jencruzin

Ugh, this is very discouraging then. We were looking into a P&O cruise, but I will not book through "vacations to go" because they are very shady scammers. Thanks for saying this, at least it helps me not waste my time any longer looking into P&O!

Hey, glad you decided to chime in and give us your charming, inspiring thoughts😁

After meeting the Brits this cruise, we're looking into P&O as well. We just turned Diamond on this cruise but our days on Royal are finished. They nickel and dime customers too much!

Actually, it's the other way around after reading your troll statement.

If yours ate the black pudding - it was STEAMED and red inside (it was raw). Mine ate his at windjammer and had the same results, only for one day though.

When I first began reading your review, I thought, "oh boy, here we go" but as I read on, I couldn't agree more! You pointed out things I forgot to talk about on my review. Bravo on the sunbeds bit, I thought people must have been spending the night up there just to save suntan beds! The seating arrangements in the bars, agree! Jamie's, we found it to be very good, Chops, not so much. We were on the June 4th sailing. We found that the British clientele were far better and friendlier to sail with than the usual American lot, much more friendly, down to earth people, we made a lot of UK friends onboard, and we are definitely using Southampton as a choice departing port because we found it so much more easier and the terminal staff were absolutely wonderful and well organized MUCH MORE than Cape Liberty in NJ. VERY WELL done and accurate review here. Never mind the naysayers! Who knows, we may have met on Anthem? We were Jen and John!

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It's hit or miss; they'll reply, or they won't. But most always, you'll get what you asked for! However, for all of us reading this, best to maybe add: "can you please acknowledge receipt of this and let me know" maybe we'll be lucky. We have to send ours this Sunday as that's the two-week out from cruise date they ask when to send seating requests.

Clearly do, was talking with hubby a moment ago, he swears there was some kind of a "service fee" where it had to do with left over OBC with the credit card. I wish now I could remember the cruise, now he's thinking it was that one Carnival cruise, it got us into making sure there was never a credit card involved and we only do cash accounts.

I don't know if maybe I am referring to the same thing, but there was a time, just a few years ago, if you had a credit card account and you wanted your left over OBC back onto the card, it was a 10% surcharge/service fee (something like that). When they told us this on one of our earlier cruises, DH went and dumped the leftover OBC onto a slot machine and cashed out. Maybe this is something that's just never been noticed? Yet I am not sure if they're still doing this?

The water onboard is better than the bottled water you'd be buying. And, it is free.

YES, THEY DID. Maybe we're not clear with each other on this. But I know they were doing a 10% charge if you wanted the spare OBC back on the credit card. It happened to us on one cruise, after that, we only do cash accounts and withdraw the card account because we never overcharge and just use the OBC.

I'd rather have the cash, so I'll just cash out at the casino on a slot machine, play a little maybe, and cash out.

...no more, I gather, but there used to be.

RCL does it, not the card issuer. Well, at least they used to.

When you say "CC" do you mean credit card, as in placing remnant OBC back on it? You'd rather have cash, because if they place it back onto your credit card, there is a certain percentage service fee, so you wouldn't want it back on the credit card!

Never had problems using google docs.

Our main reason for moving - Besides ONE time we strayed off to do a Carnival cruise (never again) we've been with Royal ever since and nothing else. Overall, time for a change. I know, Celebrity is part of Royal, but we'll give that one a go, already eyeing the idea of going Sky Suite and inclusive drink package.

It's clearly understood that all the cruise lines have probably increased gratuities, but this is just one of the reasons we're moving on after this voyage. We will take the benefits from becoming Diamond on this one cruise, it's irony but we're saying goodbye to RCL after this one next month. Other reasons include poor entertainment provisions, loss of food quality onboard, and the general nickel and diming going on. Example, there was a time when north star on Anthem was free, now they charge $20 each! Goodbye, Royal!

OP has valid points - but, are these "shows" really worth the time? On our last cruise (AOS) they had....a JUGGLER. Imagine that. Not a decent band, but THAT. I don't know who is behind the helm of cruise ship entertainment, but come on, get real. And this "spectra's cabinet" or whatever it is, it's been long played out. I have heard people snoring!

Just realized the other day this thread is an old one. I am relatively new in CC.

The water on the ship tastes just fine to me. And, it's free. Actually, tastes better than bottled!

LOCKDOWN? Is this covid thing happening again????

Who knows? It was still a line containing the same people that was in it before and after we ate early seating.

Thanks. This will be our 3rd time on Anthem, great ship! Love the pics of the food!