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Because I already know some of our group will not be in Haven so I am asking a question about ship rules. If you don't want to answer, please feel free to move on. I was just curious if others faced this and what they did about it. We have decided not to book Haven or a suite for this trip so we can hang out with our friends and relatives.

I have no idea! I'm guessing by your tone - no! 😂 Hubs was wondering if the 2 of us got a 3 BR suite and the other couples got interior rooms but stayed with us, if we could save some $ and get the nice suite! Again, I think we want more separation from each other!

Thanks, all. OP here. We did the POA and the excursions beforehand with my parents in a 2BR, 2BA suite. I think we could all use a little more separation from each other! 🤣 I think to make things easier, we will just get a regular balcony room and save the perks when we are just traveling as a couple. I will say this about the Haven v. the suite we had on POA. On POA and Haven, we have a butler and a steward (everyone has a steward). We got to eat breakfast and lunch in designated places (Haven on Prima and Cagney's on POA). We always turn down the drink package because we don't drink. We aren't big pool people either. Plus, this cruise we are looking at will be in mid-October so we probably aren't doing much swimming/hot tubbing then either. The Haven restaurant was nice for dinner but you can truly only choose from the same items so many times! Plus I wanted to try other restaurants as well. We were walked off both ships with the suite and with the Haven room which was nice. Not sure it was x amount nicer! Plus if the rest of our group isn't being walked off then we are just waiting on the pier for them anyway. We might as well walk with them. My dad has anxiety when we travel so being with him when I can is much better than not - but not in the same suite!

Early days here - We are looking at traveling with 2 other couples - each couple will book their own room based on a price level they are comfortable with. My husband likes to do suites (just got off the Prime in a Haven suite and meh, didn't see much difference from just a suite on the POA). Does anyone know if our friends just book a balcony and not a suite, can they have breakfast/lunch with us in Cagneys (or wherever the suites can have meals)? We don't want to waste money being escorted on/off the ship and the other suite perks if we keep deferring them so we can hang with our friends. Is it better to just get a regular balcony and not a suite. We are not sure what type of room our friends will choose just yet. Pretty sure one couple (my parents) will not go the suite route or maybe not even the balcony route. Surprisingly, we don't think that our consultant will give us a correct answer as she is in Miami and wants to make a sale so will probably just tell us what we want to hear and have different answers on the ship. TIA