Fiery Phoenix

Just that when I go to the RC website you have the choice to pre-pay or not to pre-pay.

It makes you pre-pay if you select set dining. If you choose flexible, you are then presented with the choice of pre-pay or pay on-board.

However if I select the 2nd option - it still adds them to the quote / price to pay.

Hope you can help with a question - should be really simple. I sailed with RC in 2010 and 2011 (Adventure and Grandeur) and enjoyed both

I did not pre-pay tips at this time (I'm not your tight ass Brit) and I choose to put money in an envelope instead and give to the staff.

I did hear that RC has now gone the way of other cruises where you have to pre-pay gratuity.

Only reason I am querying this as I visited the RC website for some quotes and it states pre-paid gratuity is only required when you choose set meal times and not the flexible option. Is this correct? Goes against what I have heard in the past of them making it compulsory.

Also - if you pre-pay I beleive you can go to the desk and alter the payments - is that true? How does that work if you have already paid? Only asking as I always gave the Maitre D less than the cleaner / waiter to our room / table as they did not do much apart from 2 seconds of asking if everything was ok. Just my personal opinion that they did not deserve the same as the other hard workers.