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    Liberty of the Seas Voom speeds

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted · Edited by pacman85

    hi,

    Speedtest today from Promenade, deck 5 by Guest services. location: Sea day just passing the southern tip of Florida. This will be my last update. Bob is correct, results are variable. I am off to continue enjoying this beautiful ship.

     

    ping: 712 ms

    down: 0.20 mbps

    up: 2.03 mbps

     

    Off topic: ship is great, crew has been friendly and helpful. Great communication from the captain before, during and since the itinerary change due to Earl. Godon and Gabriela (activities director and group coordinator) hosted the meet and mingle. Gordon was disappointed that over 50 CC members signed up, and only 8 attended.

    Man those speeds are sad to see. I purchases the Surf+Stream package for my upcoming cruise and was expecting to be better than that. Can you ask for a refund? Lol...

    Liberty of the Seas Observations & Tips

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    You do not have to tip the room service people, in fact, they are gone so quickly that you have very little chance to tip them.
    You should tip for room service. Gratuities are included in the drink packages. The drink packages do not include room service.

    sooooo which one is it? i am doing the pre-paid gratuities option and i wasn't sure if that covered room service or not.

    Loving Liberty...X3

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted · Edited by pacman85

    Food...First night MDR menu was Mojo. I use to drool over the chops when they first came out with it, but that too has changed, and the chop, which seemed to be a good cut of meat was cooked way too much, I had about 3 bites and passed, the sauce on it was nauseating also. Another change since the first cruises we had. In fact a lot of dishes with chicken and other meats were dry and over cooked. It was sad. In general all the food has worsened over the years and I am a staunch RCCL foody. I couldn't consume my strip steak, sorry RCCL you need to work on that. I find good Choice cuts at my super market better than that.

     

    My SIL mentioned the filet in Giovanni's was the best one she has ever had at any restaurant and they enjoyed that dinner as the best of their cruise. Unfortunately, we didn't get there this time.

     

    Some things were just as before, the crab cakes were fabulous along with the seafood ravioli, the garlic soup, lobster bisque and Poblano soups.

    My group doubled up on some of these starters, they are always superb...the Escargot (real) and the fake(scollups) we almost all had 2.

     

    But others were just plain unappetizing. You can't make really good lasagna without Ricotta...theirs was awful. Go figure. Desserts too were a disappointment, my Sugar Free Coconut Cake...gone, just the other one Coconut and Lychee slice, ..yuck! The chocolate ones were better, but they need to get a good Chocolate melting cake recipe from Carnival or something.;) THe tiramisu and Key Lime Pie were tasty as always.

     

    Wind Jammer has really lost us, we tried but the only thing I liked all day there were the fresh omelets. Guess I'm just tired of the same old selections. The ones I really liked like the Alfredo pastas and Honey Stung chicken long gone. And now the cream gravy to go with the biscuits (really scones...you don't put sugar in biscuits!) is now SOS sorta...not milk gravy, which IMHO is the only gravy belonging on good southern biscuits.

     

    The highlight for me was Sabor's which we had tried on Navigator and found not quite right for TexMex addicts. But it had just been introduced the first time and this time was much better. They still need to work on their tacos chimichangas, and quesadillas which I think are too dry, needs more sauce. But the table side Guacamole and chips wonderful! Margaritas tasty. And this place has the best dessert on the whole ship, do not miss it no matter what your New Year's resolutions were! We went for lunch to save a little $$ and its less crowded. $20 pp.

     

    I'm disappointed to read that the only really good experiences you had with food were at the restaurants that cost an additional fee on top of what you are already paying for the cruise. Hopefully Royal Caribbean takes note of this and improves their food.

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