Baked Alaska

Yes! ALWAYS a nice tip. Tipping says waaaaaaay more about the person tipping than about the service received. We should try to always be generous and gracious even when we don't feel like it. It says a lot about us. Even if the waiter says "no, I can't bring you the lobster" (many good reasons why they may not be able to, and that's none of my business as I am asking THEM to go out of their way for ME).

Ya know what's even more crazy? The insurance company has paid the claims to the hospital, but we have still not received our ER bills! WOWZERS!

I'll have to look him up.

Pierre and Doc. Blech. Let's Go Blues!

@SpeedNoodles I think your Wild are out of it, no?

Here is my own experience:

The Blues/Jets were on both Fox Sports Midwest and CNBC (yes, CNBC!), tonight. I like Darren Pang so I always go with Fox when I can. Besides when they use Doc Emeric on NBCSN, ugh. LET'S GO BLUES!!!

Sooooo, "Lobster Night" at Geovanni's is doable?

You can also send an email to [email protected]. In the subject line, put your confirmation #, ship name, and embarkation date. Then ask your question. They will get back with you, although not always the 36 hours that their auto response email the follows states. Last week I waited 72+ hours and sent my question in on Tuesday. FWIW, we are sailing on Oasis, March 22, Western Caribbean with a Labadee day. Currently, for Labadee, there are only 8 excursions listed while Cozumel lists 59. They responded that the "catalog has not been updated, yet."

However, something just "doesn't smell right in the State of Denmark". Given that Holland America is starting to charge for a second entree (in the name of not wasting food, yeh right), is RCCL seemingly "giving" more away with the Unlimited Dining Package? Hmmmmmmm. . .

My pricing had not changed for over a year, other than the black friday sale. Still hasn't.

@AshleyDillo Woot! Just checked mine, as well! Includes lunches on sea days. I don't see anything different between the two other than the "unlimited" part, which is nice! Happy Pappy!! So far, price has not gone up. So. Far. All of my sailings have been changed to "Unlimited". Niiiiiiiiiiiice!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for serving our country and protecting all of us. You are appreciated more than you can fathom. Many many thanks!

Just purchased the Ultimate for our March 2020 sailing. Hoping that they will "upgrade" it to the Unlimited. If nothing else, I'm glad I locked in the price that I got today. Should only go up with the new package (if ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL other assumptions hold true).

Pull the trigger today on the Ultimate Dining Package $199/pp 7 nights or wait until tomorrow for the Unlimited Dining Package?

I know that if you book out more than 2 years, some (not all) of the better plans, e.g., cancel for any reason, etc, are not available. This happened to us with a March 2021 sailing. We had to switch insurance carriers because of it. We were able to still have cancel for any reason and because we bought the policy within 7 or 10 days of our initial deposit, we were able to keep the pre-existing medical conditions on the policy. Had we bought the policy after 10 days, we would not have been able to use the pre-existing medical condition add on. My husband and I are in our very early 50s and we have a 14 year old son. However, my parents are in their mid 70s, with cancer and multiple sclerosis currently affecting their health. So, for this reason, we add the cancel for any reason so that if something were to happen to them, we are able to receive our money back.

Do you ever fee that your treatment has been compromised because of NO SALES?

I use itravelinsured.com, the IMG policy -cancel for ANY reason. Have had to make 2 claims, with relative ease.

Nope. See my way previous post. Probably on the first page.

In the words of many MANY CSRs, is it time to "reach out" and "escalate" the issue (blech).

My Alaskan and Caribbean cruises are exhibiting said issue

For two of three booked sailings, this is happening. I've no excursions reserved on one of these sailing, so I can't comment on that one. . .yet.

This frustrates me. Seriously, what does that say about Royal? Is it ethical? Is it good business practice? I don't know. I see reasons for and against doing what they are doing. This is like checking out at the grocery store and upon checkout, the grocery store hides all product I just purchased or leaving it out on the shelf and saying you can't buy that unless you return your purchase and buy again. Maybe I want MORE. Nope, return the purchase in your cart and then we'll talk. WHAT????????

Same thing has been going on with my Harmony sailing. . . For over 2 years away!