DebJ14

One day we each used 2 vouchers at the pool bar, went to the Suite Lounge for pre-dinner cocktails and then to Giovanni's Table for dinner. When we told the waitress we wanted to use a voucher each for a glass of wine, she came back and said they were all used up for that day and that she would have to charge us. We said fine, and had Maria deal with reversing the charges the next day. That is how we found out the bar waiter was using our vouchers in the Suite Lounge. Others heard our conversation with the Concierge and chimed in that they too had been denied drinks in other bars and knew they had not used all their vouchers and it opened up the floodgates. She had to fix many accounts, and was still fixing them at debarkation and promised she would take care of everyone.

I have always had a Suite Card. The Concierge on the AOS explained that due to staff shortages, she had to pull bartenders from other bars and they didn't seem to get the concept of FREE drinks in the Suite Lounge. Those who were first timers or did not qualify for coupons actually got charged money for their drinks. She spent lots of time fixing accounts. On VY an officer said they were instructed to keep track of how many drinks were being consumed in the Suite Lounge. I jokingly said it was either to figure out a way to have more cutbacks and/or raise the prices on the suites. He did not disagree with me!

On our last 2 cruises they definitely asked for the cabin number in the Suite Lounge or for the Sea Pass to get the folio number On the AOS in 2023 the waiter mistakenly used up our Diamond vouchers, so they were unavailable to use in the MDR or by the pool. Thankfully, Concierge Maria fixed the problem for us, but seemed unable to set the bar waiter straight, so she had to fix it multiple times. On the Voyager in Jan. 2024, the drinks from the Suite Lounge appeared on the bill as $0.00.

Same here!

That was also our experience in Bermuda. We take our passport cards off the ship in ports. The Drivers Licenses stay in the safe along with the passport books

Absolutely nailed it. We never heard a peep from the family in the connecting cabin, but the people on the non-connecting side ran their TV loudly all night long.

The hotels we stay in both in the US and Mexico provide full service every day and evening turndown that includes fresh towels, ice and emptying the trash cans. We tried once daily service on another line and hated it. Never got the extra towels we asked for. Hubby showers twice daily, just as he does at home so I always lost my washcloth. We also never got the second bucket of ice that we requested multiple times.. They filled the ice bucket in the morning and after a long day out and about, I need to ice my ankle that has chronic tendinitis. Kinda hard to do with a bucket of water. (I bring an icebag from home). Guess we will continue to book a category with twice daily service, even if the cost of the cruise is double. We'll just go much less often, so they won't make as much money on the specialty restaurants, casino, excursions etc.

M6 is also Reserve Class. On the Regal those are the forward cabins with the huge balconys. The M1 Reserve Class are more mid ship. M6 is cheaper than M1, but still Reserve Class.

They should contact their Congressman. Ours sends out a weekly newsletter and says if anyone needs help getting a passport issued to please contact the Congressman's local office and the staff will assist you in getting appointments or if you have already applied, they can somehow speed up the process.

I never said 3, and besides that was just from our last cruise. We have only traveled in a GS or above since 2012 and I can assure you that during bridge tours, backstage tours, and in the SL we were repeatedly told by Pinnacles ( wearing their badges) that a suite was a waste of money because they never spent any time in their cabin. I can assure you that if I was in an inside I would never spend any time in the cabin either. But in a GS, OS or PH suite on Princess we do spend lots of time in the cabin or on the balcony. Actually, we found the nicest group to be those in the Yacht Club on MSC, many of whom were former RCI and Celebrity cruisers.

We did not decide until right around Christmas 2022 to book AD for Feb 2023. I don't call $3900 for 2 people for 5 nights in a GS cheap. But, we had not cruised at all since 2019, so the money we would have used on 3-4 cruises per year was still in the bank.

We had several Pinnacles in our SL on our last cruise bragging that they were in the cheapest inside possible. They pretty much told us we were fools for paying for a full suite. Ah, but we do get double points and that is the only reason we made it to Diamond with so few RC cruises.

Seems kind of crazy that just before the pandemic they were required to do away with all single use disposable items, including butter pats and straws because of that judge in Florida.. I would have thought that public health would have prevailed and allowed them to return to the more sanitary single use items. Sorry, but way too many times I have had to send drinking glasses and coffee cups back because they were dirty. No way am I drinking straight out of a glass. Those crocks of butter on the buffet are gross half way through lunch! I will bring my own individually wrapped plastic straws. Before they went to the candy straws they were using paper straws, but they were glued with wheat paste. As a celiac if I had not been forewarned by specila needs to avoid them, I would have been really ill.

Hubby and I are both Diamond. Haven't seen any VIPF offers in years!

Yes to all. Giovanni's Table was actually the most helpful as our waitress from Peru has a child back home with severe food allergies, so she went out of her way to get the chef to do things, as well as going out into Windjammer trying to find food I could have. My husband is also GF, but doesn't have any other issues, so he fared better than I did.