rockon391

Ordering fresh squeezed OJs, coffees and the alcoholic drinks every day make it worth it for me. If I could only buy alcoholic drinks it would be questionable…for 7 days. I could make it worth it for 3 or 4. Lol

My wife and I have two different AMEX cards and neither of us have received the offer. *****!

Exactly. It is time for people to maybe vacation another way. Until people stop going they will continue making cuts. Just look at the Disney model. 12 years ago I held a season pass for over 8 consecutive years. I noticed the pricing going up every year across the board, from tickets, snacks, to accessories. I even noticed the grounds had gone from perfection everywhere you looked to far less. I had a neighbor who worked at Disney corporate in accounting. We shared frequent conversations about the price changes and the bottom line was as long as people continue paying…price increases will not stop. And that was 12 years ago and that was exactly what happened! Now my same pass price is laughable and my family (now) and I will no longer support Disney based on the greed and insane policies they have forced upon their employees of the company. Finally, now I know they are starting to see some decline…but not enough in my opinion to start decreasing prices. Royal is just doing the same. Making cutbacks. Charging the same or more for less…and they will just keep on doing the same until people start to make other vacation options a priority. The changes I have seen them make over the last year are almost enough to completely write off Royal as a Diamond member. The only change that I am semi ok with is the menu since my family and I never ordered from the staples each night anyway… I have just one more on the books in Nov ‘23 and I have no problem canceling and going somewhere else for all future vacations if all the “tested” changes become our new cruising reality. Hopefully “new” cruisers start to get the message but I don’t think that will happen with all the Youtubers that are stroking the cruise companies for free vacations.

The simple fact is all these cost cutting changes are going to change the cruising experience many cruisers have come to love. There will be a line for many…and that line for myself and fam is going to be crossed shortly. Luckily we have options…and we will probably have one less option because cruising and cruising with RCL speficially will no longer be our yearly go to any longer. Good luck with the changes in the name of profitability because I sincerely think they are going to piss off their core customer base that got them here in tge first place.

I am fine with the change but they better reduce “gratuities” by at least 50% then.

Exactly. Go ahead and randomly charge “gratuities”. I will contest every dollar and win. RC WILL NOT WIN THIS BATTLE. GUARANTEED.

Lol. It is no longer tipping. This is RC being a horrible company and not paying their staff a decent wage…and forwarding the wages they should be paying to their customers to pay. F that. RC and other cruise lines will lose business. Period. HOPEFULLY the staff smarten up as well.

Contest it with your card company. F RC!

This sounds horrible. If this continues on I will be cancelling my future cruises!

8671 isn’t loud but 8673 is loud.

Lol. I was gonna get the key for our family of four until I realized it was that price per person per day. At that rate it seem like a total rip off!

Don’t forget about the fresh squeezed orange juice and shakes!