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Because that's how markets work. Gouging actually PREVENTS shortages from occurring. Whenever there's a massive weather problem coming up, I actually have been known to go and buy 1000 gallons of water because I can. If stores were allowed to "gouge" and raise prices to meet demand, then I wouldn't buy even 5, but everyone could get some water. Also, "gouging" occurs when businesses don't know if their business will dry up momentarily. Water store has a hurricane coming. They have 500 gallons of water left and may get zero gallons more for a month, so raising the price of water lets them pay rent. Just because your feelings say it's wrong doesn't mean it's wrong.

I hope folks are smart enough to do that, but in my experience the ones who I know that rum run actually end up spending more money buying booze than a drink package would have cost them. so I’d say that works in my favor.

It’s also the truth. I am certainly not here to share secrets but to find ways to maximize *my* enjoyment. If it comes at a cost to you that you absorb voluntarily, sounds like we both win. Also many of us here are shareholders, right? Don’t we want the company to be more profitable?

Whenever RCCL raises prices on non-cruise fare items, I celebrate and email them a thanks. Higher priced a la carte means less pressure to raise cruise base pricing. That’s best for me since I want to cruise a lot more.

Whatever happens, I hope they don’t get rid of the Majesty of the Seas.

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Will be on Odyssey Saturday and am curious to see how it rolls out!

I’m booking more. Higher prices mean less of the Carnival boombox and stabbing crowd. Hope the other lines drop prices to bring them over. I did the MDR for the first time in 5 years on Freedom last week and the changes were awesome. I usually do Unlimited Dining Package on the 10-12 cruises a year I do, but the MDR menu was just great!

I ended up on a bear cruise. It was horrifying. I made it very very clear on the ship that the cruise line needed to fix this with immediacy or terminate the occupancy of some guests who were repeatedly doing things in public areas and in public hot tubs that were unsanitary. By day 3 they refunded my cruise entirely and by day 6 I had a free cruise coming. Sadly, the free cruise with that cruise line was actually worse, so I stopped cruising with them. As for @reallyitsmema, your responses are hilariously wrong. You did say it makes sense to research kosher cruises. I would do no such thing.

Royal's IT is consistently inconsistent™!

In truth, I miss the Majesty. What an amazing ship, but the crew was legendary and loved their jobs.

Skeet shooting on a cruise sounds very dangerous for a guy like me ... ... I wear shorts in the MDR and on formal night ... ... I smoke on the balcony ... ... I wave my sea pass card around and yell DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM ... ... I cancel my auto tips ... ... and I press all the elevator buttons for every floor .

I invest the insurance policy value for every cruise and flight I take, and now I'm at a point where the investment could start paying for my cruises and flights if it was in a dividend ETF. 14 years of socking away that $80 here, $230 there, and it's become a sizeable investment. Insurance is gambling for those who are bad at math but Trust The Experts™. Even as I get older, it still makes no sense to me. Maybe if I traveled only once a year?

Boarded into the suite lounge on Symphony last month as a JS. Didn’t try any other amenities as nothing really made us want to.