trey420

The slides have a schedule and are down at times.  The weather shut down the tube slide when wind is to much.  The rock climb got shutdown due to sun heating rock thing up.  Otherwise all worked fine.  When you go down the tube pick the black one.  And prepare to feel the booty bumps from the connection between sections of the slide.  Not the worst but my brothers girl didn't want to use it anymore. 

Food has been great.  Excursions have been fun and entertaining. I ate iguana in Belize, it was very boney.  The sauce was good and flavorful.  Went cave tubing that was different.  Ate termites off a tree.  Kinda minty but the exoskeleton winds up everywhere. Today I'm debating going to tulum or staying on the ship.

The TV outage is not that bad like you said.   Saturday night fever was on last night.  I skipped it.  Food has been great so far.  Enjoyed karaoke last night. 

Sorry if I wasn't clear.  I am on a family cruise.  When I say my family didn't know I mean like aunt uncle ect.  I obviously knew already it was out.  Not a surprise, but for them, some didn't even realize there was a TV there.

I got on here Sunday it's been a pretty good cruise so far.  Embarkation was good.  I had low expectations on the food as I had seen recent comments.  The steaks I've had so far have been great.  I sent one back at Sabor, it was overdone.  It was also to salty (tampiqana).  I totally messed up the spelling there.  They brought me a new one and it was much better closer to medium rare.  There have been misses like the chicken sandwich for lunch yesterday. 

The worst thing is the buffet.  I think I pretty much gave up on that.  I can't say I'll never go but I understand if you don't.  The number of people there is to much.  The kids man!  Nasty! Just gross man.  The parents just let little Johnny find what he wants himself even if he can't see over the counter.  I see kids eating with thier hands in line off the plate on the way to the next tray of food.  Parents just watch it happen. Go to the MDR. Or just accept it. 

Cool thing is I found a duck while on the promenade with my aunty and her daughter. We plan to take a pic with it in Belize. Will hopefully post him and who he's from that day. Or rather the day after in cozumel.  I only have internet in Mexico. 

Next real complaint is with the gaming situation.  I know most of you don't game at all.  But my lady and I love a good on rails shooter to play together. They have plenty options here for that type of play.  Terminator, house of the dead, and some other army one. Also some 2 player racing games available. That's awesome.  So what's the problem? They shut off the second player on all the games due to... covid. I mean for real you normally know the guy you're gonna play against why cut that off?  I prepaid for arcade play and went to the customer service to get that refunded, and they did. 

Another note is if you want a compass now you gotta ask for it.  

I rode the slides yesterday they were awesome. Fast and furious (well for a guy in his 40s), The first day they were very slow not fun.  They put a big royal Caribbean tarp over the TV on deck.  Most my family didn't even know there was a TV there.  So I guess that's working for them.  I still have the tube slide to try as it's been down each time I've tried to use it. Did rock climbing, my fat butt got 1/3 the way up the easy route, then a combo of fright and exhaust made me give it up.

So it's been good so far.  Minor issues nothing critical. The ship needs a rehab.  My hall is filled with water stains. Looks bad. The TV on deck issue.

I just bought e med kits so no running around trying to find anything.  I think doing them on my own is better anyway.  Costlier though. 

How do you rent a scooter on the ship?  Never heard of this.

5 hours ago, not-enough-cruising said:

The “poor crew pay” dialogue needs to die out. Many of the public facing employees (bar, food service, housekeeping) make more money on one contract with the cruise lines than they could make in several years at home. 
They are WELL aware of the hours and the work required, and they still flock to the industry 

Well do you have anything to back that statement up?  I'm not saying you're wrong.  But people just say stuff to fit their narrative a lot.  If they are short staffed I'm not sure what happened to the flock.

I don't wear one anymore.  I find just about everything is more fun without protection. 😌 

Wow that seems like you got your money worth. Was that mostly alcohol.  How toasted were y'all on day 2 lol?  No hate, party your way.

That does sound like a waste of time thanks @mojomanny for that info, I expect real ice cream from a 50s style restaurant.  I really liked the chili there.  Didn't care for much else but the chili.  Hopefully I don't find out it's not real meat lol.  Hell I'd probably still eat it.

3 hours ago, BillHoo said:

Hmmm.  I coulda swore I had a mini-fridge the last cruise.  Just looked at some photos of average Royal cabin and I believe you are correct!

 

Now that I recall... the last cruise, I had brought a big 7-11 48 oz. thermal mug and filled that with ice at the windjammer to have a cool drink onhand whenever I wanted.

 

This time, my plan for upcoming cruise is to bring a backpack cooler with a really big ziplock bag or two.  Fill the ziplock with ice and put it in the cooler bag with my canned beverages.  The backpack is waterproof, but I'll double bag the ice anyway.

Why do all that when you could just have the steward bring a bucket of ice?  She kept mine full last cruise. 

I buy everything I want.  I monitor the prices and if they drop I rebook.  Waiting for a price drop will leave you looking at a booked up excursion if you wait to long.  No good reason to wait really to maybe save.  

I can't say I'd care about the points.  If you are why join a group in the first place?  Just do your own thing.  

2 hours ago, flamingos said:

Every time we cruise. When we board I carry a beach bag with our swimsuits so we can go straight to the Solarium and get our first drink in the hot tub.  A 12 pack of coke fits neatly in the bottom of the beach bag. 

That's cool I'm gonna try it.  They don't give you grief at the xray either huh.  I cruise in 2 weeks I'll risk the 12 pack.

4 hours ago, flamingos said:

We bring a 12 pack of coke on every cruise, in my carryon.  Any leftovers, we leave for the room steward.

 

How many times you done that?

I bring water never tried soda.  You pack in bag?

I had lots of cloths on as it was cold seats didn't bother me much.  I would just ask for more pillows if I were you. Just don't leave em out there.

I have family cruise was wondering can we open dividers we got like 8 rooms in a row 

Get the massage and go to mdr or specialty restaurant.  You're basically wasting your massage rushing to chefs table. Just relax and chill.  

I like the shrimp cocktail, mainly just for the big shrimp.  I also like the lamb chops. I ask them to cut them single (they come 2 bone chop).  Cook med rare they are very good.  I had a big ribeye there but it was too fatty.  I got 2 nights there end of May and I might give the ribey another try.

What ship might help folks tell you.

I couldn't do 9 nights of it anyway.  

I decided this cruise I probably won't tip any extra.  I don't remove auto tip either. I won't tip for drinks or the specialty dinning as they already include a tip.  If my lady pukes in the trashcan again I will tip the steward though 🤮

What is prime for us that don't really know 

At least the slide was working when you went.  Both down on our trip last year.