Opinions needed for Romantic Escape at Sea

[Mickeyhugger]

I saw a thread a few days ago and saw the price 299.00 (yikes!) Then I really started thinking about it and still am trying to decide.
DH and I will be sailing on 15th anniversary. If I book it, I want to try to surprise him, but that's not the issue. I'm a fan of convenience if the price is reasonable. Not waiting in line for Palo/Spa ressies is VERY tempting. DH, on the other hand, would rather stand in line if it'll save $$. Don't get me wrong, he's not by any means a tightwad. (He wants to buy us anniversary his/hers Rolex watches in St. Thomas on this cruise!) His reasoning is 'you could upgrade your watch for that 299.00 escape package,' and I see his point. However, the escape package sounds soooo neat. (What a surprise!) The other drawbacks? He told me I could book a massage, but he doesn't want one. (He'd rather spend the at sea days doing activities, plus he's not a fan of massages.) Also, the champagne breakfast..neither of us imbibe during the daytime. We'd enjoy champagne better w/our dinner or later at night. (uh-oh, the more I read over this, the more I'm talking myself out of it.) I guess my questions are..

Was it worth it to those of you who booked it?

Will they let us make Palo ressies for brunch instead of dinner?

Would they give us a bottle of champagne in lieu of at breakfast?

Also, does this have to paid off w/the rest of our cruise package, or can it be added on to our bill before we disembark? (I'd thought of paying secretly in advance, but don't want it on our itemized statement.) We booked through DCL.

I probably won't book it, but I'm concerned about not getting Palo brunch/spa ressies. We want to be on first DCL bus from airport.

Thanks

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Hi Mickeyhugger!

You may want to do a search in this as there was a pretty extensive thread on this very topic not too long ago.

Good luck!

 

[cindy21494]

I too am trying to decide if I want to get this package for our anniversary. What I found out is that the spa is not booked ahead of time, you have to make those when you get on board. I have also heard different opinions about the Palo brunch and tea. Some have said you can book those ahead of time and some have not been able too. My TA called DCL and was told you can only book the dinner ahead of time, so I don't know which is right. Hopefully someone can tell us which it is based on what they were actually able to do.

My biggest problem is my DH also will not do the massage. He will do the surial ritual with me, but I don't know if you can substitute the massage for something else. My TA asked DCL for me, but she was told that since the spa is operated by another company, I wouldn't be able to find out until I got on board.

Too bad there isn't a way to put together a package with different options.

I have until October to decide, so hopefully I can get some more information from others that have already gotten this package.

I wouldn't worry about getting Palo dinner ressie's too much, We got on board very late last time (at 4:20, long and frustrating story) and still were able to get Palo dinner ressie's on the night we wanted and only a half hour later than we wanted. The spa was harder for us, but mainly because we had our DD who was two and needed to go to Flounder's nursery, so we only had a few times at the spa to choose from.

I might just try putting together something myself. Make the spa and Palo ressie's as a surprise and have a romantic stateroom gift basket made up and sent to our room.

Good luck, hopefully others have more detailed information.

 

[disneybride96]

Try this thread for my recent experience:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=501228&highlight=+romance

We did get to book the massage in advance, but I am not sure about changing the treatment.
My DH was reluctant to have his first massage too....now he is an addict!

 

[Mickeyhugger]

Thank you Disneybride, cindy21494 and crsndsny! Maybe I will go ahead and book! Now I wonder how I can book this without DH finding out!