The question is why pay so much more for the mini suite and not take advantage of the dining you are paying extra for ? Location really ls the only other advantage
We also use the locate function quite often plus the chat function rather than waiting in line at guest services Also use WiFi to keep up on news , emails and sports scores. We were sailing during the Olympics and was able to keep up to date especially following local athletes. I do however prefer to read books on my kindle which actually girls it my back pocket
Not per cruise but the ability to prepay does help in 60-90 sailing days a year. Pays for a couple of SD’s. My initial comment was a reaction to people who think the sky is falling every time any changes are made in cruising
You cannot pay to use Club / Reserve dining nor can you bring in friends. We have told our friends that if they want to eat with us they will have to book the higher class cabins. You can always eat with them in the regular MDR but then all you are getting from your cabin is location
See always swap all booze for vodka all pop for Diet Coke and all water for Perrier. No problems at all since restart. We don’t really drink much coffee
It is all about itineraries. On 10 day Mexico cruises out of SF the cutoff is often over 800 days our 550 don’t ever get included On a recent b2b earlier this month both legs had over 2,100 first time cruisers and under 80 elites. We always go to the lunch if we make the cut
I am still convinced it is up to the individual ship and captain as to which is held. We have seen a combination of cocktail parties and lunches going back 20+ years
They don’t use the mid ship deck 6 dining room for breakfast or lunch because that is where Reserve Class is and when people come to breakfast and find a line they try and talk their way into Reserve class area. It makes it very hard on the restaurant managers. We even see arguments at dinner with people saying they have a reservation and an argument ensues. They should never have changed the name from club class
True that but the economics still say lunch for 40 out of 3,000 + one day out of 16 with cheap wine and no cocktails is negligible so I I really don’t buy the logic. Especially as one person said they closed down the Wheelhouse bar for a couple hours how is that a help to the profit line ?
I have been hearing this story for a long time whenever someone expects a lunch and gets cocktails