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robyn206

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  1. The computer has no idea you are getting it for your wife. You could be giving it to Billy by the pool, your friend Sally in the casino, whatever.
  2. Did you click on each of your other bids? You have to click where it says upgrade type (the room)
  3. I did a mock booking as well for Allure 6 night sailing 9/25/22. 2adults/2kids subtotal before taxes for a guarantee balcony was only $926 (excellent deal!) Subtotal for just 2 adults, no kids, same guarantee balcony room was $1246. More money for just 2 people, same everything else.
  4. I don't understand the blind loyalty some people have to Royal, and defend every single thing, minimizing a guest's experience. Would everyone feel the same if you went to the carwash, and they only washed the left side, but you paid full price? If you hired someone to clean your house, but they skipped the bathrooms and floors? If guests are expected to pay full fare, they should get a full experience, not one where there's closed dining venues and obscene wait times. As a business owner, this is poor protocol, and definitely not good for future marketing. Guests deserve the experience that Royal has hyped up, and that they are charging for. If it means having only 1500 guests instead of 2000, then so be it. Perhaps they need to end this kids sail free promo, they don't need to add non-paying guests to the already difficult situation if they are looking to raise money. There's no real extra revenue from them of value (no deluxe beverage packages or cocktails). Perhaps then maybe the passenger counts would settle down a bit, but still have just as many actual paying customers.
  5. Correct, this is the newest version of the fake sale that all the prices on my two upcoming cruises are the same as yesterday, except for a few dollars off the unlimited dining and the combined drink package with voom.
  6. Also, I probably had better bargaining power with a refundable deposit, because nothing stopped me from just canceling and rebooking elsewhere.
  7. I've had them give me OBC for differences in the past when I've found a better deal (yes, the deal is only on the cruise fare amount, not any extras provided by any other agent/service like OBC/specialty dining/spa gift/etc), but now I no longer book direct, I use a travel agent.
  8. Price match means if you book with Royal, and then within 48 hours you see the same cruise cheaper with another site like the big one with a C that doesn't let you Royal Up, you can get that difference as on-board credit. They will not do that for you if in a month from booking, that other company is clearancing out a bunch of cabins super cheap and you want that amount as OBC.
  9. Does your cruise still show on Royal Caribbean's website? I also cruise on Harmony in November (I frequently check for price drops) but can't see any of the November sailing dates at all anymore .
  10. The tips are only $14.50 or $17.50 (if in a suite) per day. You figure 3 meals a day, some people likely more with their extra stops at Sorrento's (or whatever it's called on ships without Sorrentos) or another snack at Windjammer, getting the ice cream, the people that clean your stateroom, clean everything in all the common areas, etc, etc., etc. So what's the dinner portion of it all worth? A dollar or two? I really don't think $7-$14 for the week for a supposed service that you don't think you are getting is a hill to die on.
  11. You waited 2 hours to talk to someone, do you really think they have staff to make phone call reminders to people who don't remember to pay?
  12. So, I'm not much of a spa person, so this has never come up. My daughter and I are considering appointments on embarkation day. I see appointments starting at noon. First question, how can we book these if we don't know when we will get on the ship? What happens to our appointment if Royal pulls the "please come 2 hours later" thing, and we miss it due to that? Do they just refund and say sorry, no spa appointment at the discount?
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