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  1. I understand your desire to keep traditions going. Am I the only one that thinks requesting this is over the top. Many of us have traditional items we have for holidays. Is it fair to expect the kitchen to accommodate everyone. We always have lasagna for Christmas Eve. Many Italians have seven fishes. My Grandparents always served Prime Rib on Christmas Day. English families may still have a Christmas Goose. Many people have Turkey. Others have Ham. I am sure Indian Christians have some Indian Holiday favorites. Then, let’s talk about Desserts. For me it isn’t Christmas without an almond ring. Others want a YuleLog. Do you see my point? It is unrealistic to expect the chefs to prepare a personalized meal for each family. If they offer this curtesy to you, shouldn’t everyone get the same service. I agree with the posts that say go to the Buffet, as you will definitely find Chinese Food there.
  2. I suspect that the changes won’t impact my booking in the future, but we shall see. I have a sky suite in May on the Equinox. I really never use my butler on any suite on any line and much prefer the concept of a team. I don’t need a dedicated person and I don’t need much brought to my cabin. If I can order room service, I don’t care who delivers it. I don’t want course by course service. If there is someone at a desk that will book reservations for me and answer questions that is great. If there is service in the lounge and on the retreat deck, I am happy. The biggest thing for me will probably be the food in Luminae. If I see a drop in the quality of food similar to that reported in the MDR, that might cause me to change my thoughts on future bookings. I also have reached a point where loyalty isn’t that important to me. If I book suites, I can get perks on any line. At this point I book based on itinerary, ship, room, and perks combined.
  3. Multiple excursions were sold out for my cruise next May when I first booked it in Late July. Very surprising. I was able to take advantage of the sale and saved about $500, but there was one that I had booked that I couldn’t save on because it was sold out now. I do hope that they add some more excursions and I am also starting to research other excursion options because I have booked a few that I am not that excited about.
  4. I don’t want to argue the “official” definition of recession, because it has become a political debate today and I am not viewing it politically. I do have a degree in Economics. It doesn’t change the answer that we both gave in that right now there is still demand for cruising, but if we move into (or are already in) a prolonged recession that will change. To modify the famous quote: What is the difference between a recession and a depression? In a recession your neighbor can not afford to cruise, in a depression you can not afford to cruise!
  5. If you lookat todays data, yes GDP is down, but so was unemployment. The 2 quarter GDP decline is one measure of recession, but most economists also say a recessions includes increased unemployment. That said, with the rise of interest rates the fed is trying to cause a small recession and we arelikely headed to a recession of some sort. Hopefully small. Within the data, demand is still up for travel and services had GDP growth while hard goods declined. There is still pent up demand from Covid and the US households have good balance sheets. I don’t think you will see prices decline anytime soon. JMO
  6. Ty. That works. I missed that suggestion earlier.
  7. Can you post a link. I have looked at Izumi and Giovanni and neither shows a lunch menu. I have the same issue as the OP as they are not in the app. In fact, if you look at the schedules, they don’t even show as being open for lunch on Sea Days. Chops is the only lunch option. I don’t think this is true, as I think at least Izumi has lunch.
  8. I agree that in your scenario, they might want to check people in earlier if possible to lower lines. That said, if this is regularly the case, why wouldn’t they just give more people the earlier time. The reality i, that if the line is busy midday it might be because people do come earlier and over time this creates backups. Alternatively, Royal is not properly spreading people out, which is quite possible given their business process/IT success rate.
  9. This is very helpful. I sent my passport in for a renewal. It should be back with plenty of time to spare for the cruise, but might not make the day that check in opens. I will check my husband in and try to get an early time. I won’t worry if mine is done later and I end up with a different time.
  10. My husband is still working, so we are limited on time. I think once we are both retired, we will try a inside cabin and see how it goes. I am not sure how many weeks that we will want to be at sea. My gut is that we will want to cruise less in balcony or suite cabins, but I am honestly not sure. We want to go to South America and Asia on longer cruises and inside cabins would certainly help the budget. We used to use the balcony quite a bit, but on the last few cruises we have used it less. I guess we will see.
  11. I have seen We will Rock you three times and absolutely love it. I guess you have to enjoy Queen’s music. I have to agree with others that I was not a fan of The Gift or Spectra.
  12. I think it is a lot of travel time and a lot of money for a very short time in the park. If you get the one day past you also need to make a reservation for the park you want to go to. You will want to pay extra to get the genie plus passes for a major ride or two. With 4 hours in the park you will only be able to maybe do 2 passes and a handful of minor rides. Since you are coming from the UK, maybe this is your only chance to see Disney, but if you go just keep your expectations low.
  13. I think it varies by ship. I looked at it for our Oasis cruise. I decided to go UDP, but if I wanted 2 specialty meals the price was right. It is currently $83.99. Chops is $54.99. Anything over 29 would be a discount. 150 Park is 64.99, Giovanni’s is 41.99. hibachi is $45.99( would have a $10 surcharge, but still be a discount). It can work, but is not a huge savings. In our case we really wanted 150 park and Chef’s Table. ($150 total). UDP was $207 and now includes a discount to $45 for Chef’ table. So total cost will be $252. For $102 more we have up to 4 more dinners and 3 sea days for possible lunches. My husband loves Izumi for lunch and I want to try Portside BBQ.
  14. The cruise ships are no longer allowed in Venice proper. If you have an overnight in Ravenna, the ship will stay there until departure on the second day. You are free to come and go. There should be excursions offered for day 2 that would include transportation to Venice.
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