Rackham

No one can be told what the MATRIX is. You have to drink it for yourself.

38 minutes ago, Jill said:

The latest earnings call said the status match was hugely popular. Ummmm…how? 

Certainly not from Royal to Celebrity. 

Probably number of people who created new loyalty accounts between brands. Like, yeah, I'm taking advantage of status matching with Silversea even if I've got no plans at the moment to sail with them. 250 VS days is 250 VS days. I'm sure people were feeling similar with matching between Celebrity and Royal too.

This one wasn't half-bad.

Edit: The official Bionic Bar cup is the Solo TP12. https://www.dartcontainer.com/products/foodservice/cups/plastic/solo-ultra-clear-pet-cold-cups/tp12

2 hours ago, YellowBrickRoad said:

 You have to enter a credit card when you sign up so it charges the card as you exit the parking garage

Here's a clearer picture which should scan for anyone who wants to do it at home.

2 hours ago, Thumper44 said:

Rackham, you win the message boards today.  These posts about the most helpful, pertinent, clear, and uncontroversial posts I've seen in forever.  Thank you.

You're welcome.

What I'm curious to see is how Royal develops this project. Are we looking at something like Coco Cay or Labadee? Or will they do something similar to what they were planning with the Grand Lucayan resort? Or will we get something of a hybrid with a resort and water park complex where the current hotel stands and along the non-sandy waterway, then private island amenities along the sand? 

About what 40 acres would look like.

Edit: Thinking about it, without trying to figure out property boundaries, this is probably closer to the 40 acres they're aiming for. It avoids taking over roads servicing the rest of the island and doesn't include the workout field which might not be for sale. This also provides Royal plenty of oceanside beach for the new destination.

While this doesn't look like much additional beach to the earlier map, here's the equivalent beach length on Coco Cay that's been added compared to earlier.

Edit Edit: The remaining sandy beach is a bit longer than the length of Chill Island's plus Harbor Beach's beaches combined (excluding Breezy Bay's. i.e. Coco's eastern beaches plus the middle of the island beach's lengths totaled.) They've got some space to work with here.

To put 20.25 acres into perspective, here's 20.25 acres highlighted on CocoCay.

Based on the article, they've got about 23 acres to work with. But that also include the water too.

Around 20.25 acres land only.

I wonder if they'll be adding their own dock here to bypass the current port?

Wild Boys.

Music Hall version over here. -> https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/boards/index.php?/topic/42039-cocktail-recipes-on-royal-caribbean-ships/page/5/#findComment-455900

1 minute ago, Robert M said:

Are there Moctails?

I'll get there eventually. Current planned order is Signature Cocktails, Signature Mocktails, Classic Cocktails, Classic Mocktails.

Optic Kamikaze. 

Citrus Fresh Robocop.

The Blue Sky Margarita. I'll be going in order as they appear on the ordering pad aboard Odyssey; ratings are also from the ship. floz measures are provided as a courtesy and rounded to make home bartending easy. The BB is dispensing in mL. Also tossing in a quote, history, trivia, etc. related to the Bionic Bar with each recipe too.

At the end, I'll upload a PDF of all the recipes to make it easy to keep them together.

Sounds like you might be thinking about the Ultra Spacious Ocean View category which can handle up to 6 on Oasis. They're on other ships as well, but there's never too many of them if they're there.

It appears, at least on Odyssey, the ordering tablets are Samsung Galaxy A7s.

5 minutes ago, dougalsgirl said:

We also found the most alcohol you could dispense in one “drink” was 75ml total.

Interesting. I wonder if the alcohol maximum is different per ship? Odyssey's would allow 4 parts or 100mL maximum per drink.

6 hours ago, dougalsgirl said:

I admire your effort in trying to get the Bionic Bar to pour something drinkable outwith the recipes! We tried a few times on Anthem last year and most were pour away efforts

It was the same on Odyssey! Many a drink got volume and name marked, then dumped down the stateroom sink. Even the drinkable ones were largely forgettable.

One of the things I noticed was anything using lime cordial was too acidic. I'm needing to buy a bottle now, to taste it straight, as I'm speculating they had lime juice in the machine instead of cordial due to this (also the dispenser up top was marked lime juice, so...)

Also discovered I'm not a fan of Midori.

I've been measuring the volume marks on my cup collection and can now confirm all parts are supposed to be 25mL. Can also confirm that anything that's not being dispensed using a Beaumont 25mL (ice and mixers) can have a bit of variance. This includes up to another full part, from what I've checked thus far, of a mixture of soda, juice, or ice.

From what I recall from earlier this week, you only need to do it once. You'll create an account, provide payment and license plate information, and you're done. There's cameras which read your plate on the way in and out for billing.

On 4/25/2025 at 2:59 PM, billdauterive said:

What's the recipe it uses for a Lynchburg Lemonade?  I've never had better ones than from the bionic bar a few years ago and I can't get it replicated quite right by a human bartender.  Boring standard drink I know, but I like what I like.

The current menu (at least on Odyssey) doesn't have Lynchburg Lemonade. Here's my recipe which I just whipped up. It's not bad! Assuming 1 part = 25mL.

Lynchburg Lemonade
5 parts Ice (125mL)
3 parts Jack Daniels (75mL)
1 part Triple Sec (25mL)
1 part Sweet and Sour, Shake! (25mL)
5 parts Sprite (125mL)

Royal used to use the Sunsational line of drink mixers which definitely helped with drink quality.

AI OCR to CSV format. Spot checks have them looking correct.

Personally added in rating and note columns. 

Drinking the beer menus today~

CSVs because nothing nasty can hide inside and they can be opened by many programs.

Playmakers-No Ratings.csv Royal Pub Beer List - No Ratings.csv

Drink card spotted on Odyssey, day 6 out of Cape Liberty, for $99 + 18%.

5 minutes ago, TexanTwoStep said:

I'll have my first experience with one of these next month, but couldn't you theoretically already have your mixer, get your liquor and mix it together yourself?  Could be great for an introvert haha

You could! The only downside is the spirits list is somewhat odd and there's no guarantees of what's there. Here's a generic list of what could be at the Bionic Bar. 

• Vodka
• Pink Grapefruit Vodka
• Mandarin Vodka
• Light Rum
• Spiced Rum
• Coconut Rum
• Gin
• Whiskey
• Rye Whiskey
• Scotch
• Gold Tequila
• Campari
• Martini Rosso
• Peach Schnapps
• Pomegranate Liquor
• Blue Curacao
• Midori
• Frangelico
• Southern Comfort
• Kahlua
• Triple Sec
• Apple Pucker
• Martini Rosso Dry
• Cognac

Here on Odyssey, there's two options for Scotch, but no Campari for example.

Kinda surprised they're going to full Star benefits instead of a premium tier of The Key. Skip the Genie, update The Key to include the DBP and UDP, charge $199/day without discounts, and collect the Bennies without adding labor costs. Call it The Royal Key or something.