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i dunno man. When hubby saw ours say "gty interior" his instinct was to trust the process. I reminded him of when Royal canceled our cruise (without telling us) due to imaginary money due on a pd in full cruise......he called! and they confirmed what we saw in the "manage cruise" screen. Just sayin. At least one of these damn glitches should work in a cruiser's favor.

"Manage Reservations" on the website is where we discovered the error. It listed a "GTY Interior" as our room selection.

yes, it was a casino comp that we upgraded.

So glad I found this board....where I learned how important it is to STAY ON TOP OF YOUR CRUISES OMG. We have learned to breath a sigh of relief and enjoy our trips ONLY once we are on board. Here is the latest glitch: We booked a GTY suite for an Alaska Sept cruise. So did our son. Since we learned from here (and then from subsequent experience with other glitches), we have been watching our booking. They have us in a GTY interior! and my son too. We called and gave them our receipt info and she said it was a glitch that occurred during some sort of system transfer (your guess is as good as mine) and yes, we are all in the system as GTY interiors! She put us on hold "to check if there are any suites still available" EXCUSE ME??? We were able to get it worked out (assuming our excursions, reservations, etc remain attached) but had we not been constantly checking checking checking, this would have been ANOTHER royal screw up. We do love our cruises on Royal but their constant "IT" issues have us almost nervous wrecks before we get there. Moving our rooms, deleting our PAID FOR cruises, over billing...it's a constant battle. It's like being loyal to your idiot kid. Check your reservations weekly (daily?) everyone!

My son needed to use the medical facilities and was also impressed. They were able to run tests to rule out issues (D-dimer levels, checks for infections, etc) and were able to prescribe antibiotics. And at a very reasonable cost! I also needed to see the providers, and they were very responsive taking me from a restaurant straight to the facilities. A stroke was suspected and they had the equipment to run the tests and a tele-link to neurologists to order them (I ended up not needing those; something else was the culprit). It was very comforting to know all of that was there. They prescribed meds for what ailed me, and again the cost was very reasonable. Quite good care, and very thorough. The only reason I chose against conferencing with the tele-neuro was because of how thorough and attentive the doctor was to my symptoms and responses.

Well, it didn't even take a full day to prove your point! From the other thread about Icon: @rjac had this experience: "As far as the "adult-only pool/hot tub area, it was a joke. A sign (as in 1) that said "18 years and older only" which was not enforced. Located on the aft end of the ship with practically no shade at all a small crowded bar and loud blaring music. The pool (small) and hot tub were filled with teenagers who looked well under 18 years old. "

Does it have a "solarium-like" space instead? It has an adults-only pool/hot tub area. Was it the indoor space you missed?

This^^^ is what I was thinking. I know Royal has always been welcoming and safe for families but it just feels like now there is a PUSH - which, as you say, is certainly their right and responsibility to go where the market is. But families have older people too! And like @King of Wales said, I'm not ready in my 50s to be the youngest on board. As part of this family, can we have SOME 21+spaces or hours? Yes, the solarium but I mean for music and drinks before/after dinner. Maybe it's hard to carve that out on the wonderful beloved smaller ships but now they're only making MONSTER ships, it seems like they can accommodate us.

well now i feel we have to stay at The Maxwell just to report back.

Looks like the whole NEIGHBORHOOD is called "pineapple". What goes on there???

Has anyone stayed at either The Maxwell Hotel in Seattle or at 1 Hotel Seattle? Both look interesting but wondering if anyone can speak with experience. We are looking for just a one night stay before an Alaskan cruise.

The machines use the Lavazza capsules, which are provided in "crema" and decaf. K-cups aren't compatible so if you want to bring certain flavors or types from home, make sure you get the Lavazza ones. And i wholeheartedly second the jackhammer comment. If you run that at 5:00 AM you will wake everyone in your cabin, quite possibly your neighboring cabins too.

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