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great suggestion re EDEN cafe..good bread too. i think we may turn our Sailaway Party into a Cookie Exchange..

hoping that Ascent being, fairly new will have alot of the good stuff.

i know but they want X to be like that.. food court, mall style shops..low end etc. That's why we stopped going on Royal..

we actually like the canapes they let us custom order..shrimp, fruit, cheese. etc We bring our own fresh crackers anyhow. The herbal teas were vile..sat out for days..used to have them removed

thanks for posting this.. On Ascent, we will do our best to get what we paid for short of being obnoxious! but attendants will do their best to please! .Hope BLU itself is still Good, and we are now happy we have 3 Specialty Dinners booked in case it isn't. Already planning to bring a wheelie carry on cold case.. for water, cookies, flowers etc..Need to check on beer allowance as Coors lite is not on our Classic Alc plan..that's dh brand!

On BEYOND we had live jazzs and a cutting edge dragon gymnatics type show..( bad at names) SRO ..Club had to add another show!,,

oh so tacky...

maybe the overpaid Board can "chip in some dough" to help them out!

I am type 2 also..but allow 1 splurge a day..like 1 good cookie!)

have not heard from OP since sge took ill. Hope it turned out okay! Can anyone else post about current experience?

good food for thought

good to know! we use it for the pool, beaches, picnics in Fla.. keeps things cool! Not on Premium drinks...DH now drinks Coors lite..Is there a limit on beer that can be brought.on? guess I can tuck my PUBLIX flower bouquet in there too.. we can't order floral arrangements anymore! Hope we get the one little vase w one flower stem in AQ class and the Cap Club Rose!

they tried that a few times....replaced with endless techno track throughout the ship and "nasty lyrics" rap at the pool.. All of that that failed.. E Class now has great music all over the ship..all styles. Excellent modern production shows and guest artists in the state of the art Theater, and also music, etc in the CLUB . Plus very good DJs , esp at pool & deck parties! We were never without choices

for those ships with Lawn Club Grill, the warm dessert cookies ARE the best..But u have to pay for the Specialty Dining! we are briging our containers for foraging!

"21 hours ago, LMHSRN said: Is your bag big enough. Ok now here's the problem. If you and I get there first, will there be anything left in the lounge to take back to rooms? With everyone now doing this can you just imagine the number of times they will be restocking the frig in the retreat lounge. I'm laughing because this is going to be comical for sure. Two of three folks will empty that frig and snack dish. Oh boy what a mess they have created." Although not in a suite for next cruise, we have a nice "wheelie cooler bag" that we may take along to facilitate bringing on crackers, water, paper plates etc. For those in Fl, we got ours in Bealls ..I saw it on line at Belk $ 39. might be a handy idea!

We are concerned that by the time we get to our Sunset Veranda, APEX cruise in 2025,with the 4 mdrs, they will have made some more awful changes Two of the included 4 mdrs are very cozy( both our favs) . The other 2 are larger dining halls with many long tables where u sit on top of the stranger next to you knees almost touching, with your partner across from you.....Not really a tbl for 2 by any means and you are served tediously in a big group . One of these. larger halls, Cosmopolitan serves sit down bkfst and lunch, gets quite crowded at peak lunch hr Hope they do not tinker with all 4 being included!..

on QM2, Cunard , we took a short cruise NY up around a few Canadian ports. We walked through the buffet once and never returned. Forgot our cabin level, but we had a lovely table in mdr with 4 others we got along with..excellent service and menu..heavy towards seafood.great for me. No idea what it is like now..

we started with Mercury and Century..and it was much better chocolate!

BS!

if we wanted Royal we would not have stuck with X for so long.. But sadly, eventually the two lines will be the same!

we do a big lunch on days when we plan a lite dinner. It is pricey but a gem.. Great menu & service , cozy and a view. they had a menu with daily speciak..not to be confused with the Le Petit Chef dinner....also held there

good idea. hoping in our AQ class room they will still do that for us as always. AQ class usually has very experienced and pleasant attendants.

esp for LLP and the Execs who still received their salary and stocks..

Re emptying the mini bar items...: If they refuse to do it, we can bring our own coolers onboard and forage for ice!

Most of us did not sign up or pay for NO FRILLS cruising. Maybe the cruisers they are left with will be ones they deserve....