BecciBoo

They certainly don't call me that. We don't even require much and keep our cabin ship shape. We've had stewards remember us by name on other ships 3 or 4 years apart. They call me Ms. Rebecca and some of them are on a hug basis. I'm happy with it. Sour dispositions are not my fortay. I don't think my small requests are worth their angst...and certainly not worth yours.

Thx, I'll make note of it

Maybe, that was 3 yrs ago

I assure you we did. There was an agent there, we waited in line with several other couples. That was the nearest location we could get it. We live on the Arkansas/MO border and it was closer than Little Rock. We got the paper work then and the cards were mailed later. We had to use the papers/receipt for our Alaska flights as we entered Canada.

Me neither, but hubs has done it many times.

Why not....it's been soooooo entertaining!

OOPS!

When I make special requests, the crew don't seem bothered at all in fact I think they are happy to comply thinking they will get that "10" they are so keen on. They have always delivered with a smile and seem to go out of their way to please. Of course honey always catches more flies and a smile and "Could you please..." makes most requests bearable for them. Anyway, I've never had any bad reactions; more that they seem proud of themselves for achieving the request...and if they could not comply I never made a fuss. Politeness goes a long long way with crew. So out of all requests, I'd say 90% were answered satisfactorily. That's why my standard line is "You have not because you ask not". I've mentioned a couple of requests here before like the one for a discontinued "She Crab Soup". I was the only person in the dining room with that soup and had it for 3 nights straight! That represents what even the chef is happy to do to make a loyal customer. The Matr'd got an envelope that cruise. Our table servers got extra for hot rolls the entire cruise. And I like powdered sugar on my French Toast, server got tipped in the Windjammer for that one too. It took a while and they brought 2 different types before the linguistics problem was solved. They called it "Bakers sugar" LOL I have no guilt whatsoever for asking.............

I once asked a Sous Chef on our tour if it was lucrative to work ships, his answer: "If it wasn't I wouldn't be here away from family!" He said it was more than what he'd get at home in Australia. Of course, he was probably on the upper echelon of contract pay but then again, I once had a maintenance guy tell us he only got $50 a month regular pay. I didn't believe him for a second. I think he told us that expecting we'd reach into our pocket right there.

LOL In Arkansas, it's so rural you may be directed anywhere to get your Global Entry. We ended up going to an Office Depot in Springfield MO to get ours done! The government is SOOOOOOOO efficient! It was actually pretty painless, we shopped around for an hour or so and done. We have the cards to save a few bucks but in 2027 we'll go full book next time. We plan on doing London for a land tour then.

The noise is from stuff down below being worked on not the Edge. I would not book this unless they reduce the fee at least half of that and IMHO $19.99 would be about right! It's not any more appealing than the claw for free really along with the zip line. I really don't see how they can justify that, but I'm sure someone with a wad and nothing else to do will pay for it. And if something did happen, it looks from this like you'd hit deck 5 anyway! What a mess. At least when we did the claw 360* we had like 15 minutes or so, but this....nahhhhhhhh!

OMG they are testing without netting under them????!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you both I appreciate your comments. I don't think my requests bother the crew at all...in fact I correspond with several.

NUTS

Sitting for a while under a heat lamp dries them out a bunch. I am also Keto but we eat the meat on lettuce with mayo/mustard. But they are usually cold and hard, hence I ask for one as I wait, I've watched them put it on the grill behind the counter. I love burgers, but they should be juicy, fatty and topped with cheese and bacon! 😋 To each their own.

I was thinking of the Samba in Solarium not Sabors...my bad

Is that why they're cold and hard? Doesn't matter, I'll still request a fresh one....and get it.

You can walk up and request a freshly grilled puck for your burger anytime. I've done it. The only reason they are normally not tasty is that they've sat there for an hour. And tell them you want the cheese melted too. They'll grill them that way.

Sabors is NOT open air, perfectly climatized.

Ya mean like this one.........be sure and walk with a shuffle while there if you pick up your feet you could step on one.

I remember how much I loved Blue Mountain way back in the 1970's (LoL) when I visited NYC! I had a cup at Sabor's Deli and bought some on our very first cruise in 2004. Bought some in Jamaica...Nothing like. We have an auto espresso now, and I buy only Lavazza Italian espresso now.

That's funny, that was the one I had quoted...same teensy overcrowded pool deck with nothing pretty and two metal palm trees and the fake thatched hut?....and they're really shabby looking too. Nah....not enticed. But different strokes for different folks. We'll stay with RCCL product, Celebrity and RCCL for now. I even priced Silver Seas which is RCCL the cheapest I found there is $19,000 for 2.

We have Asent in April 2025. We love them and if I find a deal we book them, but we are saving around $1000 lately on most RCCL cruises I price.

I;ve spent the last 2 days looking at all the other lines, MSC, even Costa Diadema!. I watched that one last night on Mighty Cruise Ships. They are all so similar it's really not worth my time to try them. I am perfectly happy with RCCL and I just won't change for a couple hundred bucks. I might not do those cabanas and expensive stuff like $90 for the Crown Edge but hey, no sweat, there are plenty of other fun things to do, great food (still better than home) and beautiful new ships for us. Until they can save us an appreciable amount ugh ugh.

The air bubble injector? LOL