Huge chip lots to do, but never felt overly crowded. I can’t wait till I get back on her.
Embarkation
5 out of 5
Royal Caribbean has this down pat. Had a 12:30 embarkation time and got on without a hiccup. I even had an earlier dining reservation at the Mason Jar at 11:30 so they let us in at 11:00 with no worries. We were on and eating lunch by 11:40.
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
4 out of 5
MDR
The main dining room food like most reviews was hit or miss. The steak the first night was shoe leather quality but the few other meals we had in the main dining room was pretty good. Miss the days of unlimited lobster but it is what it is. The dining room itself was beautiful and the waitstaff was their normal excellent. They even were able to get us in on a late dinner one night coming on the ship late from St. Thomas, a quick 25 min wait and they found room for us.
Speciality Restaurants
We ate dinner in Hooked, 150 central Park, Chops and the Mason Jar. My favorite was 150 central oark. Food
Onboard Activities
5 out of 5
So much to do and see. From laser tag and escape rooms to typically corny cruise shows. Movies on the deck. Music hall was my favorite for live music. There is always something going on to see, do or eat. The option to do Zero.Zero is always an option as well if you just want to chill. My girlfriend did the spa and said it was great including the drinks at the vitality spa.
Entertainment
5 out of 5
Although there are no Broadway style shows the entertainment that they had on board was really really good from the musicians to the Aqua show to the stomp style dance show they had were all top notch. Comedians were really good. I wish there would’ve been more variety with them like a second different set or adult show instead of just one show but I loved it. The music Hall was my favorite to see live music. The schooner lounge is always great too one thing that disappointed me for the size of the English pub love going there, but it was always packed with tables hard to come by. Definitely go see the ice-skating show. It was different and interesting.
Service and Staff
5 out of 5
The royal Caribbean staff always go out of their way to make sure you’re having a fantastic time from the cabin Stewart’s to the bartenders to the waiters and waitresses. Everything was great any showing of an issue and they were right on it to fix it. Love Royal Caribbean for that.
Ship Quality
5 out of 5
As big as the wonder is only a few times did it ever seem packed anywhere. Breakfast at the windjammer is rough we chose alt to the buffet most of the time. The solarium bistro is a good option. Also the Royal Promenade when there are events people pack in there. Pools are cruise ship pools especially on sea days always busy and people love to hoard chairs but if you don’t care where you sit you can always find a spot. I love the solarium quiet and kid free.
Ship was very clean and the cabin stewards did a great job. They now only clean once a day due to cutbacks but we did the night time make up and it worked great.
Cabin / Stateroom
5 out of 5
I did the Royal up and went from an inside guaranteed room to a boardwalk balcony room, and it was fantastic. Some people say the noise is too much, but with the door closed, you could barely hear anything at night aside from the aqua show, which is once maybe twice if there’s a late show a day, but you could barely hear it with the door shut. The room is very spacious plenty of room for clothing, and for keeping waters and sodas, and everything in. The balcony was the selling point that little bit of extra space to sit outside of people, watch and get some fresh air. It was great joy each day to sit a few hours out there definitely recommend getting this room. I don’t like connecting state rooms, and this one had connecting door, but we didn’t hear a peep from our neighbors, so there must’ve been some good insulation between the two.
Ship tip
Word of advice would be plan early and keep going back to the app often. Things change, things get added, shows get added book your shows early as soon as they open up. Book your dinner reservations to specialty restaurants early too even if it’s full price if there is a sale on that restaurant call up customer service and they will honor the discounted rate. I did that I was able to change my reservation cost to the discounted rate but kept my reservation time. book earky!
Easy to get in and out of easy to park and very easy to get to the terminal love going out of this building that has a Florida resident. Poor Canaveral doesn’t do anything for me Kennedy space Center is nice if that’s what you’re into and have never seen it before
My excursion to St. John’s was canceled so we said the heck with it and did it on our own which happened to be even better than having an excursion. We ended up having more time there due to the fact that we didn’t go to Coco cay and was able to enjoy the entire St. John’s experience as well as some shopping in St. Thomas if you’re going to St. Thomas, I definitely recommend going to trunk Bay in St. John’s. Such a beautiful park.
Other than the Yoda guy museum that had all his great Star Wars stuff I really did not like Saint Martin Beach was OK but it just had the feel of being a bit rundown. I’m sure the hurricanes that went through there a few years ago had something to do with that, but even walking on the boardwalk area of the main drag Phillipsburg just felt off, and not safe on the backstreets
Chaos. I hate disembarkation day. While RC does a nice job of setting you up to get off the ship in a timely manner, the chaos of physically getting off is an 11 out of 10. It’s not just the wonder of the seas it’s all ships to be fair. Elevators like Japanese subway cars hallways like arteries after decades of fatty foods lol. It truly is the worst part of cruising. Dogs and cats living together mass hysteria. Packing Xanax and a self lobotomy for my next trip. lol. 😂
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