Having worked as a server in my younger years and have many friends who still work then restaurants I can tell you most ate making minimum wage do you insist the restaurant in your home town to pay more so you don’t have to tip ?
It will depend on the length of the cruise. If it is 6 days or more you will be entitled to 2 setups. The suite minibar does not apply to short cruises. This is spelled out in suite benefits
On the other hand it is now taking at least 400 days to make the cut for most traveled. I can remember when 250 put you near the top of the list. I don’t go to elite lounges br aide a few snacks is no big deal for me. All it would do is ruin my appetite for dinner
I made a reservation at my favorite local restaurant a month ago for a special occasion I have coming up next week. When I get to the restaurant and find that price of items has been increased should I throw a tantrum and insist on last months prices ?
Then you will have a concierge lounge there will be info in your cabin to give their phone number and you will have a card that allows you to access the lounge
Please let us know which ship you will be on. The Royal class ships have a concierge snd lounge who can help you make those reservations. Since you are in a full suite you will automatically get a free specialty dinner the first night. If you are on a ship without a concierge lounge just call the dine line and they will set you up
3 glasses of bottom line wine would be $36 or so. Aft in grate and Wi-Fi plus waters, coffee etc and if it added up to more than $60 then it is to your advantage if not don’t buy it
At $20 per day more it would not be worth it unless you are going to ignore the MDR all cruise and always eat at extra charge venues. We like the MDR. Most of the casual venues mentioned have a charge now except for the Pizzeria on some ships
It is but when we were on her in June it was super packed on the 2nd leg with families and tons of kids. Many cabins even insides had 4 people in them and the wait for the pizzeria was up to an hour on sea days same with the sushi bar