SRQbeachgirl

Awesome! Anyone else getting hungry? 🙋‍♀️

I'm not booking out of fear that prices will go up, it's more out of taking advantage of great deals I'm being offered now. I have never booked a cruise more than 12 moths out until recently, when I booked the Horizon for Nov 2023 because I got an offer for free Cheers and a rate for an aft-facing Havana balcony for less than I paid for a regular balcony pre-pandemic. That wasn't booked now because I was worried the price would go up later, it was booked because it's a cruise I probably wouldn't have booked otherwise but for a great offer.

Agree with the need to get to the maître d' early. Your first stop after setting foot on the ship should be muster, then high-tail it to the MDR.

^^^THIS^^^ As for people who call for lower prices due to the inconveniences, I don't know what their prices look like but we're sailing on Mardi Gras next month in an extended aft-facing balcony for considerably less than we paid for a regular balcony pre-pandemic. Same with an aft Havana balcony next year on the Horizon, and with free Cheers. So prices are already down, it's just up to each cruiser to do the legwork to find the best rate.

Great photos! Magic is my favorite ship so far (going on MG next month, so we'll see if Magic gets bumped from the top spot). That shady deck right above Lido that has the comfy chairs and ottomans is just about my favorite spot on the planet.

Wise decision. We have sailed with 3 adults in one cabin (me, DH and DS) and it was doable, but cramped. You literally could not pay me to go on a cruise if I had to share a cabin with 4 other people.

Nah - they don't want to suffer the wrath of social media.

Great photos! You even got a shot of our aft balcony cabin (only 48 days, 14 hours to go!).

Just worked for my 7-day Mardi Gras sailing on June 25th. Got $500 Cruise Cash for $400! That will more than pay for drinks and anything else we might want to buy. Would have tried canceling and rebooking our specialty dining and shore excursions, but all our time slots are sold out so I don't want to take a chance in case I can't get them back.

I could see them bringing FTTF back with early access to the cabins, since that is pure revenue. But I agree I don't see them bringing it back (at least anytime soon) as a non-paid perk.

That's my favorite place on the Dream class as well. Hope I can find a similar favorite place on the MG!

Lol - don't even get me started.

Duplicate post.

I live in a tourist area. I go out to restaurants every week and in this climate expect the wait for a table to be longer due to all the visitors, service to be slower than normal due to staff shortages, and menus to be slimmed-down due to supply-chain issues. However, rather than expecting and demanding the menu prices to go down to compensate for the inconveniences, prices have gone up. I happily pay the increased prices, just glad that the restaurants are open and doing their best to limp along in a bad environment. I also understand the servers are covering more tables than they would under normal circumstances and may not be able to be as attentive or quick as they were pre-pandemic. Instead of complaining about it, I let them know we are in no hurry and not to worry about it, then I tip them extra. I will carry that same attitude with me when I board the Mardi Gras next month. I can choose to let minor inconveniences make me miserable, or I can just be thankful that I have the resources and time to spend a week on a cruise ship relaxing and traveling to beautiful places.

On the bright side, at least it's not RCL's website. It's like a bunch of people sat around a table brainstorming ways to make their website as useless as possible.

As someone who cannot stand Janis Joplin's voice, I would have taken that as an improvement. Maybe I'll get that lucky on our MG sailing next month. 🤣