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I would like to see departures from Charleston so we don't need to drive to PC. Even Jacksonville would be good and I 2nd Norfolk.

I speak only of the country and its beauty, not its politics.

Coke sucks anyway. Need to upgrade to Pepsi. 

I've noticed a serious dearth of top (and medium, even) shelf liquors on our last 3 cruises (2 Harmony, 1 Wonder).
There used to be Trace, 4 Roses, and other good choices.
Blame the supply chain or whatever, but I think it's just another example of Royal going cheap.  I have become a 
cruise fanatic, but RC is not too far from losing me, at least for a couple of cruises.  
Get some danm bourbon!

I've noticed a serious dearth of top (and medium, even) shelf liquors on our last 3 cruises (2 Harmony, 1 Wonder).
There used to be Trace, 4 Roses, and other good choices.
Blame the supply chain or whatever, but I think it's just another example of Royal going cheap.  I have become a 
cruise fanatic, but RC is not too far from losing me, at least for a couple of cruises.  
Get some danm bourbon!

I've noticed a serious dearth of top (and medium, even) shelf liquors on our last 3 cruises (2 Harmony, 1 Wonder).
There used to be Trace, 4 Roses, and other good choices.
Blame the supply chain or whatever, but I think it's just another example of Royal going cheap.  I have become a 
cruise fanatic, but RC is not too far from losing me, at least for a couple of cruises.  
Get some danm bourbon!

Something is whack with mine, too.
After 7 whole cruises, mine should be showing Pinnacle.
 
Or is that Cinnacle?

Something is whack with mine, too.
After 7 whole cruises, mine should be showing Pinnacle.
 
Or is that Cinnacle?

Barnacle 

Something is whack with mine, too.
After 7 whole cruises, mine should be showing Pinnacle.
 
Or is that Cinnacle?

I would like to take a moment to thank each poster who were concerned about the theme of this thread.
 
You guys never let me down!!!!   

I would do it, but then if I did, there would be several complaints from people looking down from the upper decks of a beached whale on the balcony!!

He must have bought her a few cocktails.
Great bang for buck by the sounds of it.

KLA!   How have you been?   Missed your posts.
 
When we go to St Thomas, we shop/stroll downtown a bit, maybe grab a bite, and then
we just find a taxi and tell him where we would like to go.  They'll take you on a tour, or 
take you to anywhere you want.  It's a lot of fun if you have other people with you.  I remember
one time this lady says as we're on our way up the mountain that she doesn't like curvy roads...
well, it's a mountain so there are a ton of 'em!  She was a hot mess when we got back to town!
I do like getting a banana daiquiri up on Mountaintop.
One of the taxi drivers we've had - Timothy - at Mountaintop:  

I was taught men remove hats of any kind indoors.  We dressed for church and restaurants.  But I am older than dirt and this is just not how things are now.   As long as you are a decent person, I don’t care what you wear.  And frankly I have met many well dressed horse’s asses!

People like @Un Happy are just here to complain and nothing we can say or do will make them feel better.  Sounds like the type of person that should always use a travel agent because they will not do their own research.  There are others like me that spend hours and hours on my research before I book.  I have spent the last 1 1/2 months trying to find a July cruise I will be happy with.  Any new people reading this... Do lots of research and ask questions here OR get a really good travel agent.  🙂
 

Royal just issued a press release, in keeping with it's perpetual cost cutting and ancillary revenue generating efforts, new in 2023 waterfall view balcony cabins will be coming to Harmony ots, they will however be assessed an upcharge.  The down side is with once a day cabin cleaning you may be a little short of towels! 

I would like to take a moment to thank each poster who were concerned about the theme of this thread.
 
You guys never let me down!!!!   

First, I couldn't care less what benefits the cabin attendant. Second, I see smaller to no tips at all for less work. And most importantly noticeable work like towel animals in evening etc. I think it's the realization that the person has come again, Making people feel special that starts the tipping thought process in many minds. They will get little to nothing from me if I see them once a day. It's the extra something that gets the extra something. I think this is a big mistake.

If they cut back on cookies then

Famous quotes from our cruise that kept us laughing…
I only eat the tops. I don’t like bottoms.
- Said by A when talking about muffins. 
I like the cream. I don’t like fingers. 
- Said by me when eating tiramisu at dinner. 
 
To say we had fun is an understatement. We laughed, we relaxed, we tuned out. I feel refreshed and ready to see my husband and kids, whom I adore and miss.
This mom and wife was desperately seeking suite freedom and certainly found it. 
 
Thanks for reading along. 

Ok. People watching was in full force today. It was fun. I like to watch people meet people and have a good time. 
 
We went back to the room to get ready for dinner  Tonight is dress your best and we wanted to stop by the suite lounge to let Christian’s know RCL messed up the sip tour brunch time. While Rita really made up for it by giving us a tour of the galley and a delicious lunch, we at least wanted to tell him about the time mess up.  I had my confirmation email ready.  😆 I explained the story.  He apologized and said he thought 11:30 as well.  I let him know Rita was amazing, the wait staff amazing, and it was made up, but RCL needs to get their cruise planner and app together.  All good.
The people watching continued in the MDR when we had a WTF moment. A guy and his girlfriend/wife came into the MDR. She had a nice cocktail dress on. He was wearing an open Mariners baseball shirt and vaping.  Open as in I could see his bare chest and all the hairs on it!  🤣 Funny not funny. Since when does the MDR allow that?  And the vaping?
The MDR hasn’t been busy so we’ve been getting to know our waiter and Asst. Waiter. They are great!  Learned a thing or two about the surveys when I asked. The service really has been outstanding on this ship. Better than what I had on Ovation, Symphony, Anthem, and Oasis. Adventure was amazing, but that was out of Nassau immediately after COVID when sailing at 30% capacity. 
 
So my friend doesn’t want to go home Friday. We went to next cruise to see if we could stay on for the 3-day and leave on Monday instead. Unfortunately, the ship is fully sold out. However, the next cruise guy said he would contact us if there is a cancellation. Stay tuned. 
*It is unlikely we will get to stay on for the 3-day, but one can hope. 

I think this is one of the most underrated full suite perks - particularly on the non-O/Q class ships.  We always really enjoy the suite/pinnacle breakfast and I'm going to miss this A LOT when we sail in non-suites this next year.