Rare island lady Posted December 24, 2022 #151 Share Posted December 24, 2022 2 hours ago, nelblu said: Is this by special invite as I'm only D+. On Oasis I don't recall Chop's being open for breakfast. I miss the WJ breakfast set up on Quantum and Anthem. They have at a minimum 2 egg stations for preparation of omelets and other egg dishes. Also, waffles that I occasionally ask them to prepare a fresh one in front of me. The egg stations become pasta stations for lunch. On Oasis, the only place that one can get an omelet or freshly made egg dishes is in the MDR. JR used to, but a poster mentioned that is no longer the case. PS. I do miss the buffet layout in the MDR for breakfast and lunch on the Q and O classes. Agree...the omelet stations in the WJ are nice...except when there is a long line. 😮 Oops...sorry. I thought you were Pinnacle. On ships without a CK, suites and Pinnacles are invited into Chops for breakfast. And just Pinnacles if it is a CK ship. I miss the old "Tutti Salad Bar" pre Covid cruises in the MDR for lunch. I guess they decided not to bring it back...sadly. 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted December 24, 2022 #152 Share Posted December 24, 2022 1 hour ago, little britain said: Not yet! On Brilliance Chops was for suites; Pins got a separate floor in the MDR. Really? That's odd. Just disembarked twin sister Serenade (docked next to Brilliance in fact in Tampa). We (as Pinnacles) and all suites guests were invited into Chops for breakfast each morning. We used it for two weeks and loved the meals in there....for breakfast that is....dinner another story. Perhaps you had a huge number of Pinnies on board, and could not fit them all in with the suites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted December 24, 2022 #153 Share Posted December 24, 2022 10 hours ago, John&LaLa said: I qualify for 7 blox on world cruise🤣 Oh no....not more Serenade blocks!! Uggh...either will refuse them or...as lately...give them to crew members. I just received a seventh Serenade block last week. I gave it to our cabin attendant. He was so happy, he almost cried! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted December 24, 2022 #154 Share Posted December 24, 2022 37 minutes ago, island lady said: Really? That's odd. Just disembarked twin sister Serenade (docked next to Brilliance in fact in Tampa). We (as Pinnacles) and all suites guests were invited into Chops for breakfast each morning. We used it for two weeks and loved the meals in there....for breakfast that is....dinner another story. Perhaps you had a huge number of Pinnies on board, and could not fit them all in with the suites? It was the TA, I think 149 Ps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted December 24, 2022 #155 Share Posted December 24, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, little britain said: It was the TA, I think 149 Ps Yeah, TAs are a world apart from "normal" cruises. Everything is different. On recent Wonder TA, Pinnies had all of Solarium Bistro for just them for both breakfast and lunch. There were over 300 of us. Brilliance doing the Tampa RT runs right now...I am guessing Pinnies are back to Chops for breakfast as usual. Edited December 24, 2022 by island lady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilkySal Posted December 24, 2022 #156 Share Posted December 24, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, nelblu said: On Oasis, the only place that one can get an omelet or freshly made egg dishes is in the MDR. JR used to, but a poster mentioned that is no longer the case. We just got off of the Wonder (December 11-18) and ate breakfast every morning at JR. Hubby had eggs cooked to order and I had the delicious egg, bacon and cheese sandwich! Not sure if the other Oasis class ships still do that or not but the Wonder served a "wonder"ful breakfast for us! P.S. JR was still complimentary as well! Edited December 24, 2022 by SilkySal add 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Voyagers Posted December 24, 2022 #157 Share Posted December 24, 2022 2 hours ago, little britain said: Not yet! On Brilliance Chops was for suites; Pins got a separate floor in the MDR. On Brilliance in the summer, Chops was for suites, Giovanni’s for Pinnacles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Voyagers Posted December 24, 2022 #158 Share Posted December 24, 2022 1 minute ago, Yorkshire Voyagers said: On Brilliance in the summer, Chops was for suites, Giovanni’s for Pinnacles Sorry, getting my ships mixed - it was Vision that used Giovanni’s, Brilliance was in Chops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not-enough-cruising Posted December 24, 2022 #159 Share Posted December 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, SilkySal said: We just got off of the Wonder (December 11-18) and ate breakfast every morning at JR. Hubby had eggs cooked to order and I had the delicious egg, bacon and cheese sandwich! Not sure if the other Oasis class ships still do that or not but the Wonder served a "wonder"ful breakfast for us! P.S. JR was still complimentary as well! Harmony did JR breakfast in July Allure did JR breakfast last month 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storknurse13 Posted December 27, 2022 #160 Share Posted December 27, 2022 On 12/22/2022 at 8:52 PM, gerig said: Still waiting for my oasis of the seas glass block that was ordered May 2022. We sailed January 2022 and my fiancé received his diamond block August of 2022! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morecruisesplz Posted December 27, 2022 #161 Share Posted December 27, 2022 On 12/22/2022 at 7:08 PM, NateUpNorth said: No offense, and with respect and sincerity..... "20 night b2b in a JS" is not your typical RCL passenger. I'm just giving the perspective of the slow and steady once a year cruiser. Which I suspect is the majority of the clientele. Not at all. I think most of us D+ and up cruise at least 6 to 8 times/year minimum. We didn't start out cruising for points. We enjoy it. The points accumulated and there you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlbecker1 Posted December 27, 2022 #162 Share Posted December 27, 2022 On 12/23/2022 at 1:25 PM, Starry Eyes said: We have been impressed with quality of food at our Cheers with Officer lunches on recent cruises on both Jewel and Wonder. We have also enjoyed our cheers with the Officer on all of our recent cruises. Quantum, Anthem, Navigator, Symphony, Grandeur, Ovation and Explorer. All of them were wonderful and it is our favorite event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 27, 2022 #163 Share Posted December 27, 2022 20 minutes ago, Tlbecker1 said: We have also enjoyed our cheers with the Officer on all of our recent cruises. Quantum, Anthem, Navigator, Symphony, Grandeur, Ovation and Explorer. All of them were wonderful and it is our favorite event. We are looking forward to our first time doing this on Harmony in February. We just crossed the 340 and 350 mark on our last cruise in September. 21 minutes ago, fredmdcruisers said: Not at all. I think most of us D+ and up cruise at least 6 to 8 times/year minimum. We didn't start out cruising for points. We enjoy it. The points accumulated and there you are. We are in the exception to this category. We cruise between one and three times a year and split cruises between Royal Caribbean and Celebrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njkruzer Posted December 27, 2022 #164 Share Posted December 27, 2022 25 minutes ago, fredmdcruisers said: Not at all. I think most of us D+ and up cruise at least 6 to 8 times/year minimum. We didn't start out cruising for points. We enjoy it. The points accumulated and there you are. 6-8 times a year! I wish. 2-3 if we're lucky. They are often longer cruises like TA so it does add up. We're at 441. On Voyager for 9 nts in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cigar King Posted December 27, 2022 #165 Share Posted December 27, 2022 12 hours ago, fredmdcruisers said: I think most of us D+ and up cruise at least 6 to 8 times/year minimum. I love casual off the cuff statistics...unfortunately 82% of them are wrong. 3 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starry Eyes Posted December 27, 2022 #166 Share Posted December 27, 2022 13 hours ago, fredmdcruisers said: Not at all. I think most of us D+ and up cruise at least 6 to 8 times/year minimum. We didn't start out cruising for points. We enjoy it. The points accumulated and there you are. It is unlikely that most D+ cruise 6-8 times per year minimum. Likely there are many D+ who cruise 1-4 times per year and gradually built up points over many years of cruising. CruiseCritic posts are not representative and naturally draw more posts from the high frequency cruisers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morecruisesplz Posted December 27, 2022 #167 Share Posted December 27, 2022 7 minutes ago, Starry Eyes said: It is unlikely that most D+ cruise 6-8 times per year minimum. Likely there are many D+ who cruise 1-4 times per year and gradually built up points over many years of cruising. CruiseCritic posts are not representative and naturally draw more posts from the high frequency cruisers. Speaking from experience/talking to people onboard, not from CC info. Ask how many book 3 or 4 B2B in January/February. Those same peeps book for birthdays, family and holiday cruises. Maybe those who still work cruise 1 to 4, but those who are retired and love cruising are much higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morecruisesplz Posted December 27, 2022 #168 Share Posted December 27, 2022 33 minutes ago, Cigar King said: I love casual off the cuff statistics...unfortunately 82% of them are wrong. Take a survey! You owe me a drink if I am right. Deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morecruisesplz Posted December 27, 2022 #169 Share Posted December 27, 2022 13 hours ago, njkruzer said: 6-8 times a year! I wish. 2-3 if we're lucky. They are often longer cruises like TA so it does add up. We're at 441. On Voyager for 9 nts in January. A TA counts as 2 in my book. We rarely book 7 nights or less anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted December 27, 2022 #170 Share Posted December 27, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, njkruzer said: 6-8 times a year! I wish. 2-3 if we're lucky. They are often longer cruises like TA so it does add up. We're at 441. On Voyager for 9 nts in January. We did 2-4 cruises a year until we both retired, and then started really sailing as our other relaxation choice (we love to go up to New Smyrna Beach to fish for a week or two when we are between cruises). Other than special bucket list cruises, all of our bookings are B2B or B2B2B. Edited December 27, 2022 by orville99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njkruzer Posted December 27, 2022 #171 Share Posted December 27, 2022 1 minute ago, orville99 said: We did 2-4 cruises a year until we both retired, and then started really sailing as our other relaxation choice (we love to go up to New Smyrna Beach to fish for a week or two when we are between cruises). We also spend time in Hilton Head in January and February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morecruisesplz Posted December 27, 2022 #172 Share Posted December 27, 2022 8 minutes ago, orville99 said: We did 2-4 cruises a year until we both retired, and then started really sailing as our other relaxation choice (we love to go up to New Smyrna Beach to fish for a week or two when we are between cruises). Other than special bucket list cruises, all of our bookings are B2B or B2B2B. Give me 5! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted December 27, 2022 #173 Share Posted December 27, 2022 7 minutes ago, fredmdcruisers said: Give me 5! Currently have 20 booked (8 B2B and 4 bucket list) and will be booking 6 more when we get on Wonder in 11 days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morecruisesplz Posted December 27, 2022 #174 Share Posted December 27, 2022 15 minutes ago, orville99 said: Currently have 20 booked (8 B2B and 4 bucket list) and will be booking 6 more when we get on Wonder in 11 days. 15 minutes ago, orville99 said: Currently have 20 booked (8 B2B and 4 bucket list) and will be booking 6 more when we get on Wonder in 11 days. And have you spoken to or do you know others who cruise similarly? (Not being nosey. Trying to prove a point.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted December 27, 2022 #175 Share Posted December 27, 2022 1 minute ago, fredmdcruisers said: And have you spoken to or do you know others who cruise similarly? (Not being nosey. Trying to prove a point.) We usually see 50-100 people on turn around day that are B2Bing along with us, and we probably have conversations with dozens more on each cruise that are just ending their latest B2B. Met a couple on our B3B last July who essentially do a B52B - although they tend to jump around between cruise lines and continents. (He was a retired surgeon, and she was his nurse). When we go to the clubs, we seem to see the same faces over and over on every cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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