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scorpluvsdolphins

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    Satellite Beach, Florida
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    Scuba diving, reading, card games, dancing
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    Royal Caribbean
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Caribbean

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  1. I will. Thank you. I have over 150 Royal cruises. I use spreadsheets. If someone doesn’t pay auto gratuities, it doesn’t mean they are stiffing the staff. Thanks for dropping the flight argument. Glad you got that one.
  2. It shouldn’t include it as port charges and gratuities vary depending on the ports and how many nights. Why would I want someone to list a cruise that includes flights? I don’t fly, so the information is worthless. Data wouldn’t include variables, only base fare.
  3. 100% disagree. price should ONLY include the base fare. port charges vary, not everyone takes flights. price per night should only include base fare.
  4. I’ve been standing next to them when they tell the concierge or GS to remove their auto gratuities.
  5. Unless you can prove they are not telling the truth, I’ll believe them and what I see when I dine with them. I find writing the word, speculation to my comment, rude when you have no facts to back it up.
  6. First of all the comment speculation was in a response to my post. 2nd. When Pinnacles and D+ hand someone cash and remove auto gratuities, there is no allocating to be done by the cruise line. The person is allocating their cash, therefore knows to who it is being handed.
  7. Again, please specify what is speculation? Maybe you don’t know what speculation means. Seeing with your own eyes Pinnacles tipping everyday this way on a cruise is an observation, not speculation.
  8. I’m definitely not a novice to Royal with over 150 cruises. Many, many Pinnacles remove the auto gratuities especially on Oasis and Quantum class ships. They eat in CK and tip every meal. If they do go to the MDR, they tip every meal and tip the head waiter at the end of the cruise. They give the host in CK a tip at the end as well as the CK manager. If they go to the WJ, they leave $1-$3 under the plate or give it to the person clearing away the dishes. How do I know? I’ve witnessed it. The cabin stewards prefer cash tips. Many Pinnacles give the cabin steward $5pppd or MORE. Cabin stewards prefer $70+ cash for 2 people for a week, than auto left on and $20+ cash. Many Pinnacles bring specific gifts, snacks, candy and quality chocolate that crew want or requested on top of the cash tips. Many D+ are following suit.
  9. It’s good. The second 1/2 is better than the first half.
  10. False. Cabin stewards were making $3.55 pppd. After the one time a day service started, they make $3.05 pppd They have more cabins. less staff for Royal to pay, feed and house.
  11. Correct. When you cruise in a suite, people usually tip more. it may be more, but it’s going to all that serve you. You do know that suites get cabin service twice a day. The cabin stewards get a little over $6 pppd in the auto gratuities. If you keep on the auto, CK waiters, host and maître d’ will get nothing. Most people in a suite aren’t on such a tight budget, that they can’t give a tip to all the people in CK.
  12. The Ice Show is gone. It was “Monopoly”. They replaced it with “I Skate” calling it Blades. Before C, all the ships had a show and an “I Skate”, where the performers chose their own music and choreography. The Aqua Show is the best in the fleet, “Oceanaria”. Mama Mia is great. Blue Planet is one I can only see once or twice a year.
  13. Those amounts are low for a CLS. The cabin steward should be getting a minimum of $7 pppd, $21 per day. In CK: breakfast is $8- $10 for 3 people; lunch is $10-$15 for 3 people and dinner is $15 for three people. Don’t forget to tip the concierges. Bar service amount is fine.
  14. Unless they changed OceanAria show since 10/2022, there is more diving on the Allure than the Wonder. On the Allure they actually dive headfirst into the water, not feet first. I didn’t see one dive from the high dive that went in head first on the Wonder. What about the trampoline? No jumping from the trampoline to the walkway area on the Wonder. The tightrope and flyer were very good on the Wonder, that’s it.
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