with traffic, security and boarding. Why put so much stress on yourselves?

You are correct, I was thinking UDP.