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**Live Report** Symphony of the Seas 17th June


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Loving your review and pics are great. Sailing on RCL for first time in 2020 and it will be on Symphony. Far away but will come fast enough and really excited to finally sail an oasis class ship. Meanwhile I manage the wait by reading great reviews like yours. I have been sailing Celebrity more lately and have one in October, so Symphony will be a new adventure.

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

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Thanks so much. Oasis class is a new level of awesome as is the Symphony. It will be a marked difference from Celebrity so good to compare and contrast. Happy travelling!

 

 

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Thanks again for the review, it's great that you;re having so much fun and are so positive. Not long for me now!

 

 

 

Almost there! We have the ultimate post cruise depression setting in now...enjoy the excitement whilst it lasts!

 

 

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I am a little confused by the pool in the solarium. I have seen pictures of what looks like a large hot tub with a picture window. Is that the pool or is that the hot tub? Is there an actual solarium pool? I and my wife really enjoy the solarium on different ships and we look forward to spending time at this one! Thanks for your great review!

 

 

 

Solarium pool (pretty small) and two hot tubs. There was always space though.

 

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I am loving your review!! Glad you guys are having such a great time and still have plenty of time to relax and enjoy the ship!

 

 

 

If you happen to go to Playmakers, can you ask them if food there is included in the Ultimate Dining Package?

 

 

 

Thank you!!

 

 

 

Thanks so much. I didn’t manage to get your question answered I’m afraid but I believe I have seen in other threads you can eat at venues like Playmakers under the ultimate dining package and a value is applied per person. e.g. $30 - so each person can order up to $30 of any food and any extra would be paid for.

 

I could be very wrong and it’s definitely worth checking. Sorry I wasn’t able to help more.

 

 

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Thank you Rachel for this live review. Sad that it’s over! [emoji47]

But hey, I will be there in two weeks, so maybe that helps me [emoji23]

 

Have a safe trip back home. I’ll be waiting for the compasses [emoji4]

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Thanks so much all. Compasses will be coming over the next few days.

 

I was bored on the plane and decided to do another little post about our week. I’ve narrowed it down to very few points but it was hard. SO many pros I could have included! From the comfiness of the beds to the deluxe drinks package. Here are a few of my Symphony pros and cons;

 

Pros

1. Piano Guy. Every time I found him I ditched Rob and hopped in the lift! Saw on a different Symphony live report by Glitterati that he loved Muse so I asked him to play some and that he did. He just managed to put a smile on every single person’s face and it was great to see.

 

2. El Loco Fresh. I am so disappointed we only went here once. The salsa station just had everything imaginable. It was tasty and so easy and very popular.

 

3. The service. I am loyal to Royal for not only the fun but the impeccable service from every single person on board. From Michele the CD to the guy mopping the floor. Everyone seemed happy and actually pleased to be there.

 

4. Aqua Theatre. Being my first Oasis class ship I was blown away by how insanely awesome the Aqua Shows were. Big thumbs up from me.

 

5. My Time Dining. This was my first time on MTD and I would undoubtedly do it again. Whilst a traditional dining time may work very well for a large group, being a party of 2 we got to experience all three MDR decks, we got to sit next to the window and we met a variety of lovely people. If you don’t mind having it switched up and are a party of 2/4 or so go for it. We never waited more than around 10 minutes and that was on boarding day. Every other day we were sat down pretty much instantly. Great flexibility for our chilled out cruising style.

 

6. Solarium + Solarium Bistro. It was very very VERY hard to say goodbye. I shall miss late night Baileys and Banana Coladas in the hot tub as well as the relaxed Mediterranean style food offered.

 

Cons

1. Smoking in the casino. This really spoilt the use of the casino for us and we only went in once and didn’t even stay and avoided passing through at all times. RC really need to start protecting their staff’s health more and ban smoking in enclosed spaces. It really made Deck 4 stinky! Out on deck is fine.

 

2. The sales. We were asked around 5 times on the first day and must have been asked around 20 times the rest of the cruise between us if we had purchased speciality dining. I understand they want to make the sales and I wouldn’t mind being asked a few times but it’s frustrating to be asked so often. Just be prepared to say no thank you.

 

3. The soda stations. This is minor but a very slight inconvenience. The Coca Cola Freestyle machines can only be activated using your special Royal cup. Which I didn’t always have on me, nor tended to carry around at all as they were bulky. We only had soda from the machines once in the whole week and would have definitely used it more had it been activated by our seapass card/wristband instead.

 

 

 

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I have to ask, what is the drink you took a picture of on day 5?? I have got to try it on our October 28th transatlantic on symphony. Your review was awesome thanks so much!!

 

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You’re welcome! That drink was called Love Connection. I had read someone recommending it so put it on my list of things to try. It was three different flavours mixed together so it took a long time for the bar tender to make. Was super yummy though.

 

 

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Great review, thanks again.

70 days to go..... I just bought the Cinque Terre tickets online too which should save a bit of time. They just have one of those QRs on so I guess you have to swap them for a 'real' ticket somewhere?

 

 

 

Im not entirely sure you know. There will be people to ask at the station I’ve no doubt but it would seem counter productive to have to queue up in the long line if you’ve already purchased your tickets! Hope your countdown goes quickly.

 

 

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Thanks for the fab review; without offending any of our US friends it’s great to read a review from a “European” point of view.

Now very much looking forward to getting on board in 10 weeks time, can’t wait…

What’s the name of the FB Naples foodie page? This I need to follow!

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Loved your review, Rachel, thank you very much for sharing your vacation with us :)

 

I hope you and Rob had a blast on this cruise, looking forward to my Western Mediterranean cruise next June!

 

 

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Following post. For a great drink the schooner bar does a tropical manhattan i love them . Enjoy your cruise I'll be there in September

 

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Thank you for this recommendation. I had this at the Schooner Bar and it was probably my favourite drink the entire cruise. Hope you have a blast in September.

 

 

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Thanks for the fab review; without offending any of our US friends it’s great to read a review from a “European” point of view.

Now very much looking forward to getting on board in 10 weeks time, can’t wait…

What’s the name of the FB Naples foodie page? This I need to follow!

 

 

 

You are welcome! I hope you have a great time in 10 weeks. I miss it already.

 

The page is called Napoli Food Porn. I could spend hours just looking at all the pictures.

 

 

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Loved your review, Rachel, thank you very much for sharing your vacation with us :)

 

I hope you and Rob had a blast on this cruise, looking forward to my Western Mediterranean cruise next June!

 

 

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Thanks so much my fellow HP fan! Hope the year passes very quickly and I hope to read your live review next year.

 

 

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Thanks for all the info. The onboard dining packages are gone so expensive and not available to book online for September cruise :-(

Do you know if Hooked and Jamies are open every day for lunch or just sea days? Thanks

 

If you check your cruise planner it will show the times they are open.

Jamies is open for lunch D1 and D7 and Hooked is open for lunch D7 for my September cruise.

D7 is the sea day

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Hey you.

Would you be able to download the compasses before Friday? [emoji5]

Our trip to Barcelona starts then and on Sunday we board the ship! Woohoo [emoji4]

 

 

You can find the cruise compasses in the Royal app in the meantime :)

 

 

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