SpeedNoodles

My sister from another mother!! Lol

All I can say is that it is not an option to book on my Symphony sailing in Feb.

Definitely following. I'm looking at Celebrity cruises right now (and am also well cared for by @michelle from M.E.I.!) I think I just missed the great holiday perks, though.

The way I've worked MTD is that I've made my reservations for the same time every night. After the first night, if I've liked our wait staff, I visit the Maitre d' on the way out and request that same wait staff/table every night. So far I'm 2 for 2 in success with this - I get the benefit of Traditional Dining (same wait staff) without having to do the TD times (which are typically just too early for us to eat).

We had Expedited Boarding on Navigator next month, but we never saw the line (and really didn't need one - there was zero waiting when we arrived at 10:30 am - we just rode the elevator up and there were 4 people checking people in, and only one group being checked in. We'll see how it is for Symphony next month.

I imagine it depends on which ships, but I was there a month ago with Navigator and Mariner and it wasn't remotely crowded.

Also the Kimpton Epic (very nice, not as expensive as the Intercontinental, but right next to it).

I've had The Key twice, but I've never seen any fast line for Key people.

Try an incognito window, a different browser, or clearing your cache. It's not unusual for Royal's website to have a meltdown, but sometimes doing some of those things will help.

Thanks. (Can this post please die now? I'm utterly humiliated, lol).

Thanks @twangster . My problem is clearly lack of effective cerebral functioning. I may need a few days off.

And for that, I'm thankful!!!

I guess so. All of the videos showed only one side sliding, so it never occurred to me that both sides slid. (Throwing my stupidity on the mercy of the court - the week between Christmas and New Years in a 911 dispatch center, being held over for 15 hour shifts due to massive ice storms has made my brain absolutely useless. I ve had a total of 16 hours of sleep since Friday. I thought thinking about booking a cruise would help - instead it just made me look like an idiot).

I found exactly the opposite - I felt that the crispy sandwich and fries delivered did not travel well, and sitting in the box it just steamed itself and became uncrispy. I still liked the flavor, but I'm much more likely to try to grab my own and make sure it's not steaming in a box.

Yep, sliders, that only allow access to half of the closet (at least on every video I've watched so far). Anything hanging is behind the sliding door even once it's slid over (even on your video). But apparently if you didn't even notice that feature it must not be that bad ?

No, I don't mean that - I mean the door doesn't open very far and half of the open space is behind the door.

Is that a Grand Suite?

My goodness, what a lovely room!!!

Mr. Speednoodles has co-authorized another sailing (woohoo!) We're looking at giving Allure a try out of Galveston. After watching the videos I'm a bit concerned about the configuration of the balcony cabins. Riddle me this: is the closet as much of a PITA to get into as they look in the videos? They look as though you can only access about half of it, and the rest is just so far back that you shove your hand back there and hope it comes back to you with what you meant to grab. I'm *almost* considering a Jr Suite due to this, but it's an extra $1400. I know thousands of people endure this set up each day, but …. (#spoiledbyOvation)

Oooh, I have this same itinerary on Empress and also have an OS (Jan 23, 2021) - might we be on the same sailing?

It looks like they've flipped Independence from visiting on June 3 to June 4th (according to several booking sites that I checked - vacationstogo - cruiseline.com) - so I suspect it'll just be Oasis and Majesty.

Ah, there's just nothing like a Viking Crown Lounge

Love the pic!!

No, they are a fire risk. You can send an article out to be pressed, but what most do is hang it in the bathroom during a hot shower and/or use Downy Wrinkle Release (which actually does a fairly good job).

OMG, Sichuan Red looks good enough to book the ship on alone! I could eat like that daily and never get tired of it.