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Hopefully not everyone feels they need to buy in the first hour. They're not Taylor Swift tickets 

You still can, it just is different and took me a while to find.
From the main page go to the bottom and click on where it says don't see your cruise let's add it know.
Or when in any cruise click on the calendar in the middle top to bring up the itinerary and selecting a different ship/date should be at the bottom.
 

A TA friend of mine says Black Friday sales begin on the 9th. Maybe that's why they are bigger, just more days.

A TA friend of mine says Black Friday sales begin on the 9th. Maybe that's why they are bigger, just more days.

You still can, it just is different and took me a while to find.
From the main page go to the bottom and click on where it says don't see your cruise let's add it know.
Or when in any cruise click on the calendar in the middle top to bring up the itinerary and selecting a different ship/date should be at the bottom.
 

I think I have fallen for the one and done whinge. Punishing myself accordingly.

I think I have fallen for the one and done whinge. Punishing myself accordingly.

Sorry but no-one in our country would purchase a coffee from a restaurant, cafe, service station or convenience store unless it is freshly brewed. In fact the only place I can think that still has coffee in a pot would be a hotel buffet breakfast where you are not paying for the coffee individually. And even then most people will purchase some sort of espresso.

I think I have fallen for the one and done whinge. Punishing myself accordingly.

Cruising is no different to anything else, it changes constantly with generations. And like everything else if you don't adapt you just become old, grumpy and negative.
I definitely don't have today's music as my favourite but if I am travelling in the car with my kids (13 and 15) we compromise and share our tastes around. I won't let them tell me my music is awful and I won't say that about theirs, while not my taste if it's popular then an awful lot of people must think it's good.
If I ever get to the stage where I am negative about things it will be time to move to something else.
 

I think I have fallen for the one and done whinge. Punishing myself accordingly.

For you Princess sounds fine and I'm sure in time for me I will get there at some stage. I like somewhat modern music(not DJ style) but bands that will play something other than the Beatles and that era. None of that on Princess.
To me it's just the general vibe but again it needs to be at the right time of year on the right ship. The smaller ships head more to a princess feel while the bigger shops in peak times may gona bit too far the other way and often ends in a clash of personalities between the older cruisers and the party crowd.
I like NZ out of school holidays on the big ships. 
 

The general population of Royal Caribbean Blog is more mature experienced cruisers. The general population of a Royal Caribbean cruise is not. What we want on here and what they want is different. It is adding nothing of value to me but it's not hurting me having it there either.
The positive for me is that some of the other areas become a little quieter.
 

The general population of Royal Caribbean Blog is more mature experienced cruisers. The general population of a Royal Caribbean cruise is not. What we want on here and what they want is different. It is adding nothing of value to me but it's not hurting me having it there either.
The positive for me is that some of the other areas become a little quieter.
 

The general population of Royal Caribbean Blog is more mature experienced cruisers. The general population of a Royal Caribbean cruise is not. What we want on here and what they want is different. It is adding nothing of value to me but it's not hurting me having it there either.
The positive for me is that some of the other areas become a little quieter.
 

To be fair cost of living has risen dramatically everywhere in the world over the past 12 months. The workers need to live too.

To be fair cost of living has risen dramatically everywhere in the world over the past 12 months. The workers need to live too.

Exactly, while I don't think the time was right (just put the cost of the cruise up a few dollars) it's the financial situation the world is in at the moment. It costs me that extra couple of bucks to drive to the store to pay an extra $50 for my groceries. 
 
While ever tips are expected as a % it only makes sense flat rates rise. 

To be fair cost of living has risen dramatically everywhere in the world over the past 12 months. The workers need to live too.

To be fair cost of living has risen dramatically everywhere in the world over the past 12 months. The workers need to live too.

How is paying going to help. Still going to stop people who want to and should be able to use them doing so. Let's go on a cruise dear but we can't sit on a chair because they are only for the elite 

I know probably said before but thanks for the single greatest thread on these boards. I look forward to every update. No moaning about first world problems like on many other threads. The only problem is my home bar is running out of room, but my friends are loving spending time in the man cave on the weekends.

I don't get it, the menus are not that different to what there were previously. And the number of complaints about the size of the meal astounds me. Get another one or try something else.
And there is never a lobster night when cruising in Europe.
 
Night one symphony cruise 2020. Not much difference to current menus.
 

I don't get it, the menus are not that different to what there were previously. And the number of complaints about the size of the meal astounds me. Get another one or try something else.
And there is never a lobster night when cruising in Europe.
 
Night one symphony cruise 2020. Not much difference to current menus.
 

I don't get it, the menus are not that different to what there were previously. And the number of complaints about the size of the meal astounds me. Get another one or try something else.
And there is never a lobster night when cruising in Europe.
 
Night one symphony cruise 2020. Not much difference to current menus.