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So apparently it’s a myth that Raleigh brought the potato to Great Britain. however he did go to Oxford, so maybe could weigh in on the other discussion in this thread 😉

Quoted from the full article: Mr. Schneider talked about this process, "We designed Wonder to have all of the technology that Icon will get. And so everything you see on Wonder is actually purposely being tested on Wonder because we won't do testing of new software on a new ship."

Don’t know, but that’s what they said in the article. They said wonder was built with the tech, and icon is, but not previous ships

That was our experience on oasis last November. Will see on wonder in a couple of weeks if it’s the same!

Firstly, RC customer service often have no clue what they’re talking about. Secondly, my understanding of the article is that currently only Wonder has the technology to do it, new ships like Icon and Utopia will also have it when they launch. Older ships would have to be retrofitted, so unlikely to happen straight away, if at all. But I could be (am often) wrong!

On some ships early dining is now 5pm or 5.30 at the latest

That’s how I read it too, although like you can’t see how

The French Quarter is where most of the nightlife is. Which bit were you in that felt deserted??

OP said they are on wonder, no Jamie’s on wonder

No Jamie’s on Wonder though

I haven’t experienced British night on RC but I can assure you that here in actual Britain those dishes are all very tasty!

We’ve looked in the app and that’s where we saw it was reduced - just weren’t sure if it was reflective of what they actually have!

Is there anyone who can post the current beer menu from playmakers right now please? Looking on the app it seems the choice has been greatly reduced. TIA

I know. That’s why we booked a couple of weeks later.

OP you also have the option of just paying the deposit onboard and booking the actual cruise later. we did that last year as we sailed just before Black Friday, so benefited from the reduced deposit, OBC and then got a cheaper price in the Black Friday sale than quoted onboard. I also used my vegas points for freeplay in the casino.

Look at the older oasis class ships. They are cheaper now they’re not the new kids on the block, but have the amenities you had on wonder.

It’s highly unlikely they will expect a tip in Italy

In England we do cheese after sweet dessert, in France they have it before (which makes more sense to me!)

It has to be within 30 days of booking the cruise I believe

We are staying at that hotel before our cruise in December - any tips?

Yes they do, not sure how good they’ll be though

Yes but when they’re operating in other markets, the passengers will be a higher mix of non US passengers and therefore will adopt whatever the tipping custom in their country is (as per the OP - this was a European cruise where tips were removed). So the fact they’re a US line is irrelevant in those markets.

We put the deposit down onboard last year and then booked the week after, so still got the OBC. I was also able to add the MyVEGAS freeplay (which you have to do within 30 days of booking the cruise). I then also got additional random OBC , which I think may have been a contribution from the casino for what I gambled (and lost) last year - customer services could t tell me what it was for!

Someone posted photos on FB from this week - it stills looks like a lot of work to do…..

Except at breakfast when it’s free…….