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Part of the problem with the chips in Park Cafe is people hoarded them. I used to see people with 5 or 6 bags at a time. I'd go to get ONE bag with my lunch and they'd be out of potato chips because those were the ones people tended to hoard. It was nothing but greed as there were reports of people taking multiple bags home. It had gotten way out of hand. This is why we can't have nice things.

We used to go as soon as we boarded, but my DH isn't really interested in eating at 1100 or 1130 after having had breakfast around 8. I usually eat lunch around 1130 but he rarely eats before noon. For Jewel in Oct, he'll just have to eat a smaller breakfast and be ready to eat lunch when we board. We used to eat in the WJ all the time and by about 12 it starts getting crazy, especially with those who stake out a table with luggage and sit there until cabins open. We are hardly the only ones who want to avoid the WJ on boarding day.

Key seating is only a benefit if you go early enough to use it before it opens for everyone. On EN, D+, Pinn and Key reserved show seating is at the back of the theater. We sit there sometimes, but it really isn't the best seating for anything you want to see clearly on stage. We've never found any benefit of the Key as we already get 48 hours each free internet and suite boarding since we always book JS. Boarding day lunch, we normally book a specialty (usually Chops) but for our upcoming b2b Jewel cruise in Oct, none of them appear to be open on Day 1. We'll play it by ear and do a walkup. We have used the WJ in the past on boarding day after cabins open as the crowds disperse then, but now with most opening at 2 pm, that is even more limiting.

Yes, it's possible. But, why do you "need" to board at the same time? We've cruised with groups and everyone just arrives at their time and we meet up later.

This has been discussed before with everyone reporting different things in the past but now that the drinks reset at like 5 am, getting a free drink shouldn't happen. Honesty, morning of departure, we just eat breakfast and leave.

I do love how someone starts a thread and never comes back to answer questions. The op isn't 100% clear.

That happens occasionally when they don't have enough CPB officers to work or they don't have facial recognition set up. We've been waved through 2 or 3 times out of 35 cruises. We were even waved through at Dulles one time returning from Nassau, but we were on a charter flight with my husband's company (intel community contractor). So, everyone on the flight was known and no one could book it that weren't already booked to travel through the TA they used.

I've seen ports that want DL's with sepasses let people through with just a seapass. A guy in front of us in April (can't remember which port but Caribbean) said he only had his seapass with him. They told him he could go through but he needed to have his ID.

You don't seem to understand that they boarded with a DL and BC and lost the DL. To leave the ship, they need both. Pretty simple.

You mean when someone is throwing a hissy fit and others can't help but notice? I don't get why anyone would ever ask to see anyone else's card, but then I've never seen most of the things others have reported either.

Haven't had anything in the fridges for years. They finally realized that most people don't utilize it and want to use it for their own stuff.

I saw a post on FB yesterday with a chart showing the new rates. We buy an annual policy through Allianz. It covers more than RCI's does.

Oh, I've got plenty of time. I'm being very proactive as I have the time right now to wait for it. Next year, when it actually expires was going to be virtually impossible to have the timeframe available.

Who took her photo? It states on the State Dept site that glasses aren't allowed unless you have a medical reason with a signed statement from your doctor. I got my photo taken at CVS and the software they use verifies the photo meets all the requirements.

We utilize informed delivery also.

JS are rapidly approaching 5K for two people for 7 nights.

It's a good thing they have computers to calculate all of that lol. We've had plenty of cruises where a discounts are applied in such a way that one guest pays more than the other.

My question is is the 10% deposit on the base fare? Or is it on the fare after discounts as it's per person and as we know the discounted fares aren't always identical per person depending on the type.

They did for JS.

The DL concierge on EN last month told us there are changes coming for JS so they get more suite-type benefits.

Just saw this. We always book JS. That sucks about Next Cruise bookings. One of the draws was the lower deposit amount. We currently have 11 cruises booked between now and spring 2025. All are in JS (4 b2b's and 1 b2b2b). One b2b and the b2b2b were booked onboard. Now, if they are treating JS more like GS and above, it's time to upgrade the benefits which was what I also heard was coming on our EN cruise last month. I know I posted that before, so maybe this is a precursor to that.

I just checked my status and it's in process.

No, not always. I've been on several cruises where the C&A members Gold and above totaled more than the first timers.

Somebody needs to quit being so snarky. I just posted what a current RCI cruise director posted. You know, an RCI employee so I asked a question. Simply wow.

I just saw a post by CD Mitch who said Royal is looking for a new meteorologist. So, where did it say they were eliminating the position which is what I saw in the original post?