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Celebrity - Aqua class (dining in Blu) and MSC - Yacht Club only. Those are our top 2 for now. (Yes, I understand RC & X have the same ultimate corp. masters and feed the same stock).

Over $900 a night for an inside? That's insane.

The chaos of the MDR is one, but not the primary, reason we no longer cruise RC after over 32 years spanning about 500 nights. Booked a last one coming up in April to say a final goodbye to a ship that has special meaning for us, then we are done. Planning on all specialty and some WJ - but not the MDR. Have moved on.

Have never received one from them.

PVSA also applies to air travel, not just ships, so it's a bigger issue.

FYI the "white" YC tent was "blue" a few weeks ago. Located in the same spot, base of escalators - but it did throw us off for a few seconds.

Doing more & more on MSC YC. Voting against RC & X with my wallet.

Have more nights on the Serenade than any other ship. One of our favorites. Worst places to be delayed.

Off the Seaside yesterday after a 7 night cruise. Parking at the port including all taxes & fees $145.52. Worth it to park right across the street from the terminal. Not a fan of off-site shuttles considering the modest $ difference.

Off Seaside 7 night yesterday in YC. No weed that I smelled. But, YC was out of the Toblerone chocolate bars & Pringles didn't show up until day 4. Connection from the previous weed sailing???

I think it completely depends on service. I tip the person, not the position. Have had some butler's that were pretty much a no-show and others that were outstanding.

Some of the details above differ from US to Europe and even from FL to NY. For Port Canaveral (we drive in) we generally get to the port garage about 9:30 - park - check with the white tent - escorted through security to the YC terminal lounge for the actual check-in, then escorted aboard. Generally in the TS lounge by 10:30/10:45. YMMV.

Excellent! Diamond and sailing in about 2 1/2 weeks in YC. Is that now on the pre-cruise selection list along with the kind of pillow and newspaper? 😎 (Sarcasm emphasis added).

Check with room service and see who ordered pizzas a half hour later?

Should be OK. There is a difference in the PVSA between a foreign port and a "distant" foreign port.

Always have a YC only boarding line at every port.

Don't really care for the new block design at all.

There is just so many times you can visit a port - we do enjoy our personal "sea" days and take advantage of the less crowded ship.

They can be casino rats at times. Figuring no report is a good report! Enjoy the sail back to PC.

I'll take your word. Names are John & Laura.

Only if you tell me that there isn't an older couple misbehaving!

Yes

Thanks. Had attended several and, at least at my tables, never ran into the complainers. Had great times with payroll officers, dude who ran the laundry, etc. More laughing than b**ching. My experience anyway.

Have not sailed RC since the restart (doing Celebrity & MSC Yacht Club mostly) but booking an RC 7 nighter to revisit a special old ship one last time before she leaves. Reviewing the scaled down/revised perks list it looks like the cabin option for D+ wine amenity and such is gone, as is CL access, the behind-the-scenes tour and what the heck is "cheers with an officer"? Assume that is meant to replace the meal with an officer? (Those were fun).

Glad to hear reports that everything is going well on board. We have long time cruising friends aboard this week also (timing didn't work for us) and we talked them into trying MSC YC for the first time. Be interesting to hear their thoughts when they return.