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Mona Gutierrez <mgutierrez@rccl.com> Team Lead Dining/AffairWhere Administration OR Marlene Prieto Administrator, Restaurant Operation Food & Beverage Operation (305)539-6000 | mprieto1@rccl.com OR RCLDINING@RCCL.COM Funny, I have never failed to get email confirmation for any dining request I have made in 28 cruises. Keep in mind special seating requests for MTD must be made once on board.

Done and done and 20K pts richer. This is one reason to be a Cruise Critic! Thoughtful info from fellow cruisers....Thank you WORKING FOR OBC!

Or Delta flight miles. We haven't paid for air transportation for years! This is a great deal. I will pay off our upcoming cruise and get those points. Thx.

I will fit in just fine!!!! Can see myself now sitting in the pool at Swim and Tonic! Ahhhhhhh!

I'm hoping they do more than just music and lighting in the Pearl. From what I've seen online, these things can do much more. It would be a waste of $$$ and technology not to do video of some kind in there. They can project anything on those walls like the IMAX etc. Can't wait to check it out.

I wouldn't call $12 an hour low wages for that type of job in the states....more than I was making at my office! Many fast food places pay that wage now. California=$15. Each state has its own although the national is $7.25. No state may pay lower than that. I would never tip a fast food person. Wage increase comes with experience and responsibility. We tip in full service restaurants and always over tip on ships. But don't agree with you. That's Life, we all pay our dues. And then move on to bigger and better things.

As I reported about Navi once, we booked last minute the day before departure, a GTY and found out the cabin # as we were unloading our luggage! But it was a great last minute deal and cruise! They were Beta testing the Virtual Balcony cabins, we got one...we liked it!

Everything you said is pretty much incorrect. Tips are exactly the same whether you pay up front or they ad them every day: From the website: As of September 7th, 2022, the automatic service gratuity of $16.00 USD per person, per day for guests in non-suites staterooms, or $18.50 USD per person, per day for guests in Suites, will be applied to each guest’s SeaPass account on a daily basis. The gratuity applies to individual guests of all ages and stateroom categories. Applying this charge automatically helps streamline the recognition process for the crew members that work to enhance your cruise. Nothing is mentioned anywhere about any discount for paying up front. From personal experience having paid by both methods, the amount is exactly the same. And anyone is entitled to My Time Dining at any time on any ship in the fleet. That's why you select your dining time on your booking. Doesn't cost anything and is not a privilege reserved for Pay up front grats.

There are soldiers with weapons on every pier at these ports. I would never be the least bit concerned about any of the things you worry about. If you stay onboard everywhere you'll be missing the time of your lives. Please go and expect a carefree vaca, you won't regret it. And RCCL makes your safety a priority not to put you in harms way, at least on the ship. They avoid storms with great aplomb. OR...if you're more comfortable, take a camping trip with all those family members in your backyard. I'm sure you'll all be safe there!

Tell that to Chicago, New York and LA. At least you made me laugh.

They tell you to use your set sail pass until your card is available. We have no problems.

We purposely choose Sept. as our prefered month because of them. Fares are pretty much cheaper at the height of the season, yet on 15 cruises we've done in Sept. only one was a problem...and that was easily solved by rebooking our flight out of San Antonio 2 days earlier. Got to the port the day before and our cruise went on as planned. Only one other time was our itinerary changed, they started at the end in order and went backwards that fixed it. They are great at workarounds during storms, don't sweat it. We cruise Sept. 3rd coming up in fact on Allure...can't wait.

Are you familiar with the term "Pot Stirrer"? Maybe not.

Ahhhhh Cafe Al Bacio, my favorite venue on Celebrity. There every morning and evening for latte and croissant. Love it!

But most of Ben's negative comments were about the temperature of the food which has nothing to do with the content of the dish. Second take was the blandness. The Temp problem should be alleviated with no trouble, I'm hoping they get it right by our Allure in Sept. I won't complain so much about the dishes, but I'll send it right back if it's cold.

We're doing Resort for a Day in Sept. on Allure in Coz at the Allegra resort, same price as Nachi almost but much nicer pools, beach and restaurants. In fact its just next door to Nachi. Good reviews. We'll likely just visit Bananarama at Roatan or even do the ship's tour to Tabyana just so we can get there cheap. Been so many times, but we're traveling with Nlaws this time who haven't been. I usually just stand out in the water with a drink all day! LOL We're staying onboard at Costa Maya. One and done.

Milk cows? LOLOLOLOL

Last time was in 2014 on Allure, all I did was call up room service and they brought this, no charge and set it on our balcony. No Suite either, just cabin 11729: Guess those days are gone. We have had a few fruit/toast/rolls on balcony since then, but never eggs.

We didn't find out we didn't get it until we'd been sitting in the grand centrum of Grandeur for 3 hours boarding day!

Thanks for the ride Twangster, as usual great photography! Loved that moon shot...wow!

I've been looking for it for 25 years, have seen it twice, but never got it on camera. I'm told it's impossible on a ship because of the movement. From Hawaii:

We thought that section was completely useless, just a street gang kinda area. We never got to do the bumpers either. It was always just youngsters hangin out throwin balls around and then the burger upstairs in the sports bar was a big disappointment. We went up there twice and then never again.

Loved Odyssey but Oasis class for us all the way. You can't beat the 270 show The Book though, it was stupendous.

We did it on Odyssey in December boarding day and loved it! I had the Carbonara, Todd had Lasagna, both delish! Desserts were fabulous!

We were there before it ever became Maya Key. It was called Fins & Flippers then I think. They built a fake pyramid and renamed it. Snorkeled there but like the West End coral better.