DamonG

My wife and I were also on this cruise. It was amazing! We had breakfast every morning in Coastal Kitchen, and ate dinner in specialty almost every night. All of our servers were fantastic. The food was mostly very good. By the end of the week, we just tired of eating so much food, and skipped dinner the last 2 nights. The shows on Symphony are the best of any cruise I have been on. Hairspray and Hiro were very good, Flight was spectacular.

On Symphony 2/24 and Adult Comedy show, as well as all the other production shows opened up today for reservations.

Does anyone have a guestimate of when 2026 Alaska cruises are released?

I get your overall point, but if you are wanting a quiet vacation away from others, sailing on the largest cruise ship in the world will not be the best fit your wants.

$20 cover charge and 2 drink minimum at all shows!

I just finished this latest survey myself. They are also asking questions about $399 and $499 per guest per 7 days for unlimited dining packages. My next cruise on Symphony is 8 nights and I have booked the package for myself and wife at $250 each. Cruise prices are increasing dramatically and now they are floating the idea of $800 more per week per couple for dining package?

I hope you reconsider where you are getting your information.

You are correct on this rucruisn2. I only responded to your earlier reply about leaving Miami on Nov 24th. You just had put the wrong month, because by Nov sailings it will be out of Galveston.

Harmony is leaving Galveston on Nov. 26.

As many have mentioned, the crew signs a contract. My question is, let's say a waiter signed a contract for 52K/year. Are tips additional money to that 52K/year, or is Royal using the pool of tip money to pay that crew member his contract of 52K?

How far out are things like the UDP normally added to the cruise planner? One of my cruises is booked for a little further out than normal, and it currently just says coming soon. I am hoping they hit the planner in time for Black Friday.

My wife and had a great day at the Beach Club in January. Food was amazing and service was great. We were on Harmony at only 2100 passengers and another ship was also in port, but the Club was maybe 50% capacity. We paid 88$ per person. No way I could justify paying 250$ or more per person to go there. It is very nice, but that is way too much IMO. Once you start charging that much, drinks should be included.