KJones

Regarding whether or not a staff member actually keeps the cash tips or puts them into a combined fund...I have finally decided that it isn't my business and I don't really worry about it.  I leave the tip I'm going to leave and what happens to it after it leaves my hand is irrelevant to me.  Sure, I would rather have the person who provided me the service get the money, but the tip sharing policy is not something that I have any control over.  The only thing I can control is whether or not I leave a tip, so I do.
I follow this "rule" whether it's a bartender or a meal server.  I tip at every meal whether I eat at a specialty restaurant or the Windjammer.  99% of the time I leave my tip on the table and depart the pattern.  What happens to that money after I leave is, and will always remain, a mystery.  It's simply none of my business.

My son got an ear infection on a cruise.  Travel Insurance picked up my deductible from my insurance. I lost a lot of my hearing on a cruise.  The travel insurance picked up my deductible from my insurance. My cruise was shortened by 3 days 9 days before my cruise.  My travel insurance paid for three days hotel in London at the end of the cruise. Covid canceled my cruise, and I had a non-refundable hotel in Barcelona.  My travel insurance paid for it. I missed a connecting flight home from a cruise.  My travel insurance put me up in a hotel. Yes, I am happy I had travel insurance.  I currently have an Annual Travel Policy that covers all my travels.

Request a medical refrigerator. The cabin refrigerators are coolers and not standard refrigerator temperatures.

I can’t think of any instance where moving (or touching) someone else’s belongings would result in a positive encounter, whether they were a “chair hog” or not. 

Be careful @kay L.  You are better to involve the crew.  People do not like to see other people touch their things and it escalates quickly.  You aren't the authority and your handling of other's items is a transgression at least equal to chair hogging and worse in the eyes of many.
Even though your imposed rule of 25 minutes is beyond the rule of the cruise line (30), you had me until the notion that a person is out of luck if they are in the water.  These chairs are after all by the pool.  

"In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in milk there is bacteria.”

Received my renewed passport today !  YIPPEE !!!  I sent it off in early June so it took slightly over 2 months.  I had not asked for any kind of expediting.

Should be more than $100 since it costs more than that to both have to deal with the fallout from all the other passengers affected. 

Think of how much Royal could command for those deluxe shipping container cabanas........🤪

You're punishing the wrong people. Not paying gratuities punishes the people that take of you and service you. They aren't the ones that made any decision impacting your cruise. I implore you to reconsider this.

It was a success! And I didn't even have to pay for it! I got weird looks for asking but they gave me the bread with a to go top and I took it down to the main dining room to enjoy on the last night 

Yes they are allowed onboard, but you should be aware there are 3 reasons walkie talkies are a bad idea.
1. They are annoying to other passengers
2. They don't work well because of the ship's metal structure
3. The Royal Caribbean chat app is free to use

Was there a "oh hell no" option?

I haven't gotten it yet, but I don't even like that these questions exist.  I would be a No and a Less Likely

Unofficial answer, NTAH.  It's ok to joke.  Official answer you are the AH because your wife said so.

My suggestions:
Skagway: White Pass Yukon Train Juneau: We rented a car and toured the town on our own

Does anyone know if one could buy the bread from 150 central park a la carte?
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Asking for a friend......
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Friend is me 😅

I still remember what a crew member said to me as we walked off the ship the first time we went to labadee.
 
"Welcome to fake Haiti "

Now if they'd just have a courtesy 50% off button, then I'd have a lot on that tab

We only pre pay the gratuities because we like to start the cruise with a clean slate but otherwise it's no savings

@Phillip Cyour RC invoice should list the arrival/ departure times of all your port stops

Chichen Itza through RC was only available at our Cozumel stop. In Costa Maya our "ruins" excursion option was only Chacchoben.

From memory take both as I think there are both types of outlets, re the pool towels you check them out against your sea pass onboard, so no need to pack some.

Home run! I'm a happy person once again!!!!!
 

Happy to share with you all that I will be joining Icon Of The Seas later this year, and I will be a part of the start-up team.
 
I look forward to seeing all of you who have booked a cruise for 2024!
 
I'm excited to make video on the newest, biggest, and best ship in the world!