Baked Alaska

I'm curious why. Isn't it a hairdryer?

Here is the email I received. It covers everything except specialty dining, but I'll apply the same principles as the suggestion for Coastal Kitchen. Thank you for contacting the Access Department.Allergies are handled daily on all sailings. We have advised our ship staff of your dietary restriction for low sodium meals. Our galley has a separate preparation area away from the main production area to prepare meals for guests with allergies and to avoid cross-contamination of the meals. Our Food and Beverage Staff attend recurring training programs regarding allergy protocols.During the booking process, we ask that the guest choose a set dining time versus My Time Dining. This will provide the guests with a dedicated serving staff for the cruise. Once the guest is onboard, we ask them to visit the dining room, introduce themselves and speak with the dining staff to advise of the food allergy. The dining staff for their table will be advised. We are pleased to advise you Royal Caribbean offers Gluten Free meals as a standard offering on our menus in the main dining room. We offer lactose free, almond milk, soy milk, whole milk and skim milk onboard our ships. Please talk with the Coastal Kitchen Staff to go over your meal preparation.When guests eat in the buffet, please ask for a manager so they can arrange to get a meal from the galley. This will avoid any cross contamination that may occur at the buffet. When eating in specialty restaurants or other food venues, it is important to advise our staff of the allergies. However, you are allowed to bring, non-perishable food items such as cookies, crackers, chips, energy bars, etc. These items must not require refrigeration and be sealed in the original store bought containers.Best regards,Charles AlvarezAccess Advocate | Access DepartmentRoyal Caribbean International | Celebrity CruiseIf you have a sailing within the next 30 days or less, please call us at 1-866-592-7225 (Mon-Fri; 9 am to 6 pm Eastern)

Thank you for the UDP suggestions. I got it at a GREAT price, so I will keep it. Redirect: Will the waiters in specialty dining already know about the low-sodium issue? For those of you who have notified RCCL in advance, will a different menu be presented in any of the dining venues?

Good question. We plan to eat the other 1/2 of the week's in specialty.

Hello. I've sent an email to [email protected] regarding a low-sodium diet. We have the UDP and will eat about 1/2 of our sailing in Coast Kitchen. What can I expect when I dine in this low-sodium situation?

Darn! That Feb 2024 Indy sailing looked great!

Where do we find these cruises? Can our regular TA book them?

We could not hear it on our balcony. That would have been ideal, but it was not hitting the balcony speakers, at least for us in an Owners Suite on Radiance.

Remove the bottom cup holder. It will be not as loud, but still. . .

We love these machines! We bought one for our home and bring our own capsules on the ship. They supply Crema and Dek in the suites.

Your expectations and assumptions about your cabin don't align with what you paid for. You got exactly what you paid for. Sleep in the beds that fit you and your children appropriately or move your deposit to another sailing and wish your family members a "happy anniversary, but sorry, I'm booking a different cruise. I'm not happy with the cabin I reserved for your anniversary sailing." The hospitality industry doesn't care who or how one sleeps in their beds, just that they've got heads on the pillows ($$).

We book the BC exclusively when we are at PDCC, and everytime the CP shows Over the Water Cabanas as sold out, yet there are ALWAYS A LOT of vacant cabanas through the day (every time we have visited).

Yes, but (you knew that was coming, right?) what about the other ship in port that day?

Props to @Sharla! This outstanding TA saved one of our cruises! We experienced the same issue as @Lovetocruise2002 and @TessFromFlorida, plus it was during the Royal Comeback (post-COVID cruising) if I'm not mistaken.

And, here they are: https://www.celebritycruises.com/content/dam/celebrity/pdf/Captains-Club-Benefits-Brochure_V19_4_09_24.pdf

Well, crud, I wonder if that part of the Royal world got hacked, and they reset everyone's password.

Wow! Is this occurring onboard, too? That Royally sucks if that's the case.

You nailed the issue! That's the thing: it wasn't crowded at all with Oasis and a Freedom class ship. There were lots of open loungers and pool loungers.

YES

Yeah, normally I would grab those points, but DS still vacays with us. He will be on his own C&A point pursuit once he has graduated from dental school (that's his plan. We'll see).

Every time we visit CocoCay, we head to the Beach Club. We love the tranquility, the iguanas, chickens, food, but the bar service is just terrible. We order our drinks and 45 minutes later they arrived, with water floaters, as the ice had completely melted. We decided to go to the bar and order our drinks in person. Kid you not, we waited 30 minutes. The bar had maybe 8 people at it, with three bar tenders. They were making drinks orders, probably ours from two hours prior. And yes, we grease the hand with a $5 with every order. I'm starting to think we have SUCKER written on our foreheads. It has been this way every time we've visited the Beach Club the last three visits over 2.5 years. Is there a better place to relax and have reliable bar service at Coco Cay? I mention this on every post-cruise survey.

Fair question, and thank you! My husband and I just made Diamond. My son is two 7 night sailings (in a suite)away from Diamond.

We are considering a cruise where my husband and I would occupy one suite, and our son (age 19) would be in an adjoining/connecting suite. I would be booking it. Could our son's name appear as the sole occupant of the cabin? Or is he still at the age where he would need to have an adult listed on the booking for that cabin? The cruise would be out of North America. If he is at an age where he can be the sole occupant, would he receive triple CA points?

It would be a crime if you didn't.

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