Suite Lounge Adventure OTS compared to Serenade OTS

[TJA27]

47 minutes ago, steveru621 said:

 

A few? I would not count on it.

 

There is no self-serve on any Radiance class ship.

A few drinks meaning maybe a bottle of water for each of us for the excursion the next morning, along with a beer for hubby.  I'll be asking concierge when we arrive anyway, but I'm such a details person that I can't stand not knowing beforehand.

 

We're cruising in a few weeks, so I'll post back on this thread how things go..... 

[steveru621]

3 minutes ago, TJA27 said:

A few drinks meaning maybe a bottle of water for each of us for the excursion the next morning, along with a beer for hubby.  I'll be asking concierge when we arrive anyway, but I'm such a details person that I can't stand not knowing beforehand.

 

We're cruising in a few weeks, so I'll post back on this thread how things go..... 

 

 

My apologies, I thought you meant a few each.

 

What you are asking is pretty standard.  Enjoy!

[TJA27]

9 minutes ago, Cruise a holic said:

Having sailed at least 25 times on Royal, I must say the old ships like the adventure of the seas, lack the amenities of the newer ships.  The oasis class and newer ships have wonderful suite lounges and decks.  A big difference.  I will not sail on any old Royal ship again.

Oh believe me, I'm trying to get on the newer ships and experience the suite lounges!  My family has crazy schedules right now, so I can't be picky on the ships.  I do have Anthem for next summer and that will be the biggest ship for us so far...

[Cruise a holic]

50 minutes ago, TJA27 said:

Oh believe me, I'm trying to get on the newer ships and experience the suite lounges!  My family has crazy schedules right now, so I can't be picky on the ships.  I do have Anthem for next summer and that will be the biggest ship for us so far...

Enjoy!  Royals sister, celebrity ships are also great

[island lady]

13 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

They were turning off machines for a while shortly after the restart, but I don't believe that's the case anymore

 

I detest that when they do that!!!  😠   I like my 6 am coffee.   Most times some ships disconnect the milk line until they set up at 8 am.   I like my morning Latte.  Have actually started keeping small milk boxes in the fridge for back up should that happen. 

 

Hope all is well with the SL coffee machine on Wonder end of the month...or they will be dealing with one grouchy morning Lady.  😉 

[island lady]

11 hours ago, Cruise a holic said:

Having sailed at least 25 times on Royal, I must say the old ships like the adventure of the seas, lack the amenities of the newer ships.  The oasis class and newer ships have wonderful suite lounges and decks.  A big difference.  I will not sail on any old Royal ship again.

 

Thanks...more room on the lovely Radiance class ladies for us!  🥰

[TJA27]

17 hours ago, Cruise a holic said:

Enjoy!  Royals sister, celebrity ships are also great

Taking note of that!!  We used to cruise Disney Cruise Line when kids were younger.  Then we discovered Royal and haven't looked back.

[TJA27]

On 10/8/2023 at 3:54 PM, TJA27 said:

A few drinks meaning maybe a bottle of water for each of us for the excursion the next morning, along with a beer for hubby.  I'll be asking concierge when we arrive anyway, but I'm such a details person that I can't stand not knowing beforehand.

 

We're cruising in a few weeks, so I'll post back on this thread how things go..... 

 

I am back from our cruise and quoting myself as a follow-up in case anyone else is interested. 

 

We thought the Serenade lounge was very, very nice!  The seating was very comfortable and inviting.  The food they put out was very good and well presented.  The concierge was a very friendly and kind lady.  The bartender was happy to get us a wine and beer each night, hesitated to give us bottles of water from his drawer behind bar, and didn't seem overly thrilled to give hubby a can of pop too especially when he asked him not to open it.  We decided we pushed it a bit, so the next day, my husband went to a regular bar and just bought some cans of pop to keep in our room, and we just drank the water from the big bottle provided in the suite and also grabbed some glasses of water from Windjammer....problem solved no biggie!

 

We did want actual bottles of water for our 2nd excursion towards the end of our cruise, so we stopped in the lounge at 4:50pm the night before, but were told we'd have to wait until 5pm.  So we sat down and waited.  When it hit 5pm, we got our water and while leaving the lounge, the concierge apologized and said she could have gotten us the water if that's all we wanted.  Maybe my husband wasn't clear, I'm not sure.  I didn't hear the original exchange.

 

Our final impression was that they were happy to serve us with drinks while we were sitting in the lounge and drinking them.  But they were hesitant to give us pop/water to take with us for another time.  We have stayed in many concierge/club levels all around the world and have never experienced not being able to grab and go as far as drinks go.  We are fairly newbies to the cruising world concierge, so I think we just need to adjust to how it's done on ships.

 

We are on Anthem norwegian fjords next year and I finally decided on a Junior Suite, so no suite lounge for us on that cruise.  I have booked the refreshment package, will bring a bottle of wine from home, and am going to buy one of those cooler bags with 6-pack of beer for hubby.  

 

We did use the coffee machine in the lounge daily, sometimes twice a day!  It was wonderful.  Never had any issues with it.  Had some OJ a few mornings too.

 

As a side note/observation, the lounge was completely dead our entire cruise!  The concierge said the suites were full, so we were expecting a big crowd.  We ran into some suite guests in the casino and they all said it was too much of a struggle to get beverages in the suite lounge, so they just didn't bother going.  Maybe the reason it worked ok for us is because we had MTD 6:45 reservations each night, so we made it a point to grab a drink in the lounge and take it to dinner.  We did really like that perk.  And if we were done with dinner by 8pm, we stopped in lounge for DH another beer and nothing for me unless I had some decaf coffee.  We truly LOVED our OS room (1058), so we wouldn't hesitate to book it again if the price isn't too outrageous.

 

I have some pics to post of the lounge, but need to do it from my phone.  So it will probably be in a separate post from this since I can't figure out how to edit...

 

[TJA27]

Just now, TJA27 said:

 

I am back from our cruise and quoting myself as a follow-up in case anyone else is interested. 

 

We thought the Serenade lounge was very, very nice!  The seating was very comfortable and inviting.  The food they put out was very good and well presented.  The concierge was a very friendly and kind lady.  The bartender was happy to get us a wine and beer each night, hesitated to give us bottles of water from his drawer behind bar, and didn't seem overly thrilled to give hubby a can of pop too especially when he asked him not to open it.  We decided we pushed it a bit, so the next day, my husband went to a regular bar and just bought some cans of pop to keep in our room, and we just drank the water from the big bottle provided in the suite and also grabbed some glasses of water from Windjammer....problem solved no biggie!

 

We did want actual bottles of water for our 2nd excursion towards the end of our cruise, so we stopped in the lounge at 4:50pm the night before, but were told we'd have to wait until 5pm.  So we sat down and waited.  When it hit 5pm, we got our water and while leaving the lounge, the concierge apologized and said she could have gotten us the water if that's all we wanted.  Maybe my husband wasn't clear, I'm not sure.  I didn't hear the original exchange.

 

Our final impression was that they were happy to serve us with drinks while we were sitting in the lounge and drinking them.  But they were hesitant to give us pop/water to take with us for another time.  We have stayed in many concierge/club levels all around the world and have never experienced not being able to grab and go as far as drinks go.  We are fairly newbies to the cruising world concierge, so I think we just need to adjust to how it's done on ships.

 

We are on Anthem norwegian fjords next year and I finally decided on a Junior Suite, so no suite lounge for us on that cruise.  I have booked the refreshment package, will bring a bottle of wine from home, and am going to buy one of those cooler bags with 6-pack of beer for hubby.  

 

We did use the coffee machine in the lounge daily, sometimes twice a day!  It was wonderful.  Never had any issues with it.  Had some OJ a few mornings too.

 

As a side note/observation, the lounge was completely dead our entire cruise!  The concierge said the suites were full, so we were expecting a big crowd.  We ran into some suite guests in the casino and they all said it was too much of a struggle to get beverages in the suite lounge, so they just didn't bother going.  Maybe the reason it worked ok for us is because we had MTD 6:45 reservations each night, so we made it a point to grab a drink in the lounge and take it to dinner.  We did really like that perk.  And if we were done with dinner by 8pm, we stopped in lounge for DH another beer and nothing for me unless I had some decaf coffee.  We truly LOVED our OS room (1058), so we wouldn't hesitate to book it again if the price isn't too outrageous.

 

I have some pics to post of the lounge, but need to do it from my phone.  So it will probably be in a separate post from this since I can't figure out how to edit...

 

Quoting myself to add pictures of Serenade suite lounge Oct 29-Nov 3.