Summer Bee Sweet

Or don't do that to the crew....more people than not are going to pay the gratuities, so you won't be doing any harm to the company- just the people who helped you during your cruise. I haven't noticed or been bothered enough by cut backs to cause me to want them out of business. If you don't like how they operate- there are plenty of other lines you can try (all doing the same thing, by the way) 

D+ keeps getting better too with extra stuff coming at 340 and 525.  
Are these worthy of being named levels in the program?  Probably not.  However depending on your cruising habits they can be important.  340 was a turning point for me as a solo cruiser.  I've saved tens of thousands from it.  In fact it's  probably the biggest money saver for me in the whole program.    

UPDATE
We did it! We drove into the city, parked, went in and applied! Seriously wasn’t as bad as I thought and took no time at all. Now drinks!! 
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As long as what is legally required to be covered up is covered up, you gotta do your thing. To hell with what others think. 

If you go to the Royal Caribbean website, and look at "Ships", you can find a lot out about what an individual ship has.  You just pick the ship and then scroll down to "Things To Do".  It will list all of the restaurants and bars, as well as many other features and activities of the ship.  It's a good place to start.

Fantastic news!!!
I’ve been getting these using a drink coupon, but I’ve had to go to a specialty restaurant AND I can only carry 3-4:at a time. 
The Venmo taste good, the bottle is awkward to drink out of. Same with Aqua Panna. Usually pour these into a YETI or schlep a bottle to the MDR 
These are what I’ve received as a welcome amenity. 2 for cruises 5 nights or less, 6 for cruises 6 nights and above. 

fam, i think the day has come... the water package is back up to a whopping $39 AND the description now includes "1-liter bottles" in the fine print!!!
 BRING BACK THE QUALITY WATER WE ARE BEGGING YOU!

maybe they're using all the dink dink bottles as diamond and diamond + welcome gifts now so we can have REAL water again?
WE CAN ONLY HOPE.
now we just need someone aboard to confirm once they've purchased at the new pricing.

It's going to be a lot longer than that because there's no way you can drive 44 hours in India without crashing in to at least 20 random things that should or shouldn't be stopped in the middle of the road. 
"India's pretty small, right? I think it is, so we're good" - Royal Caribbean Itinerary Planning Group

What info are you looking for? We are quite chatty in our group. There was a meetup earlier this month with 300+ of us. 

Just haven't heard anything, since it went on sale.  Not sailing on it; medical reasons. but quite envious of those that are sailing. Enjoy!

@Big Tule @Yesiamthere6  Thanks so much! I appreciate you following along! I look super ugly and old when I'm complaining and/or negative lol. I learned long ago only I can choose to be positive, while that first no hot water shower had me adjusting my attitude after "winning the RUB" thinking, oh no what have I done? I was like okay how do I navigate this? Calm notifications & off the gym where I know they have hot water! I hope with my heart my daughter will be the same, sometimes are harder than others. 
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to you all, I hope this season is an enjoyable one filled with many, many blessings!
 🎅🤩🎄🇺🇸

Glad you enjoyed Serenade! I spent 5 weeks on here, debarked the day you arrived.  I’m a new Pinnacle and really enjoyed the breakfast at Chops. 
Agree, the MDR was great. Loved the vegan dishes, thought they were the best of any I’ve had on other ships. The braised lamb shank was my only disappointment, ordered one sailing 1 & 2, both were under seasoned and cooked too high of a temperature. Moved on to something else.
I really enjoy Radiance class ships. Love all the ships but especially enjoy how you can navigate forward to aft easily. I could go days without needing to take an elevator.
Christian is a doll and Jamie is a hoot. He might be one of my favorite CD. 

Glad you enjoyed Serenade! I spent 5 weeks on here, debarked the day you arrived.  I’m a new Pinnacle and really enjoyed the breakfast at Chops. 
Agree, the MDR was great. Loved the vegan dishes, thought they were the best of any I’ve had on other ships. The braised lamb shank was my only disappointment, ordered one sailing 1 & 2, both were under seasoned and cooked too high of a temperature. Moved on to something else.
I really enjoy Radiance class ships. Love all the ships but especially enjoy how you can navigate forward to aft easily. I could go days without needing to take an elevator.
Christian is a doll and Jamie is a hoot. He might be one of my favorite CD. 

Update: we stayed in our cabin until our given time to leave our stateroom at 1730hrs. This allowed for the best comedy show I've ever witnessed, Land personnel trying to tie up the ship. We watched from our balcony and it was a hoot! They kept dropping the lines, lines getting caught on rocks, a forklift ramming into a fire hydrant....
We decided to take the stairs as we only have our carry on and decend into utter chaos and ugliness. Deck 4 was a sh!tshow of epic proportions. It was a sea of bodies screaming, pushing yelling at the staff. I was embarrassed to be part of that. I turned to hubby who was on the same page and we decided to just go back to the cabin and wait it out. 
We turned to leave and there was Christian, he said no you don't. You arrived at your assigned time and after asking if we had everything he ushered us to the bleep out your sea pass area. I could feel daggers in the back of my head. Yikes! Now I know why they kept announcing to stay in the stateroom until assigned times. Christian was on the quiet side, but boy did he get things done. I felt he was personally invested in our experience the entire sailing.
A lady behind us walking down the long hallway gangway pushed our daughter" by accident" we wish to believe hubby and I just let her go by, she had a huge roller board she was using to muscle her way down the ramp. Well I could see her husband behind me, we know because they had on matching items. He apologized for her and I offered for him to pass by our family to get to her, he said no thanks, I'm good right here! Lol! We chatted while we waited for the line to progress, he said they were from Georgia and were driving home and he was just fine taking his time to the car, he was great. We wished him safe travels and strength at the same time.
The terminal 6 area was chaotic to put it mildly. There was no traffic plan, it was a free for all. Brilliance and Serenade people embarking and disembarking, ride shares, family pick ups and drop offs in the dark. I held my breath I was sure we would get in a car accident, it was chaos with only 2 sheriff's trying their best to control the madness. I feared for their safety as well. 
I am sure the fog (late arrival) and the late hour caused this nightmare but it didn't  deter us, we pack our patience and dwell on all of the positives. Thanks for joining us on out Tampa/Serenade adventure. 

Glad you enjoyed Serenade! I spent 5 weeks on here, debarked the day you arrived.  I’m a new Pinnacle and really enjoyed the breakfast at Chops. 
Agree, the MDR was great. Loved the vegan dishes, thought they were the best of any I’ve had on other ships. The braised lamb shank was my only disappointment, ordered one sailing 1 & 2, both were under seasoned and cooked too high of a temperature. Moved on to something else.
I really enjoy Radiance class ships. Love all the ships but especially enjoy how you can navigate forward to aft easily. I could go days without needing to take an elevator.
Christian is a doll and Jamie is a hoot. He might be one of my favorite CD. 

Glad you enjoyed Serenade! I spent 5 weeks on here, debarked the day you arrived.  I’m a new Pinnacle and really enjoyed the breakfast at Chops. 
Agree, the MDR was great. Loved the vegan dishes, thought they were the best of any I’ve had on other ships. The braised lamb shank was my only disappointment, ordered one sailing 1 & 2, both were under seasoned and cooked too high of a temperature. Moved on to something else.
I really enjoy Radiance class ships. Love all the ships but especially enjoy how you can navigate forward to aft easily. I could go days without needing to take an elevator.
Christian is a doll and Jamie is a hoot. He might be one of my favorite CD. 

I would sail the Serenade again in a heart beat. Hands down the friendliest crew and the CD Jaime was likeable as well, without being to silly. Our concierge Christian was phenomenal, even the MDR was better then usual. Funny the only employees lacking were at the Guest relations desk. Bye bye Serenade have a great time around the world. 

Just returned from dinner in MDR, I ate vegan tonight and I have to say it was probably the best MDR meal I have had. The food on this ship is really enjoyable. 

me, after my next cruise

Thanks @berkeleykel, @Summer Bee Sweet, and @ChessE4!  Always great to hear from folks who have experienced what these ships have to offer.  It sounds like the entertainment is similar for both Grandeur and Serenade.  If we go on one of the ships out of Tampa, we'll choose the cruise Tampa, based on schedule/cost/itinerary--nothing new there!😄

Both ships have production shows that included musical numbers from older, well known shows. If you poke around on Royal’s site you can find the show names and a brief description 

If it’s somewhere I’ve explored already, I have no issues with staying on board. Have Kindle will read (by the pool)

We debarked Mariner on the 29th. Had originally planned on leaving around 9ish, nothing on my to-do list until 4:30
The ship advised everyone depart by 8:30. Suite concierge suggested to carry our luggage. He met groups to walk us off before 7, we were in a group about 7:15. Port employees said we were debarking much faster than normal days.
Traffic entering and leaving the port wasn’t bad but lots and lots of vehicles on the shoulders. 
 

I think there's probably plenty to keep you busy on a 3-night cruise. I often find myself thinking that I don't have enough time just to chill and enjoy the ship because there's always that feeling of "having" to get off just because we're in port.

I read this many years ago and have used it ever since and it helped save us on an Hawaiian cruise.  The last thing I put in our suitcases is an itinerary from the time we leave home until we return home.  This includes names, cell phone numbers, address, flights, hotels and cruise line and ship.  One of our pieces of luggage got lost and unfortunately our identification tag had been torn off.  Our piece of luggage was eventually opened, our itinerary was discovered.  Delta called us to inform us they had our luggage and would forward it to our first port in Hawaii and would be at the pier waiting for us.  I mentioned this to the Concierge and she said they would take care of getting the luggage at the pier and to our room.  Much to my relief everything went off without a hitch!  Made a believer out of me.
Bill