OCSC Mike

You'll get instructions onboard (via a letter in your cabin). You'll be told to meet somewhere at a certain time in the morning, hang out for a bit while everyone else disembarks, then be led into the terminal (briefly) to go through customs, get new sea pass cards, then be led back onto the ship. It's business as usual after that. You have to do muster again like any other cruise. Looking forward to a few Utopia B2B's myself but not for a while.

I can definitely attest to this. On Allure in October we had Sabor dinner reservations and decided we wanted to change the time that day. The app said nothing was available. We went there at lunch time and were offered literally any time we wanted. It was almost completely empty that night. I felt bad for our incredibly nice server, who we chatted with for a while since she barely had anything to do until a large party eventually showed up. Who knows how many tables/tips she may have gotten if the app showed the actual availability?

No issues for me on either website or app (iOS) since changing my PW the one time.

Nice to meet ya! I enjoyed the filet & coconut crusted lobster sandwich (actual lobster is overrated IMO) but I’m just as happy sitting in our preferred spot by the Oass pool under an umbrella making frequent trips to the nearest snack shack and Chill Grill. Only way I’d ever be back would be if someone else was treating… like the other two times. I enjoyed it, don’t get me wrong, just not an experience I personally value as much as others may.

This is our feeling. Even at $20pp we'd sooner use the $ for something else. There's just nothing offered there that holds value to us but everyone values things differently. I only go in the pool if it's hot and I want to cool off so a heated pool doesn't interest me. My wife wouldn't try any of the extra food offerings out of pickiness and we've always loved the snack shack and chill grill food so that part doesn't make much sense. And we aren't bothered by kids so no need to pay to get away from them. Different strokes...

My wife loves it. I like the dessert to go move but we already discussed that. Thanks for all the food pics. 6 weeks til we return to try Giovanni’s for dinner and have another Mason Jar brunch (our current favorite). Should have mentioned this sooner but since you mentioned burgers a couple times… if you find yourself on a ship with Playmakers again, we love the burgers there. They come with double patties, bacon, etc. by default. Safe travels home tomorrow!

rcldining@rccl.com

Table for 2.

In my limited experience, the food is somewhere in between but the service and atmosphere are much better than the MDR. Night one always has filet mignon which stood out as excellent. Other nights varied but food is very subjective. Personally I'd never eat in the MDR if CK was an option.

Same experience here. None ever showed up for us last month and it certainly wasn't the first time.

That's all correct.

With what in particular? Just curious. My only request is for a 2-top which we always get with the generic e-mail (which is probably redundant b/c I'm pretty sure my TA already requests one for us).

I'm frugal and we almost always sail interiors b/c we don't care about our cabin and never use our balcony if we have one... and even I'd pay the $70. You get double points this way too (if that matters).

Same experience for me on recent cruises.

No, you need to go through a TA.

Clearly I'm not well-versed in the ways of solo cruising. I've never done one but I do eat quick snacks or in-between meals alone at times, especially at El Loco Fresh... where a crew member was doing too good of a job of clearing tables while I went back for more and I "lost" half a margarita once. 😭

The rumor is that it will some version of "Back to the Future"...

Same deal here.

Sounds good! My wife has a hack for something similar... She grabs a banana from WJ or wherever and asks a bartender (usually at the Solarium Bar since that's where we lounge) if they would mind adding it to her strawberry daiquiri. No one has said no yet. It's a bit more like a smoothie but she's not really a drinker. And as an added bonus, the banana usually winds up producing more than one drink's worth so they usually give her the extra on the side.

She was pretty into running for a long time but it was more just for exercise and socializing as she had many running friends. She was never overly concerned with personal bests or anything and only did 2-3 full marathons I think. She did a lot of shorter races. Running takes a toll on the body, of course, and we're not getting younger, but she also kinda lost interest. Her last hurrah was doing the "Dopey Challenge" at Disney... a 5K, 10K, half-marathon, and full marathon on 4 consecutive mornings.

@joepeka Business as usual last night. Check-in opened around 12:07am in the app (there always seems to be a short delay past midnight), grabbed the earliest arrival time (10:30 at PC), and went to bed.

Good call on the audible. Not one of my favorites, I prefer more diving, but I can appreciate the "dancing" and choreography they do. I booked it for June just b/c I could; not sure we'll see it a 3rd time but ya never know. That's why it's so easy to get in standby, people like me grab reservations and don't show up. 🙈 That's also a nice quiet spot, down behind the aqua theater, especially early in the morning. We get up pretty early and wife used to go running (now she walks) while I go to the CL for cappuccino. I've taken my coffee down there before (some ships have chairs, off the track of course, don't remember if Wonder does) and peacefully watched the wake of the ship as my wife passed by every so often. Great sunrise spot if you're up THAT early. Not a fan of Voices but glad your wife liked it so much!

Yeah, I paid no attention to how they were made on Wonder but my wife's cookies n cream shakes tasted good to me.

My wife got a couple on Wonder using vouchers last month.

Agreed. Dry sense of humor. Sailed with him both times on Wonder.