MacMarauder

Nice, I grabbed the CocoCay Waterpark for 50% off. Still outrageous but better than $200 pp. My kids are super excited about it so I don't have much option lol. Also for some reason when I tried to book on my phone I got an error email - "Well that didn't go as planned". Received a confirmation after booking on the computer so I should be all set.

I'll probably be called a Royal cheerleader for this but here is my theory, they have containers for milk and half&half because they intend to have both. However, if they can't get half&half for whatever reason they just fill both with milk rather than store the half&half container. Maybe I'm naive but if they never intended to have half&half again they would just label both containers as milk. Also for the record I drink my coffee black!

Thanks for the review OP. Question about the terminal, how did you find getting in and out? I haven't sailed out of Bayonne since 2017. We like to do a later check time when the lines at the terminal die down. I'm booked on Symphony out of NJ with two balcony cabins next year for around the $7k you were quoted. Compared to Wonder at $10k plus flights to FL it's a steal lol. I like Royal but I agree there is a certain point where the value isn't there anymore. We did Carnival Celebration this summer out of Miami and it was great. I would like to try MSC one day as well but always get scared off by bad reviews.

This happened to me earlier this month when I was on Carnival Celebration. Everyone in our group had some odd number between $5 - $10 of onboard credit due to a tax/fee change from one of the ports.

Nice pics and review, also impressed that you have a Pikachu Squishmallow those are hard to find lol. Also one question you said you ate at the MDR first night, how busy was it? I've had bad experiences with the first night of MDR being chaos and then settling down as the cruise went on. Not sure if that was the case for you or not.

I vote no to lanyards. I'm a guy and all my pants have pockets, including board shorts for the pool. My kids are small so I carry their cards, and if my wife doesn't have pockets in her dress I'll carry hers as well. Carrying a max of four cards in my pocket is easier than wearing something around my neck IMO.

Ugh the Edge style cabins are a bummer IMO I'm not a fan of that style. I like all the family stuff and the big waterpark but it's pretty much a Oasis class on steroids.

This is a good tip, I'm trying to cancel a cruise and I haven't successfully got through the regular customer service line. I'm not sure what happened, previously it only took 10-15 minutes now it's several hours?