On Harmony now Star Class Suite

[susanbarnes]

Here are my first impressions and I will try to update daily. Boarding was very easy. In Barcelona your bags do not stay with you but they were at the room before we were. We boarded with our Genie at about 11:30 our room was not ready so she escorted us to the Coastal kitchen for a very nice lunch where we met the concierge and his assistant. At 1:00 we met her at the room and we had champagne, fruit, and some lovely snacks waiting for us. Our refrigerator was stocked with beer, water, and soda we had asked for. After unpacking we explored the ship, shared a chocolate shake at Johnny Rockets. Our waiter was really friendly and we enjoyed talking to him and watching the staff dance which was fun and then my husband did the flow rider. We had dinner in the Coastal Kitchen which was very good the filet was amazing and our waiter Steve was great. Then we saw the show Grease which was fantastic. So far everything is wonderful and the staff is top notch. More tomorrow.

[SeaThruU]

I'm looking forward to your review. I'm currently looking at the Harmony for an extended family caribbean cruise next summer.

[dedosr]

Enjoy your cruise. We will be on the first Caribbean cruise after the TA.

[pkexton]

We have to wait until next May to experience this on the Anthem :) but I was wondering since the pay restaurants were included (Chops, etc) if the upsell items (steak) were included if you dined in a main dining room.

 

Thanks - Pat

[susanbarnes]

We have not dined in the main dining room but I had lobster tonight at chops and it was included.

[susanbarnes]

Today was Palma De Mallorca. We slept in a little, had breakfast at Johnny Rockets and we were seated right away and had the same nice waiter from yesterday. We went into town for a little while and then back on my the ship. Before the cruise we had been traveling from San Diego to London, Paris, and Barcelona and we are a little tired. We relaxed on the balcony and read a book then played bingo. It's very small in the Mediterranean it's in a Boleros and they only played one game. Then it was formal night and we had a very nice dinner at Chops. The lobster I had was included in the star class. Then we saw the Fine Line Aqua show. It was good but not as good as the show we saw on the Allure. Our Genie again was holding our seats. I think this is the the hardest part of her job as people are always trying to take them. It is one of our favorite perks though. More tomorrow.

[Puppy9]

Glad you are enjoying. We are on Harmony on Sunday and cant wait. Is the suite lounge very busy? Thank you

 

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[susanbarnes]

Sorry I didn't post last night but I'm back. Yesterday was Marseille but we stayed on the ship. We had breakfast at the windjammer because we slept in and It was the only breakfast at 10:30am. No wait to get in and we found a table. I did the ultimate abyss slide and it was really fun. We spent most of the day relaxing and then we did a bridge and engine room tour that was very interesting. We went to Izumi for the tepenyaki side of the restaurant. The chef was really fun and the food was excellent. After dinner I lost $50.00 at the casino and then bedtime and a cute elephant towel animal.

Edited September 28, 2016 by susanbarnes

[pihanettie]

Thanks for all your info so far. Could you find out something for me? I will be with my 2 children, ages 13 and 12, in a star class suite. They really want to do the puzzle break room. Not sure of the age limit but I heard it was age 14. Can you ask the genie if she/he could get the kids in? Thanks.

[easyboy]

I am enjoying reading your review. Following.

[susanbarnes]

Sorry it's been so many days since my last post but Italy was long and exhausting in a good way. We did private shared tours I found out about on our sailing on the cruise critic message board. They were great. I'm just going to talk about the ship here though. The elevators can be crowded but we never had to wait too long for one. We did not do a lot of activities on this port intensive cruise but what we did do there were not any lines. We did see a line for the windjammer at peak times but the food was not good so we only ate there once. We did go get cookies to bring to the room a few times and those were good. Having coastal kitchen and the suite lounge on deck 17 is wonderful and a great use of the space. Much better than in the past when we cruised on allure. It was never too crowded when we've gone. All of the staff has been very nice and seem happy and cannot do enough to make us feel welcome. Our genie Alexandra has been wonderful. We haven't asked for much. She has offered to escort us off the ship at every port but it's been very easy to get on and off no lines. Our favorite thing and really the only thing we've used her for is to save us seats at the shows. Walking in and have the best seats in the house has been awesome. She even brought me a blanket to go over my legs at the ice show. Grease was very good, the aqua show and the ice show are very abstract and I would like them to be a little more upbeat and fun. Tonight we will sea the Columbus and the Iskate show. Our cabin is amazing and we have thoroughly enjoyed it and our cabin stewards are fantastic. Today is our sea day and even at 11:00 am there were still plenty of chairs by the pools. The suite outdoor deck is a little oasis that is under used and last night sailing from Naples we sat in the jacuzzi and waived goodbye to Italy. It was beautiful. Everything we have wanted including milkshakes and hot fudge sundaes at Johnny Rockets, all alcohol, all up grade items at chops, and anything else you can think of has been included. I'm not sure about the age on the puzzle room but I will try to remember to ask. If you have any more questions just let me know.

[MaiseyM]

Sounds fun. Thanks for sharing.

 

 

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[susanbarnes]

At the airport waiting for our flight so here are my final thoughts. Yesterday we had breakfast in coastal kitchen. We loved this area it is wonderful. We each had a massage and I had a facial. The spa is beautiful and the massages were good my facial was good but the hard sales pitch was too much I won't get a facial again. Last night we had dinner at chops again and the service was slow. We saw the Columbus show and it was my favorite show. It was fun and the cast was great. This morning we had breakfast in coastal kitchen again and our genie in scoffed us off the ship and we were in a taxi within 10 minutes of leaving breakfast. Overall the ship is fantastic. I would love to sail it on a less port intensive cruise so that we could enjoy it more. Sorry I forgot about the puzzle room but if you have any other questions just ask.

[Cruise a holic]

We are sailing on the Harmony in March. Looking foward to your review.

[A&L_Ont]

I have a few quick questions. Do you remember your stewards' names and were you starboard, aft or port side? What was your Genie's name? It sounds like you were pleased with her. I only ask as we are on Harmony deck 17 next month, and have a few genie cruises in our future.

 

Thank-you.

 

Edit: safe travels home. It looks like you have a looong way to go.

Edited October 2, 2016 by A&L_Ont

[hollon]

Do you have any pictures of your cabin? Also, I'm thinking the ice shows and the diving show differ than the Oasis/Allure, how were they different, what did they add?

[susanbarnes]

We were in cabin 1722 port side. I don't remember the stewards name but he and his assistant were excellent. Our genie was Alexandra and we didn't ask for a lot but she was great. You will love the saved seats at the shows and coastal kitchen. The shows aqua and skating were very abstract and didn't make sense. The I know in the skating show she was dreaming but still strange I would rather see something light and fun. The Columbus show was just that and my favorite. It was the best for kids.

[grinthock]

Thanks for all your info so far. Could you find out something for me? I will be with my 2 children, ages 13 and 12, in a star class suite. They really want to do the puzzle break room. Not sure of the age limit but I heard it was age 14. Can you ask the genie if she/he could get the kids in? Thanks.

 

 

I recently cruised on Harmony only last week and completed the puzzle break room.

 

The puzzle break room requires good analytical skills and is almost impossible to complete without multiple groups of people thinking in different directions. The skills would be difficult for even someone of 16 years of age. Kids 12-13 would create a significant distraction to a task that requires significant focus and team work.

 

It would be unfair to other passengers who are only allowed to do the puzzle break room once to have your children possibly distracting from the tasks at hand.

 

The room requires a minimum of six people to run the game. Without giving anything away there is a task that require six people to do something at the same time -- it is physically impossible to complete the game with five players.

 

Even without the component of six people it requires more than six people worth of thinking to get everything done.

 

We didn't win - if we had 30 more seconds we would have, were were that close.

 

I would not have wanted to have children in the room with was going on and there were not have been any time to "be nice and let them try it".

 

Not trying to be rude - but fair. The game has a 17% completion rate

 

All that being said if you have a group of six people who are all in your party to run the game with the six of you and two of those people are your children I don't see anything wrong with that as long as no other passengers are playing the game with you, it just wouldn't be fair.

 

 

 

 

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[rrzj]

We were in cabin 1722 port side. I don't remember the stewards name but he and his assistant were excellent. Our genie was Alexandra and we didn't ask for a lot but she was great. You will love the saved seats at the shows and coastal kitchen. The shows aqua and skating were very abstract and didn't make sense. The I know in the skating show she was dreaming but still strange I would rather see something light and fun. The Columbus show was just that and my favorite. It was the best for kids.

 

Do you happen to have any pictures of 1722 that you can share? We are in that room in a few months and would love to see it. Thanks!!