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Many ships do have music playing in the Solarium. But, on some older ships, the systems do not work anymore. Sure would be nice, if they did have "ANY" music playing. That would be enough to act as a "White noise" to blur out the peoples individual conversations, and those that do the "Speakerphone" game.

I would think that at 19.4k posts, that you would be well aware of the library/card room situation on Royal ships. As others stated, it is an "Adult area" for "Adults", not children. I like to interact with other adults. That, is why I go to public areas on the ship that are designed for adults, such as the casino and Solarium.

Quick question. Many times while in the solarium, my daughter will tell me "Dad you're yelling" while we are in the pool talking with her and other people. What are all of your wonderful thoughts about that? As I am deaf/hard of hearing, and have to remove my hearing aids while in the pool.

Spot on. There is a library, if people want to have a silent, peaceful area to read. I prefer music in the Solarium.

You should definitely be able to use them for that. You can go to the clubroyaleoffers.com site to check the availability of the particular sailings. And, yes you can combine them for a better cabin.

Must have been the cruise to Hawaii. Couldn't believe the food situation.

Upon speaking to many friends that sail Carnival, I am very jealous of the choices of good quicks eats that they have. Celebrity's Edge Class ships are definitely "My speed". I have no interest in ever sailing on them, except maybe to try there food offerings. My only problem, is that the food quality on both Royal and Celebrity conitnues to slide downhill. It is the EXACT same food on both lines. The mystery meat burgers have gotten so bad, that I can barely stomach them. And, I can't sit for 2 to 2-1/2 hours in the main dining room, only to finally be served a meal that was not cooked properly.

This was my 25th cruise in the past 6 years. So, I feel as if I have firsthand experience to base my expectations on.

I have. This is my 9th cruise since the return. 7 of which were on Royal.

Well, Just got off of the 5/9/23, 12-night Hawaii Eclipse sailing. I'm sure that this will upset the "Loyalists"! But, the food quality was horrible on the Eclipse! I was on the 8-Night Beyond "Holiday sailing" from 12/26/22-1/3/23. The entire cruise, including the food was all phenomenal! As for our Eclipse sailing, I can't say enough about just how much the majority of the guests onboard were very disappointed with the food quality all over the ship. The buffet was pretty much identical, with minimal changes daily. The scrambled eggs were like soup! The quality of the "Celebrity" product has suffered severely! We looked up to Celebrity to be a big "Step up" in food quality! We now feel that Celebrity is being cheapened up, to save money/make the investors a larger profit. We feel like the exact same food that is being served on Royal Caribbean ships, is now the exact same food being served on Celebrity. It's really sad. The ships are sailing at up to 110% revenue capacity. And, they are still cutting the quality of the product. Many of us sailed during the restart immediately after the "Pandemic" to prove our loyalty. Now, I feel as if I should even consider booking anymore future cruises. While we have been very happy with my "move" from Royal Caribbean, to Celebrity Cruise Line, the current experinces will shape our future decisions. We dressed up in our "Finest" to go to the MDR on this cruise, only to find out that the "Aged Prime Rib of Beef" was not being served, as shown on the menu! Talk about a huge amount of the MDR guests being extremely upset! After 25 cruises in the past 26 years, the deficiences/intentional cutbacks are showing badly!

If it weren't for my 24 year old daughter telling me not to confront them, I was going to go off on them. It has gotten so damn bad with the "Entitlement", and lack of respect for others.

My daughter is on a lot of immunosupressants and infusions. She is highly allergic to dogs and cats. As stated by others. Even by an animal previously being in the cabin, she will have bad reactions. There is an expectation, that we will not have to be in contact with these things while on our cruise. While we don't sail Viking, we have experienced these first hand on Royal.

No more Azamara. Only Celebrity, Royal Caribbean, and SilverSea now.

This is exactly correct. I have free "Signature" internet. But, my GF and I each have 2 "Diamond +" days. She has to make a different login to use her free ones, and mine.

My daughter and I were on Oasis, March 5th-12th. It was soooooo bad. Besides the normal chair hogging, it was so out of hand with people "collecting" chairs. 2 people would grab 4 loungers and a table. Then, they would use the extra loungers to place their items on.

Yep. My daughter and I got off of the Oasis on March 12th. Every chair was completely hogged every day. Looked identical!

Best of luck to anybody trying to use wi-fi calling since the change to Starlink. I was on Harmony, Oasis, and Beyond since the installation, and was running on the "Premium" for all of them. Can't do Wi-fi calling. All calls immediately go to garbage, and when the other person can hear anything, they say that you sound like a robot. I use a Samsung S22 Ultra. MANY people complaining about this with Starlink on the ships. I never had a problem prior to the change. Now, wi-fi calling doesn't work.

Not an apples to apples comparison. No bar service, and a tiny horrible selection of machines is not a way to "Gauge" Non-smoker vs. Smoker revenue for the casino. It's ridiculous how many people walk around the Non-smoking section of the actual main casino smoking and vaping.

I was on the Holiday Beyond sailing in Sunset Verandah # 9327. During 2 of the 3 last nights, I about lost it, due to the loud banging/creaking every 5 seconds. No matter how late, drunk, or tired I was, it was bad. This almost drove me to ANY other quiet spot! BUT, what a beautiful ship the Beyond is!

Curious, as to what your "Observation" is, as to the average age? I'm going to be 52 on NYE! On, the NYE sailing. I'm really stressing, needing some "Fun" times. Not ready for retirement! NEED adrenaline!

Well............I can clearly see where it says "Full sailing - 12 Days". My guess would be, that it would be a "Good argument".

Not judgemental AT ALL! When TSA is looking at biometrics, this can be very important!

We were on the October 2-9th Harmony cruise? I just hit Diamond Plus on that one. Ironically, I received an email that was meant for my girlfriend yesterday, congratulating her on becoming Diamond!? Royal's IT at its finest! We now have 179 points actually showing in both of our accounts, as of yesterday. The points are correct. A little "off", congratulating us on "Diamond" status.

Yep! Our October 2-9th Harmony sailing was at 103% capacity.

Just got off of the Harmony this last Sunday October 9th. Mixed drinks are now $14.00. Upon speaking to the Solarium bartenders, I asked this same question. They said that all of the drinks they can make with the liquors in the Solarium bar, they are all within the $14.00 limit also.