Weezie57

I had already purchased the drink package and then decided to purchase Voom.  I called last night to purchase Voom and the rep told me if I wanted to cancel my drink package, he could give me the combo price and save me $20.  Twenty bucks is twenty bucks!

We figured if we have a mimosa or Bloody Mary in the morning, a couple of drinks poolside during the day and a couple of glasses of wine at dinner we break even.  Then you have the bottled water, special coffee, soda etc.

21 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

I don’t try and figure it out.  We always tip the same (unless the service is bad....which is very, very rare).

We leave $5 for breakfast, even in the MDR or WJ, $10 for lunch and $20 for dinner.  Always the same. 

Thanks

On 5/19/2019 at 11:36 AM, WAAAYTOOO said:

This is how we operate too.  I have gotten flamed on the “other” site for saying this but I do not believe for one minute that the servers and attendants get all of the gratuities money.  They may get a portion but I just don’t trust that Royal is really giving it out the way they lead us to believe they do.  The only way I can figure out to make sure that the people who make MY cruise so wonderful get their true tip is to give it directly to them at the time they provide the service to me.  I guess the notable exceptions to this are the room attendants and the Genie, who get their tips at the end of the cruise.  We tip at very meal, regardless of where we eat (including Sorrentos or WJ) and with every drink.  I consider the daily gratuity to be a fee (to Royal) and treat it as such. If it were truly a gratuity they would make it optional. 

I like this idea.  Since you aren’t paying for dinner like a typical restaurant, how do you determine how much to give Them?

Thanks for the info.

Is the Black Friday sale the typical Friday before thanksgiving or some other Friday?

Thanks mbk999

We just booked our first RCL cruise on Enchantment this coming October.  Have been on the Emerald Princess and the Disney Wonder, both smaller ships.  I would assume Enchantment is roughly the size of these two?