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Okay, so you have an opinion. I was actually responding to the part where the poster said it should be limited to an appropriate fare spent. My question to that poster was what exactly would that (appropriate fare) be? Regardless, everyone spends what they spend. I just wanted to know what the poster considered "appropriate". We were kind of a victim of the last major change. They added Emerald which we were for exactly one cruise. We were going to make D on that cruise but because of the addition of Emerald, we had to wait one. Not really a big deal, but it has happened.

It's not about the total weight on it. For Northstar. It's about the evacuation equipment which has a weight limit. It's a harness system.

We haven't done ifly but when we did Northstar they did weigh us.

2015? Not many D or D+ then either.

This. Freezing breast milk as I said is something some do when at home. I "overproduced" with my sons (1983 and 1986) and just dumped lol. Those that I follow who freeze do so at home and freeze in home freezers. It's not something women do when traveling. Trying to freeze and them travel just isn't the norm.

Did you or did you not post a post from the YT video? Same user? Totally different than what I saw. Confused. The other quote was from where? ??? Same poster?

41 years and we are the same. We pick, but we love each other. No marriage is perfect even though some will protest that theirs are. DH drives me absolutely insane, but I could never imagine being with anyone else and he feels the same way.

What exactly would that be? We always cruise in JS and have spent a heck of a lot more than some to get to D+. Oh, and we've done 4 or 5 cruises in GS. One cruise in a full suite doesn't cost as much as multiple cruises in a JS. 🙂 Think about it.

I have never worn shorts (nor has my DH) in the MDR at dinner. LOL. Twice a day service was always strange to me and we've stayed in resorts and in high end hotels. The reality is so many things have been "dumbed down". It's all about the $$$. Even if it means lowering the experience for everyone.

We just saw a couple on Jewel that we had met on Harmony last year. It happens.

They both start with the same user name. There also were only two comments on the video. One was just a couple of words.

You mean those of us that have actually been onboard in the last month and a half since she returned from Europe?

I just went back to confirm what I saw last night and this is the post I see. Where did the part about the CC member come from? There is no "read more" after this quote: Topofthelinetommy 6 days ago I just got off this ship 2 days ago. I was incredibly disappointed by Royal Caribbean. It's a very nice renovated ship. The ships capacity is 2700 and we had 800 people, you would think it would have better service. The restaurants were not very good. I highly recommend getting off at Port and exploring. Chopped was pitiful, I had better steak at Outback and when the manager was told about the food he replied with "we will leave it at that"... Izumi was great, the mailing dining room alright. The ship also has steam and sauna which is completely free and great after the gym.

First, the OP isn't the one who said they were onboard with 800. They saw it on a post on a YT video by someone who supposedly was on after it came back to PC. Second, by "came across", they said they came across the video, not that they came across on the ship. Please actually read the entire thread.

I understand why women freeze it, but when traveling most just dump if they have too much. Those that freeze normally do it while at home for future use. It's not about flying with it, it's the fact she wants to freeze it. Traveling with anything frozen is more difficult than just keeping it cold.

You can absolutely use your phone in US ports while onboard. We do it all the time. We also used ours in San Juan and St. Thomas. We cruise out of Baltimore all the time and don't turn on airplane mode until we get past the bridge tunnel (rt 13) (at the bay/ocean). We've also done the SE coast cruise several times and as soon as we're in port in Charleston or PC we turn off airplane mode. Also do the same thing in New England (Mass and Maine).

I basically did post just that where I said that our b2b and the cruise following were near capacity.

I saw a post on FB last week of an ad for galley staff. Royal was looking to hire several hundred galley staff, chefs, etc. So, yes, they are short staffed. We talked to the chef on Jewel in Nov about the quality of the strip steak. He wasn't happy with it either but they have to work with what they get.

Women normally freeze for future use so she'd have to transport it home frozen which isn't easy at all.

This isn't about you. It's about a post on a YT that is more than likely incorrect. Every other cruise since Jewel returned to PC has had over 2200 people onboard.

So, someone in the comments says there were 800 on board. I still don't buy it. The ship has been sailing near capacity since it returned to PC.

No, I'm saying you didn't provide the video.

I went and looked at the schedule and edited my answer prob at the same time you quoted me. I still want to know who the YTer was or what the title of the video was. The OP saying they just "came across" it doesn't carry any weight.

We were on Jewel of the Seas Nov 6 and 13 for a b2b and there were about 2500 on each leg. For Thanksgiving, they were expecting a full ship. It was the cruise after ours as we got off the 19th (Sunday before Thanksgiving). I don't think 800 is correct. Who is the YTer who posted that?

In April there were something like 27 Pinns on the 12 night and 15 or so on the 8 night and both had the separate Pinn area. What was really funny was on the 6 night Bermuda in July, we as D+ had the third highest point count onboard (435 or so) and there were only 2 Pinns onboard so we got to go onstage at the Top Tier event as the top three cruisers and get our photo (group) taken with the Captain. So, yeah, some itineraries have very few. 12 night always has more than other itineraries. So, they did have the separate area set up on the 8 and 12 night but I don't remember it on the 6 night. We've gone out of Baltimore on RCI 12 times and the longer itineraries always have the most.