karl_nj

Actually, you can have a royalcarribean.com login once you hit 13. And you can see your past cruises. The weird thing is that on Celebrity you can't get a Captains Club number until you are a 18. Not sure if you can get credit for any Celebrity cruises you took as a kid or not. But you can login to celebritycruises.com, since your username/password works for both sites.

KSF is only 12 and under.

On CC (where you can share a link) or elsewhere?

I haven't tried doing 3/4 passengers in an NCL cabin. Are the rooms arranged like on Carnival, where the extra berths don't block getting to the balcony? Or are they like Royal, where it is just about impossible to access the balcony with the sofabed pulled out? On Carnival they always left the 3rd/4th berths in the "bed" configuration for the entire cruise, even pre pandemic back when they did have turndown service.

I haven't seen anything, which is why I asked. As far as I can tell, this is just a test on Quantum. Now that doesn't mean they won't expand this, like they did with the menu changes on Symphony. But can't find anything online other than mention of this test on Quantum.

It's currently only a test on Quantum, over in Australia. So not sure there will be many people here on Cruise Critic with any experience.

Interesting. Do you have a link?

Has RCL actually made this announcement? If it's true, I wonder how setting up/putting away the sofabed will work. CCL started this before COVID, but their cabins are designed in a way so that leaving the 3rd/4th berths in place during the entire cruise isn't a big problem. This is not the case on the RCL ships.

Princess, Cunard, many HAL ships, Carnival (not on their newest ships), Disney all have self service laundry facilities.

I have been charged the corkage fee a few times in the past. Generally I just assume that I will be charged, and then i'm happy if i'm not charged. If they don't charge me, I end up tipping them even more 'extra' at the end of the cruise, so from my POV it all evens out in the end anyway.

of course... but the kids menu also appears to be slimmed down.

Sounds like more of a YMMV situation... perhaps the bartender was willing to ring up 5 transactions of wine by the glass, and just not open the bottle? A 750ml bottle of wine contains 5 servings...

I guess anything is possible, but I kind of doubt Celebrity would drop sailings from NY to Bermuda. That specific route was the entire reason the Celebrity brand was created—Chandris needed a higher end brand with a newer ship in order to sail to Bermuda. If it wasn't for Bermuda, there would be no Celebrity.

Yes to some degree. 1) prime rib 2) beef tenderloin 3) classic ny strip 4) steak diane (e.g. ny strip with different sauce) 5) flank steak 6) classic ny strip 7) grilled mediterrian steak (maybe ny strip with different sauce?) But keep in mind the everyday steak on royal isn't as good as the everyday steak on celebrity.

It's actually the everyday chicken that seems to be totally gone. There is still usually a salmon and/or a steak on the menu every day. Just not the "everyday" steak or the "everyday" salmon. e.g. on the night they serve Steak Dianne, there is no everyday steak. On the night there is a different salmon (or a different fish), there is not the additional choice of the everyday salmon.

I wouldn't get too worried, at least not yet. First off, this is just a test. There may be changes when this is deployed to the rest of the Royal fleet. Second, Royal Caribbean International does like to have a differentiation between the brands. Royal Carribean made a change where they charge for Room Service, but it's still included on Celebrity. Royal Carribean charges to use the chat feature on the app, which is included on Celebrity. Just because they are making changes on Royal, it doesn't' necessarily mean that it's coming to Celebrity (though it is possible...the app is basically the same on both lines, and they are putting Infinite Verandas on Icon of the Seas.) Finally, I don't think all the changes are necessarily bad. I'd rather have one free maine lobster tail on lobster night, then multiple free warm water tails. This is the same "extra charge" lobster tail you can order at an upcharge on any night.

Well.. NCL is going the opposite way... they are testing a MDR menu that never changes, no matter what the day.

Yes... at the moment the system still doesn't automatically print a receipt. They have to go in and press more buttons in order to have it print the $0 receipt. We were frequently sitting at the bar in the pub on Anthem last week, near one of the POS terminals. It's pretty crazy how many buttons they need to push to ring up a drink. Even more buttons to use a coupon (like the C&A voucher.) And now they have to hit more buttons to get the receipt to print.

They are making the Indian dishes anyway... there has always been a "secret" Indian Vegetarian and Indian Meat menu available. The Indian Meat menu is already on the menu for the sailings that serve the UK market. I ordered it a lot on Wonder this past summer, actually.

Getting rid of Kids Menu Appetizers must be how RCL is going to cover all of the "Kids Sail Free" promo's they have been having recently! Sailing free? No app for you!!

I did have a few issues with vouchers on Wonder this past summer. As several people mentioned, all of my issues were around incorrect charges/use of vouchers in the MDR. We never received any receipts for drinks (pay or voucher) in the MDR on that cruise. I once asked the asst waiter, and he just disappeared, never to return, so I sort of gave up after that. I was able to get all of my issues resolved by visiting the concierge in the diamond lounge or the C&A desk. Not being able to use the app to see my charges only complicated things (I boarded in Rome and not Barcelona, so no app for me.) On the TV it was not possible to see what voucher drink was associated with what person (we are a family of 4.) Last week on Anthem getting receipts to sign from the bar tenders was pretty hit and miss, but I was fine with that. However, this new policy really worked out well for the MDR. There I was finally getting receipts to sign for all drink charges, pay and voucher. I was able to confirm that vouchers were being associated with the correct person (e.g. my kids mocktail used their voucher and not mine), and that pay orders were charged correctly. For example, I was able to catch a mistake when I was charged for the wrong bottle of wine. In the past, the assistant waiter would bring the bill for drinks at the end of the meal. Under this new policy, at least on Anthem last week, someone else would stop by in the middle of the meal with the receipt. In the lounges when everyone just hands over their seapass card, and charged drinks always come with a receipt, I do agree that this new policy is overkill. But I've found it is working quite well in the MDR, where there is more room for error and getting any receipt at all when paying for a drink has been hit and miss recently.

Which seems to be off the menu, along with all the kids appetizers?

Not exactly... the kids menu has Spaghetti Marinara, not the Spaghetti Bolognese. So just a tomato sauce, not a tomato based meat sauce.

No, Drink of the Day yesterday on Anthem was a Rum Runner. And that was $11 (plus gratuity)

Someone asked about this at the C&A Entertainment Staff Q&A a couple of days ago. They are still waiting for certified riggers. Apparently, there is a long waitlist from the training facility they use. They didn't have an ETA.