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11 minutes ago, kruzerci said:

No just suggested

Great. Thanks!

We’re in three staterooms & not necessarily in the same muster station. Are they firm with assigned times?

Thanks for the responses! Great to hear! Live music is one thing I really look forward to! I hope they take the feedback about the food!

Has there consistently been live music?

9 hours ago, kruzerci said:

We are on the sailing and having a great time. I think the activities and schedule has been fine with the exception of the ice shows all being during the day. There’s plenty of sunshine and sun loungers for the daytime hours! Shows could be better but I expected such on an older ship. 

 
I will say the food is absolutely horrific. The MDR is mediocre at best and the Windjammer is by far the worst I have seen. It is essentially like a combination of frozen meals and kids food (soggy pizza, pasta, little burgers, hotdogs, sorry salad bars, and the grilled poor cuts of chicken or beef). I’m really embarrassed that this is our friends first Royal Caribbean cruise. It’s worse than the food at a mediocre all inclusive or casual chain restaurant. 
 

That said, the drinks are flowing, we have great ports and weather, and we have had excellent dinners at Chops and Giovannis multiple nights. 

Great to hear a different perspective! 😊

4 minutes ago, sisocialworker said:

Fully agree, not much to do during the day 

Ugh! Guess I’ll have to make good use of the beverage packsdge!

We’re booked on this tour for our cruise as well,  but not through RCCL. So I should bring coins. 😝

I did read that’s the waters are pretty rough. Sorry.
 

Wishing you an enjoyable day today!

Sounds like a fun day! Thanks again for sharing! 

Hope tonight's entertainment is better! Please report back.

Beautiful pictures.  Thank you for sharing!

Following! My family is doing this cruise in a little over 2 weeks (NYE Cruise)!

Good to hear. We purchased passes for a cruise this December!


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Didn’t want it to seem as if I don’t recognize everyone’s situation isn’t the same. My situation has changed over the years. For some, a short 4 or 5 day cruise wouldn’t be worth it & doing a back-to-back or spending a few days in Miami might not be financially feasible. Everyone defines “worth it” differently.

There are different variables used to determine how they choose to spend their money and/or if they are able to spend the money. I am definitely picky about what I choose to spend my money on. I intentionally choose to spend a lot on travel/experiences & I recognize this is a blessing to be able to do so. Life is short so I try my best to enjoy it to the fullest while I can!

Plus...I work like a crazy woman & my job is high stress! Vacations are mandatory! I mix it up with one or two longer vacations (7-14 days) & a few short ones each year (3-4 days).


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Yeah....I do believe they're edging in that direction....where everything is covered.  The fact that they essentially have two tiers for the sailings outside of Europe, where there are no perks for a bottom price or one with perks (which is similar to the one you quoted above, but adding in dining and drinking fees and tips.  I would imagine they're compiling data to see which way they'll go next.
 
As far as Virgin cruises, I'm mildly interested.  But as [mention=90911]Traveling Fools[/mention] I do think there will be more of a "party 'till you drop" sort of crowd.  Been there, done that......a LONG TIME AGO.  

 

Not sure how it will play with us "tweeners".....old enough to be closer to retirement than graduation (like me).  

We’d most likely be considered “tweeners” but our kids are college age.

A group of us (mostly 40s & 50s) are sailing together. Some still have younger children at home, some have never had children & some have college kids like us!

We are looking forward to an adult only cruise with other seemingly interesting features.

Will we still cruise other lines but interested to see what experience Virgin will offer!

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There’s an area called The District that is very fun to hang out and have drinks. (Adults only). They do a great job of keeping the adult only spaces for adults. The shows are also very good so I recommend you try a few of them if you like theater. The restaurants are somewhat of an adventure as well! [emoji4]


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RCI's Majesty is not that small and the "Cuba premium" has mostly worn off - at least for RCI. The prices I mentioned was mostly an apples-apples comparison including WiFi, grats, etc. Food is very subjective and VV including all venues may not mean much.

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Most mainline cruises in low season are lower than that ($500/day). Once the newness wears off and second ship launches, I'd expect that to fall to about $300/day (low season).

If you call you can select a new cabin more to your liking.

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Not loyal to any one line.  Enjoy trying them all.  Variety is the spice of life!   

I enjoyed your review. Thank you. My husband and I will be sailing Epic out of Barcelona in July 2020.

Would love to have the app back as I generally view & post from my phone. I hope it’s true that they are working on one. I’m definitely not viewing as much. It’s too much of a hassle from my phone. ☹️

I actually had to call NCL to get a reservation for that night because that date wasn't available online. All other dates were available and it was the same for all of the complimentary restaurants that take a reservation. I thought it was strange - maybe it's because of the viewing. It's our anniversary so I wanted to make sure we had a reservation- I'll move ours to 6. Thanks!

What a wonderful & special way to spend your anniversary! I wish you happiness & many more years together.

It was an amazing, once in a lifetime experience for us....so that night dinner was definitely not the priority! [emoji4]

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