Andy C

Another "live"  thread where the actual live review doesn't start until many pages in,  I live in Florida.  Nice to see Epcot but I came to see your ship review.  

We used to always do our laundry on Royal when we were in Star class.  My wife said their laundry service was so harsh on the clothes that we stopped using it.  Our clothes are too nice to have it mistreated on ship laundry.

On 8/16/2023 at 9:49 AM, chemmo said:

In our experience dining from other than the standard menu in RS and PH has been a ‘treat’ not a ‘right’… We have arranged an odd ‘special’ in suite meal but always giving the butler 24 hours notice. We would never just phone the butler and ask for anything not on the standard menu.

 

 

Oh you're so considerate.  Bless your heart.

Nice.  Following along.  

Following.  No SL is a huge bummer.  I wouldn't have anyone to fight with or get scowls from.  

11 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

If costs were equal, I'd choose a Tesla Model 3 over a Prius, right @Andy C

I love my Model 3.  Prius is a joke.  Plus my Model 3 is made in the USA.  

What would the odds of getting a refund be?  Or at least transferring my deposit to another sailing?

@John&LaLa what are your thoughts on amplification?  I have the RLS booked for January '21 and a big part of the reason I booked Allure was because of the amplification and refreshment of an older gal.  

Ocala!!!!

11 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Tito's and Cranberry are well stocked.

Limes are low😱

What ever did you think of the Stoli Elit?

Y'all keep us posted.  I'm making some popcorn.  

Get back quick, my friend. 

I never order anything from room service.  I ordered everything through our Genie.  

9 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

 

Give me some suggestions for tomorrow

Stoli Elit martinis and shots of Don Julio 1942 delivered to your balcony.

Loving this review and all those cocktails!  Brought a smile to my face.  

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

Our Management team

Met Peter on Oasis, he just boarded with us. We may do lunch or drinks on the balcony. Saw him yesterday at Starbucks

 

 

 

Some Suite Lounge paperwork

 

Laura knows Claudine from Oasis

 

 

Complimentary list

 

 

Price list

 

 

Afternoon Lemon Drop with GG.  Should have used Citron

 

 

Tito's and Cranberry. They didn't have Stoli Elite

 

 

 

You must ask for Stoli Elite.  Let your Genie know and ask to speak to the beverage manager.  They took very good care of me on Symphony and they should take good care of you as well.  Ask them to stock these items in the bars you frequent and they will do it. 

More pictures!  Get to work!

Ok Johnny cake I'm following along.  

They have made wonderful Indian and Filipino meals for us on Harmony and Symphony.  Just ask and you shall receive (but you have to ask in advance once on board).

13 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

 

On Vivino it gets 3.5 stars out of 5 and average price is $12.99 a bottle.  Royal's wine selection even at the high end range is atrocious.

John, don't forget to find out if Star class suites were updated during dry dock.  Specifically the RLS.  Thanks.

Ladies, I am here.  

Sorry. Had a crazy week before the cruise then the cruise then a crazy week in the office and now in Tennessee for New Years. 
 

I am tapping this out on my iPhone so I’ll be brief as it relates to the Diamond Plus and Pinnacle encounter we had at home. I’ll follow up with a more comprehensive post about food (mostly awful) and service (no where near as good as our prior 3 cruises on Harmony).

The Diamond Plus encounter was quite brief and funny. Our Genie Berty (who I will discuss at length later) held seats for us in the first row of full back chairs just outside the splash zone. We arrived about 15 minutes prior to the show and he took the purple star banners off and we sat down. With less than 10 minutes before the show a woman approached us and asked us if we were Diamond Plus. We told her we were Star class. She then told us she was Diamond Plus and that those seats were supposed to be for them. She gave us a scowl and moved on. We just laughed. 
 

The Pinnacle encounter was in Coastal Kitchen. My mother-in-law is hyper observant and had already alerted us of stink eye from this particular couple.  We were wrapping up breakfast and the boys asked to be excused and walked over to the window to look down at the pool deck below. The Pin couple did not like this and asked to be moved to another table. My MIL noticed this and alerted my wife who got up to ask the boys to come back to the table. As my wife was walking the boys back to the table the Pin lady walked by and mouthed “control your kids to my wife.”  My wife said “excuse me,” and the lady turned her back on her. My wife called out to the lady saying, “ma’am.”  At that point all the tables by the window had taken notice and were looking (we were at the big table in the middle with the high back purple chairs).  When my wife said, “ma’am” the nearby server responded to her. My wife said, “I am addressing the lady walking away from me.” At that point with the Pin ignoring my wife and continuing to walk away my wife raised her voice and told her, “I can control my children; you control your attitude.”  
 

My wife was seething with anger and went over to Francisco and Rahul and our Genie Berty who happened to be there to complain about this encounter. They in turn approached the couple and had a conversation with them and explained to them that if they had any issues with the behavior of other guests they should notify the crew. 
 

We befriended another family that was on the second leg of a B2B who had already befriended this particular Pin couple. They told them what a nice family we were when my wife told them about the encounter and the Pin lady said She had regretted her behavior and how she had spoken to us which was nice of her but we never spoke. 
 

Please pardon typos and informality as I typed this on my iPhone. 

Sorry been slammed with Christmas prep. Plus while the two stories are funny (after the fact) they are by no means cliffhangers! 
 

Merry Christmas! I’ll try to chime in before weeks end. 

I just got off Symphony yesterday.  We were in Star class.  Every single meal we ate was on par with Applebee's type food (with some meals being even worse than Applebee's type food).  I know the food is always going to be lame.  We have toddlers who love RCI.  We love Symphony and Harmony because they are beautiful ships.  We could've done Chef's Table for free but didn't waste our time (my wife laughed when I brought it up).  We took almost all of our meals in the suite and ordered from the different "specialty" restaurants.