HeWhoWaits

12 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

Muster

Shows/Restaurants if that's your thing

Get a drink

Register at Adventure Ocean if that's your thing

Get a drink

By then rooms will be open

You missed "get a drink" between muster and shows/restaurants (not to mention before muster).

41 minutes ago, Xaa said:

You've got it @Scott Hammer.  Do it in the order that holds the most priority for you but all pretty much right away.

Then just add get a drink and get some food and you're all set.

Get that drink at the first bar you pass on the way to whichever item becomes first on your personal list. Makes any waiting in line required much easier to take.

On 9/3/2023 at 2:11 PM, Fuzzywuzzy said:

I can't help you with this but God bless you for giving a new generation an early start on RC cruising. Though it probably won't  be remembered.

Our granddaughter's first cruise was at 10.5 months. She remembers details of the cruise that neither of her parents, her grandmother, or her uncle recall.

To be fair, some of those details were during her special time with Gramps between 5:00 a.m. daily wakeup and 8:00 or later everybody else joins us in the Windjammer. 

Must disagree with @Ryan79 unless something has changed recently.

Once activated, the cups have historically worked for 14 days on the same ship.

Keep in mind that the cups, if active, will only work for beverages from the Freestyle machines. All other refreshment package drinks will be charges.

The simplest solution is probably to log into the Cruise Planner under their booking number and take care of it there.

Not as convenient as booking everything at once from your account, but you'll have access to do it that way.

8 hours ago, Traveling Mike said:

I have heard about people having trouble getting credit on B2B cruises.  They have to go out of their way to get credit for the first cruise applied so they would have the next tear for the second cruise.

We were able to get the credit for perks when Diamond was reached, but Sea Pass cards were never properly activated to access the DL.

24 minutes ago, tonyfsu21 said:

How do vouchers which are loaded on the seapass card get “stolen”? Is this a thing?

When we cruised with a group, one night at dinner a group member's glass of wine was charged against my wife's voucher count. We caught it later when she got another drink and the total remaining mentioned by the bartender didn't match what she had used that day. From that point forward, we have checked our account in the app for free drinks just like we check for charges that may be added.

21 minutes ago, icf75 said:

I’m not gold status until after my cruise. Does anyone know why I was offered 10% off my beer last night?

im not on the package 

Just lucky? 10% off anything for no apparent reason? Thank you very much!

24 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

So you booked through a TA, then the TA transferred the booking back to RC?

There are oh so many red flags about the OP's post number 1.

Reminds me of the shirts that are printed up proclaiming both participants as Super Bowl Champions so they're in stock regardless of who wins. In the past, incorrect versions were donated to charity (not sure if that's still true).

There is an entire generation of African orphans who believe the Buffalo Bills won four consecutive Super Bowls.

54 minutes ago, Florz said:

Sorrentos pizza, IMO, is one tiny step better than supermarket bought frozen pizza. 

Depends on the supermarket frozen pizza. Some of them are at least as good as national chains in the US. #pizzasnob

Every drink gets a cash tip. Ordering two? Double tip.

Do you dine alone at land-based restaurants? Once you are able to secure a table to yourself on board, the MDR is just another restaurant. Treat it as such - do what is comfortable for you so long as you don't interfere with the experience of others.

Worst case scenario - you're on the ship and having a great time.

Pay for a chocolate chip cookie? No way.

Royal Caribbean Ranger Cookies? If that's the only way to get them, heck yeah!

2 minutes ago, CruisingNewb said:

I like to think that over the years, I have evolved since college years...

My wife begs to differ.

I've evolved to finishing off the open bottle of wine instead of beer with my cold pizza.

11 minutes ago, CruisingNewb said:

Getting up at 3:30am doesn't mean I'm up and about quite yet.  I don't get out of the house until at least 5am. And no...pizza at 5am does not sound appealing lol. Maybe a bagel bar?

Cold stale pizza and warm stale beer - Sunday breakfast for many a college student.

8 hours ago, kay L said:

Love that RC is trying to stop people hogging chairs. I remove the stuff if people do this and dont sit for over 25 mins.  No one should have to stand just because somone is rude and thinks a towel on a seat holds it and if they are in the water then sorry you do not need to sit.   Thank you RC we love you

If they're in the water, they need a place to come back to. This is allowed. It's the "I'll put a towel here now so when I want the chair in six hours it will be there for me" folks that are the problem.

On 8/20/2023 at 7:07 PM, Pattycruise said:

There are a lot of people who assume everyone gets up between 5am and 8am and therefore are in bed before midnight.  

By the same token, there ARE those of us who are up before dawn regularly (even if I've stayed up until 2:00 a.m. enjoying the available nightlife, rarely will I sleep late enough to miss sunrise). As much as I am disappointed with the available food offerings after 9:00 p.m., even worse is the lack of options before WJ opens in the morning. Yes, there is some food available but it's very limited just like late night.

Plenty of viable food options 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Not nearly enough 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.

1 minute ago, Bazza said:

Charge for cleaning poop from the swimming pools - may encourage swimming nappies/diapers.

The use of swim diapers is prohibited by the cruise line, including in the areas specifically designed for young children.

6 hours ago, ChessE4 said:

This is just a heads-up that I recently booked a car rental online through AAA for a Thrifty vehicle, and Thrifty didn't honor the reservation price at check-in.

Sounds like you need to go after AAA.

If your departure from Puerto Vallarta is late, I recommend Rhythms of the Night Folklore at Las Caletas.

We did this in April on a trip on another line and it is excellent. Involves a cruise across the bay, dinner, and a great show.

14 hours ago, Ampurp85 said:

I think the issue was that a lot of the people who was the primary cruisers on Royal, weren't interested in eating late.

Yet on our Holland America cruise in April, where the primary cruise demographic is the people who Royal decided didn't want those late buffets, had a reasonably diverse selection of food at the buffet from 11:00 p.m. to midnight every night.

AND they published via stateroom TV what was on the "menu" for the late buffet each night. This allowed us to decide if we wanted to hit the buffet, order (included) room service, or go to the (significantly superior to Sorrento's) pizza place by the pool.

54 minutes ago, tjcruisers said:

Surprised 20% answered they’d pay for that pizza 

Those are the same people who enjoy White Castle or Denny's at 2:00 a.m. when the bars close down.

32 minutes ago, DDaley said:

Mendenhall river levels went back to normal a few days after the flooding so I’d assume not. 

The distance the water had to travel is pretty short. Less than five miles as the crow flies from Mendenhall Lake to Fritz Cove (might be six total miles with twists and turns).

The main reason the flooding was severe is the sheer volume inundating such a small expanse.