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On Wonder now and all is well.
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LIVE!!! ICON OF THE SEAS INAUGURAL
lovesthebeach2 replied to cruisinghawg's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Thanks to everyone who is posting pictures! The ship looks amazing! Enjoy!! -
LIVE!!! ICON OF THE SEAS INAUGURAL
lovesthebeach2 replied to cruisinghawg's topic in Royal Caribbean International
if you’re talking about Mike the CD, I agree! Yes, on both floors of Two70 -
We always ate in the MDR since we started cruising many years ago, but lately we’ve been eating dinner in the WJ and liking it more and more. They will have the same themed menu as MDR, but with other options too. I like having the option of going to a sit down dinner and also having he flexibility of eating what we want, when we want in WJ
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LIVE!!! ICON OF THE SEAS INAUGURAL
lovesthebeach2 replied to cruisinghawg's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Ear plugs and white noise block everything, even the kids running up and down the halls. On the smaller ships like Radiance class, I baffle the bathroom and closet doors so I don’t hear anything from the hall. -
LIVE!!! ICON OF THE SEAS INAUGURAL
lovesthebeach2 replied to cruisinghawg's topic in Royal Caribbean International
we just started to look at that brand too and feel the same, we have no issue paying luxury prices, but want a luxury product. Our daily price on Wonder GS that we’re boarding Sunday is just about the same as the daily price we were looking at on SS, and SS offers way more. Im going to read your review now. Thanks! -
As @toxicfairy said, the drink package is best to buy before the cruise, buy anytime and keep checking for price drops, especially around Black Friday deals in November. prices of excursions have gotten more expensive this year, and depending on where you’re going, the prices could be high. Again, you can purchase now and keep checking for drops in price in November and cancel and rebook. Same for WiFi. Some people book private tours, and I suggest you look for this cruises “Roll Call” on this site and you’ll get lots of information, or you can do the same on FB
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I was looking at that one, but it would be a hard sell for him to agree to that length. I need to research the ship to see what would keep him occupied….hope they have a gym for him. do you know if Gratuties are included in the fare? It looks like everything including excursions are and when I told him that, it looked sweeter to him…. But not sure he would/could do that long
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LIVE!!! ICON OF THE SEAS INAUGURAL
lovesthebeach2 replied to cruisinghawg's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Who wouldn’t love suites 👸 😁 -
We were on for NYE so it was a lot more expensive than usual. The MDR food and service were good, but the WJ which is where we had breakfast and lunch and a couple of dinners was not good at all. I even noticed the staff walking around with empty plates looking for decent food there, especially lunch. We were on Odyssey for 27 days in October and the food there was great! The WJ was really good and not just brown or red sauce with floating mystery meat. We love Radiance class and cruise a lot on all the ships in that class, but we’re noticing both the quality and choices of the food isn’t nearly as good as on the large newer ships, and that’s a shame.
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When we lived on Long Island, I used to run every day (before the knees became bone on bone) and I ran in shorts until the temperature was under 30°. As long as my core middle and hands were warm, I never wore long pants. Now that we live in Florida, I’ve become a bit more of a wimp with temps, but still walk in shorts as I did the past few days of temps in the 30s 😳
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Grandeur of the Seas Be Wary 12/17-12/27
lovesthebeach2 replied to BigPapi21's topic in Royal Caribbean International
We did 9 nights on Radiance during NYE and while I think the ship was in very good shape - actually better than our cruise last February on Serenade, we’re finding the food is getting worse and worse, and that cruise was way more than I usually would spend (I guess because of the holiday) so I was very disappointed. We did 27 nIghts on Odyssey in October-November and even the WJ food was very good! Lots of choices, no red or brown gravy with mystery meat…real meat! I just saw a post in FB posted today showing the spread in WJ on Icon. It’s disgraceful that Royal has gone so much downhill with their food on older smaller ships, and then has an elaborate, enormous display of foods including mounds of king crab legs that we’ve never seen on any a Royal ship, ever! So what’s the message Royal? I guess out with the old, and in with the new….and that goes for food and loyal customers. -
We can also enjoy ourselves at any price point BUT I don’t expect to pay the same price for McDs as I would for a fancy restaurant. And that’s what I’m seeing. For our last cruise on Radiance, the WJ food was not even as good as McDs and we paid a lot for that cruise, don’t ask me how much, because it was way too much. The MDR was good….the WJ was terrible, But the soft serve chocolate ice cream was delicious. 🤤
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Grandeur of the Seas Be Wary 12/17-12/27
lovesthebeach2 replied to BigPapi21's topic in Royal Caribbean International
We have cruises booked on Royal for this year and next year, and finally we booked a Celebrity….and have hesitated to jump ship but each time we get on the older ships it just chips away from our loyalty and I find I’m looking around at other upscale cruise lines more and more. Will you share which lines you’ve moved on to other than Celebrity? -
Grandeur of the Seas Be Wary 12/17-12/27
lovesthebeach2 replied to BigPapi21's topic in Royal Caribbean International
I’m sorry to say I sadly agree on the condition of their older smaller ships, because we love them. Royal is showing us that their focus is huge amusement park ships and they won’t be spending much money or effort on smaller ships that go to other locations other than the Caribbean. We’ve been cruising Royal for many years, but our satisfaction has been slowly lessening and we’re looking at other lines that give better quality and food for the prices they charge.- 122 replies
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