Den7Cruiser

We did Trikes Aruba a few years ago and had so much fun!

I'm going to book a cruise on the Harmony of the Seas in September and need some advice on my room selection. I'm considering either an ocean view room or Central Park balcony. Normally, I'd do a balcony in a heartbeat, however I had a Boardwalk balcony on the Oasis in January and the noise in the evening (from 8-11 pm) was terrible and I could not go to sleep. I am an early riser and I like to go to bed around 9-10 pm at night. While the Aqua 80 show was awesome, I did not like listening to it every night!! So I'm wondering if I'm going to have the same problem over Central Park and I should just get an ocean view room. Unfortunately, I wouldn't even be getting any significant cost savings. It's only about $50 cheaper for the ocean view window vs. Central Park balcony. Ocean view balcony is over $2k more so forget that option. I do not care about pool noise during the day, I'm really only worried about whatever noise I might hear from 9pm and on. I've tried to research the topic and the best I can tell is that there may be music outside the restaurants in the evening so can anyone tell me how late it goes and/or if it is loud OR if there are any night time pool parties I'd need to worry about. Thanks so much!

Thank you! It never even dawned on me that I could get pricing from those sites!!

Can anyone give rough pricing estimate for AMAWaterways? Viking clearly posts rates so you can build out the entire cruise including airfare but AMA Waterways wants me to fill out a form online and a rep will call me.

Thanks for the info...another question on wine. Can you just bring the bottle with you to dinner the first night?

thank you for this info!! I have been trying since I reached 30 days from cruise date and it will NOT work for me!!! Now I know why.