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I have a problem with that approach. If you stay in hotel and tipping housekeeper do you also tip laundry person or cleaners? Even in North America insane tipping culture, tips are for people who interact with you directly and provide you with expected or elevated level of service. Royal approach is changing tipping into subsidizing salaries for people I never interact with.

No one is talking about withholding tips. Just wondering if removing automatic gratuities and replacing them with the same amount of cash tips is more beneficial for those hard working individuals

Interesting fact finding from ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com/share/67216364-2540-8006-be34-05aace39973d

I found somewhat disturbing post on Reddit. I thought that prepaid gratuities are increasing employee net income. OP suggested that prepaid gratuities decreasing RCI salary obligations and are part of guaranteed salary, therefore they are directly benefiting RCI, not employees Is that correct?

Ryan nailed it!

Take it and watch for price drop, especially during Black Friday period. We've been there few days ago for 19.99. Seems like lower end Beach Club but without fancy lunch, children and taste of exclusivity. IMHO only for heated pool is well worth the money under $50 (I hate cold water).

Of course the most important thing is that our thoughts and prayers are with those who are dead or missing in this terrible tragedy. Do you know if cruise port and other marine traffic is affected by this accident ?

got it, thanks !

Yes, but I don't want to bother if it is not allowed

place in the almost full sailing (Baltimore->Bahamas)

Thank you for your comment. What makes you say that prime certificate is for Caribbean cruises only ? I was under impression that we can use it for any cruise up to seven days excluding certain periods and new ships

Does anyone know if is it possible to book cruise for full refundable fare and once casino prime certificate become available in April apply this certificate and pay fees only ? Of course switch would happened before final payment date.

I would like to confirm that I called Royal to make sure that it would work and they told me to go ahead. Therefore I canceled and successfully rebooked using this promotion . It works !

Do you know if Royal applies 25% discount for solo travelers for this promotion? Currently I have 20% discount and system doesn't allow mockup booking. Sailing on Nov 19, so I don't want to loose my discount in case I cannot apply current promotion. Has anyone had such a case ?

Once you see your prime on www.clubroyaleoffers.com, you can regenerate digital sea pass for your February cruise and you should be able to see your prime status on it.

they’ve refunded our excursions but we had an extra amount for “an incident”. It might be related to the fact that we paid for an upgrade to the balcony stateroom (not Royal Up)

Still we are very excited to see those ports instead of good ol CocoCay and Nassau. I understand that missing Perfect Day is disappointing for families with kids (1050 onboard) but for us it feels like an unexpected upgrade. Casino comp cruise but still we’ve got almost 100$ credit

@SolariumSnoozer or any other Alaska cruisers If you can have a balcony cabin which side of the ship you would choose ? Especially to have a great view if the Hubbard Glacier

Basically you can change higher denomination (and get plenty of $1 US bills) at two convinient locations: - casino cashier - the fastest and easiest but closed in the ports - guest services, if casino is closed in the port usually there is no lineup to the guest services desk with an exception of embarkation day

I second @Blulady opinion. If Central Park is not a must for you, Quantum class is much more attractive. Just make sure that you’ll fully use 270

That brings me to another question. Since both my wife and I are prime, and we are receiving the same offers, it would be advantages for each of us to book separate cabins. No extra expenses and double CAS points. Any downside on this approach? Is it frowned upon to do it?

@PattycruiseDid you have to pay any solo extras ?

@BrianBVery nice summary. My wife playing only slot machines reached magic 2500 points by spending total of $1500. So not bad at all :). Now quick question to @CHRIS WONG (or anyone in the know). If prime sails solo on casino offer is he/she awarded double CAS points ?

Any Saturday or Sunday For example, I have one cruise ending March 28 (Monday) and the other May 22 (Sunday)

With no sarcasm whatsoever. Could you please provide some sites that will do free or inexpensive PCR testing for non US residents in Miami or FLL on Saturday or Sunday morning.