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Politely not agreeing with you. I have been on ships where the CK was practically empty during meals. Adding Pinnacles increased their use of the restaurant. Of course, being a Pinnacle myself, I am totally biased about this. 😁

I was told a few months ago the cut-off was less than 50 Pinnacles on the cruise. Seems they can handle an increase of 50 more people in the CK.

And, keep flexible. I was flying home from Seattle 2 days ago, sitting up near the podium in the terminal. Volunteered to be rebooked the next day for $1,000 and a paid hotel. I gave it up to a college student after chatting with him for a while. He was grateful, since he could stay and spend Mother's Day/Evening with his Mom. They gave me $350 anyway for volunteering, and my outbound air for one of my cruise is free!

Hmmm....so serious.......so dour.........you need a cruise, Starry.

I will. I just got off the Discovery Princess, and not a single bite of bad food passed my lips for 7 days.

I was one of the (fairly) early posters on this thread, having been on multiple ships from when the new menus were rolled out until mid-March. My experiences weren't pleasant, but things seemed to improve, and it was obvious the quality varied up and down from ship to ship. I am currently on the Discovery Princess, and I'm seeing what the competition has to offer. To even up the apples-to-apple side of this opinion, for a solo traveler Princess is more expensive, as they have no solo loyalty discount. One evening on the ship so far and I was blown away. To divert from food, I love Prosecco, and they not only had it available, but it was excellent. RCCL says they have it, and I get their standard champagne instead many times. Dinner was in Gigi's pizzeria. I'm sailing with a group of friends, so I'm good with whatever they choose, and I budgeted for some specialty restaurants. First surprise is I didn't walk up to a grab-a-slice kind of pizza place: this is a full service sit-down Italian restaurant. The antipasto was excellent. You know the comments about the quality of cold cuts and deli meats in the Windjammer? Gigi's was very thinly sliced and delicious. It also came with a small shrimp salad with dressing. My main was thin sliced eggplant, rolled and stuffed with angel hair pasta, and wonderful cheesy goodness. I skipped dessert, but I'll bet their tiramisu was great. The kicker? This was a COMPLIMENTARY restaurant! So, my dilemma now is pay more / most likely get MUCH better food, or stay with RCCL and cobble my food from their selections like I did the first 3 months this year. I haven't decided yet, and I'll probably wait until my booked RCCL cruises are over next Spring. But, I'm looking at West Coast lower priced Princess cruises...............................

In my humble opinion, going from ANY ship to home is the downgrade!!!😁

I would absolutely take the refund and the FCC. One of the reasons I try to book airfare that can be cancelled and credited back to points or $$, and refundable hotels, is so I can easily make last minute decisions like this.

Take the price shown and add 18% to it for the total. Watch your Cruise Planner frequently. I found the UDP for a 10 night cruise on the Vision in March for a total of $250 person, including tips. That's unlimited dinner options: appys one place, meal another, dessert another, if you want. Lunch in Chops on sea days (maybe another restaurant; depends on the ship) Book Chops for lunch on Day 1, pay for it, show up and have them credit what you paid back since you have the UDP. You can also just show up, but I like to have a reservation on the first day. That was 14 meals per person on our cruise for an average of $18 including tips. They accidentally charged us on night in Giovanni's, and it was $53 per person including tip.

Well, that's better than what I thought you were thinking: that I was baking, refrigerating, and serving it COLD!!! Ewwwwwww...........

It refrigerates overnight, then it's baked and served the next day.

My guess is his Mom was on the ship, and he was buzzing her............

I know.....it was a joke.

(We don't even whisper that in CA........ )

The inflatable mattress pad I use works very well for me. I put it under the fabric mattress pad the ship provides. This way it doesn't make noise as I move in bed, but provides a great cushion. I also use an electric inflater/deflater.

I look at it as a "once-and-done" purchase. I consider a cruise ship a hotel, and I certainly like to be in a comfy bed no matter where I am. Mine rolls up into a sack that fits in my 22" suitcase, and has it's own pump attachment to inflate and deflate. Very nice for someone who can "pay the price" in back issues for sleeping on an uncomfortable mattress. So, to me it's money well spent. I also don't want to roll the dice on whether the extra padding they MIGHT provide is enough. This way my comfort goes with me when I travel.

I researched with "ghost" bookings and found the availability on my cruise to be dismal locations for booked category. So, I paid the $220 extra to pick my cabin, and consider it money well spent. I also added Princess Plus to my existing booking several weeks ago. The price was a LOT more expensive on Princess' web site than the upcharge through my travel agent.

I believe Loyalty Resolutions is fairly new. Resolutions is another staff.

This is a prime example of cruise withdrawal, which includes short term confusion and delerium ..........................

Perhaps letting the business owner in the dispute make the decision. I gave the OP the contact information only.

Call and ask for Loyalty Resolutions. This is exactly what they are there to deal with.

You are not misinterpreting. She was a miserable person, a terrible mother to my husband, a thorn in my side for 54 years, and insulted my sweet, romantic, lovable son. She was a month shy of 99 years old, and it was her time.

Can you imagine the WHOPPING FCC one would have if they paid out the 125% for the FCC?

Keep trying and grab it. You can always cancel and repurchase. You'll get a refund, so use the same credit card.

I did this between my iphone13 and Surface Pro X computer. The problem I had was the latency between the master and slave devices. There was a significant delay on the slave device.