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LOL. Not even when we were at PDCC ! (Thank God)

Yep. We’re here. Not sure whether people are disembarking yet (I haven’t heard an announcement) but no reason to believe they won’t be disembarking as usual. Beautiful out, today. I won’t be getting off (but I never get off). Dan will probably go snorkeling.

Yes ! Per person, per day.

No.

I’m having a similar problem with EX. We are on EX in April and always book a specialty lunch on embarkation day. For some reason, EX isn’t showing any day 1 lunch options for specialty. Haven’t run into this before. Pretty frustrating.

WOW....then Icon must be pretty bad, indeed....as the storage space in the CP balcony is pretty bad.

On OA now. Heading to Labadee; due to call there tomorrow. I just left the Top Tier Event where it was announced that we have no plans for skipping Labadee.

On Oasis now and we are on our way to Labadee right now. No indication that we will not be calling there. I guess we’ll see tomorrow !

We were on AL in Feb and if memory serves (and it often does not), there were 43 Pinns on board. We had full access including breakfast in the CK. As you suggested, Pinns tend to prefer the longer cruises so there doesn’t seem to be as many as there are on the longer cruises. There are 73 on OA this week.

Yes. Sky Class will have complimentary cocktails, wine, beer, soft drinks, water in the Suites Lounge. They are not supposed to use your voucher BUT sometimes they do...so you have to watch them. If they do happen to use one of your vouchers during HH, the Concierge will help you get it reinstated. We've learned that it's best to just remind the server that you are in a Suite and please not to use a voucher. You usually only have to mention this once. MUCH easier than trying to get it reversed after the fact.

Truer words....I completely agree. We have been very fortunate so far. We have yet to be restricted from the Concierge/Suite lounge but I'm sure it's coming. Our next O-class sailing will be on Wonder and you have given me reason to hope.....

On OA right now and Francis told us pretty much the same thing. There are 73 Pinns on this cruise and all have complete CK/SL access with a single exception. Breakfast for Pinns in Chops. I am a-ok with this arrangement.

Yes, 150 CP is included.

If you want to sit in the cheap seats, the Genie can do that. Just let him/her know where you want to sit.

Nope. All shows on Liberty are first come, first served.

There are Junior Suites, which do not have many of the suites’ amenities. Full suite just signifies that it in NOT a JS and has all of the suites’ amenities. Just a way to differentiate between real suites (full suites) and Junior Suites.

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@doghog, brunch on Radiance (sea days) is from 8:30-12:30.

^^. This, exactly. ^^

I actually agree with you about this. The app is a better way to comm with the Genie onboard. I hated that the Genie used it interact with us rather than in person. We do not take our phones with us when we leave the suite so we often missed his comm altogether or saw it much too late to react. I also agree that it was a “Genie” problem. It was a Genie that others rave about but it was our worst experience out of the 8 SC cruises we’ve taken.

Congratulations on booking Star Class. It is definitely a wonderful way to cruise ! 1. I imagine that your Genie (once they contact you. More about that, later) will advise you to go ahead and book (and pay for) both Chef’s Table and Izumi hibachi (assuming you would want to book either one or both of these), prior to boarding. With a large group, that will be even more important. It’s not a question of “hoping” to get reimbursed. You WILL get reimbursed for anyone who is SC. For Chef’s Table there is a $25 PP (all those over 21) upcharge that covers the premium wines. There is no upcharge for SC for Izumi hibachi and it covers not only the teppanyaki menu but you can order anything from the sushi menu at no additional cost. 2. Approximately 30 days prior to your sailing, the Genie will initiate discussions with you via email. Eventually you will communicate via WhatsApp. Sorry, I don’t recall how far out that commences. I always preferred email so I avoided the app until absolutely necessary. The Genie will be available to you as much or as little as you want/need him/her. In general, they will come and see you a couple of times per day at a minimum and randomly check on you during meals or events. The Genie is absolutely available to you at any hour but they do have “off” hours, which we can all understand and respect. If you need something, though, they are always there for you. One comment about WhatsApp. I have only done 1 SC sailing that involved the use of the app. All previous sailings had been prior to the use of the app - communications via phone or email. I will say, our SC experience with the Genie via WhatsApp comm was the worst SC experience we have ever had. We saw almost nothing of the Genie. He relied entirely (almost) on impersonal app comm and it really degraded the SC experience. This could have been a Genie deficiency or just a new policy. I don’t know which it was, but we have not bothered with SC again, since. Maybe the app won’t affect your experience the way it did ours. I hope not.

Destruction ! Ha. Too funny

Destruction from/to the loyalty suites/lounges can be determined as close to sailing as the night before boarding so there’s really no way to know for sure if your sailing will be restricted or not. On our B2B on Radiance, we were told the last night of our first leg that we would not have access to the Concierge (Suites) lounge for our second due to the number of Pinnacles on the second leg ONLY to be told on boarding day that they had decided to admit all Pinnacles. So they can “change” their minds at any time to restrict or not restrict loyalty members. Since ***** rolls downhill, if lower level Pinns are restricted from the SL on any particular sailing, then there’s a good possibility that Diamonds will then be restricted from the Crown/Diamond Lounge. Luckily it hasn’t happened to us YET but it will, eventually.

It’s a staffing issue. They just don’t have the staff to service they way they did before.

Lol. I’ll have to come back tomorrow and let you know. I’m sure there’s a way to look at the dining schedule for days other than the current day, but I’m not smart enough to figure out how ! Tomorrow is a sea day so I will look at the brunch times tomorrow morning and port back. Sorry for the delay. Tech-challenged and so I am also an app-loather. …and it hates me back. 😵😵😂