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Thanks for sharing! Enjoy

We've been RCI/X cruisers for many years. When the daughter stopped going with us we went strictly with X, but over time we became bored with them. We knew what to expect, what shows they'd have, the specialty restaurants became all too familiar, etc. Now we're back to RCI and also lately on NCL. Love all the different entertainment and things to do on these newer ships. You should really try a new product. Plus for me, the older I become I choose to be around people younger than myself these days

Thanks for the explanation as now we'll know to ask about this service if its not mentioned at the start of the week. Sounds like a great idea

This is the first I've heard about the AO staff coming to take your child from the dining room. Is this available with MTD as well? And on the Harmony? How does one go about arranging for this? Would love to be able to enjoy dinner without stressing over how long the service might take and leaving to take the 4 year old to AO

Curious if you know why you were invited to do a galley tour. How many others did the tour with you? This was on the last day, correct?

Thanks so much once again for all your time and effort put into this, it's been fun traveling along and looking forward to our turn.

Come join in the Roll Call for this date and sign up for the Meet and Greet also

We had this same cabin on Getaway, only that location is 11894. The angle balcony gives you more room and a nice view down the aft of the ship. You don't really need to worry about anyone's privacy as you'd have the option of looking aft or just enjoying your additional space. Remember not everyone is out on their balconies when you choose to be.

We sailed a second week and also did an upsale to the Haven and enjoyed it. Hope to be able to do so again in the future. Enjoy your cruise

When anyone gets info on the Panama sailing, Please... let us know too!

Completely agree with your comment of crew at entertainment places. Two of our favorites were Howl at the Moon with Tyler on the drums and Skyline dancing with the Comedian and dancers

We found the best food quality and service to be within the Haven. Have tried all the specialty venues numerous times so no allure in trying them out anymore. You don't need to feel like you're missing out as you've got the best option onboard since you're paying for it to begin with. Enjoy

Might you have time to show the Vitality spa juices/menu? Also is there a Cafe Promenade menu for their coffees? Curious what we can expect with our beverage pkgs. Thanks

Thank you for posting the menus. Is there a charge to eat in Solarium Bistro and how do you make reservations, can they be made prior to boarding?

More than happy to read another Harmony review! Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts

Thanks for taking the time to do this review. I appreciate you posting the dailies and the MDR menus. Did you get your dining time for tonight? Did I understand that dining is available to book at 120 days out and entertainment becomes available for booking at 90 days? I'd enjoy any of the specialty restaurant menus you could post a pic of as well. Enjoy your cruise!

Last June, on the Escape they offered on a port day the use of the Thermal Spa for around $55 plus gratuity. I'd assume they had low numbers of spa passes that week and not to consider that common.

You might be better off just pre booking the pass for the entire week at a reduced cost if it's important to you then you'd have the option of going whenever you choose. It's a great space onboard the ship with limited access

Any chance you've booked this cabin on the March 4th Escape? I ask since yesterday I had a choice of this cabin or 11874, which is also an angled balcony

Thanks for your review. We sailed on the Escape last June and Tyler was the CD at that time. He really was good on the drums at Howl at the Moon too. We hope to see him again in March.

Very interesting comments regarding the Supper club performer. Why one performance should be worthy of a WOW card would be beyond me.

I had no problem signing up for my Harmony sailing coming up in May. Got confirmation immediately yesterday morning, maybe try again? I had just booked the previous evening thru an online agency, not directly with Royal. Hope you have success eventually

Thanks so much for doing these updates throughout your week. I've been following your daily kids planners and the last one you posted was of day 3. Do you intend to post the remainder of the week? I'd appreciate it if you would, as I'll be taking my grand daughter next May and would love to see them all. Thanks and enjoy the rest of your cruise

I feel your frustration over the changing of your show reservations as we've had the same happen to us before. Didn't find out until we boarded the ship, so wasn't happy to reschedule all our dining, etc. Not the best way to start your first day onboard. It's hard enough to do everything in a weeks time. Hope it all works out for you.

Thanks so much in advance for doing this review. Love the pics of your two adorable girls.

Have a great week!!!

Yeah! So happy you plan on doing this for all of us. Can't wait to hear all about the ship. Enjoy yourselves and THANKS in advance.

At the end of Sept, John DSouza was Concierge and Joao Gigante was Hotel Director. Don't remember the name of the restaurant manager. Not sure if they'll still be there when you sail

We had stopped sailing NCL for around 10 years and in the past year or so decided to give them another try. So I missed out on all the changes and charges that had taken place. I didn't realize I and my husband had Platinum status until these last past 5 sailings.

I have to say out of the 10 visits to either LeBistro or LaCucina, we've never really had the best of service. I don't think they get much training or stick around in one restaurant enough to fully know the menu, not really sure. We still find ourselves doing almost all specialty dining. We just go in with the knowledge that we may or may not get a good server that knows what the heck they're doing. On the Getaway we had one girl in LeBistro that completely forgot everything from taking our order to bringing wine, etc. She ended up waiting on us the following week in the Haven. She didn't do too much better in there either!

Yes, your UBP carries over in these restaurants. On our upcoming cruises we plan to just have ala carte in the various waterfront restaurants as we enjoy the atmosphere/experience more than the food itself, so worth it to us. Why not try one or more to form your own opinion?

Parties go on till 1 am most nights. There was one night that bass was really heavy, not every time. There were different type parties on 5 out of the 7 nights. Other nights they show movies. You could also just join in on the party, if you can find any place to stand up there. It gets super crowded. Agree, kids can pretty much sleep through all the noise