Starry Eyes

Remember you can only win once, so make sure you only bid on categories you sincerely want to win. For many people that means every category, but others may feel differently. For example, if you really, really, really want a full suite, think carefully about whether you want to bid on the JS. You want to be happy if you win, rather than disappointed that you no longer have a shot at the cabin you truly wanted. Then bid the highest those cabin upgrades are worth to you.

I know several people who would wake up feeling great if the visit with their in-laws was canceled, allowing them to go straight to the cruise, LOL. Not necessarily your husband, of course. Safe travels and stay well.

Several years ago, we enjoyed dinners in Solarium Bistro. Back then, the service was good and the food options were more plentiful. Since the restart we have been disappointed in dinners in Solarium Bistro un Wonder and Harmony. It is now buffet only; menu options disappeared as did some of our old favorites from the buffet selections. Service also declined on the nights we visited. Hot dishes were empty in the buffet line. Beverage glasses were not refilled at the table. Multiple nearby tables were not bussed. We probably won’t bother for dinner again.

Happy to help. Let me know if you think if more questions.

We will sail on Mariner on August 26 and Sept 29. We will look for MDR embarkation lunch option and report back.

It is nice to hear your experience. I book gty fairly often (we are not particularly noise sensitive). So far, we have not been assigned deck 14 on Oasis class. It is apt to happen sometime and I’d like to have a positive attitude when it does. It would be a convenient deck. We have been below the pool deck on other ships (different classes/ lines)..

As others have suggested, check to see if there are more desirable available cabins in your exact category. If so, ask to switch. If there are not any right now, do mock bookings now and then; one might open up if you are lucky. We have not had any issues due to connecting doors on multiple cruises (knock on wood). Sometimes we hear a noisy neighbor in an adjacent, non-connecting cabin. Pack earplugs whether you have a connecting door or not; be happy if you don’t use them. Some deck 14 cabins (Oasis class) will have more noise issues than others. Look carefully at the deck 14 and 15 deck plans; see what is above your cabin.

Yeah, I don’t understand why they made that link hard to find.

If possible, I suggest signing in on a computer (rather than smart phone). I think you may find it easier to find the option. Sign in to the Royal Caribbean website. Under “my cruises” hopefully you will see “bid status” for that cruise. Click it. Below the box for your current bid hopefully you will see (small print) “Don’t miss out. Click here for other upgrade options…” Try that. If it doesn’t work for you, come back and we can try something else.

I’d definitely go Oasis if I were in your shoes. Port Canaveral is my closest port, so I might make a different choice for my family.

Availability up and down? Suite availability certainly just went for your cruise; don’t hold your breath waiting for suite availability to go back up again. Of course someone might need to cancel, which might allow RoyalUp bids to be accepted.

Your posts on social media sites may yet reap dividends; little time has passed. Even if you get approval to mail the ring to a Chargerback warehouse, you might consider waiting a short time before mailing the ring in case the owner contacts you via social media. Imagine the owner’s frustration if they heard about your social media post from a friend and contacted you to discover their heirloom is in the mail (where it could get lost) enroute to a big warehouse (another place it could get lost). Just a thought.

As you can see from Royal’S FAQ pages (https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/lost-forgot-item-onboard), Royal uses a company called Chargerback to re-unite people with lost items. So, the owner of the ring likely has contacted Chargerback by now. If your social media campaign has not been successful, you may want to contact Chargerback as well. https://www.chargerback.com/contact.asp?topic=Support

Wow, next she’ll want to come on the cruises, too.🤣🤣🤣 All kidding aside, my husband has never ventured onto message boards. It would seem strange if he did. It is even surprising when he reads cruise news online first.

We all have bad days and I’m sorry if I inadvertently made your’s worse. Would planning a cruise help?

It was a joke…a classic… kids & tech. And, by the way, “shouting” with caps in your previous posts is rude. So look in a mirror when asking, “what’s your problem?”

Sigh. Then there was a glitch. Perhaps ask an eight year old to help next time; they always seem to succeed.

OK, you said the numbers were not there. Were the letters “gty” there? If so, RCI simply had not assigned your cabin. That’s rather common; it is not “jinxed.”🙄

If the barcode reader you selected played well with the set sail pass barcode, you should have either seen GTY or a cabin number to the right of the -. If you did not see either of those, perhaps next time try a different bar code reader app. The barcode trick does not always give early info about the cabin number; sometimes the barcode says gty until the cabin is officially assigned.

Pop up blocked? The survey opened for me🤷‍♀️ I answered the survey honestly; I did not eat at Sorrentos on my last cruise. I was not asked the question about paying for pizza. Can they deduce that if I won’t touch it for free, I certainly won’t pay for their pathetic pizza, LOL.

You mentioned your C&A status in the original post as did another poster. I trust that was simply background information and that you know it will not impact your gty assignment. Your odds of a nice or poor assignment are, of course, the same as a newbie’s odds.

We don’t get emails with cabin assignments. Most of us see our assignment on the app. Sometimes before the assignment is official, we have a clue about the assignment with 45 days of the cruise using the “barcode trick” on the set sail pass.

We frequently sail in balcony cabins, but given the price difference and options when we booked we booked Odyssey, we selected balcony gty. We decided even the most obstructed balcony assignment would give us a shady, private space with fresh air, a peek at our surroundings and a clue of the weather…and deck six is rather convenient. Any better assignment was a free bonus and was gratefully accepted.

Nonsense. It was not your fault. You did your part if you gave the TA the booking number. If the TA wanted to look up the booking by other means, the TA should have asked for the other info. Your TA made the error.

We booked balcony gty on a b2b on odyssey. We were assigned an obstructed cabin for one leg and non-obstructed for the other. Our obstructed cabin was fine: it was on deck 7 forward in-hull balcony with a large round exterior frame. The two cabins were the same size.