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It's gonna turn into a turf war of the Cruise Critic people vs. the RC Blog people...  Showdown on the Promenade... 

They're asking as if RCblog group taking over the ship would be a bad thing. 
Oh no a fleet of people that love cruising and have a lot of helpful advice. THE HORROR.

This is my crowning achievement!

If you're on a Mac, you can make a keyboard shortcut (I use .rcca) so I type that in and it'll auto fill my Crown & Anchor number...  or you can do the "post it stuck to the computer screen" method that works great too. :-D 
There's another benefit to booking more cruises... the more you have to enter the number, the quicker you'll memorize your C&A number then won't need the post it anymore. 

I use Google Chrome, and whenever I go to RCCL I use an "Incognito Window" 

It doesn't save any history or cookies, so that way each time you go to Royal's website it treats you like it's your first time there... the reason the page goes white is because there are cookies, or temporary files, on your computer that go out of date and the site gets confused fairly easily. 
The process to open this type of window should be the same regardless of whether you're on a Mac or PC. 
For you Firefox and Safari folks, it's referred to as a "Private Window" but has the same functionality.


 
 

Can I bring glow sticks on board? If so there's totally gonna be glow parties everywhere... 

Personally, I'm fine with it because I'm a non-smoker. But I understand that smokers should have the right for a place to smoke onboard, as long as it doesn't interfere with my right not to breathe second hand smoke.

As for things about cruises that I hate/don't like as far as ON the cruises themselves:
 
(in no particular order)
- Chair Hoggers 
- Artificial-Intelligence Elevators (the ones that skip floors when they're "kinda full" but still have room... they decide when and if they want to stop to pick up people, etc...) 
- Rude people around the Elevators... 
- When the captain is available for pictures for a window of about 12 minutes, and 750 people want to get their picture taken with him/her.... 
 
 

Just in case anyone may not have seen, we've got a meetup happening in Austin, TX on August 5th! 
If you'd like to join us please feel free! All I ask is you fill out the RSVP form here:  https://iamjohnbamber.com/rc-blog-tx-meetup/
I also have all of the logistics there showing the where and when. 
 

I can't answer your question about the suites but as far as I know the $7.95 is per order, but I don't think that applies to suite guests. 

Thank you all for your replies! 
I guess I will keep an eye on what happens around November/December and see what the news is after then! Of course it would be neat if they happened to add some kind of new features, but I definitely am most excited about the refreshing of exterior and interior of the ship. I was kind of hoping the rooms would get a touch-up (I may be hoping for too much here, heh).

I'm sailing on Enchantment Oct 13th and will be doing a live blog.  I'll attempt to get some info from the officers about the dry dock.  

As for things about cruises that I hate/don't like as far as ON the cruises themselves:
 
(in no particular order)
- Chair Hoggers 
- Artificial-Intelligence Elevators (the ones that skip floors when they're "kinda full" but still have room... they decide when and if they want to stop to pick up people, etc...) 
- Rude people around the Elevators... 
- When the captain is available for pictures for a window of about 12 minutes, and 750 people want to get their picture taken with him/her.... 
 
 

I'm on it!

As for things about cruises that I hate/don't like as far as ON the cruises themselves:
 
(in no particular order)
- Chair Hoggers 
- Artificial-Intelligence Elevators (the ones that skip floors when they're "kinda full" but still have room... they decide when and if they want to stop to pick up people, etc...) 
- Rude people around the Elevators... 
- When the captain is available for pictures for a window of about 12 minutes, and 750 people want to get their picture taken with him/her.... 
 
 

The limited vacation time to take cruises!

Disembarking!
 

I hate the RCL website
 

I think there should be a "RC Blog All Stars" page with little bios of these "celebrities" so people like me who don't know who Jerel or Michael Poole are, can go there and read about them so we too can be in the know... 

Stephanie @ MEI is my go-to! I wish I could take more cruises to help her out (and hey, it would help me out too!)

I think it makes sense, because I've heard a lot of complaints about how aggressive the local sales people are, and passengers feel harassed. I'd be interested to see what port they substitute it with. 

Wow!! Just checked out the venue...AMAZING! Can't wait

Or one of those mini belt sanders on TV...

This is, at the same time, both fascinating and revolting...kinda like rubbernecking at an auto accident, I guess.
Actually, I think I do recall that there is one of these vendors in Coz but I know no details.  Not sure I would have the stomach to do it.
My feet are super ticklish too but I have learned to accommodate with pedicures.  I DO love a good foot massage !!

My grandmother took the whole extended family out on a cruise 16 years ago, I was surprised to find that I still got credit for those cruise points all this time later!  It might not help your point balance, but it's something they can use and appreciate far into the future.