Voyager looking shabby/Gifts and Gear?

[xjennyxsuex]

Not that I didn't have a wonderful, amazing experience (as always with Royal) on the Voyager of the Seas Nov 2005, but its showing its age. Has anyone else noticed? Our suite looked worn and we had a below par stateroom attendant. Also, someone purchased me a ship board credit from gifts and gear and it wasn't on my account until day 4 or 5. Not only that but I had to request it numerous times before it was done. Has anyone else had any experience with gifts and gear, good or bad? Again, I loved the cruise and the ship and the cruise line but I'm curious and recently have been shopping other lines just to see whats out there. Any suggestions?

[beckslash]

We were on the Splendour transatlantic cruise in November for our honeymoon. On the first day, a card was delivered from gifts & gear from my parents. It said "Congratulations" and said there was ship board credit but didn't have the amount.

 

We went to the pursars desk 3 times and they couldn't find the credit. Finally, I emailed my mom to ask her what it was suppose to be for and if she had a receipt (cost of 9.50 to me for internet use). Then my mom called me shore to ship (7.95 per minute). They had bought us a wine and cheese package worth I think around $48 and a $100 ship board credit. It wasn't until day 10 that we saw the pursar on shore in the Bahamas and he said he had it all sorted out.

 

The wine & cheese package was way overpriced for what you recieved and the hassle of trying to get the onboard credit overshadowed the fun of recieving a gift on board. RCI needs to work on this to make it a more pleasant experience.

 

We did, however, enjoy our cruise.