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Where we were on Mariner in 2022 they had a GRAB N GO section between the Windjammer and the pool deck that had burgers, hot dogs, salads, utensils and condiments that you could get quickly and avoid the WJ crowd. Has that expanded anywhere else?

We had Elvis as an Activities director on Jewel before his first CD job. Seems personable and active. I do see a lot of his social media posts. He loves doing Zoomba in the Promenade!

Allure use to have deck 12 use as a sun deck or watch the shows, but I think all of the rear facing decks are not high price cabins. I may check out open skating this time, not sure.

40 posts after the message has been answered, it continues, the real addiction is being a Keyboard Warrior! 🙂 I will only smoke on a ship when it becomes legal!

Next questions are regarding the cups for the Coke Freestyle machines. Anyone have a picture of the current cups? This is pretty low on the importance scale, but I am curious. Next, Pre-covid the cups were in your room when you finally got there, but I think I remember from my 2 post shutdown cruises that you picked them up somewhere at a table either near the Windjammer or on the promenade on day 1. Has that changed? And a silly question that just happens because I am in cruise brain mode now. I've noticed when you get to use the cups, the machine generally tells you when the cups expire and it always seems to be 2 weeks. I've never done a B2B, so I am curious if someone buys it for a week and then doesn't get it for the 2nd week, does it still work? Save your moral outrage, I'm just wondering. Although we may try a B2B in the future when we are retired.

Thanks Seth, I'm looking to see/find these myself.

It's been 171 days since I started this thread and I have 65 more to go. Many thanks to all of you who have contributed to my education/entertainment. @teera143 your videos were exceptional including the pre cruise ones in Spain. Thanks to @Ourusualbeach and @OCSC Mike for your many contributions. Time for my next question. My wife and I use the stairs a lot on cruises to keep our weight under control and we have always enjoyed the art in the stairwells, especially on the Oasis class. I bet I can find a dozen or so photos of Oasis class Stairwell Art. Anyone have any pictures from Wonder? Below is from Symphony (I think they want you to touch the art here)

We have two routes, one via I77/I26/I95 through WV, VA, NC, SC and into Florida. The other route goes I71 to I75 into Florida, and sometimes I-10 over to I95 that goes through KY, TN, GA, and into Florida. The Eastern route is a few miles shorter, but Frequently the day before I'll look at weather and pick one or other. Its about a 14 hour drive. Frequently we stop on the way down in either Savannah GA, or Valosta GA (I-75) and then finish the last 4 hours or so the next day, but more often on the drive back we get right off the ship and into the car and usually home around 1-2am the next day. Most often I to the I-75 route home as the WVA turnpike is rough when you have already driven 10-12 hours and if the weather is back, its a tough last 200 miles.

Thanks.

I'm betting it never made it onboard, hopefully it was a rookie that misspoke and it is waiting for you on return to port.

Was that in Nassau and you ended up getting back on her in Fallmouth? I remember reading a story like that here years ago

I love both ships and have been on both twice. If you have kids more to do on Allure, but we are empty nesters and usually pick an itinerary.

Finally under 75 days,m many thanks again to the people here who have helped me pass the time and be more Wonder-aware. After paying off the cruise, I had enough reward points to get $250 OBC for this cruise. I know there are better rewards cards, but I've had the BOA Royal card for 15 years, It is so much easier to redeem those points now than it use to be!

That water taxi pier is no where near the center of town.

I don't know the current cost, going in May, haven't been there since 2018, but that ferry doesn't save you much walking and the time you could have been walking you have to wait for the ship to empty, reload up and head back. The amount of walking it saves is probably about 1/2 mile.

Its do-able, but can be hot. Its about a half mile to the beach and just a little further to most of the shops. IMO the water taxi doesn't save any time and little walking as it doesn't go far. The walk isn't bad, on really hot days you might want a hat, shade umbrella or carry some water. It can be done with scooters and wheel chairs. Your most will get moved of the ports section.

Wow, the keyboard warriors are really fighting it out. I'll just mention Royal has stopped visits to Labadee before when unrest was high, don't know what their criteria is and how it relates to now.

Anyone wandered around the port area in the early morning? Just trying to find a spot and watch Voyager arrive.

I went ahead and booked the thermal suite for my wife and I . I'll report back in June. In typical Royal wierdness on their website, it was tricky to book. It clearly says 7 day pass, but it makes you pick a time and date for each person before you book.

Ok, next question, Anyone done the thermal suite on Wonder? We did this on Jewel a couple of times and it was wonderful. I remember when Oasis came out in 2009 I think it was people said that they didn't limit the number of people and it was always crowded and hard to get a spot to relax. We toured it on Allure in 2011 and verified with people there, and they agreed, but that info is now 13 years old.

What I know about soccer is next to nothing. I've told the Crew that if they pay me $1000 a game I won't watch. I've watched hours and hours of soccer live and have never seen a goal scored, But as soon as I turn it off they score! I will be at Fishlips this evening.

As part of my continuing research, I did verify that Wonder has USB ports in the cabin. This did remind me that when Oasis came out they had Iphone 3 docking stations in every cabin. I bet you could find those cheap on Ebay now.

Your many posts and seeing your avatar got me to thinking, I wonder if the Columbus Crew play Orlando City and sure enough the day before our cruise, they do play each other, but here in Columbus.

We enjoyed him 3 times on Majesty, would have loved to see how is MO translated to a big ship. I'd have to guess well as he has been around a while,. I think we first had him on Majesty in 2007

Good luck with that, when my wife and I started cruising We were both around 300lbs. That was Voyager in 2006. When we board Wonder this spring I will be 200 and she is 140. I think I gained 13 pounds that first cruise. You can still watch what you eat and have a great cruise. Good luck going forward, it can be done!