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    Baked Alaska reacted to JFCruise in Stay away from Enchantment of Seas   
    The dead givaway that it's not a RC ship is the shower curtain. I sailed on Enchantment a long while ago - it had the regular plastic door, no shower curtain.
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    Baked Alaska reacted to smokeybandit in Stay away from Enchantment of Seas   
    The linoleum bathroom floor, too.
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    Baked Alaska reacted to TexanTwoStep in $5 Craps   
    He got the true VIP treatment.
     
    I suck at throwing the dice.  it never fails I either hit someone's chips, miss the back wall, or throw one (or both!) over the wall.  Surprised I haven't been arrested yet!
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    Baked Alaska reacted to DoomSlayer in $5 Craps   
    I was on her when she was in Galveston.  Yes they had $5 craps right after the covid lull.  That craps table on Grandeur was the only time I saw Security have to arrest someone.  The shooter was cut off because he was sliding the dice and they asked him to leave the casino area.  He refused and started making a scene.  Security circled him and, well, let's just say he ate from "room service" the rest of the trip, had a "private bodyguard" posted at his door, and was escorted off the ship with a new pair of shiny bracelets.
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    Baked Alaska reacted to CanHardlyWait in $5 Craps   
    $5! Mine are free.
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    Baked Alaska reacted to Fastfaller in $5 Craps   
    I don't really gamble, but if table games were $5 I might consider having a bit of a go at it. Seeing $10 minimums scares me off. 
    So maybe they are on to something... I am a prime example of they type of people they might be looking to attract.
    Personally I don't understand why they would want a higher minimum... It's the minimum, people can always wager more. Unless the goal is to only have serious gambles at the tables, but then they are limiting the interest in the games.
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    Baked Alaska reacted to Robert Gray in $5 Craps   
    I’m currently on Symphony of the Seas and the minimum bet on the craps table is $5.   This is the first RC cruise I’ve been on with the minimum not being $10.  I asked the casino dealers if it’s just this ship or fleet wide.  They told me it’s just this ship.  I also asked if this was some kind of test for the rest of the fleet and they didn’t know.
    Maybe Matt can do some investigating on this?
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    Baked Alaska reacted to KWong in Victoria, BC any reason to get off the ship?   
    I was looking at the Skywalk for my (non-cruise) trip to BC this summer since we saw it on The Amazing Race Canada and were curious about it.
    My conclusion is that it's a purpose-built tourist attraction with appeal as an accessible hike with an elevated view and a dry slide (ugh) as it's major selling points. At $37 CDN pp (not including transport over), it could get pricey. But it does get you out of the city and nature-adjacent, so there is that.
    I think that, with 10 hours to play with, it's not a bad way to spend a few hours. But it's not something that screams "must do" to me.
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    Baked Alaska reacted to USCG Teacher in Coco Cay Beach Club   
    When I was there last year, the Beach Club had complimentary floating mats on site.
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    Baked Alaska reacted to AshleyDillo in Extended family in stateroom... Air matteress-- Yay or Nay?   
    Put your aunt and your kid in the real bed (split into 2 singles) and you and your wife could take the couch.
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    Baked Alaska reacted to KWong in Extended family in stateroom... Air matteress-- Yay or Nay?   
    This is probably a better solution. Especially if you can get connecting rooms (assuming it's not too late). Bonus - you get an extra full bathroom.
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    Baked Alaska reacted to PeloAl in Extended family in stateroom... Air matteress-- Yay or Nay?   
    Way too many adults in one tiny cabin. Spend a few $$ and get an extra room.
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    Baked Alaska reacted to OCSC Mike in Coastal Kitchen on Wonder of the Seas   
    I'm no expert, having only been in a GS twice, but I don't think there's any general answer. It will just depend on the supply and demand of your particular sailing.
    If you enjoy filet mignon, the only other piece of advice I have would be to not skip night one in CK as that's always filet night and it is highly regarded. I know my family found it excellent the two times we had it (once on Wonder).
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    Baked Alaska reacted to FOB in Stay away from Enchantment of Seas   
    B2B on enchantment last summer. Problem one da6 with a smell of diesel in our interior cabin. Reported it to guest services and went ashore for the day
    by the time we returned the issue had been fixed, we received a courtesy call from guest services to check all was ok and received a 10% of cruis3 price credit for another cruise
    found everyone on the ship very helpful so surprised you didn’t get help when the issues were reported 
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    Baked Alaska reacted to Vacation Crazy in Victoria, BC any reason to get off the ship?   
    We did not give Victoria much thought on our Alaskan cruise and had nothing planned.  We walked into town past Fisherman's Wharf.  We are so glad we did. It truly is a beautiful city. 

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    Baked Alaska reacted to Carlos A. in Victoria, BC any reason to get off the ship?   
    Walk around Fisherman's Wharf and take the water taxi to Victoria's Downtown. It's a beautiful city. 
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    Baked Alaska reacted to Vacation Crazy in Victoria, BC any reason to get off the ship?   
    We walked into town and did some shopping and had lunch.  It was a very enjoyable day!
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    Baked Alaska reacted to Ryan79 in Victoria, BC any reason to get off the ship?   
    This is exactly what we do! The downtown area has many very nice restaurants, bars and shopping options that you can easily make the most of your time there. The downtown is VERY clean and safe. Even walking around and not spending a dime is better than sitting on the ship for this port.
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    Baked Alaska reacted to Peter D in Stay away from Enchantment of Seas   
    It is difficult to believe this is even the enchantment.    I have my doubts.
     
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    Baked Alaska reacted to ScottD in Back up excursion?   
    I'm just not sure how it works with RC...it may not let you book two at the same time for the same people, kind of like when you try to book two activities at the same time, it throws up a red flag and keeps you from doing it. That said, give it a shot for sure and if it lets you...do it. Then you have up to a few days before the day of the excursion to cancel one of them. The other option is book the 2nd one through Viator or another 3rd party company...most of them have cancellation policies that allow them up to a certain time, just look into that part first. 
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    Baked Alaska reacted to ScottD in Boston on your own excursion?   
    We are heading to Boston in early September, we saw that but I think we are just gonna do our own thing. Figure out a way to Cheers, then just check out the Quincy market area. I figured that's actually "doing Boston my own way" lol.  BUT definitely open to any other ideas, so I'll be checking to see if anyone gives you info on this one! 
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    Baked Alaska reacted to Austin in Wonderland Question (probably silly..)   
    I’ve never found specialty restaurants to allow you to leave hungry.
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    Baked Alaska reacted to Pattycruise in Customer Service - A bit of a dilemma - RCB to the rescue?   
    [email protected]
    make your complaint much shorter and more concise.’
    cruise date and ship
    reservation #’s
    Brief sentence-booked abc cabins.
    problem -did not get your full days worth of hours due to late arrival
    State asked about compensation from (insert names ) while onboard
    State call /email to customer service
    State response by  Marth  F and date
    State what you want from them
    Prorated $back?
    closing:looking forward to a resolution to this.
    Sign off
    Name, 
    Crown and anchor #
    Phone # 
    not sure if attachments are a good thing…could send your email to spam so perhaps offer to forward correspondence if needed

     
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    Baked Alaska reacted to AshleyDillo in Customer Service - A bit of a dilemma - RCB to the rescue?   
    Sorry to hear this happened to you and I hope someone on the blogs can give you some ideas of who to connect with to try and get this some traction.
    The biggest takeaway from this is whenever there is a problem on the sailing you need to make sure you resolve it prior to leaving the ship. Once you leave the ship, there's less urgency for someone to assist you. Onboard you need to leverage every resource you have (Guest Services, Concierge) and escalate until you talk to someone who will do something. If you ever have an issue with a Shore Excursion and make a complaint onboard they often will give a refund, but you do need to be persistent, polite, and do not let them just put you aside and firmly stand your ground and talk to someone higher up.
    How much you spent and your loyalty is irrelevant. They should have listened to your complaints onboard and tried to offer a solution while onboard.
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    Baked Alaska reacted to Lovetocruise2002 in Icon Spring Break and Occupancy Rates   
    That is exactly where we are at as well with Icon class.
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