sandym718

thanks for the wonderful report! Really enjoyed following along.

Thank you!

Thanks so much! Looks like a great spot!

We used to stay in Tokelau before it became DVC and yep could hear the ferry horn, but as you said...slept right through it. Great reports so far!! I'd love to hear about any fairly quiet sunning spots you find/see on Wonder. We loved, loved, loved the open air front deck of the Solarium on Oasis and that was pretty much our spot for the week. I know Wonder, and Utopia, have closed Solariums which is disappointing to me. Probably a great spot in the evening or if we need a break from the sun, but I'd like to find a similar quiet space when I want sun. Love kids, but we're empty nesters now and I like to read my book without them running all over lol

Following along because we'll be on Utopia and I've heard Wonder is the closest. Your Poly pics are a pleasant surprise. Our favorite Disney resort! We first went in 2007 for a once-in-a-long-time splurge. Well we fell in love and returned in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2018! Been too long now, time for a return trip

I agree. There will be 4 of us, so a flat $100 seems like a fair amount to check it out. Just checked and on the 3 day, we are currently the only ship scheduled to be there. So maybe that $45 will drop a bit.

Thanks for the review! We're doing a B2B on Utopia in September and considering doing Hideaway for 1 of our CoCoCay stops. Your description of sipping a drink from the swim-up bar at the pool wall overlooking the ocean...has about pushed me over the edge. Hopefully the prices drop. Currently at $45 for the 3 day and $75 for the 4 day.

No experience with Allure but last May we booked "connecting interior" cabins on deck 9. Our kids are adults so we didn't need the connecting door really but the square footage was more for these so that's what we booked. We were very pleasantly surprised by the window and window seat! They were not classed as having any sort of view and the images on the website did not show any window. I *think* we were in 9199 and 9201, but that could be wrong...and again, Oasis not Allure but I'm betting this is the same situation.

Cove beach does not have a charge. There are no amenities there other than chairs and umbrellas. You may be thinking of the Beach Club or Hideaway Beach.

Yes, what Mike said...they are the same beach essentially. Cove beach is just at the far end. Most people don't walk that far so it's very quiet. That's what we like about it. But it is a further walk for food, drinks and bathrooms. So it depends on what you want.

Cove Beach!!

Trying again!

Darn, didn't work. I will have to try again later, need to get back to work

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I can't tell if this is the same beach or not. sort of looks like it but the way it's edited before, I can't tell where they walked from to reach it. Cove seemed more isolated. can't speak to the past but in May it was definitely not.

It's not a very big area, but felt plenty spacious with just 6 of us total over there. Maybe 30 lounge chairs and umbrellas? I looked to see if I had any pictures of the whole set-up over there but I don't. The water was wonderful! We saw several stingrays and small sharks. I'll post the few pictures I do have in a minute. Our day was overcast and drizzly off and on (but still warm) so that may have contributed to how few people were over there. It is a bit of a walk from the ship initially so that helps. There are trails through the wooded area there that make it a shorter walk to the bathrooms, etc.

Cove Beach! My family and one other couple were the only ones there on a day in late May. We were the only ship there, but it was Oasis. Beautiful and peaceful!

Following along, can't wait for more! I like your style

Loving your review! Can't wait for Week 2!

Really enjoying your review! We sail Oasis in May. No suite, no UDP, but it's still fun following along!

These pool chair pictures are making me nervous. Not a morning person and on my vacation, there’s no way I’m getting up early. Guess we’ll be making do with whatever we can find.

Can't wait to see this in May! DH and I are big 80's music fans. The kids will probably grumble about the music while secretly enjoying it. 😉 Specifically chose RC for our first family cruise (and my first in 22 years) because of this. DD is 19 and the other lines have their adult areas 21+. This way we can all hang out together and I think we'll be spending a LOT of time here. Have this on the list to pick up for Easter baskets. DS turns 21 in May. DD is 19 but a "thriving" college student with a good "fake" 😉 so I think both will appreciate it.

Hopefully you’ll be lucky since it’s so last minute and they’ll honor for your cruise

I basically got nowhere. She said that the excursion is being held as Sold Out now until they cancel all the "Glitch" bookings. She could not tell me when it would become available again or how much it would be. Said I could try calling again when it's available to see if they would honor my original price. Honestly, as long as they do the 50 pp credit, I could go up to $257.99 pp and still be exactly where I was to begin with. Anything higher than that though and I'll be calling and trying to get my original price back. Very frustrating but I guess I have to wait for them to cancel it and work it out. I'm not cancelling it myself because then wouldn't get the OBC I'd assume. Worst case, I guess I'll book direct through Atlantis. I am not a patient person lol, so waiting this out will be tough!

It's $250 pp at Atlantis directly. No transportation of course but we probably would've taken a cab back anyways so not a big deal. If we can get 50 pp credit...it would basically balance out to what we had originally paid with a little extra towards transportation. But I need to see if the day pass through Atlantis can be cancelled if we don't dock for some reason. That is why I booked through RC to begin with