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  6. Integration of RC Loyalty Programs

    in Royal Caribbean News and Rumors

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    12 hours ago, Rackham said:

    the new vouchers value will be increased to $17 so that it includes Celebrity's highest priced menu cocktails at select bars.

    i do find this part fascinating because - we typically drink chandon sparkling wine on royal. it falls under the $14 threshold — again, it’s a nice sparkling wine. 

    on celebrity, it’s $17. 

    for reference, a bottle of chandon costs about $24. 

    so they are considering it a “premium” when it really… isn’t. 

    and i understand the convenience factor and everything; obviously we can just bring a bottle of it on board ourselves.

    but it makes me wonder how many other of their wines/beverages fall into that category.

    like yes, a handcrafted martini at the martini bar with the special tricks and pouring skills — that’s a performance on top of a beverage. i understand that. 

    but X lumps in premium water (evian, acqua panna, pellegrino) at the $17 cap and you can’t get unless you have a premium package — ie, you can’t get for happy hour, even though it’s nowhere near $17 a bottle. (or a water package)

    i understand thats probably more to discourage people from grabbing endless bottles of "free" water during happy hour — but the long winded point of this is that i think some of their thresholds — $14 for basic drinks and $17 for premium — is a bit murky. 

    if it were based on top shelf liquors, yes, okay — i understand that completely. 

    but it isn't. 

    and obvs they have the right to set their prices at whatever they'd like. 

    it would be interesting to see a comparison between the two (an old fashioned costs $14 on royal and $17 on X, for example) just to get a better understanding of this.

  8. How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)

    in Live Blogs

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    6 hours ago, AshleyDillo said:

    This was after I watched another guest taste test stuff as she put it on her plate..just full on picking it off her plate with her hands. 🤢

     

    4 hours ago, Ampurp85 said:

    I will never forget that kid sucking that sausage and putting it back, the mom seeing but not telling the staff. 

     

    oh sweet lord. 

    i need to lay down. 

    gooDBYE FOREVER THIS IS SO GROSS 

  10. Freedom to be 39!! A B3B 5/13/24-5/24/24

    in Live Blogs

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    10 hours ago, Ampurp85 said:

    he is obsessed with making it to Diamond so she can relax in the lounge. Yes, not the drink vouchers or internet discount......but lounge access is her goal 😂🤣

    somehow i feel like this is very on brand for her... 🤣

     

    10 hours ago, Ampurp85 said:

    As usual she is brand new. I feel like she gets amnesia every time we travel, and I have to hear the same questions.  This is her sixth RCG cruise and she texted me about luggage limits. Somehow her logic was that shorter cruises only allowed weekender bags and/or carry-ons

    OMG. imagine if this were true, though???? i could literally never go on a shortie cruise 😆

     

    10 hours ago, Ampurp85 said:

    I did my pre-cruise shopping: which involves going to Kohl's, Marshall's, TJ Maxx and Walmart for any essentials, and giving Bezos his offering

    bezos really out here getting the most from us all!!!

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