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    DDaley reacted to CruiseMsclDad in Has anyone found any good deals on the ICON for Suites?   
    A proper tar and feathering is in order!
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    DDaley reacted to Ryan79 in Stateroom flooding on Adventure   
    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. 
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    DDaley reacted to CrimsonCruiser in 150 central park bread   
    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 


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    DDaley reacted to steverk in Aloha Lahaina   
    Keep in mind that Pride of America is about 1/2 the size of Ovation. That gives it much greater flexibility in ports.
    Also, NCL has a much bigger commitment to Hawaii. The local authorities are probably more likely to go the extra mile for them.
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    DDaley reacted to Ampurp85 in Contact Royal Caribbean about this charging for pizza   
    @RCIfan1912 and @CanHardlyWait
    Let me just say I was in no way trying to silence anyone or be a Royal apologist. I was simply saying to not take anything out on the employees for "possible" changes. I am all for standing up for right or wrong. 
    I too agree it's a slippery slope, it's the main reason that I no longer book suites. Prices go up but value has gone way down. I feel like Royal will make changes and the only way for them to learn is from a monetary standpoint, which is convoluted, because newbies are skewing the results. I don't eat at Sorrento's because I am from Chicago where we have amazing pizza and that pizza is cardboard, so any changes won't affect me. I also don't agree with the idea you spent "thousands of dollars what's a few dollars more?" because people often save hard for vacations. 
    I guess I just never thought a potential question on a survey would be so polarizing, given that it was pretty much a data mining one at that. 
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    DDaley reacted to Xaa in Contact Royal Caribbean about this charging for pizza   
    Responding real time to an ongoing emergency situation is probably a little different than an "I don't like that survey question you sent to other people and I want you to have my response" type of  inquiry.
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    DDaley reacted to OCSC Mike in Contact Royal Caribbean about this charging for pizza   
    Same.
    @RCIfan1912 I don't think the posters telling you that the survey served your purpose wanted to shut you up or argue with you. I think their point was the above basically accomplishes what you sought to accomplish, that's all.
    Obviously if you feel you want to take it a step further and contact RC directly via some other method, go for it!
    You were excited about turning Diamond in another thread and I hope you still are.
    Everyone will feel how they feel about value, prices, experiences, etc. I'm not here to tell anyone how to feel. I just had an amazing experience on Wonder in June and am looking forward to my next 4 cruises like I usually am. It just saddens me to read so much negativity.
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    DDaley reacted to RCIfan1912 in Contact Royal Caribbean about this charging for pizza   
    Again, please for the love of god read! This is to voice my displeasure BEFORE, maybe if enough people complain beside the 8 people that got this precious survey maybe it won't happen. Maybe, just maybe they will get the hint that this a nickel and dime too far. 
    It's not about getting a slice of pizza free into my fat face, it's much, much more than that. To me this would be just too far. 
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    DDaley reacted to Xaa in Contact Royal Caribbean about this charging for pizza   
    Please also tell them how excited I am for Axe throwing and the new Peruvian Seafood restaurants.
    You should gripe if you think it's going to help or if it's going to make you feel better.  I think you've got yourself worked up about the pizza so I doubt you will get the personal satisfaction.  I hope you do. 
    On whether or not it will help, there's sort of a paradox in your logic.  You're so certain they have made up their mind and that it will come to pass that you are already referring to it as "this change".  If they've already made up their mind then it's too late for any of our voices right?
    To your question, I think your best bet is through Social Media if you participate, through the CS form that you don't like and maybe to the mbailey email address.
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    DDaley reacted to ScottD in Contact Royal Caribbean about this charging for pizza   
    Sorry- I get what you're saying, I guess an email to the CEO or to the Customer service email might do something. But I just feel as though the survey served the exact purpose of what you're asking. 
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    DDaley reacted to ScottD in Contact Royal Caribbean about this charging for pizza   
    Isn't the survey EXACTLY that? A way  everyone was able to let them know they did not like the idea. That's what a survey is. When people answered it,  they were letting RC know how the felt. I don't think calling or emailing anyone is going to do anything that the survey did not. It's not a thing, they haven't made any kind of announcement about charging for pizza, and it might not even be something they are considering at this point. Complain about them not  having tribute bands any more or once a day cleaning if you must- at least those are things that have actually happened.
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    DDaley reacted to Ampurp85 in Contact Royal Caribbean about this charging for pizza   
    OP said he was pissed enough to contact someone, pissed is a strong reaction. 
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    DDaley reacted to Ampurp85 in Contact Royal Caribbean about this charging for pizza   
    While this is true, that they can contact them for any reason. OP wants to complain about something not officially on the books, so it would essentially be reaming someone for something that hasn't happened. 
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    DDaley reacted to SemperMom in Sweet 16 adventure on Vision OTS Aug 3-12   
    Day 9: Our final full sea day
    Another fairly uneventful day, just the way we planned. I wish I had found it sooner but we grabbed a breakfast sandwich at the Park Cafe and oh my, it was so good. It was the asparagus, egg and cheese on brioche. I could have just eaten those all week and would have been happy.
    We got one more dip in the solarium pool in and a few more fancy drinks and coffee's. I am pretty sure we got our money's worth out of the refreshment package! We had another tasty lunch at WJ then went and chilled out on the balcony for a while. The artist fell asleep so I caught up on some email to try and head off the bombardment I am expecting at work come Monday. 
    It was Giovanni's Table for dinner and I think we really did save the best for last. SO Delicious and excellent service too. For starters, the Calamari was perfect and the Minestrone was perfectly peppery. I had the seared filet with mashed potatoes and broccoli and the artist had the seafood linguine, both amazing. For dessert I had the Chocolate hazelnut cake and the artist had the chocolate gelato. We may never have to eat again! 
    We were very ready to get home so we started to get packed up earlier in the morning and finished up after dinner. We opted for assisted departure since our bags were cumbersome and I bought so much stuff to bring home! I got a nice bottle of the Wild Turkey Longbranch for the husband and some Jameson's for me, some cigars for the Marine (my 26 yr old) and a bucket hat and T-shirt for Lefty (my 13 yr old), oh and some more t-shirts for Aunts and cousins. We bought trinkets in Bermuda for my mom and sisters along with the glasses from the Frog and Onion that we got to take home, plus some local art in Nassau. Our hands were full!
    We hit the hay really looking forward to seeing Dad and Lefty in the morning!







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    DDaley reacted to Carlos A. in Tulum Experience Question   
    Beautiful place Tulum!
    Here's a picture I took a couple of years ago.

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    DDaley reacted to toddpop in Tulum and beach in cozumel   
    I have not done the excursion through Royal, but I have been to Tulum, and the site is GREAT... not as overwhelming as Chitchen Itza, but still facinating and beautiful. PLUS having the water/beach there is a major PLUS. I can surely recommend the site.
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    DDaley reacted to RockerDom31 in Covid?   
    I also can't believe the amount of people who did not wash their hands when leaving the bathroom on our last cruise!
    Additionally...the amount of people who actually said "No Thank You" to the washy-washy person and walked straight into Windjammer was very disheartening.
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    DDaley reacted to SemperMom in Sweet 16 adventure on Vision OTS Aug 3-12   
    Day 8: Sea Day
    We slept in! Well, for us anyway. We didn't get to the WJ until around 10 am. We had a great breakfast and headed to the pool deck to play some Yahtzee and UNO. 
    Since this isn't a live blog, I will get the stats out of the way. I love Yahtzee but have crappy luck which is the main reason I don't gamble. We would be flat broke If I ever developed a gambling habit, for sure. Dice and I don't get along. Over all, the artist won all three Yahtzee games we played while onboard. However,  I do have some skill and kicked the artists butt at UNO. I was up 5 to 2 by the end of the cruise and pretty proud of myself since the artist is known in our house as the resident UNO champ. 
    It's amazing how much heat can take out of you. Not to mention the humidity. After Coco Cay, we didn't have a lot of energy and I am sure the carb filled breakfast didn't help! hahaha So we took it easy, we're on vacation after all. We had a snack at the Park Cafe and the artist took a dip in the Solarium pool then we went back to the room for a refreshing nap before dinner. We ate at the WJ again and again, it was yummy.
    It was the Karaoke superstars finals and I wanted to cheer on my high school buddy so we headed down to the Centrum to watch around 8 pm. There were 7 finalists and they were great. Even if they weren't it takes a lot of guts to get up there in front of all of those people and there were a LOT of people. The Centrum was packed full and it was so much fun. My buddy didn't win but he was actually really good. I had no idea he could sing! 
    We called it a night after and watched a few episodes of our favorite tv show before falling asleep. This would be a good segeway to bring up the surf and stream service. We did one person with 2 devices. It was glitchy here and there but for the most part, we had no issues with the service at all. We're an iPhone family so it was super easy to stay in touch with everyone at home. We had started a "sweet 16 adventure" group text and were able to send everyone pictures as we went. Even FaceTime worked great. 
    No pictures to share today. 
     
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    DDaley reacted to SemperMom in Sweet 16 adventure on Vision OTS Aug 3-12   
    My apologies for the delay in getting in the last couple days! We were having such a good time. Where was I? Oh, yes, Day 7: Coco Cay day. 
    We got up pretty early so we could head ashore to try and beat the worst of the heat and it worked out pretty well, sort of, lol. We had eventually caught up with Freedom at Coco Cay. Even with another ship in port it didn't seem too crowded, at least until we got to Oasis Lagoon but that was later. 
    We hopped on the tram and did a circle around the island to get our bearings but chose to get off at Chill Island. We found a spot right at the water and planted ourselves. We ordered a fancy frozen drink to kick off the fun then The artist stripped so fast to get into the water I was quite impressed. The water was almost, but not quite, too warm. Basically it was perfect. We had our new snorkel masks to try out and they were great. Coordinating using the masks with our little floats to kick around was so much fun. We didn't see many fish but the ones we did see were really neat. One was a skinny transparent pike like fish and then there were slightly larger white ones. I didn't see any jellies until we were a little further out from shore but they were small and few in number. We had brought our Stream2sea sun and sting gel just in case but ended up not needing it. 
    We stayed there for quite a while. I was able to get the artist out of the water before gills formed, so that was good. We started to get hungry so we headed over to the chill grill and it did not disappoint! I started with pulled pork tacos and then tried the potato salad and BBQ chicken. All of which were amazing. Of course the artist went straight for the cheeseburgers and fries, it was gone in a flash. 
    We then walked toward Oasis Lagoon to check out the pool and that's when the sun decided to jack the heat up to a million. The pool area was so crowded that it took about 15 minutes to find an empty pair of chairs. 15 minutes in that kind of heat is an eternity and we both started to sour a bit. The full stomach, coupled with the heat, on top of how crowded and noisy it was really got the artists anxiety rocking so it was imperative that we tried to get out of there quickly. That turned out to be easier said than done. It may have been me being worried about my beet red (from heat not sun, we were triple coated with SPF 50) and close to tears kid but man, finding the tram station was hard to do. I was surprised at how unhelpful staff were with directions. I mean they were nice but no one went out of their way to help us until we got to one lady who really tried to flag down help. Then the tram driver, Tyrone, stopped to point us in the right direction letting us know that he would be right back around to get us. We found the tram station and he did exactly what he said. He made sure we got a seat and we were on our way back to the ship. 
    Tyrone was awesome. By the time he dropped us off, the artist was smiling again so I was so relieved! I think he thought he was a NASCAR driver on a road course and I am pretty sure we won. It was the best tram ride ever!
    I should mention that the artist, at 16, is 6'1" and 300lbs and well, an artist. Not the most athletic kid, a book worm and math whiz. Shy and quiet but funny AF and not at all a risk taker. Super strong and flexible but not much of a mover. I have always been athletic, a runner and a swimmer but after I was laid off just as the pandemic hit and was at home job hunting, stressed out and diagnosed with ADHD, while trying to make life as normal for my kids as possible, all during the lock down, my physical and mental health took a good hit. Luckily I was only out of work for a year. I was fortunate to get the job I have worked for years to get, that got me through the rest of the pandemic and is still going strong, the only caveat is that its a desk intensive job and remote so I end up sitting way longer than I would if I worked in an office.  For the last 8 months or so I have picked up the pace and started working on more self care and lost 15 of the 75 lbs I gained. My bones are used to carrying a strong 150 lbs at 5'6. My body is really mad at me! We have both decided that after this trip, we will buckle down and focus on beefing up our endurance. This trip was a wake up call to us both to get our butts moving again!
    But I digress...Once back on the ship, it took a while to cool down but once we did, we headed to the WJ for another great dinner. Maybe we just aren't the gourmet type or have lower standards than some, or maybe it's the ship you're on, but having read some of the complaints about food quality, I am not sure what they are talking about. lol Every bite we've had while on board so far has been delightful and I may be up to 85 lbs to lose by the time we get back home! 
    Again, our steward, Dadi, left us a the cutest towel rat! I think he wins as our favorite. Needless to say, we crashed hard and fast on night 7. It really was a perfect day.  
     





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    DDaley reacted to ScottD in Captain?   
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    DDaley reacted to Ryan79 in Passport and Birth Certificate   
    Yes that is possible. That isn’t just a RC policy, but it’s actually a requirement for many foreign countries for entry. RC has to enforce those requirements if they visit those countries. Some people get on with no issues with a passport expiring within 6 months, but it’s something they absolutely have the right to prevent you from boarding for. Bring back up! 
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    DDaley reacted to HeWhoWaits in Mentally I’ll son to be left alone in our car for 5 days!!!   
    Still waiting for the OP to respond to any of the advice provided. 🙄
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    DDaley reacted to TXcruzer in Mentally I’ll son to be left alone in our car for 5 days!!!   
    I understand that, and I certainly do not mean to sound crass, however, this is NOT a special needs issue, this is a documentation issue and is the same for everyone.
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    DDaley got a reaction from Xaa in Cart Items - Do we keep the sale price?   
    I have found that keeping sale items in my cart will keep the price for purchase later on but I have to assume it’s my specific browser and settings since everyone claims otherwise. I have successfully been able to do this on my last 3 cruises! I have a sale in my cart right now for internet at $18.99 but it’s currently advertised at $19.99.
    Safari is usually trash for most websites but I do all my Royal CP browsing on it.  

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    DDaley reacted to Xaa in Giovannis Table for lunch - a few questions   
    On 2a, while sharing is fine, it generally assumes all parties sharing have paid the cover.  In practice I doubt they will bust you for sneaking something to your 4 year old, but the child's price is usually way less than the adult price.  I think you should pay their way or take them to Adventure Ocean if you don't see value in the cost of the child price.
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