Category "S" gets you priority embarkation as well as disembarkation. HAL always embarks passengers in wheelchairs first and then those hold "Priority Embarkation Cards" which are pax in "PS" and "S" cabins. (It's great!!
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We were upper level forward in the dining room and felt absolutely no unusual, excessive or even noticeable vibration. I think it is true that the tables on the lower level at the stern are experiencing more vibration than they should. Have your TA request a table on the upper level of the dining room. Should not be a problem as "S" usually get their table requests granted.
I highly recommend going to Odyssey one evening. It is a really beautiful room, with superior service and the food is wonderful. During our two weeks aboard, we dined there three times and loved each dinner there. If you are a beef eater, the ribeye steaks and the portherhouses are as good as we have ever had at any of the highly touted, well-known steakhouses.
If you like chocolate......a MUST is "Volcano" for dessert. It is a chocoholic's idea of heaven.
As to which evening....are you Eastern or Western itinerary? The menus are not exactly in the same order. I posted all of the menus from our two weeks on CC....I'll provide a link to that thread if you wish.
Don't worry about asking too many questions....I never get tired of talking cruises and HAL cruises in particular
