TonRin Posted December 24, 2015 #1 Share Posted December 24, 2015 It seems that RCI are as of right now, are charging for the use of North Star AUD$28.00 per go and you have to book it with very limited spots.. Whats even stranger is it seems they are charging AUD$33.28 for the 1 minute COMPLIMENTARY ride on the Ripcord... How can this be! Guess the inclusions list is dwindling rapidly on RCI. They start charging a fee to use the lifts soon! Great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted December 24, 2015 #2 Share Posted December 24, 2015 It seems that RCI are as of right now, are charging for the use of North Star AUD$28.00 per go and you have to book it with very limited spots.. Whats even stranger is it seems they are charging AUD$33.28 for the 1 minute COMPLIMENTARY ride on the Ripcord... How can this be! Guess the inclusions list is dwindling rapidly on RCI. They start charging a fee to use the lifts soon! Great. They actually should charge for peak viewing times. That way those that really want to do it can have a hassle free experience. Just my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelsea57 Posted December 24, 2015 #3 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Not sure what you mean. We just got off Anthem of the Seas last week and we did the Ifly and the North Star without paying anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonRin Posted December 24, 2015 Author #4 Share Posted December 24, 2015 As of today it started! Your one of the lucky ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joand452 Posted December 24, 2015 #5 Share Posted December 24, 2015 We have our NorthStar reservation already for our cruise in the spring. Just checked my cruise planner and it still has $0.00. Hope it stays that way, and they don't try to pull a fast one on us. We did NS already on Quantum, so will cancel if they decide to charge us. I also didn't see anywhere it says there's a charge. Maybe I need to do a dummy booking for iFly. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonRin Posted December 24, 2015 Author #6 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Hope this works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted December 24, 2015 #7 Share Posted December 24, 2015 We have our NorthStar reservation already for our cruise in the spring. Just checked my cruise planner and it still has $0.00. Hope it stays that way, and they don't try to pull a fast one on us. We did NS already on Quantum, so will cancel if they decide to charge us. I also didn't see anywhere it says there's a charge. Maybe I need to do a dummy booking for iFly. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk I just read a post on the blog site from someone who just received notification that there was now a $20US charge per ride on Northstar and Ripcord on Quantum. They had existing reservations for $0.00 and were told they would be charged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coralc Posted December 24, 2015 #8 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Just as increasing your pre-paid dining meal is unacceptable...it as just as unacceptable to try and increase the cost of your pre-paid activity. The Florida Attorney General should probably be notified again. They can't raise prices when people have already paid for things. Well, they can try, but I think it is illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robtulipe Posted December 24, 2015 #9 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) I just read a post on the blog site from someone who just received notification that there was now a $20US charge per ride on Northstar and Ripcord on Quantum. They had existing reservations for $0.00 and were told they would be charged. We're on the Jan.3rd Anthem sailing and have not received such a notification. Our cruise planner still show these to be complimentary even when I go in to modify these as shown in the screen shot below. :confused: Edited December 24, 2015 by robtulipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted December 24, 2015 #10 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Maybe they are only charging Aussies. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted December 24, 2015 #11 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I still can't even make a booking for either these or pretty much anything else on my Quantum Jan cruise! RCI have been hopeless with this - if they add charges on to these facilities it will just rate them even worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonRin Posted December 24, 2015 Author #12 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I wonder of it's just the Quantum???? Maybe they are targeting the Asians! Sad if that's the case. Guess we will see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvaoshley Posted December 24, 2015 #13 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Your one of the lucky ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Turtles06 Posted December 24, 2015 #14 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) The OP's upcoming cruises are on Quantum, not Anthem. This appears to be a charge on a ship in a very different market. Hope RCI doesn't get any ideas about doing this on Anthem. Edited December 24, 2015 by Turtles06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted December 24, 2015 #15 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Just checked again (had checked yesterday/earlier today and they weren't there) and for the first time it appears... but also with a price like yours. The description still says: "RipCord by iFLY 1 Minute Complimentary Flight", then $36.40 Their deception remains visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudbmw Posted December 24, 2015 #16 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I just checked our 1/3/16 Anthem reservation page and iFly and Northstar are listed at $0 or complimentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare A&L_Ont Posted December 24, 2015 #17 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I just checked our 1/3/16 Anthem reservation page and iFly and Northstar are listed at $0 or complimentary. Loudbmw I found a YouTube channel, named the same as you, which features flowriding. Is this any relation to you, or do they just have just equally good taste?:) It was good riding whatever the case. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar*Magnolia Posted December 24, 2015 #18 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Wow. :rolleyes: No charges on my upcoming Anthem cruises either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFerrington Posted December 24, 2015 #19 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I wonder of it's just the Quantum???? From what I understand it is just Quantum presently...but as these things go, I wouldn't be surprised to see the other Q class ships start charging if people pay the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted December 24, 2015 #20 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) According to the RCI twitter Blog, it is only on Quantum, not Anthem Edited December 24, 2015 by DonnaK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OfTheSeasCruiser Posted December 24, 2015 #21 Share Posted December 24, 2015 The OP's upcoming cruises are on Quantum, not Anthem. This appears to be a charge on a ship in a very different market. Hope RCI doesn't get any ideas about doing this on Anthem. Exactly. I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roquejo Posted December 24, 2015 #22 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Hmm.. this is interesting as I have an upcoming sailing with Ovation next year.. if Quantum began charging it but not Anthem, I wonder how is it going to be implemented in Ovation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipfriend_max Posted December 24, 2015 #23 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) http://www.******************.com/2015/12/24/royal-caribbean-begins-charging-north-star-and-ripcord-quantum-of-the-seas RCCL Blog states that iFly and North Star are just charged on Quantum, but I wouldn't be wondered if RCCL is also charging for them on Anthem soon. :rolleyes: Very disappointing - RCCL is charging the cruises on Quantum Class even higher than the other cruises, which aren't cheap... And ther's no, absolutely NO new step by RCCL in favor of the customer, just in favor of the profit. Let's rename RCCL into PCCL - P stands for profit. NCL and Princess implement changes in favor of the clients - e. g. introducing new COMPLIMENTARY dessert innovations (Princess), or including the Asian restaurant (NCL). Nothing like that at RCCL... iFly (one minute!!) - 26 $; North Star 20$ - thanks RCCL - finally, me is the desire passed for sailing with one of your newer ships!!! :mad: Edited December 24, 2015 by celebrity_fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Turtles06 Posted December 24, 2015 #24 Share Posted December 24, 2015 http://www.******************.com/2015/12/24/royal-caribbean-begins-charging-north-star-and-ripcord-quantum-of-the-seas RCCL Blog states that iFly and North Star are just charged on Quantum, but I wouldn't be wondered if RCCL is also charging for them on Anthem soon. :rolleyes: Very disappointing - RCCL is charging the cruises on Quantum Class even higher than the other cruises, which aren't cheap... And ther's no, absolutely NO new step by RCCL in favor of the customer, just in favor of the profit. Let's rename RCCL into PCCL - P stands for profit. NCL and Princess implement changes in favor of the clients - e. g. introducing new COMPLIMENTARY dessert innovations (Princess), or including the Asian restaurant (NCL). Nothing like that at RCCL... iFly (one minute!!) - 26 $; North Star 20$ - thanks RCCL - finally, me is the desire passed for sailing with one of your newer ships!!! :mad: I agree that it's disturbing to see RCI charging for North Star and iFly on Quantum, but I wouldn't hold out NCL's making the Asian restaurant "free" as any big deal. I've eaten at the "free" Asian restaurant on the NCL Gem and it wasn't worth it at that price. It was simply terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted December 24, 2015 #25 Share Posted December 24, 2015 From what I understand it is just Quantum presently...but as these things go, I wouldn't be surprised to see the other Q class ships start charging if people pay the price. There will be people willing to pay. Kind of like renting out the flowrider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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