Ampurp85

Not all beef, some blend. Maybe that's why they suck.

Not really, without a lot of hassle. They don't really want people in the rooms so they make it difficult.

Okay updates. They will no longer allow you to apply the prime credit to any booking made previously with NextCruise. A cruise previously booked through Royal as long as its not close to final payment is still on the table. I had a 3person balcony booked but had to do two VB interiors. But I'm booked on Wonder Jan 2024 for only $560 with taxes, port fees, and gratuities. Also it went from $500 trade-in to $750 because they know it cost more.

Day 4 Nassau.... I had a very late start. I woke up 8:30 and left my room at 9:30. My certificate was there so I went to NextCruise and booked my free cruise. $167 with taxes and gratuities for an OV balcony. The casino has to approve the certificate code so my receipt list a balance and doesn't have the freeplay. It also list the NextCruise OBC, I wonder if it will drop off like it does when you apply the annual prime credit ? Either way I can deduct $1100, before I factor in flights, from the amount I spent to earn this. I walked around the empty ship, since it's a ton of new cruisers and families, more people got off than normal. Liberty is parked next to us and she looks particularly full as if nobody got off. This Playmakers has skee ball but no arcade games. There are slot machines on the outside but they are the more expensive ones. Prime members get free play at Atlantis and I was tempted to take the water taxi there but I was hungry so I went to WJ for breakfast, it was a madhouse. Lots of people have excursions after 11, so they are fueling up. I will probably play some trivia in Schooner's and finish a book. I am doing once upon a time at 9:45. I saw a version of this on Indy or Nav I believe, it was pretty good. I earned $68 from my playing and will use that up tonight after the show.

I just booked a cruise for 2024 and the options were traditional at 5 or 8pm and MTD. I chose MTD because I'm solo and perfer not to be sat at a shared table.

Day 3 continues I came back to room to charge my phone. Since it's pretty much the only technology I have, it's been draining fast. My portable charger is a massive brick, I keep it in a backpack but not my small vacation one. That one holds a few water bottles, my kindle, and maybe some snacks. After the charge I met Linda in the DL. All three days it has been dead. Maybe there aren't a lot of diamond members on this sailing but the most amount of people has been 8, including myself and Linda. For the second time they had my fruity pebbles rice krispies treats. The wind was high and cool so we only stayed outside for a few. Then we went to the comedy show, I left after 5min and just walked around deck 5 on the outside. I headed to dinner, it was French night, my least favorite. I spoke again to the couple at my table and they are alive. We had a short chat. They put their wine in a hydroflask water bottle to bring to dinner. I informed them as long as the dining room doesn't have to open it, they could have brought the bottle. Dinner was meh. I got the beef tenderloin, chocolate cappuccino cake and the cream puffs. No apps or second entree because the menu was meh. The tenderloin was very good and my food was hot. The cake was bitter and dry, so one bite and done. The almond cream puffs tasted of cream, that'sit, I ate one and was over it. Dinner for me took about 40min and that's because I was reading as I ate. So I got a glass of half OJ and half grapefruit juice from the casino and a Sprite. I poured some of the wine into all of that and made sangria. I had went to the WJ for fruit, I took a few pictures of French night in the WJ, but got sidetracked by the new kids section. The kids section has chicken nuggets, spaghetti, and mac and cheese. I saw adults digging their hands in the nuggets. I brought that sangria to dinner and it was delicious . Tomorrow is a taste of Italy, it will be perfect for my chicken parm. I popped in to the various Music and shows but without someone to provide commentary with, they don't appeal to me. So back to the casino it was. As I stated I gave myself a budget and I have been playing with the same $60 for fun for two days. I play small amounts and then cash out when I double or get down to $60. I left a little after 11pm. I actually got a few slices from Sorrento's.... they were hot and that's all I will say. Surprisingly my room was touched again, so maybe on shorter sailings or smaller ships they still come twice. I found a duck but no tag was on it. I took a picture and hid it again in the casino. When I left it was wall to wall people at the tables, I could barely leave without fondling and getting fondled.

Apparently this means premium booty. Like good looking or quality .

I ordered it when I was in a 2br GS on Allure.

Specifically on Oasis they required a reservation unless star class this past Jan. You could not just walk up and place an order.

@melmar02 Okay I took photos of the machines I normally play. There are two missing because people were at them. That's dancing drums and for some reason I an blanking on the name as I'm not in the casino.

Sea day. I thought it was going to be a calm sea day but shenanigans galore. I will say firstly the ice show was pretty good. It wasn't too crowded because it was three shows this sailing and at 1pm everyone was on deck being super loose. I was in the DL reading on the outdoor part and I could see the Latin beauties dancing with the husband. I don't take photos of people without their consent but I will say it was a lot. Thong bikinis. I saw the wife in the casino, maybe she decided to ignore him the rest of the cruise. My cabin was finally cleaned properly but again, I haven't seen my room steward. Since I only had fruit and a salad around 10, I got ELF around 3. The line was ridiculous and you want to guess how many of those people washed their hands? I took the steps to deck 5 and enjoyed my food at Cafe promenade. It was empty when I arrived and 10min in, its like a zoo. Probably because the sales are happening. Prices seem to have increased. But back to shenanigans. A daughter tried to use her mom's prime to get a drink. Bartender said no and she called him a stupid N word. Then had the audacity to say to me she sorry, she never does things like that. I was like it wouldn't have come out so easily if you didn't. I left. I played until I got 3000pt which cost me $2300. I effectively made prime for next year and earned a balcony on the 4night Allure sailing I wanted plus $250 in freeplay. I also have earned another up to 7 night cruise. Considering all that plus the savings of not having to fly, I did amazing. Other shenanigans. I sat next to a guy who was playing and another guy came up and said "you MF, you pushed my wife, I'm gonna F you up!" The guy looked confused and then the wife ran up and said it was the guy at the same machine other side. Well that guy walked to the other side and I don't know what happened but me and the guy had a good laugh. The father and son came over, they normally sail Carnival. I listened to them talk and figured the son might be on the spectrum or just trash. They have interiors and the son complained nobody wanted to go back to his room. The dad was like "mom has been pulling premio " I am spelling that like he said it. The fact that you have conversations like that in public.......straight tomfoolery. Last shenanigan.....this lady didn't know or notice the cameras and tried to scam. She said the machine froze and didn't spit out her ticket, it was actually the lady who just played next to her money, and called over the attendant. He said he would check the cameras and she said oh I'm asking for friend I will get her and ran out. I was embarrassed for her. I went back to the room to freshen up and found a bottle of pinot noir from the casino in my room. I have never earned more than 1500pt on a cruise, so I wonder if this is standard. I'm gonna make sangria with it for these next two night because I only brought a carry-on.

You can order when it is open so starting around 5:30. Be prepared to wait 45min to hour plus.

Most two bedrooms hold up to 8 and on different ships they have JS that hold 5. Royal up won't let you bid on rooms that don't hold how many are booked.

Thank you all for the well wishes. Day three.....Sea day I slept late all the way until 8am. I knew brunch was being served in the MDR and planned my 10am dining time around the soup. Royal does two baked potato soups. One is called baked potato and the other is smoked. I love the baked and loathe the smoke. The menu they have listed, and gave me, has baked on it. This gets creamy potato, bacon, sour cream and chives. That smoked potato has chorizo, weird oils, and garlic pieces. I ordered my two bowls and that stupid smoked potato soup was delivered. I was so disappointed, I felt like a kid who's birthday was cancelled. I settled for a chicken Ceasar salad sans dressing and I am still sad. They had sat a table up in front of the MTD room where brunch is served. It had coffee tea and various pastries. I got a plain and chocolate crossiant which helped get me full. Also the dining room was surprisingly full. I was done with my meal in less than 30min. I have the ice show at 1pm and nothing much planned for the day. Well other than a trip yo guest services.

I very much attempted Marquee and after five minutes I left. Unlike MTD, late traditional dining does not open early. Yesterday I thought I was late at 8:15 and today I got there at 8:25. In both instances they opened the doors at 8:30. An Indian couple followed me to table 923.....then they sat down. I said hi and they ignored me. So while my table indeed has other guest, they are apparently ghost. Tonight was Caribbean night and I would avoid this one as nothing stands out to me. I decided to be adventurous: I got the coconut shrimp sans sauce, the pesto tagliatelle, the jerk pork chops and the pineapple cake. The menu says crispy coconut jumbo shrimp ......you can see in the photo, they are not. The pasta list parm, pesto, sun-dried tomatoes and mushrooms.....but had tons of onions. I dislike onions.......a lot. So the pasta was a bust. The pork chop was spicy but good, tender enough to cut with my butter knife. That pineapple sunshine cake is in a tie for best new dessert. Dinner included weird dancing by the waitstaff and then the participation of all the guest....I don't dance especially to the Macarena. I then played for fun at the casino. No one cares about the no smoking in the non-smoking section, table games have been popping. Father/son came up behind me while I was getting bar service. They gave me their room number and said I can join them for dinner any night. Since I made my goal, I give myself a hard limit to play with for fun. It's $60/day. I literally played a whole bunch of times on that $60 today and when I cashed out, I had .13 extra cent. I did my departure options today. It says they offer a transfer to FLL for $30. But the flight has to be after 1pm. My flight is at 12:30 but they charged me for it. I spent over $70 with the tip on a Lyft, so that's a good option if they honor it. Tomorrow is a sea day. According to staff this sailing is not to capacity. They said they were told it was a few shy of two thousand guest. It doesn't feel full to me either, I see tons of empty elevators.

They serve food until 11pm. Room service is pretty much the top late night offering.

Ooooooh DL has my favorite treat. Pigs in blanket and........The fruity pebbles rice krispies.....also I got delicious chocolate chip cookies from Cafe promenade. We are sailing away and Liberty seems to be following us. The lack of people who don't wash hands or use sanitizer is astounding. The worse part is they genuinely seem aggrieved when asked to. But @asquared17 I have been told my face is too friendly and it puts others at ease. Which is why people try me. I also have a defense mechanism that means I just smiled through everything. I know I forgot to mention this but I didn't bring my laptop. I was forced not to. Since a nice chunk of us were cruising this week, we hustled hard the previous two weeks to get as much done and avoid working. If I had brought it I would have worked during the down time and then others would have gotten notice and felt some type of way. Other than being able to access the desktop version of some sites. I don't really miss it. In regards to Leah McSweeney's book, she is annoying. I feel like she blames everyone for everything. Good thing I have some slutty Immortals after dark books by Kresley Cole to keep me entertained.

The touching was my leg, then two impromptu shoulder rubs, then a back rub and a leg squeeze when he hit big. He did mention his wife but I have yet to see her. Oh but a feel good story of 3 best friends playing the same machine hit the bonus rounds together and won two, three and four hundred in that order from left to right. There was a tiny crowd cheering them on, they said the winnings will go to feed some hungry mouths.......aka strippers.

Wooo, you are cruising soon. In all honesty with how hot they wash the linens and things I'm sure the towels would be white again.

I'm currently on Freedom. I ordered 2 apps and they were brought together. I told my server I couldn't decide if I wanted steak or the bolognese. I ordered the steak but two bites in she brought me the bolognese. I would say it definitely depends on the server, ship and possibly whether it's traditional or MTD.

As much as I have sail, the WJ has never closed at 11pm, it was 9 before and after the restart.

So my cabin was serviced but I have yet to meet my steward. I can see this leading to less tips. I will still tip but I normally tip something upfront to get daily ice service. Also the room was freshened as opposed to cleaned. The crumbs and rubber bands are still on the floor. I took the cash I won and put some aside for tips and then paid some on my balance. I was at guest services anyway. My safe doesn't work and I didn't want to carry that much around. I plan to go to Marquee at 7:45. I spent an hour in the DL but I'm heading back soon for happy hour. So funny story, at least to me. I was playing on my favorite machine all day and there was this guy who kept coming and sitting next to me. He clearly was tispy ar 11am and eventually drunk. The first time he patted my leg, I was uncomfortable. But every time he came he hit big, $280 on one spin, 300 the next. So he started coming back and he kept mentioning his son. He kept touching more and more of me and it kept catching me off guard. The last time he brought his son, whom he introduced as Cameron, and the son said is she for me or.....you and mom. I choose to ignore that statement but the son proceeded to stare holes in me. Thankfully I had made my goal but I was going to play for leisure but I left. On my way from the DL I stopped in the casino and they were there. The son said "I like busty women" and then walked away. There was three vintage women next to me and they started laughing.......cuz he could have been talking to any of us.

We are docked with Liberty, she is perty. The wind is high, cool and the water is choppy so I don't think people had a perfect day. Lots of people returning to the ship said water was cool and as usual the helium balloon was down. I'm gonna take a lap and then read in the DL because they have that wonderful outside area. ELF only had chicken and pork so I got one taco and went to the WJ for a burger and fries. Tomorrow I will treat myself to either JR or Playmakers for lunch. I used my diamond day of internet and then paid the rate for 3 days which was 80.97. Prime gets me 30% off making it 56.68 and technically $14 a day. Which at its cheapest was $17.99. Since I earned my D+ status I will have 2 days. There is no top tier party scheduled. Crew members said over half the guest are first time cruisers.

Day 2 PDCC To answer about the poly couple. The dirt is they have a poly relationship that includes another couple but they are allowed to "entertain" others. Well he invites the new girls. Two stacked Latin beauties. This was their first meeting. Yes it was a lot. I left my room at 8:45 and went to the casino. I knew ELF was in my future so no breakfast. My favorite machine was open and I actually had great luck. I wish I would have taken a photo of my big wins. I ended last night with 680 points. By 1pm I had 2,012 and my total was only $1200 spent but that netted me a 4night Allure sailing in which interiors are double the price. My room hasn't been touched and I am heading to guest services after lunch. It is two rooms occupied in my little corner so maybe the steward is forgetting we are there.

Day one continued..... I have to say the food in the MDR on Freedom was really good.....maybe traditional dining gets hotter, better food. I ordered the steak and my server brought me the bolognese as well. She served it maybe two bites into the steak, which was a perfect medium. But the pasta was so good and al dente, I only ate a little of the steak and all the pasta. Dessert was royal cheesecake and she brought ne ice cream to go with it. I think they changed it because it was actually sweet. Drinks from the bar came fast as well. My takeaway is with the exception of maybe two tables, they pretty much sat everyone with their own parties. Also late seating isn't too popular. But my waitstaff were amazing. I hit the casino. It's not friendly to anyone. Considering it's 1 point for every $5, I'm down $900 but I earned 680pts already. I'm hoping tomorrow is a better day. I ended up drinking a lot in the casino so I'm only 2/4 on diamond drinks and didn't make it to the DL yet. In fact I have only been to Giovanni's, the MDR and the casino, I popped in the theater but late dining made it hard to catch the welcome show. I did listen to the piano player at Schooners for a bit. Sadly, my room hasn'tbeen touched. I was promised services after 7pm and left the "out catching thrills" magnet. Only to return with it still on the door. I did have the letter with my 20% FCC......so........ Tomorrow is PDCC.