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Yes. I have no idea what the room attendants make but they work hard and take care of us. Same with the waiters. We get some free drinks so $1 for the bar tender.

5- We tip the bartenders $1 for a drink. Also, we have been giving the room attendant $5 or $10 a day depending on the type of room. we are not high maintenance or demanding but I usually give the attendant a $ 20 when I first meet them and then add more later in the week if their service is good. We usually give our MDR waiter some money.

We were on Quantum of the Seas from Hawaii to Vancouver last year and had a free coffee each day. Not sure why. But I think it was only Diamond and above as the people we were sailing with didn't get the perk.

We were on the Hurricane Maria cruise out of SanJuan in 2017. It was our second cruise. Ended up in Florida 8 days later. Royal took care of us. We will be on our 19th cruise with Royal in July. Like Riley says, "roll with both the waves and any changes and enjoy the experience!"

Thats interesting Mike. I knew they did that to a few ships. If we ever get on the Enchantment, I will get bored and check it out.

For me, I only use the running track in the early morning on the Oasis class ships. I dont like the smaller cramped feel of the tracks on the upper decks. But if its early morning you shouldnt see so many people. You will just have the weather to deal with.

You are right about the food not being as good post covid. We just got off the Jewell on a 7 day. The Main dining room fried chicken and tomato soup were good the first night. Other than that, the Main dining room and Windjammer were just OK. We did Chops for lunch one day. It was good.

I don't know how many people have been to Maya Chan Beach, but we went our 4th time last fall. We did notice the beach wasnt as big as it used to be. But the food and service were still great. Here is a post from the owners. Start Again – Maya Chan Life (temp.domains)

I see you are from KC. We are out of St. Joe. Seems like there are a lot of people on the facebook group from the area. Maybe we will run into you.

If it was me, I would pay. You are on vacation. We carry very little on the plane as we don't want to deal with the overhead storage. With that said, we usually fly southwest. But the next 2 cruises we will be using Delta and American. So, we are just going to pay and not worry about it. As to the porters at the port. We usually give $5 for 3 bags.

Think of it as a permanent Stanely cup winner. Good press for royal, taking pictures of people posing with and drinking out of a $100K cup.

Same here. We stayed at the Days Inn by Houston Hobby last year. Cheap but recently renovated. I would stay there again.

We play the penny slots purely for the sound effects. You dont see them much anymore but we always looked for Miss Kitty and Texas Tornado. Now usually dancing drums. Usually grouped in sets of 3 as progressive slots.

Yes, let us know the night so we can skip the MDR. And I have made comments after the last 2 cruises. I told them it wasn't about the crew members service but that we wanted a peaceful dinner and conversation with the people around us.

That was us. We didn't try to leave. We left. We are gone at the hint of loud music or dancing.