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It should appear where mine says check in unavailable…

Ugh, I don't blame you for caring then. I only did the one B2B and it obviously went very smoothly.

We have a tour with him next month and it's the personalization that we are looking forward to. This is actually a re-do from 2019 when we had the same tour planned but couldn't dock in Roatan due to high winds. Since it's our first time touring the island, we're not interested in sitting on a beach or zipline type stuff. We're going to Manawkie for sloths/monkeys, planning to see some non-touristy stuff (like visiting a school in Rony's hometown to drop off some donations; my wife is a teacher), getting a quick bite of local food wherever our driver recommends (not a long sit down lunch), going to West Bay for shopping and to see the area even though we're not going to actually sit on the beach, etc. @#1TravelMom Do you have any sites/stops to recommend that aren't in the beach/zipline/snorkeling category?

I'm sure you're not alone, lol. I hang up almost all my clothes (our first request from our stateroom attendant is always for a dozen more hangers) so I don't have a ton to throw in my suitcase. Most of it stays on the hangers and just gets moved as-is. My wife has more to pack up. Maybe she'd care more but she didn't think it was a big deal the one time we did it. All that said, we have several B2B's on Utopia booked and I'm definitely happy that none involve moving since they were booked early with group rates.

We had a virtual balcony once from a GTY. It didn’t do much for us but I get why people like them. We really don’t care about seeing outside for whatever reason. Also had a Central Park view interior once. We didn’t use the bench or look out the window much but the room felt/is bigger than a standard interior so we liked it.

That’s somewhat similar to how we wound up in interiors. My wife cruised as a kid & her parents always had a balcony. When we went on our honeymoon cruise (my first ever) we obviously got a balcony b/c my wife said that’s what she needs. After several more cruises with a balcony we were exactly 4 points from Diamond. I suggested we go on the cheapest 4N cruise from PC (an hour drive for us) in an interior to get to Diamond then we could go back to the balcony she thought she needed. It turned out that she liked the interior & we never looked back. We’ve had balconies since then on family cruises (a couple with GS’s) and confirmed that we don’t even use them when they’re there for free. We even missed the darkness & how cold interiors can get at times. Anyway, that’s why I mentioned “if you value the balcony” in my response. It holds virtually no value to us and I wouldn’t get one just because it’s a great deal on paper, even without the switching cabin part, but everyone values things differently.

If you value the OV balcony even the slightest bit I would upgrade. I've only done one 3/4 B2B. We switched cabins and it wasn't a big deal to us.

Try the port of call forums for each port.

An MSC ship hit and damaged the dock in San Juan where Oasis class ships dock a few weeks ago. They were unable to repair it in time and would not allow Wonder to dock on the other side of the dock so Wonder was switched to Eastern.

Yes we can! See ya onboard.

The app always seems to have a 5-10 minute delay for some reason. It opened at 12:07am a couple weeks ago for my next cruise.

No, I'm a pretty big fan (albeit not a happy one at the moment; we're a mess) but I hate going downtown. The atmosphere in our stadium can be amazing but between the cost and the traffic, I'm content watching most matches at home. No need to thank me btw. I like helping others and talking about Wonder is a great way to kill time until I can get back on her.

I can definitely relate to this. I obviously know Wonder very well so there's not a ton I can plan or research as far as the shp but I still follow live blogs (for different ships) and over-plan new excursions to pass the time. I hope it's everything you hope it is and your planning pays off! EDIT: I'd also love to hear your thoughts whether it's during the cruise or after. As you know, we'll be passing each other as you disembark and we board on June 2nd.

If you use the app you don't need to enter any info. You can choose your arrival time and do everything else later.

Enjoy my favorite ship! The suite neighborhood is amazing (although so is the rest of the ship to me). There's a link to my semi-live blog from last June in my signature when generous family treated us to a GS if you're interested. We're not normally suite dwellers. You each get free internet for being in Sky Class... so yes, two devices can be logged in at one time.

For sure. It will never be zero and there's never a downside to bidding as far as chances go.

Pretty low on most cruises these days.

They're celebrating the new deal on Icon this week. Messi burgers (a Hard Rock menu item) are being served and I know someone in Star Class received a ton of Hard Rock swag (not sure what those in a standard cabin received).

That's odd. It appears normally for me.

I'd love if it it was, but no, just the standard wording of "X vouchers that reset at 5am each day" leading people to debate if disembarkation day is a "day."

Correct.

A great feature of Wonder and newer ships (Icon and soon Utopia) is that every cabin has its own WAP.

Are you saying you wish it was noted or you've actually seen it?

Same here. That's actually the only time I eat Indian food and has always been quite good. It's one of my WJ go-to's and I was ordering it in the MDR until I realized the exact same dish will almost definitely be in WJ (we have early MDR seating and usually check out the WJ after if we eat in the MDR that night) so I started trying other stuff in the MDR and then having some Indian after (I like to to eat, lol). Besides the cookies, same here, although we've recently found a few we liked. It's never really bothered me though. I eat so much off and on during the day, I don't care much about dessert. There are always the cookies (of which I keep a ziploc full in our cabin at all times).

Or a lot earlier. It really varies now. The June 2nd Wonder cruise I mentioned opened 50 days out (April 13th IIRC).