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14 hours ago, laurieal said:
It’s very subtle, so I’m not sure, but I feel like you’re not a fan of RCI’s food? 😉
Are there really any fans of Royal's food since the restart/cut backs etc.?
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@Teeara You said you weren't feeling well. Do you think you may have caught noro, since it has been reported on your sailing.
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15 hours ago, StanleyandGus said:
I was enjoying your trip to Disney World so much that I had forgotten that you hadn’t got onto the ship yet!
Can't be ? what were you thinking with all the food porn you have been seeing you just have to know you aren't seeing that on a Royal Cruise Ship.
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3 hours ago, firefly333 said:
I am one who agrees with you. That's why we book ahead to lock in the price.
When I objected the loyal to royal attacked me and said do you expect royal to just eat the new taxes. .. well yes, that's why i locked in the prices. I agree with you but it's not worth cancelled over a $20 extra charge. Didnt you know royal can do no wrong?
1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:I tend to agree with you. When you book you lock in a price. RCI wants people to book early and they make it very enticing to book non-refundable deposits. That involves risk as things happen in life and plans may change. In return for that RCI can take on some risk too. If taxes or fuel go up then too bad. That is the risk that RCI should be taking in exchange for those early bookings.
So true!
Who knows,there may be a time Royal comes back and says one day,you know that price on a cabin you booked when prices just came out that you booked?
Well we messed up and started prices to low so now we are going to charge your credit card on file an additional $500 for your cabin
Is everyone okay with that? Never know that time may be coming sooner then we all think.
Everyone okay with that?
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1 hour ago, Ourusualbeach said:
It was a one off event due to a highly unusual situation. Not one of the hundreds of clients that I had affected by this questioned it as much as you are.
Sorry I asked.
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1 minute ago, laurieal said:
It was time for a feeding after that, so we grabbed some soy-glazed sticky ribs and a chocolate terrarium from the Trowel and Trellis festival booth.
I absolutely cannot pronounce Trowel and Trellis. Please don’t make me.
The ribs were very good and not too chewy. The chocolate terrarium was a nice mousse, but we preferred the mousse from Docking Bay 7 in Galaxy’s Edge. We thought it had more elements to make it interesting flavour and texture-wise.
Since we were so close to Mexico, we decided to enter the pavilion and ride Gran Fiesta Tour. I was hoping it would count as a Duolingo lesson. It didn’t.
It's always a short line there and a great place to cool off from the humidity and heat of the day.
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9 hours ago, Coralc said:
Wow! Thanks Jim. And that is a lot of boxes. Our move is looking that way. We can pack the boxes, but we can't load it all ourselves. I can't lift stuff anymore. This is entirely too much work, as it is.
Since we only plan to live at the other house for two years. Some boxes may never even get unpacked. But I am absolutely amazed at how much stuff we have discarded, donated, or sold. And how much is still left to pack.
There is something to be said for a minimalist lifestyle. Our neighbors were like that. I went over there and asked, where is your mail, and magazines and celery rubber bands, and paperwork and gadgets and other stuff? She just said they don't get keep any of that. Amazing. 🙄 I guess it is something to aspire to. 😊
It does take a lot of time, my wife wrapped in paper all the glassware very carefully, Surprisingly not a single thing got broke in the move.
Before we put our house up for sale we started to pack to declutter the house and lined up all the boxes downstairs in the basement. Made the house upstairs more presentable and easier to show.
Jessie didn't want to leave,but is very happy with where we live now.
This is a picture looking out the front door of the house in NJ.
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As far as food goes @laurieal you are going to be in a total letdown once you get on Oasis. You have had some amazing food in Disney this week. Royal's food is nothing like what you have had this week.
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We boxed pretty much everything ourselves when we moved from NJ to Virginia.
Packed all the small stuff in Egg Boxes, only help we got with the move was the bigger heavy furniture.
Packed it all in trailers ourselves also, even unpacked the 3 trailers when we got to Virginia ourselves except the heavy stuff.
Used U-Pack and ABF trailers
https://www.moving.com/tips/what-is-abf-freight-and-how-does-it-work/
First picture is the Egg Boxes packed in NJ. That was just some of them, there were many more.
All the below boxes on this flatbed trailer were in our basement in the old house. They had to all come up from down in the basement then the cart was drove over next to the ABF trailers for packing into the trailers.
This all happened in The last two weeks of January. So it's colder then it looks at both locations
This was the first trailer arriving in Virginia.
Second Trailer came 3 days later and the weather really changed for the bad.
Egg Boxes went into the garage and we slowly unpacked, all the boxes were marked at to what boxes went into which room at the new house in Virginia.
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On 4/17/2024 at 9:30 AM, Rewind said:
Morning all. After our late start yesterday, it was kind of a "go go go" day. Seeing as how our meeting time for our tour got pushed to 11:45am and the Windjammer didn't open for lunch until 11:30am, we had a quick second breakfast at 10:20am before they closed. We then went back to cabin to change and head down to the theater to meet our tour. Being the longest tour of the day, they let us out first and it was my first time in 20 cruises that I have been the first passenger off the ship in a port.
We walked under a tent in the port to meet up with our guide, hopped on the small tour bus, and headed to the Lucayan National Park. Do take their advice to use the restrooms before getting on the shuttle because it will be hours before another is available.
Our driver Sam was very informative about the area, economy, and history. After about 45 minutes, we pulled off I to the park to meet up at the area where the kayaks were waiting for us. After a quick paddling demonstration, we were off in the water.
The areas we were paddling through were brackish and tidal creeks and we happened to be there while the water was flowing inland and it made paddling very easy. It does get narrow at a few points through the mangroves and you switch from kayaking to canoeing.
I think we were on the water for a bit over an hour and we pulled up to a small dock where they could pull the kayaks out. From there it was a small walk over a bridge to the soft sand beach. We only had about 50 minutes here to make up for our shorter time, but it was a nice dip in the ocean and the water was moderately warm.
After our beach stop, park.we drove to Garden of the Groves. Due to our late start, we were the only people at the Garden when we arrived. We again only had a out 50 minutes but it was enough to walk around and see the park.
Then another drive and we made it back to the port around 5:20pm. Most shops were already closing up but we were able to grab a couple souvenirs before getting back on the ship to clean up.
Went went to Caribbean night in the Windjammer. I will admit other ships do it slightly better (if you ever see Coco Bread, don't pass it up) and then saw Mark Preston from The Letterman. He is a great performer and while a bit before our time, we did recognize many of his songs.
Then it was time to go back to the room and pass out.
Windjammer doesn't actually close does it between 10:30am and 11:30am? Usually that just means they close one side of the Windjammer as they change it over to lunch on the closed side.
You still should have found plenty of food still available between 10:30am and 11:30am
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TV Show on "911" Rock the Boat on ABC right now with cruise ship on it's side
Boarding Life Boats Soon !! Lets see how that goes while everyone is in a panic.
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42 minutes ago, HBE4 said:
Same with me except i stopped halfway. I figured I'm still going on the cruise no matter what it says so why bother.
After spending several thousand dollars on the cruise, plus flights and hotels/meals for pre- or post- cruise vacations, an extra $50 or $100 in pass thru taxes & fees tacked on is basically nickles and dimes.
Annoying? Absolutely yes.
Deal breaker? Nope.
Just seems petty though doesn't it? not like they aren't going to make up the few extra bucks when you are onboard spending $$ with your sea pass card.
Are all the cruise lines doing stuff like this after you put a deposit on a cruise?
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30 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:
It's burried somewhere in the 17 pages of fine print of the cruisecticket contract.
Not burried that well, it's added on the very last page of the 17 page contract last paragraph(pretty slick) how many people have read the contract to the end?. Means pretty much they can decide to raise the price you agreed on and booked at, at any old time they decide.......Buyer Beware!
Pretty much means when you check in at the pier , you may or may not be paid in full anymore!
21. SUPPLEMENT CHARGES: Operator reserves the right to impose a supplemental charge relating to unanticipated occurrences including, but not limited to, increases in the price of fuel. Any such supplement charges may apply, at Operator’s sole discretion, to both existing and new bookings (regardless of whether such bookings have been paid in full). Such supplements are not included in the Cruise or CruiseTour Fare.
Also found it written this way in another place: Wonder if you got to the pier and you refused to pay the additional fees and they canceled you at the pier would you be given a full refund or completely lose all your money. That would only be if you got that far and didn't get cancelled 90 days out when final was due I guess.
b. Taxes, Fees, and Port Expenses. Taxes, fees, and port expenses (collectively, “Taxes and Fees”) include fees, charges, costs and taxes imposed on Carrier, by governmental or quasi-governmental authorities, as well as third party fees and charges relating to the Vessel’s navigation, operations or presence in a port or harbor. By way of example, and not limitation, Taxes and Fees may include immigration-related fees, passenger head taxes, dockage fees, wharfage fees lol, inspection fees, pilotage, canal tolls, navigation fees, environmental impact fees, charges relating to the cost of acquiring government-mandated carbon emission allowances, or charges related to berthing, stevedoring, baggage handling or storage, and security services. Guest acknowledges that Taxes and Fees are estimated by Carrier at the time of booking and subject to change. Carrier may pass through any increases to applicable Taxes and Fees at any time after booking. Carrier may, in its sole discretion, require Guest to prepay such increase in Taxes and Fees prior to boarding the Vessel or apply such increase to Guest’s onboard folio at the time of sailing. Guest’s refusal or failure to prepay any such increase may be deemed a cancellation by Guest.
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1 hour ago, Biker19 said:
Most of the time they do, this time RCI didn’t.
I would ask for my money back and take it somewhere else unless it's in the contract. Don't think it is on taxes and port fees.
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1 hour ago, Ourusualbeach said:
This is the Bahamas tax increase that the Bahamas introduced last year that Royal passed along to guests.
If the person agreed on a price and paid a deposit, how can the cruise line charge the customer more money now. The cruise line should eat that increase , not charge the customer when a new invoice should they?
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2 hours ago, StanleyandGus said:
No, you remember correctly! I think that the audience participation was a Covid casualty.
We were there in 2022 and saw the audience participation part done as normal, also saw the plane catch on fire as normal.
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1 hour ago, Ourusualbeach said:
Hmmmm
Voyager class
Oasis class
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Utopia and Wonder for short itineraries
Perfect day at CocoCay
Beachy Club in Nassau and Cozumel
Was referring to their itineraries. Isn't that more what this thread is about? Itineraries not ship or private island builds?
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7 hours ago, Biker19 said:
Or, as they seem to do every year, they intentionally wait till others set their itineraries to perhaps gain info and an edge.
Royal's top brass are followers, never a group to set the bar.
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What's the Over/Under Number on how much you are going to win in the Casino this week? I bet Royal hates to see your name on the manifest. 🤣😉😲
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5 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:
Never been in one of those.
We go here a lot, check out the gallery pics of the food.
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30 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:
I've never even heard of it.
Pretty much also served at a Japanese Restaurant.
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2 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:
This looks delicious. All the food photos did.All the food prices are high at Disney but at least you are getting better quality food compared to what they serve to you on a cruise for the prices they charge. That is what we have seen everytime we go to Disney compared to a Royal cruise.
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43 minutes ago, Luckynana said:
Where do you find this sauce?
You bet!
They also have lots of other sugar free sauces.
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NORO ON RADIANCE?
in Royal Caribbean International
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What ever the count is reported, you have to know that there are many more cases onboard that are not reported. Some people just don't let the cruise line know because they don't want to be quarantined to their cabins.