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On Wonder of the Seas, it seems there is a limit for reserving the Royal Society of Puzzles. I think it may be 8, but we have 12 people. Does anyone know if we do a reservation for 4 people, will we be working with the other people who book that reservation that we don't know?

6 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

Prominade Cafe, which is basically Sorrento's

Thanks. Does it have pizza?

We are looking at a Mariner cruise next year. I was looking at the deck plans and didn't see a Sorrentos. Is there anywhere to get late-night food?

We are going on Wonder with a big group in a few months. We are planning to book a ship tour as a gift for our parents. I have their reservation linked to ours. If I purchase it for them, will it send them an email confirmation? Hoping to time it so that they don't get an email confirmation before we have a chance to tell them about it. 🙂

Our Uber to the airport on a Friday morning after departing Independence was $106.

On 7/3/2022 at 3:18 AM, YadaYadaJodi said:

I think I've read it's about $2/pp/per day? So $28 for us to both have it on a 7 day cruise? That sounds a lot cheaper than Voom. Thanks!

We tried this on Indy last week. Just be aware that the app doesn't send push notifications to your phone when someone sends you a message. You have to open the app to see if someone has messaged you.

I ordered the Royal proctored test on Monday, chose express shipping, and it is scheduled to arrive tomorrow (Friday). You might still have time to order if the cruise is late next week. 

We always book through a TA and make sure it is a refundable deposit. It usually isn't much more if any (sometimes it is less if she has a group rate).

14 hours ago, Thisguylikestocruise said:

This is basically what I was told too. Booked Wonder OTS on 4/11 for Feb.2023. The price dropped $350. RC told me there’s nothing I can do. Starting March 31st you can only apply price drops to room upgrades, unless you notice a lower price within 48 hours of booking. Not sure how everyone else here is getting price adjustments.

Wow...I was also told no OBC for price drop but I figured it was because I booked after 3/31 AND was past final payment. I didn't realize that was also the new rule for booking after 3/31 and still being before final payment. In that case could you just cancel and re-book at the lower rate, if you had booked it as refundable deposit originally?

1 hour ago, Biker19 said:

If before final payment, request a refund (one of the reasons not to make final payment early). If after final but still covered by CWC (booked before 3/31/22 and sailing before 9/30/22) you'll get OBC.

If I am after final payment, but not covered by CWC, does that mean they won't give any OBC? We booked in May 2022 for a July 2022 cruise and the price has dropped a bit.

Thanks for the responses. Sounds like we'd need at least GS to take advantage of the suite benefits...will probably save that splurge for when we don't have the kids with us. (And yes, we've had no issues booking the kids in a separate room that is either beside or across from us when using a TA. I discovered years ago that it was cheaper-and of course more spacious-to book 2 rooms than to book one room that held all 4 of us.)

We normally stay in an oceanview balcony, but are considering a suite for our next cruise either on Harmony or Wonder. Our kids (12 and 14) would be in an interior room across the hall. How do suite perks work when a family is split between one suite class room and one non-suite room? Would the kids still be able to eat in Coastal Kitchen, for example?

Also, I read Junior Suite is not included in many of the perks that the other suites get (such as drinks/Hors d’oeuvres in the suite lounge); does anyone know if Jr Suite guests will be allowed to use the new Suite neighborhood on Wonder?

Thanks all...looks like there aren't any deck 4 ocean view rooms left on their sailing...I think they'll end up booking deck 2 near the aft elevators, but I'll keep an eye out for them for any deck 4 rooms that may open up.

Darn, looks like that room type isn't available on the sailing they're looking at (9/17/20).  I only see decks 2, 3, and 4.

I'm trying to help out my in-laws with booking a New England cruise on Grandeur out of Baltimore.  I've only been on the Oasis class ships for the past 10 years, and I know nothing about Grandeur.  They're planning to get an oceanview window room, since the balcony rooms are twice as much.  Any tips on general room selection, such as floor, whether its better to be near the forward or aft elevators, etc?  Thanks in advance!

11 minutes ago, Homosassa said:

There was a thread on here by someone in a similar situation with multiple adult and child rooms.

 

If I member correctly, the way the scenario played out is that while some how the cabins were booked, either once on board (or maybe before boarding), the OP was notified  that the room switching would not be allowed as the minor children were required to be in the cabin adjacent to their parents (legal guardians). 

 

If you can find this thread, please share the link.  I'll try to search for it as well. 

Yes, we would only book if the parent rooms were directly across from the child rooms.  Ideally we'd have 4 balcony rooms directly across from 4 inside rooms so we can all be near each other.  But I do share the concern regarding muster station differences...we'd likely book 1 parent in each child room (and 1 child in each parent room, who would later switch for sleeping) to mitigate that risk.  

4 minutes ago, broadwaycam said:

And remember if the room is only booked for 3 people you are making more work for the cabin steward having to make a 4th bed.

True but in the single adult rooms that were originally booked for 2 people that become 1-person rooms, the cabin steward will have less work to only make 1 bed up.

Also I'm assuming the 4th bed wouldn't really be a 4th bed...it would just be 2 kids on the pull-out sofa instead of 1.

The only reason we'd rearrange would be for those single adults to not have to pay for a "no show".

We have a large family group of 10 adults and 8 kids wanting to take a cruise and are trying to figure out the best way to book it.  2 of the adults are single and each want their own rooms, so if we put one kid on each of their rooms on the reservation, will RC care if those kids don’t end up sleeping in those rooms?  Likely the kids would move to their cousins’ rooms to sleep.  

Scenario 1) I was thinking if we book one cousin room with 3 pax and another cousin room with 3 pax, that those rooms should each be able to hold 4 so it shouldn’t be a problem when the 2 other cousins want to join those rooms.  

Scenario 2) If we book one cousin room with 4 pax and another cousin room with 2 pax, could the 2 other cousins come sleep in those rooms, even though the rooms aren’t supposed to hold any more?

I have a similar question...It looked like the nov 18th release date may only go through April of 2022.  Any idea when summer of 2022 would be released?

On 4/25/2019 at 8:49 PM, luv2sailAgain said:

Thank you for the review! 10 of us will be sailing in July on deck 12.  Were you able to hear the ocean?  I am worried that I should have booked cabins on a lower deck.  I

Yes - you can hear the ocean!  We really liked deck 12...only 2 flights of stairs up to the pool deck, so it gave us a break from waiting on the elevators 🙂

22 hours ago, reallyitsmema said:

 

Puerto Rico is included with Verizon.  I just checked this itinerary using the interactive trip planner earlier this week.  We will be in San Juan next week and plan on using our phones.  Will see what happens, but I expect we will have no charges.  Not sure why DISFAN had charges, wonder where they were when they got the charges.  Maybe connected to the ship by accident.

I don't have verizon but my in-laws did, and I think when they tried to turn their phones on it said "Extended" in the top left corner of their iPhones.  So they were worried that they would be charged extra...I haven't heard from them if they actually were or not (I think they turned the phones off shortly after turning them on).

On 4/25/2019 at 2:13 PM, seapad said:

BMSM6, thanks for such a great summary and review! My family will be on Harmony in July. They are a party of 13. Could you please tell me where your group was sitting (floor and location) where they have the table for 12? Would you think it can also accommodate 13 people?

There are 5 kids in total. 

 

Thank you! 

We were on deck 3, which is where they had the 5:30 main dining (I think deck 4 was used for my time dining, and not sure about deck 5).  When you walk in, and go to the left, then straight back almost all the way to the back of the dining room, we were in a little circular area on the right.  I think the table number was 164.  It could definitely fit 13 people.  Originally they set it up for 14 at that table but we ended up only having 12.  There is a booth seat that winds all around that little circular area, so half of our table sat in the booth and the other half were in chairs.  Just email rcldining@rccl.com closer to your trip with all the stateroom numbers and people and they should be able to take care of it.

On 4/25/2019 at 10:39 AM, TravisP said:

One thing I figured out early in the cruise, when you are waiting on an elevator, when a door opens on one you can fit in, get on it regardless of if it is going the direction you want to go. You will spend more time waiting on an elevator that is not full going the direction you are going than is will take you to ride the other elevator the wrong way first. 

Yes, you are so right about this!!!  

56 minutes ago, dltaeg said:

Thanks for the review. We are doing a similar cruise to you in a few weeks. I hope you don't mind me asking 2 questions.

 

How long did it take you to walk to El Morro fort from the port?

 

and also what day/time was the ice rink open for public use. We wanted to do this last time we sailed on Harmony but it never opened up.

Sure!  We were taking our time walking to El Morro since we got off the ship around 8 and knew it didn't open until 9.  I would say it took about 25 minutes at a leisurely pace when you subtract out the stops we made along the way.  We got there a little bit before it opened and you can explore around the sides of the fort before it opens to kill time.  Definitely make sure you go by Fortaleza Street on your way to see the umbrellas (near the intersection with Santo Cristo Street I think).

The ice rink was open on Day 7 from 9:30-12:30.  It said you could go at 9:10 to sign up for a slot, which I did, but no one had opened it yet and it was just a long line of people so we ended up doing something else.  There were a ton of activities on that last sea day.  I think it was also opened at one point earlier in the week as well but I can't recall when.