Bring your own instant coffee, or get the coffee card. The coffee in the buffet is syrup in a bag. Bring a travel coffee mug if you want to save trips getting the coffee if you do decide to drink their coffee. If you drink slot of water take a water bottle with you.
My tip would be to make spa appointment prior to trip if possible. I did it almost immediately upon boarding ship and barley got an appointment...glad I did.
If you drink coffee/lattes, water, alcohol and/or soda, try to get the beverage package. We got a complimentary beverage package that included all of these drinks. It was well worth booking a trip where that was included! Each of those drinks has separate packages but try to get the all inclusive.
make sure you book excursions through the ship instead of an outside source. I had one excursion we couldn't go on through no fault of our own, and got cheated out of the money
Find out if there are large groups already going as they tend to take over the ship and buffet seems to cater to them. Used to enjoy eating there as always had a large selection for lunch and dinner.
One thing both my wife and I found to be annoying and disappointing was the constant selling. Several times we made comments to each other that we felt like we were at a flea market or stuck on a time share cruise. Tables out in the hallways filled with cheap merchandise, rolls of low quality gold chains etc. is not the views I want to see when I am trying to walk to dinner.
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