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[Ocean Boy]

31 minutes ago, asctony said:

 

What is the average price per day for a cruise? $150 to $300?

That's pretty close to the $100 pp per meal in a restaurant at home.

 

Happy Cruising & Holidays! 

 

I am quite sure that RCI is not spending anywhere near that to feed any of us for the entire day.... maybe not even for a week.

[WrittenOnYourHeart]

35 minutes ago, asctony said:

What is the average price per day for a cruise? $150 to $300?

That's pretty close to the $100 pp per meal in a restaurant at home.

 

So...you only count food as the cost of the cruise?

 

What about the stateroom? The entertainment?

 

It's not quite as simple as $300/pp/day = $100/meal/pp.

[LATTELOVE]

9 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

I am quite sure that RCI is not spending anywhere near that to feed any of us for the entire day.... maybe not even for a week.

Yeap, well said, thank you.

[h20skibum]

2 hours ago, asctony said:

What does it cost a cruise line to buy the food & prepare the evening meal per person?

It was reported on another thread that Royal spends about $17 per person, per day on food.  Not just the evening meal, that is all meals.  Much cheaper cuts and tougher meats.  
 

 

[h20skibum]

1 hour ago, asctony said:

What was disappointing with the fish & chips? Looks typical to us. Did they have HP Sauce & Malt Vinegar? The only thing I see missing is the newspaper it is normally wrapped in. LOL

If it is advertised as a taste of the UK, just look at the composition of the meal you get in the UK vs. this. 
 

This stuff made long John silvers look like a high end meal. 

[asctony]

2 hours ago, WrittenOnYourHeart said:

 

So...you only count food as the cost of the cruise?

 

What about the stateroom? The entertainment?

 

It's not quite as simple as $300/pp/day = $100/meal/pp.

You totally misunderstood my posting. People are saying that spending over $100 for a meal in their local restaurant is normal. I am trying to point out that you are getting:

 

'So...you only count food as the cost of the cruise?

 

What about the stateroom? The entertainment?

 

It's not quite as simple as $300/pp/day = $100/meal/pp.'

 

Thank you for helping me explain the total cost. 

[asctony]

1 hour ago, h20skibum said:

If it is advertised as a taste of the UK, just look at the composition of the meal you get in the UK vs. this. 
 

This stuff made long John silvers look like a high end meal. 

Been there mate! Seen much worse than this over the years. What would you like to see composed different? Presentation is not something these cruise lines worry about. Do you ever watch how some people eat. With their fingers, stuff their mouths full and almost choke on it. LOL

[asctony]

2 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

I am quite sure that RCI is not spending anywhere near that to feed any of us for the entire day.... maybe not even for a week.

Do we think that we are not getting our money's worth? If we do, why do we continue to cruise? Do we think that we could serve 3 meals a day like the ships do and only spend that amount? If we do, why are we complaining about the economy and the price of food, regardless of where we live. LOL

Happy Holidays!

[Ocean Boy]

1 minute ago, asctony said:

Do we think that we are not getting our money's worth? If we do, why do we continue to cruise? Do we think that we could serve 3 meals a day like the ships do and only spend that amount? If we do, why are we complaining about the economy and the price of food, regardless of where we live. LOL

Happy Holidays!

I didn't say anything about getting money's worth. I simply made a comment but thanks for the diatribe. It was a fun read.

[asctony]

1 hour ago, h20skibum said:

If it is advertised as a taste of the UK, just look at the composition of the meal you get in the UK vs. this. 
 

This stuff made long John silvers look like a high end meal. 

Here is LJS Cod Platter. Not much different.

https://www.ljsilvers.com/menu/cod-meals/

 

Edited December 23, 2023 by asctony

[asctony]

2 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

I didn't say anything about getting money's worth. I simply made a comment but thanks for the diatribe. It was a fun read.

Sorry, but I was not addressing you and your opinion. Everyone has an opinion. Now I know yours and you know mine. LOL

[Ocean Boy]

33 minutes ago, asctony said:

Sorry, but I was not addressing you and your opinion. Everyone has an opinion. Now I know yours and you know mine. LOL

You quoted me so just who were you addressing and who's opinion were you commenting on?🤔

[asctony]

11 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

You quoted me so just who were you addressing and who's opinion were you commenting on?🤔

Happy Holidays 

[udamom]

On 12/20/2023 at 3:09 PM, Dan83 said:

We pulled right up to the ship to return our rental car. Highly recommend smart wheels car rental for Curaçao. We did have some trouble on the way back and pushed it a little closer than I would have liked to. We boarded with 8 minutes left before all aboard 

Did you have trouble with the car or driving in the area? Thinking of renting a car

[LATTELOVE]

What days are dress your best or formal nights??

Are they still doing the all white party??

 

Thank you!!

[Arzeena]

Can we get back to the regular programing from Daryl and his Daddy please? With interesting fill ins from Dan?

 

[Dan83]

1 hour ago, udamom said:

Did you have trouble with the car or driving in the area? Thinking of renting a car

My wife left one shoe in the parking lot, so we went back to get it. That ate up all my extra time buffer to get back to the ship.  I do recommend the car rental for Curaçao. It was a blast. 

Edited December 23, 2023 by Dan83

[h20skibum]

1 hour ago, LATTELOVE said:

What days are dress your best or formal nights??

Are they still doing the all white party??

 

Thank you!!

On our sailing, formal night was night 2, and dress your best was night 6.

 

They did have white night and red night also.  
 

There were quite a lot of people dressed nicely on those nights.  I think it was because of the number of families onboard, wanting nice Christmas photos. 
 

We did get our two free photos. 
 

And I was remarking about always getting digital prints for our free ones.  Not so this time, just prints. 

[h20skibum]

That nice, 74m  superyacht tied up next to us is owned by Mark Scheinberg.  It is supposedly worth $100 million. 
 

[h20skibum]

We haven’t been to Nassau since the port was rebuilt.  It is so much nicer than the old one.  
 

Of course, I had to do a mooring line shot for @Sea Dog

 

 

Go ahead, make a Wish

 

 

[h20skibum]

We did our own walking tour around Nassau.  First stop was the British Colonial, where Bond scenes in Never Say Never Again were filmed. 
 

 

We stopped by Margaritaville Resort to check it out as a possibility for August when we are here. 
 

 

Then checked out the beach and Tiki bar

 

 

 

[h20skibum]

We found umbrella street, which is similar to what they do in San Juan. 
 

 

No visit is complete without visiting a rum distillery 

 

rum casks

 

and more

 

Sampling some is always a good idea. This was a Hemingway special

 

 

 

 

Edited December 23, 2023 by h20skibum

[h20skibum]

We also made it up to Fort Fincastle

 

 

and down the Queen’s Staircase 

 

 

 

[Dan83]

Nice rainbow over Nassau this afternoon 

[Dan83]