Ourusualbeach

Overall very good. A few minor things, berries seem to be in short supply yet abundant fresh produce in the markets we have stopped at in port. No sorbet, only ice cream. Sorrento's has to be the worst I have had in at least 5 years. It's like they cooked the dough then added toppings and cooked it again. Hot dog buns in the WJ are small and split into two pieces when you open them....they need thr buns they gave on OA and QN class ships at thf doghouse. The slot machines are all ones geared for the Asian market...casino is very quiet on this sailing. Service has been outstanding, specialty restaurants have been great. Dining room was very good, first time there in probably last 15 cruises.

You cannot use your udp for any of the restaurants offering the special holiday dinners so this excludes Chops, 150CP and Jamies/Giovannis. Not sure about Thanksgiving buy it has been excluded Christmas Eve, Christmas day and NYE. If the restaurant is not offering a special holiday dinner you should be fine.

Amazing cruise, 50% capacity, fantastic crew, great weather and awesome ports.

Not here. Great salmon dinner in Helsinki though.

Not sure if this was the restaurant owner being funny or just a bad translation to English. This sign from a restaurant in Latvia.

There are several on Voyager and have also seen them on Ovation

Royals website is horrible lately for distinguishing between neighborhood balcony and Oceanview balcony guarantees. If it said neighborhood then that is what you get, Central Park or Boardwalk balcony. Most sailings will have both types available so I would call and ask what the difference to upgrade to an Oceanview balcony guarantee is. It sounds like right now you have a category XN and you want a category XB.

Ovation for some reason has a lot of deck 7 balcony cabins classified as obstructed while the same cabins on Quantum and Anthem are not classified as obstructed. As others stated. Very little obstruction and a great choice to book on Ovation.

Great to hear that it worked out.

Different release dates depending on itinerary and length if sailing between November and March

Their cruise sails in October...not covered under cwc regardless of when it was booked.

Royal did offer a shuttle yesterday. $12pp or 10 Euros. There are 2 different HOHO busses that you can purchase passes from right outside the port. I eould avoid City sightseeing as their last bus leaves at 4pm, they run every 30 minutes. The other one runs every 20 minutes and runs till 6:30.

It's after final. Pretty close to a zero% chance of getting the cruise moved without the 50% penalty.

Only before final payment

Central.park is very quiet. BW can be noisy.

You can still hbook on board and have the booking repriced to the group rate, get the group obc, keep the next cruise obc. The only downside is the booking remains non refundable.

I saw a UPS ad on FB yesterday advertising shipping luggage with them and avoiding the airlines.

It's been on the buffet morning...and stayed there.

Depends on the cabin and ship. We've rarely had an issue with keeping things cool enough in a long time. Even on VY currently the fridge is keeping my wife's soy milk plenty cold.

Why would you not e mail the suite concierge aboard the ship. You would have their e mail address from their pre cruise email to suite guests.

Didn't see any being offered on Voyager this week and the specidlty restaurants are very quiet.

Absolutely wonderful. Another gorgeous day here in Gdansk today. Almost got separated from our tour group today stopping to get this picture. I now know what my post dinner drinks will be.

Not included.

I had a cabin assigned for a client while the cabin was on hold.

I cannot count the number of late nite Sorrentos runs I have done to put pizza in the fridge so my daughter will have something to eat in the morning. Since the plates do not sit well in the fridge we let the slices cool a bit then 2 will fit pointy end down in a glass which will then fit in the fridge.