Al Miller

Others have already posted tibs and tabs about this but I don't think there's a thread devoted to it...at least, not that I know of.
There has been a CP "sale" going on for a couple of days.  It is "on again/off again" but it's back on today.
BUT - BE CAREFUL.  Some of the dining packages include gratuities in the "list price" and some do not so be careful cancelling something that you already have until you know for SURE that it's going to be a savings.
1.  It appears as though MOST of the packages - UDP and 3 night, already include the grats.  If the grats are included, it will say so below the advertised price.  If it says "Gratuities Included" then the final price will simply be the number of packages that you are purchasing, multiplied by the price of the package(s) you are purchasing.  If it says "pre-cruise savings", the grats are NOT included in that price so you will have to calculate the total price to see what the final $$ will be.
2.  It APPEARS as though the requirement to eat at least one meal on nights #1 or #2 is gone.  The CP no longer required me to choose a "first" meal time.  That's a good thing, IMO.  Hopefully you can now use your packages on any days/nights that you choose.
3.  It appears as though all of the individual restaurants still require you to calculate gratuities....IOW, the grats are not included in the posted price for individual restaurants.  Some of the individual restaurants that I checked were less $$ than when I first purchased and some were not.  Just be sure that you know what you'll be paying BEFORE you cancel anything and/or purchase at the "reduced" price.  It seems like the package prices include grats.
4.  I was not able to use any of my available OBC when I purchased/repurchased my specialty dining.  It gave me the option of using the OBC but the final price was never reduced by the amount of the OBC so I am HOPING that the OBC is still there.  This is uncertain to me at the moment.  Hopefully the OBC will reappear in a day or so.
5.  As far as I can tell, the ability to make pre-purchased dining reservations ahead of time has still not been implemented.  I was never prompted to make any specific reservations.
6.  Other items in the CP may also be on sale.  I have only looked at dining so I am unaware if other areas of the CP are similarly affected.
The prices are pretty good (considering the upward trend for specialty pricing) and I saved quite a bit of $$ by cancelling and repurchasing but it took me a while to figure out the secret code.

I was able to save quite a bit of money today with both dining packages and individual specialty meals.  BE CAREFUL though, some of the items have gratuity included and some do not.

The prices for the specialty restaurants have increased drastically over the past few years. We've tried every restaurants on several different cruises because they were gifted to us from our cruise agency. We found each of them to be EXTREMELY underwhelming. The service was subpar at each restaurant, and in our opinion, the food and experience was far worse than what we get at Windjammer. We are not pretentious foodies, yet we still had complaints about nearly every aspect of each specialty dining experience on Royal Caribbean. We decided that we will no longer waste our time on specialty restaurants, even when they are gifted to us. They have really been that bad.

I was looking at the menu for Hooked on Navigator tonight and noticed the dinner menu has been updated. Several options were removed (ex. whole lobster) while others have been made less interesting (ex. Royal Seafood Platter). Personally it feels cheaper, but the addition of coconut shrimp will probably be a hit. A pdf of the previous menu and a screenshot from the app of the current menu are attached. Lunch appears to be untouched for now.

HOOKDINNER.pdf

Yep. We had to do this once. The Previous people left the safe with the door open but the locking rods or whatever they are called in the locked position. Making the safe impossible to close and lock without knowing the code used. We had to wait an hour or so for the officer to come with the tool that unlocks it. He said he has to do a few nearly every embarkation day and a couple of times during the sailing.
The cabin stewards cant get in there unless it was left unlocked.

It’s gone down since the pandemic. I think almost everyone will agree with that and probably won’t be back to that level anytime soon, if ever. Menus have significantly been reduced. No more all you can eat lobster. No more apple blossom for dinner. MDR is hit or miss these days, but of course that is going to be both very subjective and vary widely for each sailing. A good meal can still be had though. I’ve still had more good ones than bad ones in the last 4 years, but overall quality has certainly gone down.

Considering it shares space with the Solarium, I highly doubt that. I believe they will remove the Samba grill and possibly replace Sabor on the Boardwalk with Playmakers. 

I don’t recall see anyone eating in there at any point on our recent trip on Allure. Only a few at the bar getting drinks. However, all specialities were having trouble getting customers. 

When we were on AL in Feb they still had the Samba Grill.  The only other ship (that I am aware of) with the Samba Grill is Radiance.

It was Matt's printer...It is becoming self-aware and is seeking revenge for being left on the floor....🤔

I've been trying to talk myself into another late Feb cruise next year, but I just can't justify the ridiculous prices.
Then, when you add in all the other stuff you have to pay for (don't think the local hotels aren't aware), it's jut too high.
And we just turned Diamond on our Wonder cruise last month.  I may never see those benefits.
 
Maybe it's time for us to take that trip back to Germany that we've wanted.  

Have rc look at security footage, they can see who entered the room 

I've had to get a safe unlocked twice, once my wife typed in our wrong code on locking it and forgot what she typed in, the second time previous passenger left it locked. In both cases it required an officer to come down and unlocked. In the case of the previous passenger leaving it locked, it was the housekeeper waiting at our room saying she's waiting for the officer to come and unlock the safe, both cases the housekeeper had no ability to do it

You left your cabin without checking for your wallet?  

When me and a guy from work were watching the video we were like yelling "hurry up, oh my God make it"  because there were a truck or two and we winced waiting for the bridge to fall but the trucks made it thankfully. Then the traffic seemed to stop and the bridge came down.

Its crazy! looks like the last cars crossed like 30 seconds before the impact. Maybe 45 seconds.

I'm from Maryland and before I got into Cruising I always assumed the Chesapeake Bay bridge was MUCH taller than the Key bridge. I guess because its a suspension bridge with the accompanying  huge spires it seems so much taller then the cantilever style of the Key Bridge. 

I'm supposed to be on the Vision on 4/4.   I can let you know what they have to say once I get told anything.  

Yeah, Norfolk or Bayonne would be my guess. And a whole bunch of charter busses.

Yeah, Norfolk or Bayonne would be my guess. And a whole bunch of charter busses.

Yeah, Norfolk or Bayonne would be my guess. And a whole bunch of charter busses.

Yeah, Norfolk or Bayonne would be my guess. And a whole bunch of charter busses.

And nope, at Cape Liberty today the app just would not load. Good thing we had the paper set sail passes.