Donsyb

Someone was moaning about this on FB and were 100% blaming Royal for it. They claimed they knew someone “high up” at RC and got a FCC for the amount of their cruise because of it, but most people called that as BS 🤷🏼‍♀️

They’re saying they can cruise in a different RC ship for less. So why shouldn’t they do that if they wish? Not everyone is desperate to sail the newest and biggest at any cost - doesn’t make them less “fun”.

We’re also U.K. based and hoping to get at least 5 nights from Singers in Jan 2026 - my OH’s 50th birthday and our 25th anniversary 🤞we were booked on it for new Year 2020/2021, but obviously it was cancelled 😞

Whilst I have read of issues on here, it’s worked great whenever we’ve done it. Longest we’ve had to wait is 10 minutes.

There isn’t a combined package like there is on NCL. As others have said, you can prepay gratuities at the time of booking if you wish. You can also prepay for a drinks package (which will include gratuities). The price for the drinks package isn’t set and can change by sailing, but seems to be between $65-80 per person per day based on prices people have paid. There are regular offers such as x% off or buy one get 50% the second etc. you can buy and then cancel and repurchase if the price goes down.

I believe it has changed based on some things I read on here

I’ve never heard of anyone without reservations NOT getting into eat with MTD so think it’s extremely unlikely.

Prices are on the app. Eg radiance shows Soda is $3.50, virgin cocktails $7. Doesn’t show coffee prices - they were $4-5 last year

The one time I wanted to get the price drop, they said I would have to cancel and rebook. We would lose the deposit and OBC that came with our original offer, so wasn’t worth it.

They seem to be replacing vintages with Giovannis wine bar on the newer ships eg wonder and icon

Soot has been reported to be an issue at the aqua theater. We didn’t have the problem there but did when we were watching the Flo rider

If you have never had service that deserved a tip, you must be very hard to please! Anyway my point is relevant for the OP - if they don’t pre pay and don’t remove gratuities completely they will have to pay the higher amount of $18 pppd

Fun fact, the JW Marriott used to be the NAAFI when the British military still had a presence there. They would go to Raffles over the road for a splurge for dinner/ drinks. My dad was based there during the 60’s and we took him back a few years ago - his memory had a few gaps due to the alcohol 😂

We have also only had good experience of MTD, although on oasis class. Not sure if oasis class is better than Anthem. But we reserved a time for each dinner and never had to wait more than a few minutes.

It them you would have to pay the higher amount, the $16 pppd is ONLY if paid in advance.