Kbonner

Don't want to stray away.

Is it the rumor that starting 2023 passengers have to bring their own food for day1?😎

21 hours ago, mramella said:

. And then they went with lower grade toilet paper that now feels like sandpaper. LOL.  

 

 

Cost saving toilet paper. Right. Backfires to RCI, I have to take now a 4-fold single paper. So actually quadrubles the toilet paper price for RCI🤣

On 3/2/2023 at 1:46 AM, Denversail said:

Everyone loves the Indian food. Why not have an Indian food speciality restaurant?

 

Indian food is constantly given an A+ in reviews. Why not add it as an up charge restaurant?

Fortunately we are not everyone. We do not like the Indian food at all, served at WJ. 

I even go so far to suggest getting rid of the daily Indian food station in favor of either

- an all American BBQ station, or

- typical country-specific food selection, representing the port of visit (country)

11 hours ago, island lady said:

Currently on Jewel B2B.  Cabin attendant just let us know today that the Jewel is starting their once a day cleaning by tomorrow's sailing, but it does not affect JS and above cats (as I understand is the case with all the ships in the fleet).  Thus we will still receive our twice a day next leg as well.  

 

 

Are JS- and suite guests producing much more dirt, trash and garbage than the other cabins?

5 hours ago, Cruise5life said:

 

if you did a land vacation.   
don’t you tip for services ???  

No.

Here all over in Europe the salaries of the service staff is by EU/national laws much much higher than in the USA. They do not live on tips here. If tipping, mainly because exceptional service was delivered. 

On the many b2b cruises we made friends with 2 financial officers from 2 different ships (even ate dinner with them). Without further compromising them, both stated independently that Royal "takes" a certain percentage of auto gratuities for "handling". The amount was low 2-digit percentage of the auto gratuities. The crew will never see this portion in their pooled pockets.

I do not want to pay salaries for all the behind the curtain crew, this is Royals job and needs to be incorporated in the cruise fare. I want to tip those who serve me .

Since the financial officers confirmation, auto gratuity is not what I endorse.

Being from Europe and reading the excessive tipping issues here, I tend to think that - isolated to US citizen- they have a tipping inferiority complex. Standing by for corrections.

Well my decision is: when not in a suite with continued twice daily cabin service, I will opt out of automatic gratuity and pay (in a regular balcony cabin or lower category ) just 50% of the required gratuity scheme. It will not harm the cabin steward as he has now double the rooms once per day. He just has twice the amount of envelopes with less cash inside. 

So now we know that  for suite guests it stays with 2 times full daily service. For all other cabins reduced to one time.

Does that mean that suite guests have to pay double the cabin steward gratuity, or do regular cabin users now pay only 50% of steward gratuities. 

My last steward told me under the old cabin scheme he needs to serve roughly 12-13- cabins, now he needs to serve ca 25 cabins. Does he really get potentially a pay (gratuity) increase by 100% ?

6 hours ago, fredmdcruisers said:

Complain and get a FCC % off!

Royal Caribbean Cheerleader?

If no plans for the evening - eat one lobster at first seating, followed by a second lobster at MTD, followed by a third lobster at second seating 

On 2/6/2023 at 10:15 PM, cruiseboy89130 said:

Hope everybody is cutting the tips - if they are playing these childish games with their customers!

Who are they to decide what you want to eat and in what order!

Hope many people show them who is the boss!

Stand up and leave in protest . the headwaiter will run after you in fear of his tip. You will get your second lobster quick

I observed these large group cruises on ea of our cruises. Terrible. There is a group called "Diamonds" or " Diamands plus". They seem to be everywhere, they even block a lounge 24/7

7 hours ago, taglovestocruise said:

Plain and simple, you dressed inappropriately.  Royal has guidelines for dress, following the guidelines would be the proper thing to do. You disrespect the establishment as well as other guests when your actions are self indulgent.  So sad there are so many who cannot follow simple tasks. 

As a frequent cruiser, I have never experienced guests that are showing off in such gutter clothing like tankshirts and flip-flops in CK on formal nights. Is this rude and selfish behavior isolated to US departures? Does it come along with people who cruise once in 10 years in a suite and do not understand common social behavior?

If you are a swinger, a balcony with sofa for 4 is fine as you have to climb over each other . Also bring no luggage with you and develop a shift plan for usage of the tiny bathroom

Last 2 weeks on Radiance: Formal nights in Chops and Giovannis -suite guests in tank shirts, shorts, flip-flops (as confirmed by employees), all rest decent dress, long pants and nice shirt or even suits

i do not notice any construction works ongoing her on Rh

6 hours ago, flamingos said:

I would imagine the government of the country the ship is sailing to.

 

TAs only sail to Europe.

There is no European country that mandates a test/test result for entering the relevant country.

This is all RCCL selfmade obstruction 

A "DO NOT DISTURB" sign

21 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

It's a new ship, folks are excited to sail her. Gonna be crowds for a while

Not so new. She has been used extensively by us in Europe.

34 minutes ago, island lady said:

We are currently on Wonder.  210 Pinnies on this TA...about the same as usual, maybe even less. 

 

On the first two weeks before the TA there were 19 on the first one (upper Tier in Music Hall), 93 on the second one (upper tier in Aqua theater).  Pinnacles allowed in SL, and a two night max in CK during those two weeks.   

 

Now...non-suite Pinnies are not allowed into CK or the SL at all, and not keyed into them.  The Solarium Bistro is a nice set up for all three meals, Pinnacles only (can't fit them all into Chops for breakfast).  And the Music Hall is very nice for happy hour (huge display of happy tisers, much more than the SL).  

 

Music Hall was set up for the 93 Pinnacle week as well, but not the Bistro.  

 

The numbers of upper tier are so huge on this ship, they separated the upper tier party into two groups, two different times in the Aqua Theater.   Pinnacles/D+, then later...Ds, Emerald, Platinum.  

Also currently on Wonder:

I have been in the suite lounge/CK 3 times. At all times the suite lounge was completely deserted, no suite guests. The constant whining of the suite guests that they need the lounge for themselves is ridiculous. If you desire the lounge or /CK , use it. The CK is from 8pm until closing about half-way occupied. They could have opened the suite lounge/CK plus the suite sun deck unrestricted. Very view suite guests use the facilities.

Thus, they could easily open the Solarium bistro to everybody. The big bottleneck are the suite guests who do not use the suite lounge, CK, suite sun deck to justify an exclusion of Pinnacles, cascading/impacting reserved and actual unnecessary Pin facilities down to all C&A levels.

Any WonderotS blocks received yet?

12 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

 

Have either of you received your ship blocks? I still haven’t received mine from the Odyssey in October and the Wonder in March.

Nope, our Wonder are also missing

...the Pinnacles

we made it some years ago on Rhapsody in the Med. It was the time when  it meant something to Royal to get new Pins. The actual ceremony was conducted by the Guest Relation Officer with introduction and Q's and A's during the Top Tier Event. After the ceremony we were invited to the lounge and a big cake waited for us and all of the senior crew members. Everybody had a great time up there and in the evening HD Alcides invited us to specialty dinner. It was a memorable event, in contrast to the crappy celebration nowadays where Mr Cheapo HD (yes there are some very few exceptions) prefers to safe "his" money for his personal year end bonus scheme.....