OBX-Cruisers

Beef Wellington??? The revised menus I have seen recently show that you would be fortunated to get ANY beef or lamb, much less the legendary Mama's Pork Chop at all much less a prime rib or Wellington that you mentioned

Is THAT salad bar in the MDR on sea days now gone too?? That would be a killer for us.

Problem with booking a roundtrip is that you can do this with decent choices of cabins on the trip North but only Inside and OV are availble on the trip South. You could probably get a great deal if you are happy with Interior or OV in both directions and get the same cabin with lots of luck

I have just found this blog and am enjoying catching up. During your travels in Barcelona I wanted to add one recommendation that is again relevant here. IF there is ONE phrase in Spanish that would be good to learn is "Take Us to the Port as Fast as Possible, Please". Wife and I did take that second leg of the HOHO Turistic bus tour and were caught in late afternoon traffic jam. Missed the shuttle to the ship along with about a dozen other people. Everyone rushed off the HOHO at the termination and jumped into waiting cabs leaving us to get the last cab alone........................."Take us to the Porto.....adding an O to English words is just NOT the way to go BTW.......... but pointing to the 10 cabs in front of us worked and got us to the port just in time!! Seeing that empty room in the port building in one of the pictures brought back old, frantic memories.

Good recipe and accurate description of what you get at RCI and at many restaurants on land too. You probably need to at least double the crackers in your recipe if you use lump crabmeat but THAT is for special occasions considering the current price

The descriptions of the MDR meals on your cruise review are graphic with the pictures as proof. So many other reviews I have read make the new menu choices sound great but I have wondered; particularly with the deletion of the daily repeatmenu items they had for so many years Now I see the total absence of prime rib, "Mama'a Pork Chop" Lamb Shank with only periodic mention of shrimp cocktail and escargot appetizers. AND, now almost $20 when gratuity is added for a second lobster tail the size of a large crawdad (for someone from New Orleans). The push for people to go to the specialty restaurants is very, very obvious. We on the East coast will be very happy when the VOS comes to Baltimore this year because reviews of the current Enchantment of the Seas are not inspiring.

I have been unsuccessful getting the Shareholders OBC in several past tries. I got the message that my booking included a $50/cabin OBC and that I am not entitled to an additional amount because of my stock ownership. Is this a common problem or is there something I'm missing?

Had to laugh because we had to cancel our Enchantment cruise last October because we both got Covid. After reading several reviews my disappointment in cancelling became a celebration after so many comments about the food, service and ship condition. I like many others truly miss the Grandeur........only 3 times for us.

You do NOT get your shareholder credit if you get ANY OBC for the cruise. MOST cruises they give you $50/cabin and then that counts against you getting shareholder credit also. This has happened to me in several tries.

Pay a few thousand to go on a cruise and have to bring your own TP and others saying bring your won soap, shampoo and conditioner???? WHAT has cruising become?

Standby line mentioned in one post lets people without reservations in for any available empty seat 10 minutes before performance. Don't be surprised by seat hogging people "saving a seat" for someone who never arrives (as we have seen) but DO get there at least 20-30 minutes early and be prepared to wait.....patiently.

For $36, take all your old socks, t shirts and underwear, buy one package of new items at WMT, throw away the dirty old stuff and then start wearing the new items. When I once took a suit on a cruise, I took an old one that was on its last legs and left that in the trash also.

Unbelievable daily price + 18% gratuity to have "fun" on a cruise while mentally anesthetized just to "break even"??? How about those who do even better than "breaking even"?

Reading these comments and the different views of fellow cruisers has made me feel a lot better about decision to not support RCL and Carnival with any more of my money

We will be on a cruise that stops in Bermuda in October. Bermuda has a requirement for both Travel Authorization and an upload of a negative covid test within 2 days of embarkation; a home test that is not proctored is not acceptable. What is RCL current policy for refunds IF that test taken prior to embarkation is positive? This would likely lock us/others out of cruising to Bermuda. Would there be a refund or is this a travel insurance policy issue? We haven't cruised since the start of the Covid problems and the new procedures are a mystery to us. Thank You for sharing your experiences.