Thoughts on the Adventure?

[wendlle]

Sounds like I would enjoy this cruise then. We're going to try next year.

Good that you have this option close to you, now that the Wonder isn't sailing to Australia! I had really wanted to the a trans-Pacific and/or the special longer itineraries from Sydney that went to NZ, but never got around to it. Oh, well.

I really wanted to do the Honolulu to Sydney but never got to it either

 

[leeleemurph]

I was on the maiden voyage, we travelled from Ireland to Singapore. Also spent five days in Singapore to experience that. Absolutely phenomenal city, would go again in a heartbeat.

In terms of the Adventure, I loved it. The theming just blew me away, it's so beautiful. San Fransokyo is so, so cool and the imagination garden is gorgeous, especially at night. They just completely crushed it with the themed areas, so stunning.

We had a deluxe inside stateroom themed to Frozen and it was perfect for us. Loved the shower though can see that it could be an issue for families needing a bathtub. We actually barely spent time in the room as we were always out and about exploring.

I wasn't overly bothered by the lack of an adults only pool as we don't spend much time at the pool anyway. We were moreso disappointed in the lack of adult only trivia or things like that. In saying that, on such a short sailing we found it hard to see everything!

Food was fantastic and loved the wider variety of foods than what we get on the other ships. Any staff we encountered were so lovely and helpful and very excited to be there and to help you out.

Only real queues we had were to pay for merch on the first night and one day to get into the sit down lunch in Navigators Club. We got a meet and greet with Baymax but couldn't get any of the others, they were always booked out. So if characters are a priority for you then just temper expectations there and be prepared to be on the app a bit to try and get a spot.

Disappointing to not get to try the rollercoaster but it didn't ruin it for us. Really enjoyed all of the shows, the Avengers and Remember show were great! Also really liked the Moana show, more than the Treasure version actually.

Like any ship there were pros and cons, but overall we had a blast and were so glad that we did it. I'd definitely sail on her again and tie it into a wider Asia trip. They've done a great job with it.

 

[Duckbug.Ducktales]

Also really liked the Moana show, more than the Treasure version actually.

Wow, high praise for that show!

 

[leeleemurph]

Wow, high praise for that show!

I just didn't really the Treasure version, I felt it dragged on a bit and we had a Maui that wasn't great! (Puppetry was great though) The Adventure one was a nice condensed version of the story, short and sweet That's just my opinion though!

 

[wendlle]

We had a deluxe inside stateroom themed to Frozen and it was perfect for us. Loved the shower though can see that it could be an issue for families needing a bathtub. We actually barely spent time in the room as we were always out and about exploring.

I wasn't overly bothered by the lack of an adults only pool as we don't spend much time at the pool anyway. We were moreso disappointed in the lack of adult only trivia or things like that. In saying that, on such a short sailing we found it hard to see everything!

Food was fantastic and loved the wider variety of foods than what we get on the other ships. Any staff we encountered were so lovely and helpful and very excited to be there and to help you out.

I also have booked a Frozen themed inside deluxe, I've seen pictures and looks perfect for us. I do wish that they kept the magic portholes from some of the other ships, but that's not a huge issue for us.

Oh bummer about lack of adults only trivia, I enjoy those but I think this ship is really focusing on families and a lot of Asian families really do almost everything together, so they really aren't into dropping kids off at the club and doing things without the kids so can see why they are more focused on the entire family with the entertainment and offerings, but maybe as they see more adults asking for adults only options they may (hopefully) add some more in the future - the lack of adults only pool isn't a bother for me, If I'm at the pool it's with my kids so never used the adults only areas really anyway.

 

[leeleemurph]

I also have booked a Frozen themed inside deluxe, I've seen pictures and looks perfect for us. I do wish that they kept the magic portholes from some of the other ships, but that's not a huge issue for us.

Oh bummer about lack of adults only trivia, I enjoy those but I think this ship is really focusing on families and a lot of Asian families really do almost everything together, so they really aren't into dropping kids off at the club and doing things without the kids so can see why they are more focused on the entire family with the entertainment and offerings, but maybe as they see more adults asking for adults only options they may (hopefully) add some more in the future - the lack of adults only pool isn't a bother for me, If I'm at the pool it's with my kids so never used the adults only areas really anyway.

Yeah the demographic is definitely a lot different on the ship, a lot more large family groups who are doing everything together. So that explains the lack of adult only activities and spaces. It may evolve over time when they look at their data around who is booking. It's such a short sailing that we wouldn't have even had time to do the pool if there was an adults only one so we were fine with that.

Hope you have the best time! It's a beautiful ship and it is different but I liked that it was a brand new experience. I think some of the negativity is unwarranted, not every ship needs to be the exact same and every ship will have its pros and cons.