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These menus look great!

Yes we LOVED the spa on the Breeze. Got the 7 day couples thermal suite access (can't remember exactly what they call it) and it was WONDERFUL. We went everyday to the dry and wet sauna, the heated loungers and the thalassotherapy pool. It was amazing. Worth every penny!

Did you find the ship to be hot? I've seen several complaints about hot rooms and hot common areas.

Royal is just so different than other cruise lines. Our first on Royal this summer, and it may be my last. I don't love that you have to reserve everything. I don't love that the app is terrible. I don't love that there is no consistency in when you make reservations, so from day 60-day of booking you have to check every day. I don't love that I can't see my bed configuration on my reservation. That's just for starters.

So maybe worth booking twice if I can I guess. On other cruise lines the comedians change 1/2 way through the 7 day cruise.

Does anyone know if it is the same comedians all week with the same routine every time?

It seems like the new to Royal gambler isn't encouraged to spend money in the casino. I have no interest in using the casino as an ATM and have no idea why someone would do that. I simply want to gamble some, using my SeaPass card because I don't want to carry a purse or cash around the ship at all. I can guarantee you I would spend more just handing a SeaPass card to the dealer than handing them a $20 bill, even though it is essentially the same thing. Now, with an extra 5% tacked on if I use the SeaPass at a table, I'll think twice about gambling at tables. I would think if they wanted to get people hooked on gambling in the casino they would encourage the ease of just handing the SeaPass card to the dealer. I can guarantee you they don't lose money on casino offers to frequent gamblers. Just one of many things that I am finding out I don't like about Royal!

Never experienced one single fight on any of the Carnival cruises we were on.

Completely agree! And I always shock Royal people when I say my family preferred Carnival over Disney lol! I find most Royal people who think Carnival is beneath them either have never sailed Carnival or did so on a booze cruise weekend cruise in college 30 years ago. So, they have no real basis for their snobbery.

That is awesome but it shouldn't have to be that way. Hope it all works out for you!

Crazy. Such a disincentive to blow money in the casino. Guess I'll be sticking to slots because I won't remember to carry cash, and I don't want to carry cash around. This will be our first Royal cruise, and there are some definite negatives compared to other cruise lines.

So, to clarify-if I stick in my SeaPass card and start playing on a slot machine there is no extra charge. But if I hand the SeaPass card to the dealer at a table and say "Put it on my SeaPass card" there is an extra 5% charge to play? If this is true, then crazy, and a total disincentive to gamble. People don't like to see actual cash flying out of their hands. I truly don't understand why the charge then.

So you are saying if I play in the casino and just put it on my room I get charged a service fee for that? Seems crazy to me, and a disincentive to play. I don't necessarily want to carry a bunch of cash around the ship.

Do you know if you can order fettucine alfredo at Giovanni's for lunch? How was the comedy show? How fast did that line go for breakfast in the MDR? Thanks!

For our cruise, it seems the only lunch reservations you can make in advance are at Izumi, Giovanni's, and Chops? Why can't you book Sabor in advance?

I totally agree with this. And I feel that children behave this way because their PARENTS allow them to. So again, the punishment should fall on the parents, then MAYBE the parents would actually discipline their kids.

Just sickening. All I can do is pray for our youth. Social media is just ruining them.

But WHERE ARE THE PARENTS?!?! I just simply would not let my kids be out roaming the ship at that time of night! I guess people aren't aware that sexual predators cruise just like the rest of us?

I've been on Carnival multiple times and never experienced what you are describing. But that was before covid, so....it seems like the post-covid world is a different world. I think I was naive in believing that there would be no long term damage. We have our first Royal cruise on Allure this summer so we will see I guess. Sad that people have to behave this way.

Agree! My teenagers would NEVER act this way on a cruise. As parents we set expectations and rules. They break those rules, they deal with the consequences.

When they started cash app and go fund me type sites. They learn you don't have to actually work to earn money and you can just go begging strangers for it.

Did you do that on the app or on the website?

The pictures of the menus are in one of the first posts of this thread.

Thank you!!!!

I have a question: do they only serve lobster one formal night, and is it only on the 2nd formal night (the 6th night)? We are on Allure for the first time next summer and want to reserve some specialty dining and trying to plan it all out. Thank you!