Rare crewsweeper Posted April 9, 2023 Author #151 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Some pictures from the last night. Internet was slow. Will do wrap up once home. Let’s start with Jazz in the Park and then a final food porn from Hooked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare lv2cruisgrl Posted April 9, 2023 #152 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Would like to know what was good and not so good. We sail her in 2 weeks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustFSU Posted April 9, 2023 #153 Share Posted April 9, 2023 8 minutes ago, lovrccl said: Would like to know what was good and not so good. We sail her in 2 weeks. I have 3 weeks to go...Can't wait!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted April 9, 2023 #154 Share Posted April 9, 2023 57 minutes ago, DustFSU said: I have 3 weeks to go...Can't wait!!! 8 long weeks for us... 😭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boontj2003 Posted April 10, 2023 #155 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Do you remember what night lobster night was? i don’t want to book Hooked on that night lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare perfect match Posted April 10, 2023 #156 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Thanks for the review. May be booking Wonder once we board Odyssey next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkingnj Posted April 10, 2023 #157 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Thank you for taking us along...6 more voyages before we embark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisegirl1 Posted April 10, 2023 #158 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Crewsweeper, thanks for the review. Looks like you enjoyed the cruise. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crewsweeper Posted April 10, 2023 Author #159 Share Posted April 10, 2023 13 hours ago, boontj2003 said: Do you remember what night lobster night was? i don’t want to book Hooked on that night lol Never ate in the MDR, so I don't know. Seems that "formal nights" were Tuesday and Thursday or maybe Friday. Most likely one of those 2 nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BecciBoo Posted April 10, 2023 #160 Share Posted April 10, 2023 So sorry it's all over 😥Welcome home. And thanks for the memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crewsweeper Posted April 10, 2023 Author #161 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Okay, so... It's Hi Ho Hi Ho back to work I go.☹️ 479 unread emails awaiting me. Maybe 10 required attention.🤔 Overall our cruise appears to have been way better than some on other social media sites. Yes there was a delay in boarding about an hour. All sorts of rumors as to why. But when we got on, shortly after the Pinnacle and Key crowd, we were able to get internet, head to our respective spots, Next Cruise and the UDP Dining table, where I get all our reservations in order and at requested times before DW finished with Next Cruise, scoring an Infinity balcony on the Icon in 2025. We grabbed an elevator right off, with no one in it. Shocked. But that was our situation for most of the week. Only once did we have to wait for the next elevator and that was at teh end of our stroll checking out deck16. And with 2300 kiddos on board, we were wise to stay away from the pool areas. One complaint there was the passageways were too narrow with too many trying to group together. and the entire starboard side of 15 and 16 seemed to be holding a smokers' convention. Largest smoking area I've seen on ships recently. Final Thoughts-- Entertainment: Aqua show was fine, bench seating a bit rough. Nothing really spectacular or enticing for a second viewing. Ice show the same. Comedians were funny, but once is enough. Tap Factory 2.0 turnout out to be pretty darn good. Music was kinda average. Evidently the Beatles Tribute band and one other rockband abandon ship before we got on.☹️. But when the Latin Band opens with "Guantanamera" and the Jazz band with "Tea for Two", you know there'll be no soca or hard bop. Ship: If you have ever sailed any Oasis Class ship, you won't wander around lost on the Wonder. Biggest difference is the aft sections of 15 and 16 plus the multiple pools and hottubs and the addition of cabanas. Solarium is covered, but never found it unbearably hot. Ship was clean. Stateroom Steward was great. Kept our cabin clean as requested. Balcony was large. Eventually learned the tricks to opening and closing the sliding door. If you don't fully close the door the AC goes off. Gym was large. Of the 2 C2 rowers only one had a monitor that worked. Men's locker room in the spa was rarely used the times I was there (twice daily for showers). DW enjoyed her times in the steam room. Food: Mason Jar is best for brunch, but not for dinner (except the bar which does have Whistle Pig Rye). 150 Central gets our top rating, despite some changes to the menu. Chops was second, but so late in the cruise we were getting a bit of food OD. Hooked was great for seafood. But menu for lunch and dinner were the same. Giovanni's as well. better lunch than dinner but same menu. Wonderland is as always a one and done. Braised short ribs were a bit too fatty, but the World dessert and Smoke Ring cocktail saved the day. Book Isumu sushi or Hibachi as early as possible. Wait list only within a couple of hours of boarding. My error in not booking lunch at Isumi Sushi when making UDP dinner ressies. Solarium Bistro buffet at breakfast was good. Avoided Johnny Rockets the entire cruise. Visited Playmakers for Camp Fire Cookies. El Loco Fresh wasn't as good a Sabor. Twice at Sprinkles found no ice cream (effect of probably serving 7000 cones a day). But Sugar Shack or what ever did have good ice cream and selections just charging for it. Ports: Coco Cay was a perfect day for us at Coco Beach Club (Whistle Pig there too). St. Thomas was a wash out. Very windy and rainy until late morning. Some excursions were cancelled. We ditched the idea of heading to Water Island halfway to the ferry due to rain. Caution against taking the Nature Hike on St Martin. It's not what we expected. And $30 for an hour for a lounger on the beach break part was ridiculous. We're back on board in January 2024 so we'll have our tips sheets for an even better cruise. It's a Western and we have those ports down. Plus Coco Cay comes at the beginning. Will be happy to answer any questions. Safe cruising! Crew 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topanga49er Posted April 10, 2023 #162 Share Posted April 10, 2023 7 hours ago, crewsweeper said: Never ate in the MDR, so I don't know. Seems that "formal nights" were Tuesday and Thursday or maybe Friday. Most likely one of those 2 nights. 21 hours ago, boontj2003 said: Do you remember what night lobster night was? i don’t want to book Hooked on that night lol Lobster night Day 6. Same night as "Dress your best". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourfamilylovescruising Posted April 16, 2023 #163 Share Posted April 16, 2023 On 4/10/2023 at 11:23 AM, crewsweeper said: Okay, so... It's Hi Ho Hi Ho back to work I go.☹️ 479 unread emails awaiting me. Maybe 10 required attention.🤔 Overall our cruise appears to have been way better than some on other social media sites. Yes there was a delay in boarding about an hour. All sorts of rumors as to why. But when we got on, shortly after the Pinnacle and Key crowd, we were able to get internet, head to our respective spots, Next Cruise and the UDP Dining table, where I get all our reservations in order and at requested times before DW finished with Next Cruise, scoring an Infinity balcony on the Icon in 2025. We grabbed an elevator right off, with no one in it. Shocked. But that was our situation for most of the week. Only once did we have to wait for the next elevator and that was at teh end of our stroll checking out deck16. And with 2300 kiddos on board, we were wise to stay away from the pool areas. One complaint there was the passageways were too narrow with too many trying to group together. and the entire starboard side of 15 and 16 seemed to be holding a smokers' convention. Largest smoking area I've seen on ships recently. Final Thoughts-- Entertainment: Aqua show was fine, bench seating a bit rough. Nothing really spectacular or enticing for a second viewing. Ice show the same. Comedians were funny, but once is enough. Tap Factory 2.0 turnout out to be pretty darn good. Music was kinda average. Evidently the Beatles Tribute band and one other rockband abandon ship before we got on.☹️. But when the Latin Band opens with "Guantanamera" and the Jazz band with "Tea for Two", you know there'll be no soca or hard bop. Ship: If you have ever sailed any Oasis Class ship, you won't wander around lost on the Wonder. Biggest difference is the aft sections of 15 and 16 plus the multiple pools and hottubs and the addition of cabanas. Solarium is covered, but never found it unbearably hot. Ship was clean. Stateroom Steward was great. Kept our cabin clean as requested. Balcony was large. Eventually learned the tricks to opening and closing the sliding door. If you don't fully close the door the AC goes off. Gym was large. Of the 2 C2 rowers only one had a monitor that worked. Men's locker room in the spa was rarely used the times I was there (twice daily for showers). DW enjoyed her times in the steam room. Food: Mason Jar is best for brunch, but not for dinner (except the bar which does have Whistle Pig Rye). 150 Central gets our top rating, despite some changes to the menu. Chops was second, but so late in the cruise we were getting a bit of food OD. Hooked was great for seafood. But menu for lunch and dinner were the same. Giovanni's as well. better lunch than dinner but same menu. Wonderland is as always a one and done. Braised short ribs were a bit too fatty, but the World dessert and Smoke Ring cocktail saved the day. Book Isumu sushi or Hibachi as early as possible. Wait list only within a couple of hours of boarding. My error in not booking lunch at Isumi Sushi when making UDP dinner ressies. Solarium Bistro buffet at breakfast was good. Avoided Johnny Rockets the entire cruise. Visited Playmakers for Camp Fire Cookies. El Loco Fresh wasn't as good a Sabor. Twice at Sprinkles found no ice cream (effect of probably serving 7000 cones a day). But Sugar Shack or what ever did have good ice cream and selections just charging for it. Ports: Coco Cay was a perfect day for us at Coco Beach Club (Whistle Pig there too). St. Thomas was a wash out. Very windy and rainy until late morning. Some excursions were cancelled. We ditched the idea of heading to Water Island halfway to the ferry due to rain. Caution against taking the Nature Hike on St Martin. It's not what we expected. And $30 for an hour for a lounger on the beach break part was ridiculous. We're back on board in January 2024 so we'll have our tips sheets for an even better cruise. It's a Western and we have those ports down. Plus Coco Cay comes at the beginning. Will be happy to answer any questions. Safe cruising! Crew do you have the entertainment information times and days? thank you for a great review so excited for our July cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crewsweeper Posted April 16, 2023 Author #164 Share Posted April 16, 2023 22 minutes ago, ourfamilylovescruising said: do you have the entertainment information times and days? thank you for a great review so excited for our July cruise Sadly no. Did not scan the printed Cruise Compasses. But these should start showing up on your app about 30 days before your cruise. Don't worry about the app saying sold out. There's always seats to reserve once on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryjaden Posted April 17, 2023 #165 Share Posted April 17, 2023 We board in two weeks. Thank you for all the information! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet524 Posted April 18, 2023 #166 Share Posted April 18, 2023 On 4/6/2023 at 3:19 PM, OCSC Mike said: my generous FIL who has gotten our family of 8 side-by-side GS's Will your FIL adopt me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted April 18, 2023 #167 Share Posted April 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, Janet524 said: Will your FIL adopt me? I think he wants less kids, not more. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourfamilylovescruising Posted April 23, 2023 #168 Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 4/16/2023 at 12:04 PM, crewsweeper said: Sadly no. Did not scan the printed Cruise Compasses. But these should start showing up on your app about 30 days before your cruise. Don't worry about the app saying sold out. There's always seats to reserve once on board. thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourfamilylovescruising Posted April 23, 2023 #169 Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 4/16/2023 at 10:08 PM, maryjaden said: We board in two weeks. Thank you for all the information! can you scan the show schedule Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted April 23, 2023 #170 Share Posted April 23, 2023 10 minutes ago, ourfamilylovescruising said: can you scan the show schedule You can look up any current sailing's schedule in the app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocean sounds Posted April 23, 2023 #171 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Thanks for your nice review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notscb Posted April 24, 2023 #172 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/10/2023 at 11:23 AM, crewsweeper said: Solarium is covered, but never found it unbearably hot. This is something I've often wondered- if the solariums get super hot and/or humid due to being covered with what seems like little ventilation. Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpluvsdolphins Posted April 24, 2023 #173 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/5/2023 at 2:19 PM, topanga49er said: Hi. You will love Wonder. Don't want to hijack this review, but thought I'd add in our own thoughts. We were just on 3/19 and it was amazing! Everyone can find little things they didn't like, but we were very happy overall. First time with Deluxe Beverage pkg and would not do it any other way again. So convenient, so easy and really makes sense to try out all things alcoholic and non. We also did the 3 specialty dining instead of the ultimate dining pkg. It worked best for us bc with four port days sometimes you do not want to run back for a big meal. We only had two sea days; maybe would do ultimate specialty dining if we had more sea days. Did not eat at main dining room so could not speak about that. Two nights in coastal kitchen were fine; Paid for hooked additional and it was just ok: Note: all the menus on line show a two pound lobster. New menu is only 1.25lb lobster. Kind of bummed about that, and waiters were very pushy for extra tip. Chops was excellent, Izumi sushi was good with amazing service, and we loved Wonderland. We felt a bit rushed in there, and the Mad Hatter was not around but overall very cool. Will go back. Shows were good. 365 and Intense were best. Comment on the suites: We had the 1 bdroom ATS on deck 11 with a balcony next door for our girls. It was very nice, loved the large balcony views and room was spacious with a ton of storage. But last time we were on an Oasis class we were in CLS, and I missed being on 17th floor. Something calmer and less frantic and trafficky up there. Yes, very good problem to have, but thought I'd mention it bc price is very similar for CLS and ATS, and have seen posts with people wondering which to go with. CLS feels more like a suite if that makes sense. Walk to room was not bad; I'd heard a lot of concern about that but did not bother us. Suite sundeck was great and Kenny was an AMAZING concierge. Royal was very good about crediting back excursions on coco cay due to bad weather. Loved the coco cay beach club lunch even in the rain. Kids thought the thrill park was "meh"; lines too long and slides not as good as on the ship. Flowrider lines were not bad, and they gave everyone 4-5 minutes on it. Lots of fun. Overall amazing. If you have any questions happy to answer. I would have done a separate mini review, but not sure how... 100% disagree about the Aqua show. It’s absolutely the worst of the fleet. Ice Show, 365 is the best in the fleet. Voices is great and the last 15 mins of Tap Factory is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crewsweeper Posted April 24, 2023 Author #174 Share Posted April 24, 2023 14 hours ago, ourfamilylovescruising said: can you scan the show schedule Thank you Sorry, did not scan any show schedules or Cruise Compasses.☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightOne Posted April 24, 2023 #175 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/3/2023 at 6:32 PM, renza said: I hate that the got rid of the seats and it’s all benches now. My least favorite aqua show on all the oasis. Not much diving anymore, just all women dancing around. They told me that changing to all benches allowed them to get like 262 more people in the Aquatheater. (Don't quote me on the number but it was significantly more people) Intense ... not much diving? Did you watch the show? Tons of diving! Compare it to OceanAria and it is like tons more diving than that one. Intense refers to the women's heart rates during that show. Nonstop action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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