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Veteran cruisers know to store their suitcases under the bed, thus eliminating space for stateroom attendant to hide. 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/royal-caribbean-cruise-ship-worker-allegedly-admits-filming-young-passengers-even-hiding-under-beds/ar-BB1jms8K

I believe they're going to introduce a new class in between Sea and Sky. They'll call it Smog Class Suites. Above the sea but not quite to the sky.

Well we are just off Anthem today on a 7 night cruise to Coco Cay and we just absolutely love Anthem. The crew is amazing off the bat. Drink service can be a bit slow here and there but crew was amazing overall. 
Cape Liberty is a mix of good and bad. Royals side excellent, 10 minutes and on but the security screening is not good. The lines they say up are odd and take longer than they should. I'm not sure I understand why it's set up that way. 
Anthem itself is in excellent shape, looks just as good as we sailed on her a few years ago. The elevator situation which thankfully I take the stairs is terrible. It's a combo of too much use and rude people. My wife with the baby take the elevator everywhere. It was just not great. 
The food I'd say is hit and miss. I'm not gonna be a cheerleader and I LOVE Royal Caribbean but I'm not gonna be a cheerleader. The food is just hit and miss. MDR, some things were good and some ok, and some not so good. I got lasagna one night against my better judgement and honesty I wanted to see what they consider lasagna as I am Italian. It was um not great. It was to be kind, not good and not what I consider lasagna. 
Windjammer is the same, hit and miss. Breakfast actually really good. Lunch which we did once was ok to be nice. The burger was almost awful which I don't get because on Coco Cay the burger was much, much better. The Mac and cheese was extremely bland. The fries were excellent though. 
Cafe 270 was excellent, everything was excellent. Oh the doughnuts and pastries at all places we ate were excellent. The chocolate doughnuts were extra good, small but plentiful and so good. 
Sorrento's pizza serves it's purpose and it's ok. It could be better but still not bad. It's a good quick bite. 
Desserts pretty much everywhere were excellent we thought. Some better than others of course. 
Jaime's we loved but the chicken Parmesan is not what I consider good but that's from an Italian that has eaten that so many times I could not count. It was on, edible but not great. Apps amazing though.
Wonderland is so much fun. It may be going extinct and odd but I love it. We love it. It's an experience and I like the food. It's just interesting and fun. 
Chops too upscale for me but food was excellent, like definitely a step up in quality. I don't like steak so I can't speak on that. Branzino was awesome. 
Now Coco Cay, that island is pure magic. Period, pure magic. The water was cold, not going again in winter but still a freaking ton of fun. We only do the free stuff and it's just a blast. With 2 boys, 10 and 2 it's amazing. Plan to go back again and again just not ever in winter. What is the earliest for Coco were the water is warm? May? 
That's my take and will add more when I think of more stuff. 

The odds of a hurricane affecting a cruise is very low.
 
The odds of a hurricane affecting a cruise out of NY in early June is about zero.

Royal App is Royal Crap;  IMO for many many reasons. 

March 10, 2024 Anthem

Frankly, Royal is getting exhausting.  There should be no debate that the fine service people deserve great compensation.  But gees, every time I turn around Royal is holding a masterclass in separating me from my money.  Firstly, the Royal beverage packages are the most expensive at sea - so your 18% is higher dollar amount.
Second, in one year Royal changed cabin service from twice a day to once a day, I did not mind but RCL and / or cabin attendants benefitted.  Right on the heels of that gratuities go from $14.50 to to $16.00 and we all scramble to pre-pay our existing bookings quickly.  Now one year later the $16.00 to $18.00 and I need to start looking at my cruise receipts and call my TA again.  Then at the end comes the “Tip Tip Hooray” envelope suggesting you should do your share.  We always throw extra cash along the way but if you want to feel nickel and dimed this is the place.  Oh and if you want one of the new ships, well you know that pricing.
i’ve never been on Virgin Voyages but on their web you see one price (that is reasonable) that includes gratuities, WiFi, and sodas, juices, and water it is obvious they are stepping into a marketing hole Royal and others created. 

March 10, 2024 Anthem

Working now. Prices, ugly.
 
12k for a GS on Navi.

Thanks for the feedback! We do have a feature request portion to submit improvement ideas. This is actually already submitted and actively getting worked on to be created! Feel free to vote on it to get it done sooner Or submit any other ideas you may have! 
 
I am excited to make this the best it can be with as many recommendations as we can get!

Your welcome! Let us know if you have ideas for improvements!

Your correct, it is just cruise specific, it all depends when royal makes it available for your specific sailing. I have just noticed it seems to typically be around the 12 months mark out. 

thanks for letting us know about the signup button! I’ll get that fixed! 
 
It will actually send you an email any time one (or more) of your tracked items drops in price. It checks daily for you and will send you an email after it notices the drop! You then can go to the site and see which dropped and even click on it to go to royal Caribbean’s website to buy it!
 
feel free to let me know if you have any other questions or even feel free to submit a feature request if you have an ideas on how to improve! 

Exactly, have to keep checking for the best deals. RoyalPriceTracker.com just makes that super easy now. 

Update…GOOD NEWS!
On the Anthem now. I checked in this afternoon with Next Cruise about the missing solo cruiser discount on the cruises I booked two weeks ago. Danning said she had not received a response from the email she sent at that time. She told me she would contact shoreside and get me an answer.
At 8pm I saw that Royal had emailed me fifteen new cruise confirmation receipts.
All fifteen cruises had the discount applied…to the original lower price! Very happy!😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

Update…GOOD NEWS!
On the Anthem now. I checked in this afternoon with Next Cruise about the missing solo cruiser discount on the cruises I booked two weeks ago. Danning said she had not received a response from the email she sent at that time. She told me she would contact shoreside and get me an answer.
At 8pm I saw that Royal had emailed me fifteen new cruise confirmation receipts.
All fifteen cruises had the discount applied…to the original lower price! No need to worry about crossing bridges when I get to them anymore. Very happy!😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
 

On Allure a couple of weeks ago I had no trouble figuring out how to pull the grounds drawer out….i had more trouble finding a place to dump them without creating a hazardous waste site !  😜😜. Finally opened a lower cabinet door and found a trash bin underneath.

Whoop whoop!!!! Got on the ship at 11:15!!!! 
No problems! They did rescan passport and retake picture. Set Sail Pass was on the app! 
In the cabin waiting for luggage. 
It’s all good 😊

Guilty as charged......I empty the grounds and refill the beans whenever required, just like at home.
I also frill the napkins while I am waiting. 

I've come to realize that the "I've emptied the grounds myself" club is much bigger than one may think. 🤣

I empty the grounds all the time !  The only thing I've found that you cannot do is add milk to the milk container.  They usually lock up the milk, which is wise.

Same. One time I was half tempted to refill the whole bean reservoir, but by the time I got enough guts to do it, a crew member came in and did it.

I do love those machines but IMO the grounds reservoir isn't big enough... most of the time when the machine is "down" it's because the little box where the coffee grounds are shunted to is full. Are guests supposed to empty it? No way. Have I been known to if I'm there by myself with no witnesses?  Maybe... 

Just note you may have to switch screens to see a decaf option. Or like me one cruise, couldn't figure out how to exit the decaf menu to get back to the high-test menu. Fortunately a crew member was there and gave me a "you're not the first person" smile and showed me.