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Had DPB on Harmony in March and received a can of ginger ale from every bar I went to. Never a question & never offered a fountain drink instead. YMMV

I always have to enter my name & reservation number twice to get it to work even though I’ve already got a bid in. We are currently in a JS on Explorer. I’ve bid just over minimum on an OS. Prior to my bid, suites were sold out. Last week, 2 OS appeared. Today those 2 are still there & there are now JS gty available. I optimistically see this as a good sign.

No additional gratuities on anything included with the cruise fare ie; complementary food and drinks but they will add gratuity to ANY on board purchase. If you purchase a dining or beverage package, gratuities are added at time of purchase. If you make the purchases individually, each purchase will have 18% gratuities added.

Going without this trip. I struggled in March (when the price with gratuities was $71 per day) to get what I perceived to be my money’s worth. I don’t drink smoothies or specialty coffees, had a few waters but also found the ship’s water tasted perfectly fine, maybe 1 soda per day. By day 4 I was ordering drinks I really didn’t want. Will be Diamond after this cruise so the vouchers will be plenty.

That’s about right. With gratuities, mixed drinks run about $15 per.

Does chapstick contain one of the restricted ingredients? Check the label! Make sure your sunscreen does not contain the following harmful substances on the "HEL list: Oxybenzone Octinoxate Octocrylene Homosalate 4-methylbenzylidene camphor PABA Parabens Triclosan Any nanoparticles or “nano-sized” zinc or titanium (if it doesn’t explicitly say “micro-sized” or “non-nano” and it can rub in, it’s probably nano-sized) Any form of microplastic, such as “exfoliating beads”

Not sure how to respond to that so maybe I shouldn’t. 🫢

The point is to protect the eco system not “if nobody looks, I can get away with it”

Just ordered zinc oxide sticks for our ABC cruise. Seems to be the only actual reef friendly sunscreen. Every other type has one of the reef damaging “O” ingredients in it. We’ll be snorkeling in Bonaire so I felt it was important to have the right product.

We are on Explorer in 27 days for the same “get to Diamond” reason. My rule is nothing without a Royal Promenade.

If all you want is water and an occasional soda, I wouldn’t buy a package at all. The water they serve tastes fine & you can pay as you go for soda. Unless you are interested in specialty coffees, mock tails or smoothies, the Refreshment package is not worth the money. You will have access to ice water, lemonade, iced tea, milk, coffee probably a few juices at no additional cost.

True but since you specifically referenced cholesterol as the reason you were looking for seafood, I wanted to be sure you knew your desire to “mainly look for Maine lobster & steak” would not be the best choice.

FYI shell fish like lobster is high in cholesterol so I would avoid that if lowering cholesterol is the goal. It’s fish with high omega 3 like salmon that help with cholesterol issues. Neither the steak nor the lobster you are looking for will help.

You have chosen Traditional Dining, late seating. Your dining room assignment and table number will be on your seapass card. You don’t get to choose which dining room. If you don’t like your table assignment, speak to the maitre’d on board. If you have a specific table request, email rcldining@rccl.com two weeks prior to sailing.

Nvm

I would be praying to the porcelain gods every night if I tried to down 15 drinks in one day! Holy Crap Batman, that’s a lot of drinking!

We have been fortunate our last 3 cruises. Chose MTD with reservations approximately the same time each night and every time have gotten the same table and wait staff for the whole cruise. After night 2, they’d just wave us in when they saw us in line. Never asked for this and was actually a little surprised that this does not seem to be the norm 🤷‍♀️

Please report back with their response.

Did this Wednesday, got an email back yesterday that the request was forwarded to the ship and to email again at 14 days out for the table assignment. Sounds good, we’ll see if it works!

I have my “travel” wallet. I take DL, CC, AAA card for hotel discounts, Medicare/ins cards. The rest of my stuff stays in my regular wallet at home. We use passports for identification purposes.

Then it should not have been promised. Honesty in communication goes a long way.

Us too! Diamond after our 8 day ABC next month! Gold to Diamond in 2 cruises!

If you look at my profile, you’ll see I’ve been here for over 20 years. Smokeybandit gave the correct answer. Don’t want OP to be confused.

OP was asking if he got points for both JSs he booked, not about the pandemic Double Points promotion.

I never suggested that the person be allowed to cut only that a manager be the one to make that decision not a crew member who would make such a rude comment.