Carlos A.

Royal Caribbean takes your money and then makes endless cut backs after that.
Well folks you can make a cut back of your own.
Automatic Gratuities can be removed for any reason or no reason at all. Just go to Guest Services when you board and request they be removed. You may also do this by calling Guest Services from your cabin. It's 100% allowed and possible.
With no Automatic Gratuities crew will start to jump ship and Royal Caribbean will have to Go Out of Business or Reverse the policies on there cut backs. 

I was being facetious.  The meaning behind it is that Royal seems to let money drive their decisions just a little too much.  I get it, they are a business with an obligation to their shareholders, of which I am one.  However, it wasn't a "former local weatherman" and it wasn't Captain Claus who Royal made the fall guy who put my family and myself in harms way sailing a ship straight into the heart of a bomb cyclone with 150MPH winds, it was the guys pinching pennies in Miami who have now claimed Mr. Van Fleet.    

It's a shame to see James go!  He was very charismatic and had a knack for making bad weather a little more fun and interesting.  I looked forward to his updates as I prepared for my upcoming cruises.  From the sounds of his goodbye message, since he doesn't have any immediate career plans, I'm assuming he fell victim to Jason Liberty's continued cost cutting and dismantling of the amazing company Richard Fain built.  Considering I was on the fateful February 2016 sailing of the Anthem that necessitated the hiring of Mr. Van Fleet, I will feel a little less safe next time I sail with Royal.  Especially as we haven't heard Royal's plans for filling the void they've now created.

You don't need to go to an embassy. A consulate / consular agency will be able to help in an emergency. There's consular agency in Playa del Carmen, just across from Cozumel on the mainland, and in Cozumel itself there's a consular agent.
https://mx.usembassy.gov/find-your-consular-location/

Showing so little knowledge about Royal Caribbean, I would change TA ASAP

Showing so little knowledge about Royal Caribbean, I would change TA ASAP

Showing so little knowledge about Royal Caribbean, I would change TA ASAP

Showing so little knowledge about Royal Caribbean, I would change TA ASAP

Showing so little knowledge about Royal Caribbean, I would change TA ASAP

Showing so little knowledge about Royal Caribbean, I would change TA ASAP

They kind of do... casino royale.  🤣

I got an email today hyping last minute deals.
 

 
Yeah that really moves the needle.  $10 off!

WS category gets the extra point. As does the JS, guaranty or otherwise. And also your TA is wrong about this. 
Hope that helps!

With regard to the suggestion that you order food and put it in your room cooler... DO NOT DO THIS.  The thing in your room is not a fridge and food will go bad,  bacteria will grow and you'll give yourself food poisoning. 

Sounds like he is in the wrong business.  He has many more things he should be attending to other than worrying about me and my Cruise Ducks.

i understand this. when we hide in CP, i try to hide in plain sight so that you wouldn’t have to go digging through the plant life/etc. by this i mean, i usually sit the duck on the ledge in front of the plants or next to one of the domed lights, etc.
we’re not trying to disrupt the beauty of CP 😂

I just called RCCL to ask about the Premier Pass package on my upcoming Liberty of the Seas cruise.  I was told IT IS NOT AVAILABLE on Liberty with no plans to offer it.  The Customer Service rep directed me to the Key package, which is about 4 times the price.  She told me Key has better benefits (it does not).  Disappointed.  

I always ask them... "Am I down to zero?"

Have you seen the condition of the white towels?  🤣

I feel it’s safe and secure. It’s fenced in, we haven’t had any problems. Park around 1030. No problem with parking or filling up, not sure about later in the day.  Hope this helps!

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Huh? What does this even mean? It's literally in the name.  I'm new to cruising and I like hearing about these issues especially after the shutdown because everything seems to be different. The experience seems very different. The cruise lines seem to treat their guests very differently. I'll leave it at that. People can decide if it's better or worse.
I also don't buy the they all do it argument. Some do it better. It's all in the details. Personally, if a cruise line did this to me I'd be pretty mad. I'd give another cruise line my business (and the chance to do the same to me again.) But that's how it goes these days.

The same thing exists here in the US. It’s not limited to “3rd world countries.”

Costa Maya is one of my favorite ports.  Maybe OP gets offended/uncomfortable seeing the "slums".  Personally it humbles me and makes me thankful that I can spend thousands of dollars to board a huge ship and be waited on hand and foot -- it puts things in perspective.
I'll never understand complaints like this.  Short of someone on the crew yelling at me or the boat sinking, I'm probably going to have a pretty good time.

I was bitting my tongue to not address this kind of comments but couldn't do it. 
Calling Costa Maya a slums and a Junk port seems harsh and uninformed. The dock could be called "Costa Maya" but really is the town of Mahahual what you're visiting when you're there. It's a shame you didn't gave yourself the chance to know the place.