Grankm21

Not only does everyone in the cabin need to pay for the Key, but I also thought there was a minimum age requirement, but I could be wrong. I could swear I looked into it once and we weren’t eligible due to my daughter’s age. But again I could be wrong or maybe that changed.

Also a huge fan of the cheap over the door shoe holder. Sounds stupid, but it’s a game changer when u have 2 kids and 2 adults worth of shoes spread all over the floor.

I got something similar off Amazon and couldn’t be happier. But I use mine all day, not just in the evenings 😁.

For our cruise this past January I sent in a request 10 days out. Usually I do it 2 weeks out, but I forgot. Received two responses within probably 3-4 days of my email. First the auto response and then an actual response a couple days later saying they had fulfilled my request. As stated above, make sure you put your sailing date and ship name in the subject line.

Thank you for the response, we’ll plan to arrive around 10:30.

At Port of Miami, does anyone know if you can park at one garage, even though you are departing from a different terminal? For example, I’m thinking of parking at lot B, then walking over to terminal A which is where our ship will depart. It appears that the cost per night to park at lot A is a lot higher than the cost to park at any other lot. Also, can you reserve parking ahead of time at any of the parking lots other than lot A? I’m nervous about parking availability over Spring Break. TIA

Yep, I remember it happening with Symphony. If I remember correctly they moved the inaugural cruise up a few weeks.

I could be wrong, but if I remember correctly all the restrooms in the kids club area are gender neutral. Enjoy your cruise!

Yes. We were at Port Everglades last month. They did not check our embarkation time. We arrived at 11am even though some in our party had 1pm arrival times. We were on the ship about 15min after we arrive to the port.

We were on the Symphony last month. Both the promenade cafe and vitality cafe menu listed cold brew however it was unavailable at the promenade cafe the entire cruise. Not sure why they couldn’t take ingredients from vitality and bring them to the promenade. Moral of the story is if it’s not at the promenade, check vitality.

We were at Port Everglades two week ago. We had no issues embarking earlier than our scheduled time.

We were on the Symphony last week. We had a group of 9 and tried three specialty restaurants. Jamie’s was our favorite, especially for the price compared to the others. Followed by Izumi’s (we did the regular menu, not hibachi) then Wonderland. We’ve done wonderland on multiple ships and just didn’t think the service/experience this time was a great as our previous visits. Have a great trip!

Yes. Kids can order off the main menu or the kids menu. I don’t know if there is an age for the kids menu. I know some adults that order off the kids menu. We were on Harmony last week. My 12 yr old nephew ate entirely off the main menu while my 5 and 7 year old mixed and matched between the two menus. I only glanced quickly into the 9-12 yr old area, but I do think the video game set up is similar to the 6-8 yr old area. I don’t think here is an activity guide for the kids club. Last week I asked for a schedule of activities, just so that I could make sure my kids were at the club during the activities they would enjoy most. The only thing available was a generic list of activities that the adventure ocean staff was able to show me quickly during registration.

My kids love searching for ducks and I am appreciative of the generous folks that leave them. Last week my kids found three. They enjoyed playing with them in the stateroom shower and at the beach and we just unpacked and tossed them in our bath tub. I’m pretty sure if Royal had an issue with the ducks they would get rid of the multiple claw machines in the arcade that are filled with rubber ducks as prizes . There were three rubber duck filled claw machines on Symphony last week. And for what it’s worth, I’ve never seen a crew member throw them away, the kids find them too quickly.

I’m hoping everything is okay with Jordan. I’ve watched some of her blogs and I don’t think she would have left unless it was an absolutely necessary. Especially since her boyfriend is also onboard. Perhaps she’ll be back before the end of your cruise.