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They may be trying to work the kinks out still. I tried to add something to my cart to see what delivery options were available, and I got this try later message.

Is the Marketplace new in the app, or have I just not been paying attention? Looks like a way to buy RC branded stuff (wallets, dopp kits, yeti style cups), but it is not clear if it is delivered to your cabin or if there is a ship to home option (no pun intended).

RC Blog is at the top of their sign by the pool. At least it was in May.

We didn't experience the typical song and dance back in April on Harmony, but we had MTD at 6:45 every night... maybe we just got lucky and scheduled dinner between the traditional dining time performances?

We must trade off, because I had high hopes for Dancing Drums back in April and it was not kind to my pocketbook.

Edit - Invaders Attack from the Planet Moolah... I had to look it up. There is some Alien Invasion type game with cows - they go "moo" a lot and get zapped onto the spaceship. Real helpful, right! DH did very well on this machine so we look for it every time now. We at least break even on it, and it has lots of bonuses.

@DoomSlayer We had a travel agent in the past that would give us $50 or so. She didn't consistently do it, so we would occasionally just see a surprise credit on our onboard account on day 2 like @smokeybandit.

@OCSC Mike I got a marketing email from Paradise Beach that said they are fine - a little minor damage and they are reopening today. Hopefully your itinerary stays unchanged. Enjoy your trip!

Me too! I don't want strangers in my cabin. It just seems like an invitation for something to go missing.

We usually find this form tucked in a random drawer - sometimes with the room service door tags, sometimes not.

I agree! The price of an off season, out of Galveston 2 br aqua theater suite was double what we paid for our sailing last year when I checked opening day. The value just isn't there anymore for us. I realize "value" and "star class" don't really go in the same sentence, but it reached a point where the benefits are no longer equal to the price.

Om my gosh! That was the whole point of the title, and I didn't address it! Happy enough. The cost difference has probably pushed us out of the 2 br suite for now, and we would not be comfortable in one room all together. Is it exactly what we want...no. But it was a lot more doable than I expected. Especially since diamonds were allowed in the crown lounge for happy hour this sailing. It was never busy in there - I didn't make it to the Top Tier Event so I don't know the breakdown of passengers. With the points from this cruise we only need 9 more to make diamond plus. The extra cruise DH and I are considering this fall is a 5 night in a suite so we would be there before our big one next spring. As a family though, it's going to be connecting balconies, and I'm ok with that.

Each of the rooms received towel animals on nights 2, 4, and 6, and mini animals on night 7. We decided to carry our own luggage off the ship and lined up by Sorrento's around 7:30. We were walking off by 7:45 and to the car around 8:15. Breakfast at Buccees and we hit the road. Home by 1:30pm. Up next we have 11 night southern Caribbean on Explorer March 2025 and Harmony 8 night western Caribbean and CocoCay from Galveston in the fall of 2025. DH and I would live to add a short one for just us this fall, but we'll have to see.

We stopped by the Crown Lounge one more time to say bye to Ooma and then headed to dinner. She was great - we've had diamond lounge concierges not even introduce themselves in the past, and she worked the room and followed up on issues. We would love to sail with her again. Our last meal appetizers were repeats of earlier things - French onion and salad. DS had the turkey dinner, I had the lamb, DH had the salmon (he said it was dry). I don't remember what DD got, and there is no picture? We also split the Indian dish. Desserts were apple cobbler and the peach triffle. After dinner we headed back to the room to finish packing and we called it a night.