TheBucketLister

I may be in the minority here, but I prefer it one at a time. That way while I am eating one, the other is not sitting on the table getting cold. I prefer to enjoy each dish as it is presented. I have never been a fan of nibbling on different dishes at the same time.

If that happened to me, I would politely ask for my luggage back and take it on the ship with me and eat the loss of the tip I gave to the original porter. If they refuse, simply find one of the many police officers that are there at the terminal and I would imagine there should be no reason they would not be able to get the bags back for you.

@Smooth_J When we book Star Class, it is usually just me and my wife. Of course tipping is highly subjective, however my baseline is $100 per day (total) for the both of us. Then depending on the service and the amount of requests we make, that number could be adjusted. I have noticed Star Class suites have jumped pretty substantially recently. My fear is that some, or a majority of people, are going to cut back or eliminate tips for Genies completely. Which could in turn affect the level of service that the Genies provide. I know that "should" not happen, however we are all human and sometimes that could subliminally happen.

I had it booked for as low as $46 on Freedom in November of 2021, and at that price I feel that it is worth it. However there were probably only 40-50 people that had booked it on the day I went, so that is one of the key factors for me saying it was worth it. I personally would never pay anything over $60 for it now. I just don't feel that you get that much value from it, but to each his own.

I have noticed this recently as well. There are multiple excursions that are already sold out on our transatlantic for October. Also, I have noticed that a bunch of excursions have increased in price as well, and in some cases pretty substantially. I am talking about the base price before discounts, as well as many discounts having been removed completely and no longer being offered for a majority of them.

You could always go to RoyalCaribbean.com, login, and then under your booking click on the View More Details. That should show the word Suite along with your booking number and cabin number. I guess you could print that out and have it just in case.

I am on this cruise, and our first transatlantic as well. Never did Star Class before with this many nights, so we are excited! See you all on there! Also look at your booking invoice, it should show you the number of days for each type of dress night…at least mine does.

Thank you.

At the time I read the article, it was the initial first three cruises in August. I don’t know if I can post the link here. But google “quantum royal caribbean engine” and it should be the first link or so. Blog post title is “Royal Caribbean updates Quantum of the Seas engine trouble that requires skipping glacier viewings in August” posted on 07/03/2022. Sorry for the confusion. When I said August I was referring to the only three (first three in August) that were affected at the time. I believe the remainder of August and all of September were just announced as being altered a couple of days ago. Where all the newly altered itineraries are at the $50/$100/$200 of OBC, which I feel should be the same as the first three in August. The first three in August were originally the $50/$100/$200 of OBC, but RC changed it to the one cruise fare day of OBC shortly after announcing the lower amount.

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Interesting, I read a post on Royal Caribbean Blog that Royal Caribbean changed the compensation for affected cruises in August (originally the first three in August) from the $50/$100/$200, to one day of cruise fare paid. So whatever the cruise fare price was (not port charges and taxes) divided by seven. Which I think is a fairer deal.

What bothers me is that they are offering less compensation than those in August. They get one cruise fare day back in OBC. Also I believe they get to keep an originally scheduled port (Icy Straight Point), thus their excursions were unaffected. I don’t know about all September sailings, but shore excursions on my itinerary are almost all sold out. I would imagine the same is in Ketchikan with all the previous scheduled ships, so what if any will be left to choose from. So not only do I lose my excursion in Icy Straight Point, but may not be able to book one in Ketchikan. Plus extending in Juneau doesn’t make up the fact that they are decreasing time in the other ports, so it is still a net loss of time. i understand that things happen, and they are not required to compensate at all, but at least offer the same compensation equally. There is no reason for those in September to get any less compensation than those in August.