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7 minutes ago, ScubaCat3 said:

With the high prices currently in place for the deluxe beverage package there will be lots of people who find out they don't need it as much as they thought they did. Royal is leaving a lot of money on the table from those who would purchase at a slightly lesser price. Maybe they will eventually figure that out.

totally agree.  At the current price I would by on for myself but not my wife.  but you all know the rules.  I can get my moneys worth, my wife will not.  so its way cheaper for us not to have one.

There are a few added benefits.  I do not have the card by my Father-In-Law does. he loves the President's Cruises.  He told me that this past year they had several really nice, high end, events only for RCCL Credit Card holders.

Dont know if its worth it.  or maybe get it and dont used it.  Just because it wasnt mentioned yet.

Matt

On 12/25/2018 at 8:46 AM, leaveitallbehind said:

I won't try to sell you, but we are long time RCI loyalist who tried Celebrity a few years ago and now cruise primarily with them.  If interested, here is a review I wrote with our opinion in comparing the two after our fist cruise with Celebrity:

 

 

Mike, really liked the post, it was helpful to my cause.

Matt

Thanks to everyone who responded, you have given my wife and I a little to consider.  we actually don't have anything booked right now so a decision will be made soon.  

16 minutes ago, iSailor said:

Please do not sail with Celebrity.Just stay where you are.

Food is bad ,services also bad.

Happy hour's Lounge and MC Lounge is always over crowded as some one posted recently.

Aren't they all!!!

Sell Me, Why would I like Celebrity.  We have always sailed Royal.  Kids are grown, My wife and I like to have cocktails and see shows.  like casinos and the main dining room experience on royal.

GO.........

Don't know about the slots....But you can play close to those quarter pushing machines....You will hear them fall and win big 🙂  

27 minutes ago, LeeW said:

Interesting.  In our experience these kinds of packages were delivered at evening turn-down.  And our champagne was in a bucket of ice.  Wouldn't pay for decorations, though.

that is what I was assuming.....but we all know what happens when we assume.......ass-u-me

we need to get a fishing section going on this site

I have fished in Bonaire, San Juan, and also have a good recommendation in cozumel as well.

I am always looking for my next charter.

I know there was another topic about this, but here is my lesson learned.

I booked some fishing in San Juan with a local guide.  Harmony was scheduled (on Dec 13) to arrive at 7 a.m.  This was not local time, this was ships time.  Apparently, when the eastern time zone is off of Daylight Savings (winter months) there is a 1 hour difference in San Juan and the ships generally stay on Eastern Time.  I was however told that this is at the discretion of the captain as well.

I discovered this on board as we were at St. Maarten and was able to email my guide and he was able to work with me.  just thought i would pass this on.  the 7 a.m. arrival was 8 a.m. local time. 1:30 all aboard was 2:30 local time.  I just kept my watch on ships time so i did not get messed up, because my phone did change to local time automatically. 

So if you are making plans outside of the cruise line....take this into account.

Matt

just got off of harmony, seen many tandem and double strollers.  seemed to do ok, im am sure there will be some tight spaces.  the tandem always better than the side by sides, shouldnt be no bigger than some of those scooters I see all over.

Just now, Croozin Soozin said:

Sorry for your disappointment.  If you haven't already sent this email, may I suggest rereading it and correcting a number of errors before sending.

 

I know it's too late now, but I think I would have spoken to the cabin attendant in advance to be sure your plans were carried out as you wished.

a cleaner version went to royal.  this was copied from my rough draft not from my email.

and yes, hindsight is 20/20 and I would have spoken to the room attendant for sure if I did it again.  I guess it wasn't so much the mistake (I am in business and mistakes are made every day) it is the response received.  First, excuses that were not relevant, then being directly told someone would contact me and that never happening.  I am not looking for discounts or credit just an acceptable response.

Just got off the Harmony.  Great time but had one issue.  I bought an anniversary champagne package and was disappointed.  below is my letter to royal.  am i wrong here?

Too whom it may concern,

There are many choices when selecting a cruise line, but when my wife and I decided we were going to take a cruise for our 25^th wedding anniversary we decided that that we would go with Royal Caribbean because we have always like the level of service we receive compared to the other lines and at the completion of this cruise we would reach the Diamond Level within the Crown and Anchor.

We cruised on the Harmony of the Seas last week on the December 9^th sailing to Celebrate our 25^th wedding anniversary.  This was our third sailing with Royal Caribbean this year, and as usually Royal Caribbean did not disappoint us with the level of service we received in the Main Dining Room, Housekeeping, at the Bars, etc.  Our wait staff and room attendant were some of the best we have had.

There was, however, one major disappointment during our week and it occurred on our anniversary, December 11.  I had purchased in advance the “Anniversary with Champagne Package” for $165 USD.  As you probably already know this package includes some Champagne, some chocolate covered berries, a photo frame, as well as decorations in our room.  This was purchased as a surprise for my wife for our anniversary.  Most of the disappointment has to do with the timing of the delivery.  Let me explain.

My wife and I left our room around 11:30 this day to have lunch and when we returned the package had not been delivered.  While we were gone for about 2 to 2.5 hours housekeeping had made up our room for the morning.  I figured the package would be delivered while were at dinner in the afternoon.

My wife and I left our room again for dinner around 5 p.m. for our 5:30 seating at dinner and then went to the casino and returned to the room around 8 – 8:30 p.m. and I was excited to see my wife’s surprise when the room was decorated, and we enjoyed some Champagne for the evening. 

Our room had been made up by housekeeping and a bottle of “warm” champagne and some chocolate covered fruit had been place on our counter.  There, however, were no Decorations, now mirror cling, pillow cases, towel, etc. delivered.  I felt there must have been some sort of mistake, so I explained to my wife what should have been and apologized to her.  Please remember this is my 25^th wedding anniversary and I wanted to make it special for my wife.  I left the room and spoke with the loyalty ambassador regarding this issue.  She phoned guest services and I was offered an excuse that they were “waiting” for us to leave the room so it could be decorated.  If you followed my time line above, you will understand why I find this to not be a viable reason for this failure.  We were gone for 2.5 to 3 hours, housekeeping had made up our room, there was ample time for this to happen.

I was told someone would contact me to remedy the situation after the loyalty ambassador spoke to guest services.  This never happened.  My wife and I went out to another deck and when we returned at 11 p.m. to our stateroom, it had been decorated and all the things that should have happened earlier were provided.  In my opinion, this was well too late.  Any moment of surprise or specialness was well gone when I had to explain to my wife earlier what should have been.

I find it very disappointing that I was never contacted further regarding this situation while on board.  Simply delivering the rest of the package late to my stateroom was not an acceptable solution.  At that point I would rather it not have been delivered at all and felt like it had taken away some of the celebration that should have been for my 25^th wedding anniversary.  I found my self in the position of apologizing to my wife for this failure myself. This is not about the money spent but the moment lost on a very important time and date.

Sincerely

On 12/11/2018 at 8:59 AM, andertim1 said:

I’m leaving on my first RCI cruise in 5 days. I’ve sailed a lot in the past with other cruise lines. This post reminds me of why I would never do princess again. There were too many snootie people on that cruise always making comments about their status on looking down on people trying a new cruise line. I’m sure there are a ton of wonderful diamond and pentacle members, but it only takes a few rotten apples to spoil someone’s experience. Maybe I’ll count how many wonderful people I’ll meet on the Harmony vs other. Glass half full (or in my case with deluxe package) always full versus half empty/ can’t get a free drink because there’s a small wait. 

Lol we have made it a drinking game, every time my mother in law mentions she is D+ or at the Diamond Lounge we drink!!! she has now stopped mentioning it every 5 minutes.  I actually just turned Diamond but when i look in the lounge....I have seen more fun happening at a funeral home.  Who wants to be sitting in there?

No one is stopping anyone from being formal! We still will be.

Something is not right with this story. I just transferred from the Miami Cruise port to FLL last week with royal. Hell my friends got a taxi and made an 11:15 flight.

got to be a reason other than the times.

Is there a Formal Night on the weekend three night Bahama Cruises that go Friday to Monday?

I will be honest, old menu's or new menu's, I just don't care as long as I get a menu.

 

Food was basically good....only once did I order something that I did not like (it was the pork tenderloin with a cheese glaze) and the waiter immediately saw that I wasn't happen and was at my side asking me what other item I would like.

On this cruise as well. our server told us the menus would be changing soon, i cant remember when because it didnt matter to me but i felt like it was in a few weeks.

I was on this cruise as well...

**Can not say enough about how bad the PIZZA was** I had to get pizza at my local shop as soon as I got home to restore my faith in humanity.

we had 5:30 MDR and our waiter Sergey was the best we ever had. Food was average in the MDR

Windjammer food was the windjammer food.

Productions shows: went to first one: did not go back. the ship orchestra was good, the ships singers and dances were average or below for what we are used to on RC.

Headliner shows: they had some pretty good comedians, the three tenors were good, a ventriloquist show (you have no idea how many times it took to spell that) that was good. did not see the juggler guy but herd he was ok. did not see the ice shows.

we had an inner room this time and were missing out usual balcony but did enjoy the darkness. it was 8645 and it was noisy. think there was crew access area close by with alot of bumping sounds.

liked the ports and did a booked on my own fishing excursion on Bonaire....if your interested in a crazy fishing charter send me a message i got stories.

all and all it was a great cruise, as always I ate too much, gambled too much, and drank too much!

Matt

Ice.......1 part coke......2 parts rum.............ENJOY! :) :) :)

My experience is a 9 or 10 day cruise raises the average age by about 20 years. Two years ago I was on EOS for a 10 day southern caribbean in February and I (@ 43 at the time) felt like i was the youngest guy on the cruise.

The wife, myself, and some friends just booked a three night quick hitter on the Mariner of the Seas out of Miami for next summer.

Question of the day: Is there a formal night on a 3 night cruise?

Thanks.

I find it hard to believe there is "No Way" I would try again and run it up the chain. start asking for supervisors

would love to hear about this too....want to try it in February.

takin my dad on a cruise next week...

What do other CPAP users do with theirs?

I know ill have to carry it off because he needs it the last night.