Jolly Ogre

If we get dinged on our upcoming September cruise, I'll be visiting guest services to remove all of my prepaid gratuities and let them know they lost several hundred bucks for the sake of gouging me for $15 or $25 or $42.
Gotta send a tough love message to the corporate finance and marketing folks.

I'm guessing that hurts staff more than RCL management. Just a thought.

Just got off Enchantment of the Seas and yse got dinged for the $15 corkage fee.
1st time ever got charged.

Just got off Enchantment of the Seas and yse got dinged for the $15 corkage fee.
1st time ever got charged.

110 days out and still no room assignment. Will keep watch and see when it shows up.

...and here I thought you were a healer.  😜

You can always step up to us bearded folks and talk to us. We only bite a little bit at first...lol

I looked for you (at least, what I thought MIGHT be you) but never had the guts to go up to a stranger and ask them if they are the Jolly Ogre !  🤣
It was a great cruise for us, too.  After 10 nights on EN though, we were ready to get off.  🤭  We're on Wonder now and it's such a stark difference.  When I step onto an O class ship after being on some of the smaller sisters, I am ALWAYS amazed at how much more there is to these big ships....it's like I'd never seen a big ship before !  ...but we still love the little ones, too.

Well it was a very relaxing cruise. Did not get to see you.

They do not provide "free" water bottles. Bring your own and fill them up from the water dispensers but use a glass to do so, not straight from the dispenser to the bottle.

They do not provide "free" water bottles. Bring your own and fill them up from the water dispensers but use a glass to do so, not straight from the dispenser to the bottle.

Now the itineraries show up.

No bottled water is not provided for free and no you are not allowed to give your son water bottles acquired from your beverage package. Why bottled would water be any different from any other beverage when it comes to being able to share???

They do not provide "free" water bottles. Bring your own and fill them up from the water dispensers but use a glass to do so, not straight from the dispenser to the bottle.

Yeah if you plug in the code nothing shows up at all.

Tomorrow is cruise day ... see you at 11!!

Yeah if you plug in the code nothing shows up at all.

Now there is this one.
 
2025 LONGER ESCAPES CRUISE FARE FOR 1 GUEST IN A DOUBLE OCCUPANCY OCEANVIEW OR INTERIOR STATEROOM ON SELECT SAILINGS 6/3/2025   25LNG108 $175

Same here, I am on my 3rd Agent with MEI, all of them have been great.

Same here, I am on my 3rd Agent with MEI, all of them have been great.

Most cruise travel agents specialize in cruising....and while they may have some insight into hotel and airlines, this is GENERALLY not their strong area.  I had one of the VERY BEST MEI agents, who has since retired, and even she honestly admitted that she wasn't particularly useful for hotels and airlines' stuff.  While they will help where they can, they generally do not have direct access to airline and/or hotel reservations so they are loathe to involve themselves where they are unlikely to be of help....plus they don't get any commission....which is a distant secondary reason for their hesitancy to do the hotels and airlines stuff.
I do strongly recommend MEI.  My experience with them was wonderful.

There's nothing saying you can't try MEI out for one cruise and "take it for a test drive"

A really good TA is reachable 7 days/week via e-mail and/or text & doesn’t have traditional “office hours.”
I’m still wondering when mine sleeps b/c he gets back to me at all hours, usually within minutes.
I’ve never met either of the TA’s I’ve ever used and my current one doesn’t even live in the US. I see no reason you’d need your TA to be local in 2025.
Make the switch!

Looking forward to having you join us, @Jolly Ogre.  We're onboard now and in COZ today.  It's been a wonderful cruise so far and hoping that next week will be, as well.  BTW, I agree with you re: pre-boarding email.  A complete waste of time....but like you, we have always been able to get everything squared away once we board.  See you next week !

Got my e-mail to send in room requests as to if there is anything special we need... I have filled these out many time and only twice was the things I needed ready in the room.
Every other time I had to ask my stateroom attendant to get them. I have never had a problem getting them and all my stateroom attendants have been wonderfully accommodating.
It is just why bother sending me an e-mail and having me respond to not have anything done about it? Very poor service on that end.