Bellamariya

We are considering buying one of the dining packages for our upcoming 12 night cruise. We've never done this before, but after 4 cruises in a relatively short amount of time (totalling 39 nights), it might be nice to have some different lunch and dinner options. The prices to pre-purchase range from 10-45% off "onboard" prices but my question is, do they discount the price at all once you're on the ship? Is there a chance it will get cheaper towards the end of the cruise? What have people's experiences been? We once got the galley tour and bottomless brunch for $20 on the second last day of a cruise, is this sort of thing likely for the specialty restaurants? I know there's a risk they will get booked out so weighing that up as well. '

Absolutely loved the whole Chef's Table experience. The first time we went with the menu with no changes and the second time we asked for no seafood. Both choices were delicious! The drinks and dessert alone make it worth the money and the host and service were superb. We are planning to do it again on our next long cruise as we have a friend coming that has never been on RCI and we think they will appreciate it as much as we do 🙂

Yes and of the 3, 2 are available, and at that price I'm not surprised.

Or they can book the regular inside for just over $7k and get a king size bed and double points, which you actually don't get with the 2W 😛

The annoying thing is this is a tiny inside with a single bed, they can just book a regular inside with king bed for just over $7k. It's so confusing!

Yes in Australia it is included in our cruise fare and there is no option to opt out, exactly for this reason.

Can smaller ships return to Australia? While Quantum and Ovation are beautiful ships, they are too large to dock at most of the South Pacific ports and this recent season has seen many cruises ending up being cruises to "nowhere" as conditions were unfavourable for tenders, leading to the cancellation of many port days.

We are looking at booking the 12 night Amsterdam to British Isles on Jewel next year. Interiors are from $3290pp (AUD). 2 of our party are solo travellers and usually book 2W Studio Interior to avoid the single supplement. Just called RCI to check availability and almost had a heart attack when they told me the price for these sole occupancy cabins for this cruise was $8706. To me this seems to be a coding error but customer service can only work with what the system is showing them. Can anyone suggest an email contact that would have the authority to check this?