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Thanks. That is pretty easy to understand. 

Hello everyone. Could someone explain the D+ single supplemental rate to us. We've tried to piece it all together with multiple postings and are still a little confused. Thanks. 

We had this exact thing happen. Royal up'd to Star the morning of sailing. Genie refunded back to the payment method we gave her.  If I remember correctly, we did have to call to get our dining package refunded per the genie's instructions. Done in 5 min call and the refund came in about a week. But that was right at restart so things may have changed.  Just for funsies, we had a lot of non-refundable obc from the the travel agency we used. The unused portion was refunded to the card attached to our account by the genie at final invoice. It was a great surprise. We've received this non-refundable credit cash refund twice since. YMMV. 

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Thanks @Matt for the link. The 8's doesn't seem too scientific, lol but our choices are Star Loft and Royal Loft. Since both are still available in inventory, yolo, 8's it is @Lovetocruise2002  

I have the same issue with Chrome. Slider works but it seems like the slider moves to pre-determined amounts. Conspriacy, lol. 

Is there a way to put in a specific amount instead of swiping the button?  My Iphone does not like that button and tries to open a link. 

Have to ask, what is the Lucky 8s trick?

Point taken. I hadn't even thought about it, lol. I won't share things like that in the future. Cheers. 

We just checked our June 2024 Harmony sailing and it showed a Diamond & above sale on our DBP. It is down from 76.99 to 70.99. We didn't see it for our other bookings or any other discounts, just the beverage but it may be worth checking the planner. 

Does anyone have any experience with this? We reached out to Customer Service and they said it is $523.99 per person. It seems we'd be renting FlowRider for one hour so number of people is irrelevant. RCI said nope, per person. Anyone have any actual field experience with this? It is 65 pp for a private lesson. Seems silly to spend 1500 for three people

I'd say it depends on how active you want to be with your booking. We have used big online companies, local and MEI. We are very active in our bookings, checking pricing for the cruises, excursions, beverages, dining etc. on a regular basis. It is part of the fun for us. in the end, we found big online the best for our ndividial needs. They have few discounts from what Royal provides directly but the most OBC. A lot more obc. We used the big onlines during covid with rebooks, cancellations etc and had no issues. To us, the obc is worth is being a little more involved. But local and MEI have also been great. 

As everyone else said, You can share your vouchers. 

1 hour ago, Minuet888 said:

What is the genie and is it on the symphony?

They have Genie's assigned to Star Class guests on Icon, Oasis and Quantum Class ships. Here is a quick rundown:

https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/what-is-the-royal-genie

I guess it is safe to say we are hoping for those Icon escalators. Best of both words...win-win!

49 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

Careful what you wish for

Lol, IDK. Some days I think they could be using formaldehyde and Sea Squirrel wouldn't care as long as my vouchers work, lol. 

The best advice we can give is be up front with your genie with your wants/needs. As others have said, each are different. We've loved every genie we've had. We've had a couple that we weren't thrilled with until we realized we weren't communicating our preferences. Turns out, they are good at what they do but unfortunately can't read minds so we started being more up front. Once we did that, they knocked it out of the park. Shout out to Shane, Leticia, Augustina and Smitha. They've all been all-stars!

Laughing at "fake food truck". I'll take it. The updated elevator banks would be nice. After watching Matt's walk tour, the NOLA style mixed drink machines and the upgraded milkshakes would make me a happy camper. I'd love the fresco Greek but probably a bridge too far. 

I definitely should have phrased better @Ampurp85, you are correct. I was just being facetious in my comments. I've always appreciated both yours and @OCSC Mike comments/input. My apologies if I sounded snarky, I didn't intend it that way. 

Wow, it didn't take long for the regulars to throw cold water. Sorry for hoping maybe Royal has kept a few secrets up their sleeve for Utopia and trying to spark a little conversation. Geez, this place is turning into a virtual Crown Lounge, lol. 

Prices are crazy high but... we'd been watching our June Harmony sailing hoping a Star cabin would open. We searched everyday and doing this, we saw reductions in our CLS twice in 2 weeks resulting in a $3800 reduction. We cant explain it, our TA couldn't either. CLS's were almost complety booked. We didn't care why, we repriced both times and saved the money. I guess you never know. 

btw...Star Loft came available at about $9k pp. no thanks. We'll enjoy our much cheaper CLS. 

I was thinking more along the lines of a marketplace, etc. cant change the footprint of an Oasis class so much but a few new additions would be welcome. 

We've appreciated all of Matt's articles and even his Icon walk-through video. I'd love to know thoughts comparing Oasis Class to Icon and what we can expect from Icon to be added to Utopia. We've passed on Icon for Utopia. What's say you?

We've never had a genie meet us after an excursion but we were "pier runners" once and our genie sent a golf cart to come get us (communicated off shore via whatsapp). It was comical. All the pier runners for 2 ships piled on. As for breakfast, usually it comes from room service but we've asked a genie for ck. No problem, delivered hot and fresh. I believe the opening time of ck has a lot to do with it. 

My opinion is going to be unpopular but I'll let it fly. Budget for paying for bags. It is an Alaskan cruise. Weather is unpredictable. We traveled in August. Some ports were warm (seattle 90s). Some were rainy, some were cold. Also, give thought to excursions. We had hiking boots we wouldn't normally take on a cruise. We did glaciers and bear watching. Those boots and rain gear were worth it. Even just a quick run to Tracy's Crab Shack, it poured. Plan accordingly.