HeWhoWaits

On 7/2/2025 at 7:43 AM, OCSC Mike said:

My favorite is from Giovanni’s Kitchen.

Fettuccine made with tagliatelle is interesting.

If they had individuals of Italian descent working with the "Italian" restaurant menus, this would never happen. 

Underrated - NSA desserts - many nights this is a go-to for me even though I don't "need" to do so

Underrated - many vegetarian options, especially appetizers

VERY underrated - nightly Indian food options (meat and vegetarian) - on our next sailing, it appears from the menus currently posted that this will be my choice in the MDR more nights than not (lots of lamb)

If you're a wine drinker (or not), take advantage of the Captain's Club Wine Tasting. The one I did included five wines plus a flat alcoholic grape soda (white zinfandel).

Love the description of the Baked Oysters - "broiled oysters..."

Somebody didn't proofread.  (I'm guessing Royal missed it and @PG Cruiser just posted the actual menu verbiage)

52 minutes ago, J_Keeble said:

all id save is the port taxes i believe 

Which will be refunded anyway.

Three possible scenarios come to mind:

1 - Do you have past cruises that are missing but the points are potentially there? (Royal IT at play)

2 - Did you have multiple cruises under the old system of one point per cruise? (Three seven night cruises showing one point each would account for 22 because they gave an extra point to everyone based on some long-forgotten logic)

3 - Do you have a qualifying spouse who happens to have 120 points? (My cruises, including three as noted above, add up to 131 points. My account shows me as having 249 because that's what my wife has earned)

I've added the 16 days out to my tracker for key dates on upcoming cruises (previously included final payment due date, check in opens date, and luggage tags (usually available) date).

31 minutes ago, Crazy Cruise Lady said:

What is ymmv?

 

Your Mileage May Vary

5 hours ago, Ray said:

Those who showed loyalty and booked straight away as soon as they could were not rewarded

Until we re-booked at a lower price than the original booking and DID get the double points.

On 6/18/2025 at 8:34 AM, WAAAYTOOO said:

I think this may be a case of very poor wording.  I suspect that this is TRYING to tell you that you don't have control of this reservation - it is under the control of the TA.  I've noticed that on the one and only reservation I have that is NOT under the control of a TA, info such as total cruise costs and balance due, etc. is available to review.  On all of the other rezzies, which are under the control of a TA, I get this same [above] message.  I think it's just telling me that I don't have access to some information.  Just VERY poor wording....maybe ?

Not wording - just wrong. The cruises associated with every account show this way, regardless of how it's booked. Try to link it and it will show that it is already linked with your account.

13 hours ago, Jclcool said:

My tags are also wrong we are aft starboard and the little map shows port aft. I’ve contacted RC three times promised new tags which never arrive. Very frustrating! I don't want lost luggage. We are on Oasis ship so this luggage would be so far away from our cabin if they follow this map. It’s not like on Odyssey where the cabins connect port and starboard side. This has apparently been an issue for years from these online post so why have they not corrected this problem? I was told they would put a note in the record. I politely told the lady the porters are part of the hardest working teams on the ship they rely on this map to get it to general location they don't have time to read ever room number nor are they reading notes off a computer when loading luggage. I don't want to spend my first day stressing about lost luggage. I’ve given them a lot of time to correct this. 

As mentioned by @SpeedNoodles and @Atlantix2000, don't sweat this small detail.

As many, myself included, can attest, the right zone being marked on your luggage tag is no guarantee that your bags will end up anywhere near your stateroom anyway. More often than not, they're within a door or two. But there are times where it feels like you're playing "Marco Polo" or "Where's Waldo?" in searching for a stray bag.

57 minutes ago, Mike.s said:

When I click on manage reservation I can see the details but get a note that this reservation is not linked to my account, I get this for both my upcoming cruises, I'm confused.

And when you try to link the reservation, it tells you that the reservation is already linked. Royal IT strikes again.

"Non-alcoholic spirit" - what an oxymoron.

8 hours ago, OCSC Mike said:

Off-topic.. neither was the clock on our cabin TV on Utopia last week. It was a good 2 minutes off our phones and the app and drove my OCD brain nuts.

At least it wasn't like most hotel clocks (in the ones that still HAVE clocks) - off by 23 minutes or 37 minutes or 1:06.

2 hours ago, OCSC Mike said:

My last few have been something like that, one was maybe closer to 12:15. There's always been at least somewhat of a delay as long as I can remember.

Royal IT system clock isn't synched to the real world.

Happens all the time. Lots of people trying to check in as soon as it's available to chase the early boarding times overwhelms the system.

25 minutes ago, WannaCruise said:

as soon as we got a room, we switched to another in same category for better location

Royal avoiding the work of doing this might be a big part of why GTYs are getting slower.

Change the stateroom number on the tags or (better) get new blank tags and put the correct number on them (this way they're not pre-sorted to a particular section of the ship if your new stateroom is in a very different area).

13 minutes ago, Icon vaccation said:

Thank you. The plan is for my son to make his account when he is 13 so he can also get full access to the app instead of just using my account. 

That makes sense. The Royal Caribbean account for purposes of using the app is not the same as a Crown & Anchor account. 

Once you know your C&A number, you can add it to your RC account profile.

2 hours ago, RCIfan1912 said:

Ah before 8 am. That is pretty early. I like to eat breakfast in the 7 o'clock range but wife and kids on vacation do not.

I hit the Windjammer as soon as it opens (I've had "washy washy" folks ask if I am okay if I show up ten minutes after it opens rather than being at the front of the waiting for the door to open line). I get my table of choice and plenty of fresh food. About the time I'm done with my breakfast, it's time to grab an appropriate danish and several pieces of properly soft bacon to take back to the cabin for my wife, along with her fru-fru morning coffee.

We haven't sailed much since becoming D+, but we haven't seen this perk show up on any of those sailings.

There are certain items both my wife and I are fairly sure to order when they appear (moreso her).

In general, I do not decide until sitting at the table based on what speaks to me at the time. Anytime lamb is an option, I will order it. Lamb one of the few foods I have found to (nearly) always be better on cruise ships than when I prepare something similar myself. The other thing cruise kitchens do better than I am capable of producing is Indian food (it helps greatly that many of the chefs are Indian) so often that is the menu option that jumps off the page for me.

There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator.

Only a fraction of people will find this funny.

One final notification last night thanking us for our patience with the wave of notifications.

1 hour ago, Mark_A said:

I have 250 points  I only received one block, and that was on Navigator when I hit 210.  it's a nice block, but I am thinking I am missing the first one. Oh well.  I hit 280 this summer so, hopefully I'll get that one.

My wife didn't get her block for 140. Follow up with C&A didn't help. Follow up with LA on a later trip got no action. Follow up with the LA on her cruise where 210 was reach (with block delivery option letter properly received) re-verified the information for 140 but nothing came of it. This September is MY first cruise since 210 was reached - I plan to be a pest about it. If the LA's response isn't sufficient, I will request that they call the C&A office directly and put me on the line.