noahsmom
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We got home yesterday afternoon. I can't believe it's over already! We had a wonderful time and I will post a trip report soon. Just a couple of comments:
1) REAS package was terrific. We had no problems with any of the reservations. The gift basket was very nice. The only regret was getting the spa taster instead of full massage. Oh well. The breakfast in bed was great, we did that on Castaway Cay day. Our 6 yr old DS thought the romantic turndown was really cool! Sadly it was on our last night so I was too busy packing to enjoy it.
2) Servers make such a difference! On our first cruise we enjoyed the servers but didn't have anything to compare them with. Now we do. The servers on this cruise were not nearly as enjoyable. The assistant server was actually better than the server. He was friendly and would talk to us. The server was very business like and tried to be helpful but paced as he was talking and basically just spewed the information we could get from the navigator. DS did not like him which made the dinners uncomfortable and difficult.
3) Cabin noise. We had some strange vibration noises in our cabin. The 1st night we figured it was just the ship but they were annoying. DH mentioned it to the Hotel Director and he was very quick to have someone call us about it. However, it's like one of those car noises, the noise never happens when they are there to fix it. We finally got a call for Guest Services saying the engineer had been to the room and said it was just normal ship noises due to the rough seas - the seas were as calm as could be. We were finally able to get someone in the room while the noise was happening (last day on the ship), he said it was the air conditioning fan and replaced it. That night the noise was worse than ever, DH was up at 3:00 and it woke me up at 4:00. Hope they can fix it for the next family.
4) Thunderstorms at Castaway Cay. Sadly we only had about 90 minutes of sun before the storms came. It poured for about 30 minutes and never really cleared up after that. We went back to the ship around 2. As we were preparing to leave the Capt announced his disappointment in the weather and said they had considered coming back the next day but the forecast was worse for the next day. He promised to try and find us some sun for our day at sea - he delivered! Very sunny and hot day at sea.
5) Wonder is definitly ready for dry dock. She is a beautiful ship but is in need of some new carpet, etc.
With all this said, we did have a great time. The food was outstanding and ds really enjoyed the club. We will be sailing again in 2 years, no date yet because they aren't released.
Kelli
1) REAS package was terrific. We had no problems with any of the reservations. The gift basket was very nice. The only regret was getting the spa taster instead of full massage. Oh well. The breakfast in bed was great, we did that on Castaway Cay day. Our 6 yr old DS thought the romantic turndown was really cool! Sadly it was on our last night so I was too busy packing to enjoy it.
2) Servers make such a difference! On our first cruise we enjoyed the servers but didn't have anything to compare them with. Now we do. The servers on this cruise were not nearly as enjoyable. The assistant server was actually better than the server. He was friendly and would talk to us. The server was very business like and tried to be helpful but paced as he was talking and basically just spewed the information we could get from the navigator. DS did not like him which made the dinners uncomfortable and difficult.
3) Cabin noise. We had some strange vibration noises in our cabin. The 1st night we figured it was just the ship but they were annoying. DH mentioned it to the Hotel Director and he was very quick to have someone call us about it. However, it's like one of those car noises, the noise never happens when they are there to fix it. We finally got a call for Guest Services saying the engineer had been to the room and said it was just normal ship noises due to the rough seas - the seas were as calm as could be. We were finally able to get someone in the room while the noise was happening (last day on the ship), he said it was the air conditioning fan and replaced it. That night the noise was worse than ever, DH was up at 3:00 and it woke me up at 4:00. Hope they can fix it for the next family.
4) Thunderstorms at Castaway Cay. Sadly we only had about 90 minutes of sun before the storms came. It poured for about 30 minutes and never really cleared up after that. We went back to the ship around 2. As we were preparing to leave the Capt announced his disappointment in the weather and said they had considered coming back the next day but the forecast was worse for the next day. He promised to try and find us some sun for our day at sea - he delivered! Very sunny and hot day at sea.
5) Wonder is definitly ready for dry dock. She is a beautiful ship but is in need of some new carpet, etc.
With all this said, we did have a great time. The food was outstanding and ds really enjoyed the club. We will be sailing again in 2 years, no date yet because they aren't released.
Kelli
Were you able to book your Palo reservation in advance? I think I read that this was only an option for the 7 day cruises.
