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Yes, it is exactly like that. If you are not comfortable with very aggressive vendors, just stay away from that area. They are restricted from leaving their market area so if you stay away from there, they will not bother you. If you are going to Columbus Cove, take the tram. It goes through there but does not stop.

I think that's what MTD is designed for. As long as you recognize that there may be a wait (not that there isn't a little wait even if you DO have reservations !) and chances are you will have different waiters and areas of the dining room, I think it's a great option.

You can (and should) have your reservations linked. Your agent can do this for you or if you booked directly with Royal you can call and have them link the reservations.

Assuming you have My Time Dining, you can do it either way. It is generally helpful to have dinner reservations made before sailing BUT it is also nice to have the flexibility to eat whenever you want to. My recommendation would be to make a reservation for the 5 of you for the first night and then wait until you get onboard to decide about the rest. Once you decide when and where you will go to shows, etc you can always either make dinner reservations day-by-day or just show up whenever you’re ready to eat.

They calculated cruise points for all of the "old" cruises using some sort of conversion (the details of which escape my memory). As I recall, they actually were very generous with the points conversion for the old cruises. At any rate, Dan and I have cruised on every single Royal cruise together (I have a few "extra" cruises that he did not go on) so our points should have been identical, but somehow, he had 7 more points than I did. I called and asked them to do an "audit" which they did and at that time they explained to me how they converted those old 1-point-per-cruise points. They never could figure out why Dan had more points than I did but the guy at C&A just gave me the extra 7 points and called it a day.

I thought they served from the right and cleared from the left ! I've been eating for 66 years and I've never seen ANY of this before. Very interesting !

I'm actually a pretty picky eater, too. If not picky, a bit pedestrian, perhaps. I really enjoyed the Chef's Table both times that I did it. I found the company to be a more enjoyable part of the meal than the food, itself. I am also not a wine drinker, but found that I enjoyed the wine (perhaps the effects ?). I would recommend for everyone to do it once...

I suspect there is quite a difference in damage, as well.

I believe that you were misinformed by the casino rep. I would recommend that you call C&A and ask for an audit. They did one on the phone with me a while back. I found them to be very forthcoming about conversions from the "old" process.

No. It only works the other way. You can order food from the MDR to be brought to the specialties but not the other way around.

...then you got one heck of a deal.

At least 1 person from the original booking must remain on the booking. If you booked a solo cruise, then there is no way to transfer that cruise to anyone else. Royal (and all cruise lines, I imagine) do this to preclude people from booking cruises when they are “cheap” and then selling them to others for a profit. I realize that is not your motivation but the rule still applies.

Royal Caribbean does not permit any Agency to discount their cruise fares. The only way a fare can be lower than the published rates is if the Agency has negotiated a group rate. It’s possible that the rate you were quoted is an Agency that has group space. As Matt said, be very wary of an online cost estimate. Before comparing it to a quote from Royal (or MEI) make sure you are comparing apples to apples.

Congratulations to Michael !!

Yes.

I do this with the lady who cleans for me all the time !

I agree that it is worth a try. One thing that might be a problem is that the Key folks get a different menu from regular Chops lunch folks. It is not remarkably different but it is different.

Thanks, Steph. I thought it was later in the year. Good catch

The main differences between the Allure and Harmony are that Harmony does not have a Solarium pool (as you noted already) Allure does not have the water slides yet (and will still not have them in NOV 2020) The shows are different of course, but are basically equivalent That's about it. Otherwise, they are pretty much the same ship

Well, it seems it's either feast or famine (pun intended) with this. Half the people complain about the tables never getting cleared and the rest seem to have their food confiscated like you. Not sure which is worse !!

Poor thing !

Agree completely with this !!

Welcome, Cindernana

I’ve always had very good luck with the Genies getting back to me within 24 hours. Obviously, their primary attention is with their current families but they have always gotten back to me in a very reasonable length of time.

Have you tried calling Royal see if they would allow you to purchase the UBP and your wife the Refreshment pkg ?