bikerunner

Basic marketing 101. Everyone does it. There are many who just see the words Black Friday sale etc. Resorts etc all run same thing. I don’t even look at prices on celebrity site anymore. Just look for any itineraries of interest in time frames I know I can have off. Usually late spring and mid nov time is my quiet time. From there talk to my TA and get much better pricing probably like 30-40% lower than celebrity site with group pricing. Well my last 6 cruises have been anyways.

It's guesswork, probably a sale next week for Black Friday etc but they have pop up sales also that just show up for certain cruises.

I can't wait to see the chaos that will start happening when the VIP passes start going into affect. Since these supposed to get priority, similar to suites? Not anything I will be getting but I think it will through a new wrinkle into check in. I hope they limit the amount they sell etc. I have stayed in the times I sign up for on my cruises. I think it mainly is depending on the port overall on how smooth it will be on embarkation

That’s not available yet. Pkg at this point is you buy it. They will assign you the first night somewhere and then when you get onboard you book the other nights of the pkg. has been this way since they started offering pkg speciality meals. It says that in the highlights section

Have you tried calling to see if they can switch it. I would think that is the logical first step

Not entirely true, I can book the individual restaurants for 8-10% off, then also the first night discount ones. I usually never get a package except it was on sale for the 5 night at 25% off. Its a 13 day TA so figure why not. Yes overall the pkg does come out better dollar wise per restaurant visit as you're not paying the premium of each individual place. But this is a big improvement if they can get it to work correctly with their stupendous IT figuring it out.

Last one I saw was on my Connie cruise right after start up. I prefer the Veuve Clicquot over the Chefs table dinner. Hoping I see it on the Silhouette coming up and or in April.

correct I forgot a sentence and added the link

Still love the additional discounts UP To 300 based of Quad occupancy. No OBC given looks like, which I get has gone away. Ill still do my group pricing thru my TA I use

Just read this from CC about RCL Cruise Critic learned that the cruise line is preparing to implement a change that will allow passengers who purchase a dining package to make reservations on specialty restaurants before their cruise. Currently, cruisers who purchase a dining package can only make reservations for specialty restaurants once they get onboard their ship, which can create stress on embarkation day. Royal Caribbean offers two dining package options: a 3 restaurant dining package and an unlimited dining package. There isn’t a set date yet for the implementation of this new reservation feature. But according to Jay Schneider, Royal Caribbean’s Senior Vice President and Chief Product Innovation Officer, the cruise line is aiming to have it up and running a few days soon after the launch of Icon of the Seas, whose debut is slated for Jan. 27. Moreover, Schneider revealed that this functionality is currently being tested on board Wonder of the Seas. And the plan is to eventually roll it out across the fleet. This would be a great feature to have that Celebrity does not allow or have in place, let RCL figure out the works of it and then incorporate it into Celebrity cruise planner and app. Of course, we are dealing with mostly at times inept IT departments. Royal Caribbean news: changes in dining, tips and more (cruisecritic.com)

This kind of reminds of when I was working in a hotel and we got a call on directions. The clerk gave directions and what exit to get off....exit 14. Later when guest got there, they got ballistic because we gave them the wrong directions. They got off exit 14 in Mass instead of Vt. Ummm, would assume the person knew at least what state they needed to go to for their stay that they booked. Guess not, I tried not to laugh as they were yelling at me. Didnt work.

For fun priced out Iconic suite, not like I will ever sail in that, but for a 7 day with refundable it was 70k. I have much better trips in mind that I could spend 70k on for much longer time. I look for itineraries now, as much as the shipboard experience matters its probably only about 20% of what I am looking for on cruises now.

Its on there FB page. Hoping its just for the announcement of the ship xcel or whatever they want to call it. Its not on their website yet, and no announcement yet on what is going on.

Its posted but not available to book when I tried. Not going on the new ship just more curiosity as I have Christmas Markets river cruise happening then with a group of us.

My cruise this month is same 18.99 but my TA next year in April had the special 6.99 deal for upgrades. It’s understandable to me in that I’m locked in if I got it etc. not upset in any sense as it’s part of the cost of cruising I factored in.

That’s what these sites are for. You will get lots of useful feedback but also some that are ummmm

It’s a crapshoot. There are times the spa offers great deals while onboard and others not so much. Really depends on how there bookings go which no one has access to beforehand etc. it’s a decent price for a massage.

Also even if you tip directly it still will mostly be pooled by the people you tipped. I think if you do an individual envelope with the persons name then they might be able to keep it. Completely understand the Ie norms of the different cultures and how it applies to tipping. I go on the basis of how that country business does the tipping not where I am from as I don’t expect everyone to follow the way my country does tipping. Yes I am from usa but also make sure i have a basic understanding of every country I visit.

Its the world of social media, there are so many opinions on how they want things. I still will do the same due diligence and price out cruises and see what the best options are. Tho I am moving on after my next 2 cruises to Azamara, Oceana and river cruises but that is just because I look more now for itineraries and places that they are going to. Plus I want a small ship experience now.

As much as its there you also have a much bigger balcony overall. Its a tradeoff in the room but still great location and room overall.....I been in 1552 a few times

Safety of passengers/crew comes first. If the risk assessment with continuing issues in the various regions I can see it happening. A lot is placed on the pull of the insurance carriers of the fleet also. If they decide that to travel to this region and raise costs/premiums for the vessels, cruise lines, as much as they do pass on these costs to passengers there reaches a point where it just is not realistic anymore.

From what I understand it’s the window washing equipment is parked there. I saw a pic somewhere about it a while back on another site will see if I can remember where this is from silhouette same class and set up on cabins

I saw somewhere that the paper menus are different than the app with someone currently cruising. They have the sections and different entrees. Not sure where I read that today definitely not on cc.

I had mine from when I use to work in the Hospitality industry and so knew quite a few. I know many find them from just when they are on cruises and talking with fellow cruisers. There is also a great site not allowed to mention but gets you direct to the cruise agencies and a bunch will send you quotes on cruises you ask about. Have a feeling this post might be banned by admins...lol.

Nobody knows, and pointless to speculate. I am on the Nov 20th Silhouette 10 day so I'm in that time frame. Not as simple to change it one day and then expect the suppliers to be able to have the new provisions needed. This will take time to move along and get the supply companies up and running. I can see maybe the Port Everglades being able to maybe get up and running quicker than European and Australian embarkation ports. But this now is wait and see what transpires.