firefly333

I'm on harmony and some are testing positive. I asked and covid testing is still free. I did bring 2 tests with me to test myself. Mostly I'm reading they test after they get off. Not during.

In april I got one on grandeur. The old style. Harmony this week new style, boo hiss. #6. I wish mine were all old style and matched.

Do pinns get a different free laundry than the D+ free laundry dry? I saw John's all neatly folded laundry vs my friend sent out last week and got a mess of wrinkled clothes. Are there 2 different free services. .. something to look forward to. I thought john must have tipped well as his stuff came back nearly folded, wearable.

I'm on harmony right now ot of Galveston. We left very very late, announcement sid documentation. I booked bogo last Saturday to eat night 1. i.e. paid full price night 1. We didnt leave Galveston until maybe 7:30 pm. Luckily I talked to them before I sat down that last time on allure I also got hit with texas taxes. I had asked to eat later, my reservation got made for 5 pm by crown lounge guy. They agreed to run my charge later when I said I dont want to eat this early and also pay texas taxes. Last time 39.99 plus 18% plus texas taxes. Plus I left him a extra $10, this time tipped in cash so I could walk away. It's not just liquor. We still dont know why we left so late, documentation they said. I saw 10 different reasons, everything for a accident in the channel to someone died. So it doesnt just affect your drink price, what you can order before international water. This is twice I got hit by texas taxes for my dinner too. Moving to PC, hoping I get away from this.

Last I looked at the app even for Mdr a children's menu wasnt listed. They have paper menus you can ask for including for children. ..though I dont bother to look often. I admit. Just ask for a paper menu. My friend said used to list a banana split. The guy said they can still make them, just ask.

Another example of the lack of communication this week. My friend went to guest services to get a copy of names behind the faces or whatever it's called. She said sure sounds like captain James but it says our captain is canadian. Nope that was last week. Last night my alone tablemate says to me captain James has a fake accent. I curiously asked why? He said he asked a crew member who told him our captain was from canada. I again explained that was last week. This week he is for sure not canadian. If any of you know him, he has a obvious southern drawl and much loved here in texas. ..even the crew doesnt know who the captain is it seems. Kind of like me asking my steward about the invites, she didnt know. I was reminded of this as he was just on the loud speaker saying we are probably going right thru a storm tonight, might be rain or a thunderstorm. He said we are going 22 knots and the storm could be 25 knots or more .. didnt understand all he said except it might get rough tonight. The storm has more wind knots than our speed. I saw him walking by and mentioned to him he might let guest services know as the crew doesnt seem to know who the captain is or their hand out. He was 2 feet away, it's not that important I would go looking he just happened to pass by me.

Richardson was dry when I moved there. Taco cabana had decent frozen margaritas I used to love. Had to buy a membership to their club, then like $2 or $3. Now both are gone since covid. Airplane sized bottles and you buy the non alcoholic frozen part separate. Not a fan of their Ford but it was close and cheap frozen margaritas. .. but I remember having to buy a membership which was good for like a year. $10 to get around the law.

Last week we had 181 pinns but this week only 116 I think. Numbers dropped dramatically. I was thinking maybe low enough to go back to normal, but nope. I've heard next week same thing, only top 30 get into suite lounge. If they are doing this elsewhere, moving 3/4 of available chairs and so obviously forming a circle saying this is ours, dont sit here, I'd be moving them out of the suite lounge too. Intimidating to those in suites. On here they just obviously have their inner circle group. It's good they have the crown lounge to do this in. Suites deserve to have a place without this going on. Let the pinns have their group elsewhere.

Just my opinion but if I was rcl and one group, pinnacles, was taking 15 to 20 chairs and moving them into a circle, I'd want to move them out of the suite lounge too. Just taking up too much of the available seating. Went up to watch the sun rise, its pouring rain. Miserable this morning. No sun. WJ time. Last port day. Feel bad for those this week wanting to do things. Been overly cool, very windy and rain. I had 2 nice weeks, but some just got on this week. I did my stingless bee excursion 2 weeks ago, thank goodness. Hopefully the rain today will stop so they can enjoy costa maya.

I finally had dinner in the MDR with a single guy who wondered why there were no events this week. Hes also D+. I told him it was on a piece of paper about 25 years with RCL and he went back to look for it. He would have liked the lunch and tier party. With all the hoopla about diamonds cant get into the crown lounge and pinnacles in the old diamond lounge. .. and other stuff. We boarded late. We didnt leave out of Galveston until I think after 7:30 pm. The announcement said documentation but I've read 10 other theories why including someone died and waiting for JP. Way late. This is the first time I've ever been in the crown lounge during happy hour and you do feel not worthy. The pinnacles onboard form a big circle nightly now to visit. Each in the circle is wearing their pin. It's not like they say to others come join us. If you want to say hello to a friend they leave their chair in the circle and come over to say hi and chat and then return to their big circle. I've never encountered anything quit so obvious where this is our pinnacle friends, lowly D+ stay out not welcome. There are 2 couple right when you walk in sit together who are pinns I've sat with for short times, most comfortable seating. Once I was already there when they came in so I stayed there until I was done. Just observing and saying how I see it. I'm off after sunday and my dinner is at 5 pm and tonight is lobster anyway. Ive just been in a few times over the 3 weeks onboard. Hopefully communication gets better about the invites. Like the guy at my table thinking ok just no events or he would have gotten invites. He says he cruises a lot, did 8 last year. First time on harmony. Odd I've been seated with other D+ in the Mdr several weeks now and the D+ lunch of course if other D+ so I've been eating with others exactly my level. Never diamonds, always D +. We apparently have another couple at our table who didnt come last night so idk about them. Everyone has been great to meet. Just seems odd always D+ same as me. I feel like the pinnacles feel like they paid their dues and this is their circle. Though they smile and say hello back no other conversation. But the other D+ are all where you from and that sort of thing. Doesnt bother me. I am always busy around 5 pm, but if you walk into the crown lounge this huge circle of chairs is obvious. Each person is wearing a gold pin. ..my parting thoughts. I hope the invites get communicated more clearly. Lots missed top tier who wanted to go.

Not true anymore. I'm assuming you dont live here. I tried google as I'm sure people on rcl are drinking asap when boarding. Can you buy alcohol before noon on Sunday Texas? Texas amended the the law that dictates when you can buy beer and wine in stores in Texas in 2021, adjusting the legal purchase time down to 10 a.m. on Sundays from noon. Liquor stores are closed on Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.Jul 28, 2023

Why post this on a royal Caribbean thread when rcl allows you to purchase a drink as soon as you hit the fist bar onboard. Post on princess if you have a gripe with them. As a Texan who has sailed out of this port 20 years I can tell you as many above have this is a princess specific gripe. Rcl does limit the liquor to texas stamped liquor. Pay those texas taxes carnival lines, princess carnival ... dont be so cheap. .. clearly posted in the wrong forum.

I've done liberty 4 to 6 times lost count. Never saw free sushi.

We had at least one alpha alpha alpha. During the top tier we stopped at cozumel to let them off. A smaller ship, might have been radiance had to move so we could dock to let the person off. Then we continued on to roatan. Instead of a few dives like we usual we we saw a aerial lady spinning on wires above our heads. Idk maybe because of the weather. Too windy to dive? Watched cozumel in the open spaces around the big tv in the dive area. We have no idea who or why we left off someone with a emergency in cozumel. .

And other ships it's been day 3. This is the first ship it's been day 2, though it's been awesome. Too many pinnacles I keep hearing to share a dining room, each on a different side. Though pinnacles dropped significantly this week in number. 2 sides paper, so flip it over. Only other full size paper was the shows.

Yes now for lunch and top tier they checked our names off a list to let us in. I think this went out to everyone and left it up to them to figure out. We had people arriving to lunch who just wanted to eat in Mdr. They just told them Mdr lunch deck 3. We had deck 2. I agree they will be saving trees fleet wide is why I posted this.

I think she confused them saying diamond and they asked which level and she said her casino level, in answer. Maybe confused them I told her. Maybe they are confused as diamonds still cant enter crown lounge during happy hour. Clearly the crew is confused. She didnt know what they meant which level of diamond.

That's how I took it. Saving trees. Now that I know it's ok. But people are confused. I suspect coming to a ship near you.

Hahaha I thought you meant loyalty pts. I'm finally hitting that magic over 200 pts for diamond jan 13. I dont know how many days before jan 13. I'm out at sea right now. But soon ...

Idk if this has been covered as I'm at sea. Last 2 weeks we had the usual little invites to top tier, lunch, whatever. This week we have one piece of paper with the backside covering the online benefits. The front up in the left hand corner is a "You're Invited" SEPARATE INVITATIONS WILL NOT BE SENT FOR THESE EVENTS. I missed it. Under the dry cleaning prices paper. Turn around day the thing that you ding your new card back in broke and we were stuck in a conference room until just after 10:30 am turn around morning, customs was long gone, b2b lunch at 11:30 etc is my excuse, busy meeting friends. My friends boarding from the terminal texted they were onboard before I was able to ding my new card to get to my new cabin and unpack. So it's not like I was sitting in my cabin turnaround morning and day. Just talked to a diamond who said she called and was told she wasnt a high enough level for anything including top tier, and didnt have this paper. I asked my cabin steward who didnt know why no invite pieces of paper as usual. I swung by after izumi dinner boarding day and asked the loyalty ambassador who said "didnt you read your letter". This is how you now get your 340 pt D+ lunch invite, top tier and a tour invite.

Did you try and update it? Some had to uninstall and or download it to get to health questions in my group boarding today.

Maybe I'm doing it wrong, says too early to check in for jan 13, cant get anything up. I tried lol This worked thanks. I think its correct. Still bought 2 excursions subtracted right I think. One someone on my roll call said has almost all 1 stars and carnival only refunded once. She was worried to sign up for the hop on off off bus in Columbia. So I cancelled. I didnt look at the reviews, just was thinking I wanted to shop a little, no biggie.

I'm not following your dates that closely. We have our Bella group feb 2025 wonder, then 1 day later utopia so I'm not watching other dates. April 2025 I have adventure southern which seems crazy high. May 2025 b2b TA to overseas. That's all i can cram in during that space. 1 more week but I'm changing cabins this morning. As a solo I see nothing that makes me want icon or star if even more kids. Sleepy this morning. Last week I broke down and paid for a extra day of internet. Havent been a early morning person this cruise. ..until this morning. Uggh. Be home in a week to follow more closely what's going on.

Anyone?

I've clicked everywhere I can think of. I cancelled a excursion I bought with OBC and want to confirm the OBC is back in my account. Thanks