Traveler Posted March 9 Report Posted March 9 On 3/3/2025 at 6:02 PM, Traveler said: Its Ok , I can still reserve Samba grill in the cruise planner for my April Cruise post upgrade ... so I would not count on anything you see currently on site , after all the page is created with highly RC IT involvement ... Well apparently I jumped into conclusions as it seems to be Samba gril is there to stay Quote
Ampurp85 Posted March 9 Report Posted March 9 10 hours ago, Traveler said: Well apparently I jumped into conclusions as it seems to be Samba gril is there to stay Well, considering that it is in the solarium bistro, there wasn't much reason to get rid of it unless it did poorly. Samba Grill isn't a standalone restaurant. Quote
GatorCruiser Posted March 9 Report Posted March 9 So, if I read correctly )or not ) bionic bar is t being replaced? Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 9 Report Posted March 9 23 minutes ago, GatorCruiser said: So, if I read correctly )or not ) bionic bar is t being replaced? Thats what I understand. Good riddance ! JimnKathy, InmyElement, TessFromFlorida and 3 others 3 2 1 Quote
GatorCruiser Posted March 9 Report Posted March 9 4 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Thats what I understand. Good riddance ! Dangit I had a typo. I meant bionic is not being replaced. Though I’ve read different things. Agreed , it needs to go the way of the Dodo on all ships. OCSC Mike, TessFromFlorida and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 1 Quote
tonyfsu21 Posted March 9 Report Posted March 9 4 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Thats what I understand. Good riddance ! I hope it’s gone for good. That bar was such a waste of valuable space. GatorCruiser and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote
Marlena Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 I thought the bionic bar was becoming the pesky parrot WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 24 minutes ago, Marlena said: I thought the bionic bar was becoming the pesky parrot Yeh, me too. Quote
GatorCruiser Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 I thought I read pesky was replacing the champagne bar? Quote
Mathias Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 Yes, the pesky parrot is replacing the champagne bar. Allure never had the bionic bar. If the amplification would have happened during the year 2020 that was originally planned, they would probably have replaced the champagne bar with the bionic bar. Now the bionic bar is considered antique and therefor pesky parrot is replacing the champagne bar. Carlos A. and SplashOfWater 2 Quote
JasonOasis Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 If you go to Royal's own website they now have the updated deck plan for Allure of the Seas and it shows bionic bar is gone and pesky parrot will replace it. I'm happy they are finally moving on from that one and done bar. You go there once and never need to go back to it again. OCSC Mike 1 Quote
Carlos A. Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 36 minutes ago, JasonOasis said: If you go to Royal's own website they now have the updated deck plan for Allure of the Seas and it shows bionic bar is gone and pesky parrot will replace it. I'm happy they are finally moving on from that one and done bar. You go there once and never need to go back to it again. Allure never had Bionic Bar. Mathias, SplashOfWater and castle25 2 1 Quote
GatorCruiser Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 So to be clear allure never had the bionic bar ? so was the champagne bar where bionic bar is on other oasis class ships ? I ask cause I’ve never sailed allure. Quote
Ampurp85 Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 1 hour ago, GatorCruiser said: So to be clear allure never had the bionic bar ? so was the champagne bar where bionic bar is on other oasis class ships ? I ask cause I’ve never sailed allure. Correct. I have been on Allure 3x, beautiful champagne bar with big chairs that were great for photos. Original plan showed bionic bar for 2020 amp, thankfully allure won't suffer. GatorCruiser, WAAAYTOOO and JohnK6404 3 Quote
GatorCruiser Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 56 minutes ago, Ampurp85 said: Correct. I have been on Allure 3x, beautiful champagne bar with big chairs that were great for photos. Original plan showed bionic bar for 2020 amp, thankfully allure won't suffer. Thank you for clarifying. Agreed on allure missing the 2020 amp. Definitely a good thing. WAAAYTOOO, Ampurp85 and JohnK6404 3 Quote
JimnKathy Posted March 11 Report Posted March 11 Right after the pandemic on a Symphony B2B sailing, I had the opportunity to have a friendly conversation with the F & B Director for the Specialty restaurants and learned that the Bionic Bar is a pain in the backside for the ships. He mentioned the robotics often have mechanical issues which cause it to malfunction and there are times when the issues can't be fixed until they get back to their debarkation port. It only makes sense to have a fun venue with human bartenders rather than a malfunctioning machine which takes up valuable space on a cruise ship. WAAAYTOOO, Zenra and Rackham 2 1 Quote
Zenra Posted March 11 Report Posted March 11 2 hours ago, JimnKathy said: Right after the pandemic on a Symphony B2B sailing, I had the opportunity to have a friendly conversation with the F & B Director for the Specialty restaurants and learned that the Bionic Bar is a pain in the backside for the ships. He mentioned the robotics often have mechanical issues which cause it to malfunction and there are times when the issues can't be fixed until they get back to their debarkation port. It only makes sense to have a fun venue with human bartenders rather than a malfunctioning machine which takes up valuable space on a cruise ship. Agreed. When I was on Ovation, one of the arms only worked for a couple of days, which led to a long line or people not using it. So seemed kind of pointless. On Wonder last week, both arms worked but it's really a one and done kind of bar. You do it once, enjoy the spectacle, then move on to another bar that can make different drinks. It didn't seem to have much of a crowd other than the seats being used occasionally since it was on the promenade. A different bar without the robots would probably do better. JimnKathy 1 Quote
Southern Dan Posted March 11 Report Posted March 11 I wonder if they will be swapping out the Bionic Bars onboard other ships with the Pesky Parrot when they go in for their routine 5 year maintenance updates. Quote
Uncwmark Posted March 11 Report Posted March 11 42 minutes ago, Southern Dan said: I wonder if they will be swapping out the Bionic Bars onboard other ships with the Pesky Parrot when they go in for their routine 5 year maintenance updates. I suspect there's a good chance of that occurring, especially given the positive guest response to Pesky Parrot Quote
Skyfrog Posted March 14 Report Posted March 14 I can't wait for the Apollo 18 Escape Room. Having worked at Kennedy Space Center for many years, I think it will be fun. JohnK6404 and KristiZ 2 Quote
JohnK6404 Posted March 14 Report Posted March 14 4 hours ago, Skyfrog said: I can't wait for the Apollo 18 Escape Room. Having worked at Kennedy Space Center for many years, I think it will be fun. I'm sure it will just as great as the "Apollo 18: Mission Control" escape room on Oasis. Our first escape room experience and we had a blast (pun intended)! Just barely completed it with 2 minutes, 1 second remaining on the countdown clock! WAAAYTOOO, Skyfrog and PPPJJ-GCVAB 2 1 Quote
Flopper Posted March 19 Report Posted March 19 Assuming they turn Dazzles into Music Hall, does anyone know if they will have Signature Concerts similar to Icon? Does Oasis have them? Quote
JohnK6404 Posted March 19 Report Posted March 19 4 hours ago, Flopper said: Assuming they turn Dazzles into Music Hall, does anyone know if they will have Signature Concerts similar to Icon? Does Oasis have them? We had the well-known cover band, Phoenix, on our Oasis sailing... Flopper and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote
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