YOLO

@teddy Yes, can you tell us if your reservation number now is the same as when you booked in Jan 2020?

YOLO !!! Love the Anthem. Catching the bumper cars with no lines with my BIL we went around almost a dozen times. Super fun. Like I was back at Rocky Point Park...

If you have the same booking number from Jan 2020 now, you should get double. Check if your room upgrade was a cancel & re-book as this may be your only concern.

Yes, and Matt's article has all the info you need. @Happyabs81 Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog Forum!

Back to the Suite Solo question... Disclaimer: I have never sailed solo and only once is a suite. But seems to me that Suite Solos are not getting their fair share! If you go Solo (normally 2x) and you pay for a Suite (normally 2x), then why shouldn't you get 4x points? What am I missing? Is there a steep discount in pricing or something I don't understand messing with the point assignment? Thanks in Advance...

I thought: Solo = Double Points; Suite = Double Points; and Solo in a Suite = Double Points x Double Points = 4X points. So as an example for a 7N Solo in a Suite = 28 points. Is this correct? Or am I missing something?

@Dani Marie Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog Forum. Sure! You can even take away a full pizza with you (pepperoni is my favorite) to share and/or eat elsewhere. Two weeks ago on the Ovation we brought a free full pepperoni pizza into the Pub where they sell food and drinks - it was not a problem.

@RogerC1 Do you have experience with this? I have never seen this happen. My understanding is if you miss your first seating your can get a dining-room walk-up reservation (subject to availability and any existing lines).

I think there is confusion between pre-paying gratuities (before you cruise) and pay as you go gratuities (during the cruise) on a day-by-day basis. The 18% auto-pay gratuities are required by everyone, unless you argue against it. And arguing against it is a whole other story and probably a whole different thread.

@whitsmom Ooo, what BI cruise do you have booked? It seems to me that Celebrity and other cruise lines have better BI itineraries than Royal.

@Neesa I like your idea. Maybe our RCB group as a whole would make a good CEO!

Yikes, you should see the nice Diamond Ring my sister-in-law purchased at Effy in Skagway on the President's Cruise. Diamonds are a thing of beauty! But Diamond Plus is even better...

Sure, we can make up whatever we want. I was trying to hold the line set by my predecessor Michael Bayley...

@Michael Bayley - My Proposal: Platinum -> 1 Free Drink Emerald -> 2 Free Drinks Diamond -> 4 Free Drinks Diamond Plus -> 6 Free Drinks Pinnacle -> 10 Free Drinks (ideally unlimited, but understand capping it)

Additionally, which I did not state, but implied, you don't get any free drinks for achieving Gold, Platinum, or Emerald. If I was CEO I would change that proportionally...

@OCSC Mike Agree. I do find it a bit odd that going from Emerald to Diamond gets you 4 free drinks, while going from D to D+ and D+ to P only adds in 1 free drink at each tier. Since the requirements to reach the upper tiers is exponential shouldn't the rewards be too?

Fun Stuff happening on your cruise !!!!

I can see trying it once if you think you might like it - then decide if future CBC visits are worth it for you. Yes, prices are way up from what we first paid. Keep on top of Cruise Planner re-pricing in case of a sale.. My wife loves it there and so I will pay to go every chance we get - but this is us, not you...

@Lovetocruise2002 & @GregD Enjoy your cruise!!! We are Fjording B2B on Anthem next MAY (14th & 21st) - can't wait to hear your story...

@Wendy Burns Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog Forum! No, but I can give you a big CONGRATULATIONS!

As Cajun Chef Justin Wilson used to say ''I gha-rawn-tee!"...

@LaurieByrnes Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog Forum! We don't bother returning with leftovers. But I carry water all the time in my backpack (which does get scanned) and can't remember having a problem. I sometimes take it off the ship to have with us, not use it, and return with it. Other times I have purchased resealable plastic soda bottles on shore and brought them back in my backpack with no problems. Packaged snacks purchased ashore should not be a problem. Again put them in your bag and have them scanned. Don't be walking in with them in your hands. A half filled water/soda bottle in your bag should not be a problem.

@PatsFanBrian Coco Beach Club: My wife says the steak they serve for lunch w/ aioli sauce is the best steak she has ever had. And I usually enjoy the lobster as I never usually get to eat that for lunch. Yum...

That is assuming that Carnival can recover before it goes out of business!!! I bought my 100 shares of CCL and RCL last year during at good prices and now I'm negative with CCL. Ben reading a lot about how much trouble Carnival is in now. Truth is I have not cruised on Carnival since 2012 when we are on their first cruise out of Boston on the Glory. That cruise was a mess. We couldn't board until about 2AM due to a bunch of issues. We vowed to never cruise on Carnival again. So I am not sure why I bought the stock. Trying to strike it rich I guess...

@Moby Dick Agree here. Book with NC and as part of the booking, have them assign it to your TA right then. I seem get the most OBC and best deal that way...