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  1. It should be offered when you book the package. If not, go into order history on the website and look for a "modify" link under your package. Clicking on "modify" should bring up reservation options.
  2. If the gardens are protected, why exactly do you mind if people are hiding/seeking elsewhere? I pass on all types of stuff on the ship but I see no reason to begrudge others their fun.
  3. New ships usually have it for the first year or so. Utopia still has it, for example. It was randomly reintroduced on Symphomy for quite a while… before disappearing again last month.
  4. In addition to the above (which you should definitely do), servers at every venue (MDR, specialty, Playmakers) have asked if we had any food restrictions as soon as they greeted us on recent cruises. My young niece has multiple severe allergies and they have always taken very good care of her.
  5. Huge fan of the brunch (and the dinner for that matter).
  6. I liked most of the frozen Parrot drinks but Painchiller was my favorite. I preferred the spiced rum and coconut to the citrus of the Wing Zinger and Taste of Tropics (but liked those too). Not for everyone but I liked the Monkey Business as an after dinner drink, kinda like a white russian, was expecting more banana though. Was not a fan of some of the others... Zombie and Mai Tai come to mind. As you said, definitely subjective, just like food. Great bar to go through taste-testing if you have the DBP or vouchers.
  7. Definitely a great bar! If you're not a whiskey/bourbon drinker (me), I'll also throw in the Mississippi Moonlight as a light, refreshing (not strong) drink and the Peach Tea but made with vodka and peach schnapps instead of bourbon. A bartender who knew I wasn't a bourbon drinker suggested the peach tea and it was another very tasty, refreshing drink.
  8. I'm not who you asked and am jumping into this thread late but if you're interested in doing ANYTHING at all besides the animal encounter, I highly recommend ronystours.com. You get a private driver for as long as you want, prices are reasonable, and you can customize your tour as much as want. Their website lists tons of options, you can plan in advance via e-mail, and your driver can suggest stuff and change plans once you're there as well. Here's a thread from the Roatan forum. I linked to my personal review but there are other positive reviews in there. If you just want to see animals and nothing else, feel free to ignore, just figured I would share.
  9. I don't see why not. Once you go through the luggage drop off loop they can't force you to park in the garage. I'm sure a porter with a cart would be happy to take your luggage out to your car in the lot the same way they take it up the elevator to whatever level in the garage. We only use porters on family cruises when there's a lot more than 2 people with 2 suitcases and we've always parked in the garage on those cruises. We get there VERY early (like 9:15-9:30am) and the garage was closed for our April Wonder as well as out June Utopia so I'm thinking it may be similar... but we planned to use the lot in advance and got there so early that I can't really say when the garage opened. Hope some of that helps!
  10. Fair enough, I just find the differences pretty significant, especially with regards to the food and CocoCay having the Oasis Lagoon. We haven't been to Labadee in a while (was cancelled last time due to weather, not civil unrest) but we've been to CocoCay a lot and much prefer it since we're not beach people and I enjoy the food there. Plenty of others enjoy Labadee though. Different strokes.
  11. I don't find them remotely similar beyond being private destinations owned/leased by RC with sand and water.
  12. Yeesh, I thought 100+ was a lot for our B2B in early June. Turnaround didn’t take long at all. Our next B2B is this Friday, we’ll see how this one compares.
  13. Some of us have come to prefer the open lot to the garage. If you don’t mind leaving your car uncovered & have limited luggage. Wheeling 2 suitcases from the closest lot to the porters on that side is incredibly fast & easy. I realize this thread was meant to be about Wonder but you can be onboard Utopia before 10am with how early boarding starts. Not everyone cares about being among the first to board, of course. To each his/her own.
  14. Please don’t schedule one of those when we’re on Utopia. We’d love to cross paths again but I’m not paying $400-500 for the privilege, nothing personal. 🤣
  15. No, the machine will charge you for the 1st leg upon entry and then you scan your receipt after the 2nd leg and it will then charge you for the other days. Just did a Utopia B2B last month and doing another in 5 days.
  16. I have no interest in Hideway based on personal preferences (we even passed at $19.99pp when prices were low) but I also have no interest in making sweeping generalizations about groups of people. I absolutely do need to meet people before judging them... not that I generally judge people at all as long as they're not hurting others. This sounds a lot like assuming all Pinnacles are snobs. Had I subscribed to that belief I would have missed out on missing some very kind, down to earth people.
  17. I kinda figured that’s what you meant.
  18. In my much younger years I used to do same thing with vodka and bottled lemonade (could have been Snapple).
  19. Why is everyone there an “entitled pretty person”? Pretty crazy sweeping generalization about a large amount of people you’ve never met.
  20. This has never mattered a great deal in my experience. Sure it's slightly nicer with less people but I've been there with two Oasis class ships (twice) and as long as you get off the ship on the early side (which we always do anyway), PDCC is still pretty empty until at least 10am. It gets more crowded by lunch time but lines at the nearest snack shack, nearest bars, and Chill Grill weren't bad at all. The island is big enough with the addition of Hideaway to handle the crowds very well.
  21. Given how important food is to me (as you know), the spot we’ve sat at by the pool like 10 times in a row is a very short walk to both a snack shack & chill grill (& multiple bars). I prefer the same snack shack food as you but my wife likes making ice cream concoctions from chill grill (the buffet) with soft serve, brownies, & choc chip cookies, so we go to both. The taco bar is good there but virtually identical to ELF so not that exciting if your ship has one.
  22. Define whipper snapper. I'm in my 40's and had to google it, lol.
  23. The only food I've seen mentioned is from this link... https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/what-food-options-are-available?&country=USA "Guests enjoy complimentary dining at three quick service style restaurants serving fresh handheld options, salads, sides and delicious desserts with a Bahamian twist." To me, quick service means Hideaway at best. I think the app mentioned shrimp skewers or something but that description says sandwiches and maybe tacos or pizza to me.
  24. That was my impression when talking about it with the family yesterday (who actually consider such purchases and have gotten us PDCC cabanas in the past & future, as you know). Everyone values things differently, but since we’re all content with voucher drinks (plus two are minors), the $1483 they paid for PDCC OTW cabanas next March for the 7 of us to be delivered lobster & filet (in addition to drinks, though not unlimited, and snack shack food) compared to the $2999 Royal Beach Club cabanas (that seemed closer to a fair comparison, the less expensive ones looked smaller with loungers outside and less seating in the actual cabana) seems like a waaaay better deal. *Granted I also grabbed a great price for those PDCC cabanas for them that may never be available again but the general point stands. To me, anyone who doesn’t need unlimited drinks & values more upscale food is getting a better deal at PDCC unless we’re wrong about the food.


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