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Thanks for this review! So Key luggage drop off on Harmony is in the Grande and not the theater? 

Where did you hear that South Beach is going to have a suite area? Everything I have previously heard is that the exclusive area over there (Coco Beach Club) will be an extra fee but NOT suite/pinnacle exclusive. 

Does anyone know the timing of the upgrades they are doing? As in when they are starting them and when they anticipate being complete?

I was on Allure in May and virgin daiquiris were $7.00

Someone on another cruise forum recommended this collapsible metal straw to me and it's been a game changer. It comes with a compact case and a little squeegee brush so you don't have a dirty straw just floating around at the bottom of your bag. 

The one ship I have consistently seen reports of Chopped being excluded on is Allure. 

1 hour ago, CRUISEFAN0001 said:

Just booked a second cruise this morning with the Coco Cay stop (different ship, different ports, different dates). Got another cabana for <$400.  I got my own proof twice now. 

For what it's worth, I was able to book a chill island cabana for $329 and I'm a gold member staying in an inside cabin on that cruise. I'm personally in the camp of ship size and sailing timing making up the vast majority of the pricing algorithm. For those looking for comparisons, that pricing is for a Thanksgiving (so...November) Grandeur sailing. 

The $8 virgin daiquiri I referenced was from the Solarium bar and this is the size: 

On 4/2/2019 at 12:29 PM, tcmagnum said:

Anyone have an idea on how much a frozen mocktail cost? 

Decisions.  Decisions....

On Enchantment this past November it was about $8 for a virgin daiquiri and $2 for a bottle of water. I found it super easy to get my money's worth out of the refreshment package (got it on sale for $18 a day). As a disclaimer, I found it easy to get my money's worth because I don't drink alcohol anymore and so had a decent amount of mocktails so I didn't feel like I was missing out. 

3 minutes ago, MissLittle1959 said:

No, I have an actual black Key next to the word Gold, so then I'm correct about mine having the emblem.  I'm pretty sure the first time I printed it out there was no key and then after I purchased, i reprinted and saw it there.

thanks for doing that. I don't know how to get a picture on here yet from my phone. lol

Ah ok I wonder if it's not showing up since I bought the key far in advance of the 90 day check in. If I wasn't grandfathered into the $20/day price I'd try cancelling and rebooking to see if that made a difference. Def not worth the price increase just to (maybe) see it on my set sail pass! 

31 minutes ago, MissLittle1959 said:

Okay, I'm now not sure this is the right "KEY" picture, but right beside the word Gold on my pass printout there is a picture of a key.  Am I now wrong to think that means the Key Program? lol  Anyone else have that?

I printed mine out from the website and I don't have a key picture, but the closest I have is a gold dot next to my gold status. I just assumed that was related to my C&A level since it's the same color. 

For those that the key appears on the set sail pass, where does it show up?

@Grenouille21 this continues to be a FANTASTIC review! I’ve been reading about how hard it is to get underwater pictures. I don’t have any camera recommendations because I only just got one myself for my May sailing, but which camera are you currently using for underwater shots?

Oh yay, a Grandeur live blog! Def following along as I’ll be on her this Thanksgiving. 

This is such a great and detailed review! Thank you so much for taking so much time out for this. 

1 hour ago, ShillyShally said:

Ohhh good to know! Not OP but NJ is driveable and I've wanted to try the Quantum class and that's a slow time at work!

Yep, being driveable was also my reasoning for booking that sailing! And couple that with me having a January birthday and it makes a nice “treat yourself” birthday cruise to the Southern Caribbean for me on a class I haven’t tried yet without having to fly to PR! 

Is your heart set on an August cruise? If you are ok with sailing in January, Anthem has some 11 night cruises that go to St Lucia out of NJ.  Anthem isn't an Oasis class ship, but Quantum is much newer than any in Voyager or Freedom classes. 

6 hours ago, rt1092 said:

Upon more thoughts he was correct in Ft Lauderdale there is a door to go in for Suites and Pinnacles only no diamond and up line.

Where is this door located in Ft Lauderdale? Is it obvious when you walk in? 

7 hours ago, motherof said:

Theoretically, reservations can be made for CK at any restaurant. We stopped at the first restaurant that didn't have a line, and made them. An hour later I checked the app, and no CK reservations were shown for us. However, I discovered I could make reservations through the app once we were on Anthem. I was able to get them for 15 minutes later than I had originally requested. 

 

My recommendation is the check the app and make reservations once you board, rather than stand in line, or head up to CK.

 

The food was wonderful.

It didn't even occur to me that you might be able to use to app to make a reservation! I will have to give that a try when I board Allure in May. Thanks so much for the feedback. 

43 minutes ago, reallyitsmema said:

 

I don't remember when I first tried to book it, so maybe that is the case.  We will likely book Anthem again, so will remember to try Coastal Kitchen reservations as soon as we book.

 

 

We were able to get 5:30 on all but two nights.  Those nights, we were able to get 7:30.  I know one of those nights we wanted earlier and could not get it.  The other night we chose that late as we were leaving port at 7pm.

Thanks! Do you remember around what time you went up there to make the reservations? If it was right after boarding, what time were you on the ship?

17 minutes ago, reallyitsmema said:

 

We just sailed Anthem in January in a JS and I could not make reservations for Coastal Kitchen in my cruise planner.  I tried a few times and it always said it was unavailable to book.  I was able to make reservations at Coastal Kitchen for the entire week once we boarded.

What time were you able to get reservations for? I’d hate it if around 8 is the only option as I’d have to rearrange all the show reservations. 

4 hours ago, suesnake2002 said:

You got swimming pigs!!!

That is not showing up in my perfect day coco cay options in nov

When is your sailing in November? It shows up in my cruise planner for Grandeur the week of Thanksgiving that stops in Coco Cay. 

1 hour ago, skiiergirl said:

Does anyone have "Headliner" options showing in Cruise Planner reservations?  I am not seeing them in SY CP that just opened this weekend.  Reading here others are saying they aren't seeing them on HY either. So curious if anyone's CP is showing "Headliner" available for booking.  If so, what ship & sail date. 

Thanks. 

It showed up for my May Allure sailing. 

On 2/2/2019 at 5:37 PM, PanZella said:

Off the top of my head i would like to say 2 normal and 1 in the "high stakes" .

Did you happen to notice what the minimum was for the high stakes table? 

When I was on Enchantment this past November I seem to recall it being closer to $8. That was for a frozen mocktail (strawberry daiquiri). Things like the strawberry lemonade might be cheaper. Btw, the strawberry lemonade on the bar menu mentions soda water but it’s just a splash and not noticeable. Carbonation makes me gag and I loved it.