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I would love to be able to go on this cruise. To be able to see all of the wonders of the world and so much more. But......I'm pretty sure that I don't have $120,000 laying around for an inside cabin for me and my wife. But it is fun to dream!

I like this one....like one dinner at a specialty restaurant, or a few free drinks!

If it runs at 114% capacity I would volunteer to sleep on the pool deck if needed.  WARNING!  I do not own "Pajamas"

I'm on the Allure in September. Nice that it's full. The Independence Friday and the Symphony next month should be fun. I generally do not like people/crowds, but on a cruise ship I know how to get by: Few excursions - if any, no MDR, free drinks in the casino (tip well early in the cruise and a waiter tracks you down), good food in Playmakers (tip well on first visit and they serve you quickly throughout), Windjammer very early for breakfast, enjoy the nice balcony/suite with someone who cleans it twice a day and cribbage in the Solarium. 
My favorite cruise activities usually involve doing little to nothing. At home, I'm always doing my "tasks".

Let's hope the, more information, will be the discontinuing of pre-cruise testing.

No one has flinched as of right now. Just checked three major lines and the covid requirements are as they have been, no change yet. 

Let's hope the, more information, will be the discontinuing of pre-cruise testing.

Let's hope the, more information, will be the discontinuing of pre-cruise testing.

No one has flinched as of right now. Just checked three major lines and the covid requirements are as they have been, no change yet. 

No one has flinched as of right now. Just checked three major lines and the covid requirements are as they have been, no change yet. 

Your desiring a LOT from the RC IT staff to have a change that fast!

Would not recommend the norovirus craps. 😄

Wow. That was unexpected.

If I'm king of the cruise world I would immediately:
 
1) eliminate pre-cruise testing. But give some perks or enticements to those who show up with a negative test in hand. 
2) eliminate special quarantine cabins. No reason for them, even if you still want people to quarantine in their booked cabin if they test positive on board. Those things need to be sold, not set aside just in case.
3) taper down to a date where you get rid of the need to quarantine at all. I'm not sure you could do that immediately
4) scrap the 90% rule. Again like #1, give enticement and perks to those who are vaccinated, but let the unvaccinated back on board.
 

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Not just the street vendors.....we did Dunns River Falls on one of our cruises and we forgot our tip money on the bus. The guide followed us onto the bus and when we gave him the tip, he stood there wanting more. 
As far as street vendors go...we never make eye contact. You do that you are in some serious trouble. 

Not just the street vendors.....we did Dunns River Falls on one of our cruises and we forgot our tip money on the bus. The guide followed us onto the bus and when we gave him the tip, he stood there wanting more. 
As far as street vendors go...we never make eye contact. You do that you are in some serious trouble. 

Cozumel they are awful as much as I’m not liking that port.

Oh you are one of those people.  🙂 

I have run IT organizations before.  The problem isn't the IT organization. 
IT will always yield exactly what they are funded to do.   If you don't fund an IT organization you can't expect state of the art IT infrastructure.   That can be okay because the definition of what is okay starts at the top of the organization.
Currently Royal's IT is doing exactly what senior leadership desire it to do and nothing more based on the money they are putting into their IT organization.  
Firing the IT organization would be a disaster.  All those lower level employees know how to care and feed the machine.  You can't rip and replace an IT organization without grinding the company to a halt.   More importantly if the new IT organization you put in its place is not given any more money compared to the old IT organization they won't be able to accomplish what the previous IT organization couldn't.  
If you decide your family can get by with an old car as your primary form of transportation that is your choice.  Other families around you might be getting new cars that come with new safety features and loads of bells & whistles.  It is your prerogative to decide your family doesn't need a new car payment even if you can afford it.  As the head of household you get to decide.  Your 20 year old car doesn't have a car payment but it breaks down once in while.  It needs more maintenance.  It isn't as fancy and doesn't have the latest features like CarPlay or Android Auto or even bluetooth handsfree.  It might not even have anti-lock brakes.  Maybe it has airbags.  It's your prerogative to decide those things are not important enough to justify spending money on a new car and incurring a new monthly payment.  IT is the same.  Executive leadership gets to make those decisions.  
The problems we all complain about are not the fault of IT, not exactly.  Blame the folks at the top.  

Considering all the cancellations and delays that have been occurring, I would plan on coming in a day of two early.

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

I for one love that proposal, but may I suggest 6 free drinks for Diamond?
We reach diamond status in the middle of our Sept cruise.

I for one love that proposal, but may I suggest 6 free drinks for Diamond?
We reach diamond status in the middle of our Sept cruise.

4:30 would be the departure time