Billy Baltic

I’m far from an RC cheerleader but I don’t blame them. They don’t need people holding up rooms just in case they can travel. I recall some of the discussions on here before this and people would book multiple rooms and decide coming up to final payment which, if any, they would take. Refundable rates were never available for UK / Ireland bookings.

I don’t cruise to watch TV but it is pretty bad. At a minimum, RC could show the same movies in the cabins as they show on the pool side screens. Families with young kids need to be back in their cabin earlier so some entertainment is needed. Bringing Netflix etc or buying the internet shouldn’t be required. It’s like buying food in port because RC don’t supply it 😂

I think a lot of people would have a similar opinion as this. Smaller ships with modern features combined with access to interesting ports. With a bit of imagination on behalf of RC this could be a game changer. Families might be the core demographic but IMO a lot of families would pay more $ to escape the same 7 day loops that RC seem to be stuck in.

We will be boarding Odyssey of the Seas in July and would like to bring wine onboard. Are there shops in the cruise terminal in civitavecchia to purchase wine and snacks? We plan on travelling straight from Rome to the port on the morning of departure and it would simplify things if we didn’t have to do elsewhere.

A normal functioning company would have clear policies so people know what the position is. In that situation it would be easy to include in the policy that on the final morning of the cruise, D drinks can only be consumed onboard. If people like that want to abuse the benefit, let’s see how he gets on carrying 8 or 10 open cans of red bull.

That explains it. I have an older iPad which doesn’t have USB-C.

May I ask how you did that?

For a lot of people, increased movement helps with back pain. It may be that you did more walking, climbing stairs or swimming than you normally do.

I’d add a third which is directly related to 1 and 2. It’s more money in the pocket of RC.

I think you’re being optimistic. If it gets rolled into the initial cost, it will just become “I can’t believe you are only tipping what is included’. There is a group of gratuity police on CC who will be never be happy.

I’m in Ireland and I think we have the same terms and conditions. I thought that requirement had been removed. My bad.

Not mentioned but it’s the only way I can make sense of it. At one time you had to pay for your gratuities before the cruise if you wanted MTD.

I think prepaid gratuities was a condition of MTD at one time. I believe that’s no longer the case. Since the op appears to have been badly informed, they may have been given bad information here too.

Probably overly simplistic but move to a suite or a regular room which has bunk beds for the kids, that don’t take up floor space.

Sorry. I was flippantly responding to your subject of how does it work. In my opinion it doesn’t. We were on Explorer last year and needed to use the sofa bed in our stateroom. The attendant and their supervisor were adamant that it was one visit to the cabin per day only. No exceptions. I put it away one day and nearly lost fingers in the process. But from an overall perspective, people go on vacation to get away from making beds. With RC, they increased the gratuity and decreased the service.