Todd W

@twangster looks like the majority of your awesome pics have disappeared. I'm heading out on her in April and was hoping you could point me to your pics if you have them hosted somewhere else. My anticipation kicked into high gear once the new year rolled in. fingers crossed! if not, no big deal

Thanks for your feedback @Michael Vitale. Our group has never been and have reservations for our April cruise. I've mostly read positive reviews on the place and looking forward to seeing what its all about. I'll definitely make sure to share my feedback as well afterwards.

yep add another +1, 2, 3 or whatever it's up to now for @michelle! She's always been great to work with!

Has anyone been to LFK since the fire last year? We've got an April excursion scheduled there and was just curious as to the current state of things there since that mess.

i could very well be wrong. i did some digging around on the internets this morning and was basing my comments off of what i saw in that area. The fact that they had RC signage makes me believe you're probably correct @Matt but then again, I've been in multiple DELL call centers in the US and Canada in the past that had their branding and they were all staffed and managed by the Outsourcing company that i was working for at the time. If i was to make a swag on it, I would think they own the building but had it managed and staffed by 3rd party representing Royal simply from a cost perspective.

as i understand it, Royal call center in Oregon was contracted out to a company called "Hospitality - One Touch" who also handles similar work for other cruiselines, hotels etc.

while it sucks to see US call center jobs move to other countries, as someone who used to run a 3rd party Call Center for another industry, it's becoming more and more commonplace simply due to labor costs. Royal isn't the first and they won't be the last. On a funny note, it can be rather comedic at times. At one point in time, my old facility handled level 1 tech support for a major brand PC company HQ'd out of Austin ? All overseas agents had to attend language desensitization classes to sound "more American" . Since my facility was based in Texas those agents would use our texas "twang" as their ideal speaking voice. So you would get someone obviously from Mumbai on the phone , trying to sound like John Wayne with the name of "George" trying to help US customers. It was hilariously embarrassing.

wait what? we're supposed to wash our hands after using the toilet?? ? totally agree on all accounts. Drink package cup is for freestyle only. anything else is just ewwwwww

reports of suspected Arson. thankfully it doesn't sound like anyone was hurt. https://cruiseradio.net/fire-destroys-popular-caribbean-cruise-destination/

totall agree with @twangster. obviously Royal wants to keep it under wraps. At the end of the day, the OP won't get a thing from Royal for reporting this so they certainly won't lose anything by continuing to press the issue outside of their bubble. if anything, if this "leaks" out, than it will force their hand to ensure they have proper cyber-monitoring in place for this sort of thing going forward. pictures or it didn't happen....

i second Radio Margaritaville but also wanted to add in Kenny Chesney's siriusxm "no shoes radio" , The Joint (siriusxm reggae station), and also newly discovered Yacht Rock

If you haven't yet done so, i would bring it to Royal's attention immediately. I can't speak for you, but i wouldn't want to have seen this type of stuff and do nothing about it and find out afterwards something horrible could have been possibly avoided.

try reaching out to the blog sponsor, MEI Travel https://mei-travel.com/ they might be able to point to someone they have locally. Tons of us from here use them. they have agents all over the US. highly recommended.

located in the "menu" section at the top of the blog. no photo but has a listing of the menu https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/menus/sabor-menu-harmony-of-the-seas

arrive early, grab a cold adult beverage and find a seat in the promenade for some class-A touristy people watching and some food. after a bit of that, relocate up to the pool deck, grab another cold drink and more people watching. Once room opens up, drop off carry on's, back to the pool deck for another.... it's a vicious cycle but someone has to do it! ?

Hi @Bbjunkie The Menus tab at the top of the blog is a great source for a lot of the menus. they vary slightly ship from ship but it's a great place to start in regards to see whats on the menu. As for pics, your best best is to either ask to see something specifically or spend some time in the live blog section of here. many of the reviews have some great food shots. hope this helps

carpe diem - in the majority of ports, these "authentic" cubans will be very over priced and questionable at best unless he is aware of the subtle nuances to tell a fake from a legit. i'd be more than happy to share (offline) my overseas sources that are without question, legit Cuban cigar distributors. That being said, up until the past 10-15 years, quality of true cubans has rapidly declined as they became more readily available through mass production. I used to be a huge fan but now i've found so many more non-cuban cigars that are leaps and bounds much better than the current stock thats out in the market place unless you can find an aged box going back before the cigar "boom" period. I digress, as this is one of my passions (current stash is well over 2000+ cigars) and i could ramble on for hours. In short, when i buy them, I never buy them at port for reasons mentioned above. Majority of mine come in from Switzerland via Cuba at a near domestic cigar prices ($6 - $9 a stick) legit, better quality, properly maintained and best of all, much more reasonable priced. more than happy to share my connections and he can see for himself.

Yep you got it right, Liberty. Sorry about that.

looking forward to another awesome @twangster review and pics!

Prices are for sailings through January '19

please add LOS 4/28/19 thanks!

thanks @twangster that helps with the visual i was looking for. i thought i had seen these pics before somewhere and should have known it was in one of your reviews. Much appreciated!

yep thats exactly it. i got all excited about the higher OBC and totally spaced out on it being for NR bookings. sorry about that.

it would be for Perfect Day but even currently, i still can't find anything that verifies the differences between the two. My 2020 cruise has Chill Island cabana's up for purchase in the planner and wanted to get one locked in but wanted to see what it was i'd actually be paying for first lol. I guess i may just purchase now to ensure i can have one and then cancel if it's not what i'm looking for.

Does anyone have pictures of the Cococay cabanas and bungalows ? I've been trying to find out the difference in what they look like and keep coming across conflicting information. interested in finding out what to expect for the new "Chill Island Cabanas". Seems like what i find shows the same pics for either one. covered cabana with an L-shaped couch, couple of beach loungers next to it. anyone have pics, i'd love to see them please. thanks!