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I did inquire as to how many people they have had so far who are familiar with SC and then book the RGP. The answer…not many. Agreed! Great comparison. Same with including VOOM for GS and above on newer ships but not the old which is a long time debate.

Turns out Hubby was not solo in the flowriding session today. There was another family who booked the RGP at the last minute. So last minute that even the two genies on board did not know about them until they showed up with their bags at the terminal after we did. They were not on anyone’s list or anything. But Hubby was slightly relieved too because he wasn’t sure if he could go a whole hour on his own so he was happy there were two others there to split the time with. He said it would have been hard on his legs even though his back is feeling better.

Pretty leisurely morning so far. As I was making my tea in the suite lounge, the GSM came to find me. We had a nice chat and he said he wanted to talk to me to get the perspective of someone who is familiar with star class and what they think of the program. I don’t have much of a filter these days, so I was very candid about how the reaction is mixed. Will share more in my final thoughts tomorrow. Regarding the gratuities and laundry, it was what I expected. This program is not “star class”. They specifically asked for marketing to come up with new banners etc., to replace “star class” with “RGP” from the pier all the way to the sea pass card. Being that it is not SC, the powers that be who created this program, decided not to include some things in this program that SC has, laundry and inclusion of gratuities being some of those. He did say they are collecting feedback like crazy on this program. It’s a pilot. I heard that many times this week. They are in a wait and see mode as well.

Thanks for sharing the hack. I just tried it and I don’t have the “anything” option. Maybe because I am Canadian? I will just grab an arrival time tomorrow morning.

Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it lol. In all honesty, I thought it might have been weird too but it is good with the truffle oil and it works. Next time you have the UDP give it a try! ….the tuna I cannot. That is something that I am not with @asquared17on, that and…don’t hate me…No cup clips!

That would require for them to be awake. Lol No worries, I will take care of it tomorrow when we arrive back in Miami. I am assuming once I get off airplane mode and use data that I can grab an arrival time.

I just tried that. But also a dead end because I can’t just select arrival time and do the rest later. It wants me to enter all the passport info (which I don’t have for the kids) before I can get to arrival time.

Woke up this morning and realized midnight was check in time for WN 8/17. Tried to check in and cannot. Gives me an error message. How annoying. Wonder if it’s because I am using ship wifi?

We always do half and half! Even at home. Picky eaters strategy.

In other news…poor Hubby…he tweaked his back and his RGP flowriding session is tomorrow I think he is still going to go.

I think she said something like he wants my feedback on the program cause it’s new. And they know I am familiar with SC so they want to know what I think? I don’t really know but I love a focus group session too.

I have seen similar posts on FB. No clue how true it is.

Sabrina might not know the exact answer yet, but she will tomorrow Like I have already mentioned, those who are used to star class (gratuities included) make it tricky for the RGP. It’s not SC and they are not trying to be. It’s totally rebranded as the RGP and as such, does not include everything that SC does, because it’s not SC. Hard to separate if you are used to SC. Back to why I might have a better answer tomorrow. While chatting with Lissandra tonight, she told me that her boss (I am guessing the GSM?) would love to meet and chat with me. He asked her if I would be around in the suite lounge tomorrow morning and I told her I will be at Chops for breakfast. Supposedly he is going to swing by. I have no clue how I get myself into these situations but I am going to ask the gratuities and laundry question. But I think I already know the answer.

I cannot comment on the Osso Bucco but I guess I am in the minority in that I just told Lissandra today that I would choose GK any day over GT. Tonight I had a pasta that I have never tried at GK, the linguine. They were able to sub in shrimp instead of clams. It was very light and quite good. This might be my new go-to as much as I love Alfredo and carbonara, I find them heavy. Hubby had the carbonara. Pizza was half Truffle & Eggs, and half meat lovers. After dinner we saw Graig Murphy. He was quite decent.

That’s the wonderful thing about this blog community. You can be gone for a while and we will still welcome you back with open “virtual” arms

Sorry. Both Hubby and I are both not veal fans. If my parents were sailing then maybe….

Another super lazy day but we are in no way complaining. This is exactly how we like to cruise and why we love cruising. Hubby. Dinner plans in a bit are back to Giovanni’s. We purposely kept eating light today because I knew I wanted the pizza. After dinner we are going to check out the comedian onboard. I might regret this, but Hubby likes watching these things.

If I know you like I think I know you, I would say no. You might not like the dated rooms. You would miss the variety of dining options on Oasis class that you are used to. And you may/may not get laundry, which is important to you. Also, I think the longer a sailing is, the less appealing this package becomes. Cost goes up and you would have more than 2 people. Maybe @AshleyDillo can answer the housekeeping question.

Oh my….. maybe we should start a new section…”Un-live Blogs”? “Blogs that won’t die”? Lol

Not comparing it to actual star class. I am thinking along the lines of even with the RGP, there are still limitations to being on these non-oasis/quantum/icon class ships, even with the genie. As I think about it, I would probably want to spend that amount of money on actual Sky class rather than having the RGP on older ships.

I think another thing to consider here is the fact that if you are willing to spend $18-$19K on a sailing, then there are many ships with actual Royal Sky class (all quantum, oasis, icon class ships) where that amount would get you into regular Sky class, a much more modern room, and full access to Coastal kitchen & SL, which might eliminate the need for UDP, VOOM, and drink packages all together.

Lunch was at El Loco today. They open at 12pm on Nassau port days. I had totally forgotten that El Loco was completely out in the open here on Freedom.

That is exactly it for us too. If I was in a GS or above, this package would not even be on my radar. And without it having gone on sale and being part of the spend to save challenge, I never would have done it. We have complimentary VOOM with the package here on Freedom. That was one of the things I counted in the value of this package.

Yup. Just read that. I think @Matt makes a good point that there is a very specific clientele for this package, I just am not sure how big that clientele is.

Why don’t you get the dumplings and have your wife get the spring rolls? Skip a the tempura. It’s just ok. Although the spring rolls have cream cheese in it so are you guys ok with that?