Floski

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.

My next-door neighbor at the time was a web-cam model - does that count?
I never saw her outside....hmmmm ?

There are two issues that kind of make bar recommendations tough - 
Crewmembers usually stay on for what, 6 months?  So there is a constant turnover of bartenders.
Relatedly - the bartenders only stay at one bar for two weeks and then move to another.
Today's Bolero's staff could be tomorrow's Wonderland guys/gals.

What I did on Harmony this spring was to find a convenient bar with a good vibe.  I ended up choosing
Bolero's.  Once I decided this was my bar, I gave them a $10 or $20 (hard to recollect!) and they took 
fabulous care of us throughout the cruise.  We had so much fun - I continually busted on them for the
lack of Zacapa (I know they have nothing to do with it, and I'm not holding out hope that there will be
any on Wonder in 3 weeks) and we all had a great time!  I'd tip 'em every night because they were just
awesome dudes and I was very happy there.

What I did on Harmony this spring was to find a convenient bar with a good vibe.  I ended up choosing
Bolero's.  Once I decided this was my bar, I gave them a $10 or $20 (hard to recollect!) and they took 
fabulous care of us throughout the cruise.  We had so much fun - I continually busted on them for the
lack of Zacapa (I know they have nothing to do with it, and I'm not holding out hope that there will be
any on Wonder in 3 weeks) and we all had a great time!  I'd tip 'em every night because they were just
awesome dudes and I was very happy there.

What I did on Harmony this spring was to find a convenient bar with a good vibe.  I ended up choosing
Bolero's.  Once I decided this was my bar, I gave them a $10 or $20 (hard to recollect!) and they took 
fabulous care of us throughout the cruise.  We had so much fun - I continually busted on them for the
lack of Zacapa (I know they have nothing to do with it, and I'm not holding out hope that there will be
any on Wonder in 3 weeks) and we all had a great time!  I'd tip 'em every night because they were just
awesome dudes and I was very happy there.

Yeah, but your reputation precedes you!!!   
They know better!

At those prices, they had better get some premium brands back onboard.

At first I thought this was a self-paid excursion.  I can't believe it was sponsored by RC.
They need to have their contract revoked.

How in the hell does this even happen in this day and age?

How in the hell does this even happen in this day and age?

How in the hell does this even happen in this day and age?

How in the hell does this even happen in this day and age?

How in the hell does this even happen in this day and age?

I just saw that for our Wonder sailing next month......how can they sell out the Voom?   
 
It appears that no one told IT that there was going to be a huge amount of activity on their site.

Good morning! Okay, I am sorry, I am just venting. Cruising is great. Royal is great. I am typically quite positive, but good golly, what a cruise this time! I arrived at port at my assigned time, around 11am. I have cruised many times, but never had seen this traffic. The garage was only for handicap and we had to go to the overflow lot. It took an hour just for that. The line to get into the terminal was wrapped around the building. I found The Key line and while short, it took forever. Every other line was moving smoothly and quickly. About three quarters of The Key line folks were in walkers or wheelchair or some sort of implanted medical device, so security took longer, plus most seemed to not remember to have their needed items out. After that, I was asking about where to go for The Key, no one knew. I walked around, no one knew. I found a sign and went to the dining room. It was chill, food from Chops. I did not like it, but that is just me. The bags had been sitting for some time, so I grabbed mine and took it to my cabin. Then, I find a family of three in there. The cards are on the door now, so although it had my name, they took it and settled in my cabin. They were Chinese, so I could not chat with them, but I think they were just confused about their room, went to the wrong place. I go to Guest Relations and they did not know what to do or how to get in contact with them. I explained they were in there now, but no one went to talk to them. The lady with whom I was speaking was wonderful, the manager, not so much. He was telling me to move out of the way so others could get help. Alina was trying to tell him that she was helping me with dining reservations, but he kept going on and on until he finally heard us both say it. Since this was taking hours, I could not get the times I wanted and when she checked, the times she made were not correct and the restaurants would not change it. After more time, I was assigned a cabin. My luggage never got to my cabin, I had to go find it, it was near my original cabin. It is my first time as Diamond and was looking forward to seeing my benefits, chefs gift, pin, etc. I had none of it. I go back down to Guest Relations and tell them again what happened and the response was, “okay, no worries.” Pardon? I am not apologizing, I am saying I did not receive anything. He directs me to Crown and Anchor. It was almost 9pm, except for lunch, I spent the entire day there, even missing sail away. So, I just went back up to my new cabin.
     This cruise just seems different; most means, I am getting exactly what I say o do not want (like seafood), not bringing me what I order, stateroom attendant not doing much of anything, just a bunch of stuff. I do not want to continue to gripe as I know I am just agitated more since sitting here for hours at immigration since we all had to get off at Miami (we were given contradictory info about it; when you get off, you do have to wait for every single person to clear before getting on; so glad I did as I was told and got off at 8am (“don’t worry, you can get right back on” so not true) and have been here for hours. 
 
 I keep hearing that things have change since COVID, different level of service. I have no doubt that most things are wonderful. I just am having poor luck every day. Thanks for letting me complain for a bit. I am solo and do not like to complain, just have been telling everyone everything is fine and lovely, so now I feel better. Thanks! Back to being pleasant. 

The breadth of cruise knowledge on this board is staggering. This place is like an Askjeeves website for all things cruise related. 

No one has ever called it out before even though we are all thinking it, and this time you did. Now he will swap the name up again and post in a few days or a week. This should be a troll free zone, a place to discuss upcoming vacations that most of us have worked hard to afford or haven't vacationed in years, a place to exchange our experiences on trips and help out new comers, like myself. 
Thank you for calling it out - if he wants controversy send him over to twitter 

Were we loud, obnoxious, annoying, angry?

OUR DBP!!!!!

OUR DBP!!!!!

OUR DBP!!!!!

OUR DBP!!!!!

Too much money involved and not going to happen. It makes for prime people watching so I personally encourage the excessive drinking! Isn’t it vacation anyway and people are entitled to do what makes them happy. I think you need to just sit in your stateroom and order room service for 7 days because the sun, fun and excessive drinking are not going away. On that note, I am very much looking forward to multiple pina coladas by the pool on Icon all day every day for vacation! If luck serves me right, I will still be drinking free Red Stripes in the casino all night while I piss away my good fortunes and kids financial future but it’s vacation! 

The answer is “yes”. This screen name is also changed so frequently that it’s difficult to keep up. I think at one iteration of the screen name musical chairs this person did admit that like to vomit controversial topics so that it engages the excessive responses that are witnessed even on this thread. Clearly it works.