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Has anyone else noticed the menu items in the photos Matt has posted from SCS? There are some non-standard items at least as far as US sailings go such as an Asian Flavors section on the MDR dinner menu with Pad Thai, Kung Pao Chicken, and Stir Fry Spicy Noodles. There is also a Market Vegetable Breakfast Bowl in the MDR which I don't remember from previous cruises. I'm sure these items are specific to Asian sailings, but some look like they would be a welcome addition to the updated menu. Or maybe it's just close to lunch time and everything looks good right now! ?

@Matt do you sell those magic wands? Thanks!

Hey @Matt. I've been trying to change my profile picture, and I am having the same issue. ?

@WAAAYTOOODS just confirmed for me that there were no raisins - at least not on Liberty or Enchantment.

Take this with a grain of salt as we haven't done Med yet. It is on our list though. We would definitely lean towards a B2B because of the cost of flights for 4 people. We would even consider adding a few days on in Italy at the beginning.

I don't think there are any on the kids menu version. My son definitely would have said something because he doesn't like raisins either, and he has it for dessert 5 out of 7 nights on every cruise. Gotta save a couple nights for the banana splits! The kid's version is more of a galette than an actual slice of pie - we've never had the one on the adult menu.

I'm going to say it's a toss up at our house. We just had our family of 4 this year (and the kids are picky eaters) so we kept the meal small - lots of leftovers but just a few dishes. I had actually lost weight when I stepped on the scale Friday morning. However, we've had leftover pie and other goodies in the house for days and my weight is up overall since then as ironically we don't have a lot of dessert in the house usually. Right now it's about 3-4 pounds which is what I would typically gain on a 7 day cruise, and just like on a cruise "food fatigue" is setting in.

The sale doesn't start until tomorrow according to Matt's blog post and will be for 2021 sailings. The Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals will be offered between November 25, 2020 - December 1, 2020 and is valid on cruised departing January 1, 2021 - December 1, 2021.

If no, they should go on sale closer to your cruise. I'm not expecting my 2022 sailings to be included in a sale this far out.

Yeah - I was going to reference the generic ones you see on some other sites, but I couldn't remember any of the names past Newbie. Guess I spend all my time here now! And Happy Birthday BTW!!

7 night - yeah, we've always gone over 100, and I want them all!

I noticed that the unlimited packages stopped being offered a few months ago - the ones I purchased were still in my cruise planner, but those sailingshave all been canceled now. The highest I have seen on new sailings is only 100 now.

This site is run by fans of Royal, not the company. There is no way for the admins to know how many sailings you have actually been on. They set it up so that at a certain number of posts, you grow in level which are named after the C&A statuses.

I'm not a fan of the creme brulee on any Royal ship. I like it with berries, a little acidity to cut the sweet custard, and they serve it with a little cookie. It's usually my favorite dessert. We had something in the suite lounge on Liberty that had way too much turmeric - somosas maybe. We skipped them when we saw them on Enchantment. They must have received an extra pallet of onions on our Enchantment cruise in February. I remember a lot more raw onions in some of the dishes that sailing.

I'm so excited for you!

Our last cruise was Feb 7 when we took my MIL on her first cruise for her birthday. She had a couple hard years (FIL passed away, couldn't get her house sold, moving), and we really wanted this trip to be special for her. The crew really went above and beyond to make her birthday special, but my favorite memory is of her and the kids playing in the pool at Paradise Beach in Cozumel On second thought, it may be when the kids and I went to the bird aviary in Costa Maya, and came back to DH and my MIL waiting for us at Cantina Latina.

I'm a very visual person, so if it were me, I would compare deck plans and look at YouTube videos to get a better idea. There are several full ship and individual room tours for all the ships. No matter how well someone describes the differences, my poor brain just needs to see it!

We booked a cruise tour Radiance and the cruise portion begins June 10, 2022. ???

The CDC is a US entity; they don't have any say over what is allowed in another country.

We are looking at this one too, and I hadn't thought about pricing the AK portion separately. I did check on some Canada rail packages that were similar to what RC offers, and everything I found was way more. I'm kind of with you...I would love to see the bears, but my zoo membership is a whole lot cheaper.

I noticed that too. Looks like the kids are going to eat a lot of Ramen over the next two years!

We always get the DBP, and I like to think we take advantage of it. Mostly we like not having the big bill at the end of the cruise. Sea days look like this: DH gets me coffee from the suite lounge in the morning, and I usually only have one cup a day, so no benefit there. Fresh squeezed OJ at breakfast (sometimes) Bottle of water Bloody Marys in the casino mid morning Bottle of water Water, soda, or lemonade at lunch A Lava Flow (or two) by the pool Bottle of water Jalapeno Grapefruit Daiquiri at the Schooner Bar with trivia Bottle of water Lemon drop in the suite lounge (no benefit again) Glass of wine at dinner Bottle of water

You can take me off the Jan 24, 2021 Jewel sailing. Replacement cruises: October 31, 2021 on Liberty and February 13, 2022 Liberty. Hopefully an AK 2022 will be added to that next week. ?

The DBP was on sale for $43 a few times on the Liberty 11/1/20 sailing. Our replacement on Liberty 10/31/21 has been on sale for $46. I'm going to wait for Black Friday to see if it goes down a little bit more, but I expect $46 is most likely the low for that sailing since day 1 is Halloween.

Every city I pass through to get to a cruise is beautiful. ?