Hi! We are currently on the Reflection docked at St. Maartin today. I have to say, this has been a completely awesome cruise. It's our first time trying Aqua Class. We are now in love with Blu. They replaced all the balcony chairs and tables this week. Yesterday they unloaded some of the brown chair and tables at St. Thomas. A ships officer on the dock told my husband that they were heading to a local animal rescue for them to sell and raise money. There is a huge stack down on the dock this morning heading toward a different charity. We were surprised when we got new furniture because we had commented the day before how nice the furniture was. The table is a little smaller, but honestly makes it easier to move around on the balcony. And the new chairs are comfortable, I feel asleep on the balcony last night and slept there most of night.
Love that they have turn the volume down on the music throughout the ship since our last time on board. I literally wore ear plugs that whole trip just so that I could walk through the public spaces. the last time I was on the Reflection. This time you can hear the music, but it is in the background instead of being so loud you couldn't really hold a conversation. I am talking about the constant background music, not the entertainment.
A lot of things that people have said here recently changed have not turned out to be true on this ship. They have 2 omelet stations going in the buffet in the morning, there is made to order stir-fry and pasta and you can get main dining room starters in Blu. They did tell me that it is harder for them to get the main course choices, but that starters are usually not an issue. The TV still shows that the room service is free, and they are getting a lot of canceled orders when they call and explain this. I feel like if they are going to charge you that they should update the order screen to reflect that. But really that situation is minor. We just go up to the buffet get what we want and bring it back to the cabin.
I have to say the X app is so much better the Princess app. I like that I could find my party on princess (when the app actually decided to work) and I love the medallions that unlock your room when you walk up. But I have not had a single instant of the X app not working. We don't use the messaging; we are using Signal instead and it is working great.
The ship is beautiful, the staff is awesome, and the weather has been gorgeous!