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On 3/14/2022 at 9:41 AM, Broons77 said:

 

  I have one major beef that i want to get out of the way, then will get to the good stuff.  RC NEEDS to get family bathrooms on board. 

I totally agree with you on this.  We were on Harmony of the Seas not long before shutdown.  My husband is wheelchair dependant and prior to the cruise I contacted RCL disability office to inquire about companion restrooms on the ship.  I was told there was one on the entire ship, just outside Central Park.  This is  about the only thing that was not well thought out for accessibility on RC ships.

6 hours ago, harry0 said:

Very tragic- my prayers are with me maws family. When my wife and I travel we always leave without insurance. However  I would never tell people they should not buy travel insurance - this is our personal choice and everyone has freedom to choose. After reading this story the glaring thing is not that she didn't have insurance its that she was vaccinated and still got fatally ill. 

There are many unknowns with this case. Yes she was vaccinated and tested positive which can happen and a very few number of breakthrough infections will be fatal. What is unknown is any other co-morbid conditions she may have had.  Also her death could have been from cardiac issues, COPD,  or something else but because she tested covid positive her death will be counted as a covid death.  Where I live there was someone who died in a motorcycle accident but they had a covid test when initially taken to ER which came back positive after death and the death was counted as a covid death. This is very sad but these types of stories only serve to scare people.

1 hour ago, Sam Ting said:

 

Better yet, if Karen got the vaccine in the first place, this would have never happened. 

My name is Karen and I actually volunteered for the vacinne trial to make things safer for everyone else.  Please don't make blanket statements using a person's name that doesn''t apply to everyone.

6 hours ago, WxNerd said:

Correct. Even if my husband or I were to stay on the ship with the kids the other adult would not be allowed to get off the ship. I really wanted to go get some vanilla but I guess I will have to fly down to Mexico to get some (perk of working for an airline). 

Join the vanilla bean co-op facebook group and make your own vanilla. Cheaper and much better quality.

We went to one of the specialty restaurants shortly after we boarded and had lunch with the UDP. While we were eating our group put together a list of which restaurant we wanted on which night and time and then we gave this list to the host at the place we were having lunch.  The host took care of making all the reservations we wanted while we were eating and everything showed up on the phone app shortly after.  The only reservation he was unable to make was Izumi and I went there directly.  We did not have a reservation assigned for the first night like the UDP info says you will get.  Later in the week we made some changes to our reservations by calling restaurants directly.  It was all very easy and this was for a party of 5 adults and 2 children in 3 separate rooms with separate bookings.

I am confused about redeeming offers.  When redeeming for % off discount do you book the cruise first and them redeem the rewards or do you have to redeem the reward, send the info to Royal and wait for someone to contact you to do the booking? I have a cruise I want but need an accessible cabin and I am afraid the accessible rooms will all be gone by the time someone gets back to me from Royal.

2 hours ago, cruisinghawg said:

Wow all this Giovanni's talk has me confused as we have never experienced a bad meal there. Of course we have only eaten there on Oasis class and the Indy. Did do Jamie's on the Harmony and though just okay.

We have never tried Giovanni's but did do Jamie's on Harmony.  The food was decent but our waiter made the meal spectacular.  We went twice just because the waiter was so good.  We had a party of 5 adults and 2 young children and I think he brought at least one of everything on the menu.

Went we had the UDP we were able to get lunch on embarkation day at one of the specialty restaurants without reservations and then make reservations for all the other nights/restaurants while we were there. We just talked to the person manning the desk at the restaurant entrance and they took care of everything for us. Later in the cruise we made some changes to our original reservations without any problems.  Not sure if it still works this way.

We had a Chill Island cabana which was great for our group of 5 adults (one in wheelchair) and two children.  The water was calm, warm, and clear.  Plenty of clean sand and easy access.  Easy to swim and snorkel from that area.  Our cabana attendant got lunch and drinks for us and also brought extras like cookies, funnel cake, and fruit kabobs.  We did not use the water park or the pool since we enjoyed the beach.  The children had fun on the pirate ship play area for no extra charge.  The only negative for the day was difficult access for the wheelchair.  We did get a beach wheelchair with no trouble but it would be nice if more areas were paved since the beach wheelchairs are a bit hard to push.

On 11/1/2019 at 1:06 PM, marci22 said:

 

I can't believe more heads are not exploding over this.

We never asked for the drinks to be covered, we just noticed we did not get a seperate bill for drinks most of the time and assumed they put the charge on the card with the drink package.  It was usually only three extra drinks and not at all the restaurants every night. One night at 150 Central Park we were not charged for the specialty martini and one night we were. Perhaps the servers just charged them to the card with the drink package or maybe just neglected to generate a separate bill.

9 hours ago, Ren1216 said:

Exactly.  I just read a review yesterday (recent Harmony western sailing) that the Specialty restaurants were really booked up.  So much so that the Unlimited Dining participants were pretty unhappy with the trouble they were having getting in.  If this is the case, seems they are having no trouble filling the venues and we may not see any deals like that.  Totally unpredictable.

We were just on Harmony Oct. 20 with a western sailing and UDP and party of 7.  We made all our reservations for the week shortly after we boarded and had no issues getting exactly what we wanted.  We changed a couple of our reservations later in the week with no issues.  Only restaurant that seemed to be pretty much booked was Chops but we still got in one night.

On 10/23/2019 at 7:40 AM, rusty nut said:

Is this what it has come down to? Chops, a steakhouse, only has one steak on the menu? A filet? Really?

It appears that UDP guests get a different menu after all.

We had the full menu with all the steak offerings.  One person got a 6 oz filet but could have gotten two other sizes, another in our group had the strip steak with a couple different size offerings available.

31 minutes ago, amybk27 said:

From what I remember, Izumi hibachi is not included in UDP, but sometimes you can get it on the first night included.  Has this changed?  

We had to go directly to Izumi to make our reservation but were told right away it was included in the UDP.  When we were seated they told us what was covered by the UDP (one protein)  and if we wanted to add anything it would be an additional $4. We chose that because an additional $4 for lobster and scallops was well worth it.

We just got off Harmony from the October 20 sailing and also had the Unlimited Dining with a party of 7, including two children.  We had lunch at Sabor's on embarkation day with no waiting for a table. Service was a little slow but I think this was due more to the fact that it was very early (around 1130).  We made our reservations for dinners for the rest of the week while we were at Sabor.  The gentleman taking the reserations just wrote everything on a piece of paper so we were a bit concerned that it would not get entered correctly, but we got everything we wanted with no issues.  It took an hour or so for the reservations to show up on the Royal app.  It did not seem to have any reservations already booked for us.  We did need to go directly to Izumi to book the hibachi grill but they were able to accommodate all 7 of us the first night with no problem.  Wonderland was interesting and the food was good, our only complaint was the print on the menu was very small and the lighting was dim so it was a bit difficult to read the menu.  As others have said we just told our server what we liked and did not like to eat and let him choose our appetizers.  We ate at Chops once and Jaimies and 150 Central Park twice.  All were excellent although we enjoyed Jaimies the most.  Our server brought us almost all the appetizers to share as well as almost all the pastas to share in addition to our entrees.  Our second night at Jaimies was lobster night in the MDR and our server brought lobster tails for our entire party in addition to our entrees.  We did not make reservations for lunch on our two sea days but had no problem getting into Sabor both days.  One thing we found most nights at all the restaurants was one member of our group had the drink package and the servers usually put all of our dinner cocktails and wine on that package so none of us paid extra for the drinks except on night.  Overall a great experience and definately worth the price.

On 10/24/2019 at 10:12 PM, tomservo said:

 

How were the entrees? Was thinking about getting the lasagna at Jamie's next time I'm on.

We just got off Harmony and ate twice at Jamie's.  We were a party of five adults, two children.  Entrees were all great - my husband had the lasagne both nights and really enjoyed it.  They also brought us a couple of almost every appetizer and pastas on the menu set up on planks for sharing.  Great food and great service!

This shows that it is good to review the ship well prior to booking.  By looking at what is offered on the Oasis class ships they are clearly geared for families.  A ship that features a childrens water play area, merry go round, climbing areas, many sports areas, kids club, etc. will be more attractive to families with children. WeT will be sailing on Harmony next week with our children and grandchildren and specifically chose this class of ship because of the actiivities offered for different age groups.  There certainly must be other ships or even cruise lines that attract an older, more sedate crowd.  I for one am 65 years young and much prefer the activities offered on the bigger ships. The last time we cruised it was on Oasis of the Seas and there were a lot of children onboard.  The children didn't bother me nearly as much as the rude, older people making nasty comments about everything.  To each his own.

1 hour ago, VaTech8912 said:

 

Right? I still have no idea why there was soooo many of all ages at this time of year. Not sure what school holiday was in effect.  I have never experienced that in September before. Was a "good" trip, just not one of my favorite compared to previous Oasis class or other ships.

 

 

My daughter, son in law, and grandchildren lives in North Carolina and they have a year round school schedule with periodic 3 week breaks throughout the year.  My grandson will be on one of those breaks after October 18 and they are all joining us on our Harmony cruise starting the 20th.  Seems like many schools are doing alternative schedules so there aren't a lot of times when there won't be many children on board.

We bought the UDP for our upcoming Harmony cruise.  Prior to purchasing I called and inquired about the need to purchase for children.  I was told there was no need to purchase a package for any children they would just be charged the $10 fee each timed they dined with the rest of the party in a specialty restaurant.

Does anyone know when Harmony of the Seas will be decorated for Halloween?  We are sailing on October 20 and my grandson wants to know if the ship will be decorated.

Thanks!

We are sailing with other family members so we are planning on all meeting in my daughter's suite, popping a bottle of champagne, and hanging out on their balcony with the grandchildren.

Does the ship you are sailing on have an escape room?  That might be a fun activity for all family members?

My husband is quadriplegic and wheelchair dependant.  Trust me, if he didn't need a wheelchair I am sure he would love more than anything to get rid of it.  I do know there are many people who abuse the disability system and resources but please don't make fun of people you see in a wheelchair.  You don't know their circumstances.

We will be on Harmony in October with the UDP and eat mainly vegetarian (on occasion will eat seafood) so I appreciate the information in this thread.

I have found at other restaurants that if I don't see anything that meets my needs I will ask if anything can be done to make something vegetarian.  Most are able to easily make changes even if it is just not including the meat, etc that is in the original dish.  I have also had the waiters tell me they will speak to the chef and have had some great meals as a result.  One of the best meals we had was at Boma at Disney World.  Tlhe chef actually came out and talked to us to see what we liked and didn't like and what we could and could not eat.  He then made this amazing tower of vegetables that was incredible. We were the envy of the other diners in the restaurant.  He even made us a special dessert (at no charge).  I apologized for making a special request but he said he actually enjoys doing special meals since he can be creative and gets a bit bored making the same things every night.   Bottom line is just ask if you don't find something you like.

Great, thanks so much.

3 hours ago, MrFunInTheSun said:

Tree fell from storm last night. Crew were supporting it up from falling more as we were walking by

 

 

 

Mobility chairs for the beach 

 

 

 

 

Coco Loco before 10am. Don’t judge 😀

 

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, MrFunInTheSun said:

Tree fell from storm last night. Crew were supporting it up from falling more as we were walking by

 

 

 

Mobility chairs for the beach 

 

 

 

 

Coco Loco before 10am. Don’t judge 😀

 

 

 

 

 

Could you please tell me where the beach (mobility) wheelchairs are located in relation to the main walkway?  My husband will need one of these and I would like to get an idea of which direction to head once we get off the ship.  Thanks.