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We had worse food on our first several RCI cruises in 2004-2009. Some days are worse than others, but we always have something we like.
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We get free prints every cruise.
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We sailed on Anthem once or twice per year since 2016. 3 main shows (We Will Rock You, Gift, Spectra’s Cabaret) are still on. We don’t get bored as we watch headliners which change and enjoy lounge musical entertainment.
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On Anthem we had Kettles in all our insides and balconies. This is because in warmer time ship sails from UK.
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I read horrible reviews about every single cruise ship we took. We loved absolute majority of cruises we took. We sailed on Adventure 3 times. Once to Bahamas and twice to Canada. Lovely ship. We enjoyed their ship orchestra. Conductor is a great guy
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WJ open past 9pm - Would this be a draw for you?
Tatka replied to Toddcan's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Is this a serious attempt to familiarize me with how capitalism works? 🙂 JFYI I’m originally from another country which ceased to exist and where everything was for man, everything was in the name of men. You as a customer better have companies carefully calculating profit, but competing. I am on my cruise #30 with Royal and 61st overall. To me the key is they provide overall product we as customers want to spend money on. While I agree with your general idea, lines do compete. They include something they may or even certainly lose money on. It’s just like our neighborhood store selling rotisserie chicken cheaper than most surrounding stores sell raw chicken. -
WJ open past 9pm - Would this be a draw for you?
Tatka replied to Toddcan's topic in Royal Caribbean International
What a sophisticated way to describe work of successful business who millions people appreciate! Money extraction. 🙂 -
WJ open past 9pm - Would this be a draw for you?
Tatka replied to Toddcan's topic in Royal Caribbean International
I don’t need to eat after 9 pm, and on rare occasions when I do, there are other venues. -
We LOVE this class for sailings out of New Jersey as it has amazing Solarium. Odyssey's second after Solarium pool is outdoor too, so it is better for Caribbeans if you do not need to sail from colder places. For sailings out of Florida Oasis class may be better.
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Specific MDR recommendations for my cruise
Tatka replied to HappyTexan44's topic in Royal Caribbean International
We tried new menus 4 times now. Remember... quality also depends on ship/cooks.. to some extent. I often order escargots. In some reason RCI does them better than X. My favorites (I do not order desserts and not always entrees) Welcome Aboard - Tomato Soup, Maryland crab cake French - Squash Soup, Calamari, Seafood Linguini Mexian - Poblano Soup, Chili Lime Salmon Caribbean - Tofu + Avacado, Coconut Shtimp, Garlic Tiger Shrimp Italian - Carpaccio ... Do not remember what else. -
Spectra's Cabaret on Anthem...
Tatka replied to WrittenOnYourHeart's topic in Royal Caribbean International
6 times since 2021... and no aerialists. I think this was a subject of complains. I am OK either way. -
Spectra's Cabaret on Anthem...
Tatka replied to WrittenOnYourHeart's topic in Royal Caribbean International
We watched show about 9 times. We thought Terry was the best (there was somebody else in 2017 on Thanksgiving)... until this Thanksgiving. New guy was at least as good. It felt that he is invested more in this show. -
Thoughts on Recent Odyssey Cruise
Tatka replied to rncruiser's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Majority of Anthem's inside rooms have virtual balconies. On Odyssey only some have and they cost extra. -
We do 11 days Anthem (next year Odyssey) Southern Caribbean cruises out of Bayonne, NJ in January and 12 days Vision class in March out of Baltimore
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Thoughts on Recent Odyssey Cruise
Tatka replied to rncruiser's topic in Royal Caribbean International
I can understand OP. We hated Anthem the first time around in 2016. It was so different … took some adjustment time. Over the next 10 times we fell in love so much with her it’s tough to let her go. I am reading this review with an interest as in 2024 Odyssey will be sailing from NJ instead of Anthem and we are booked for 2 cruises. I’m 100% Solarium person on this class… and are worried a bit for Family pool situation as Anthem has one with a roof.. but on Odyssey no roof… so for Thanksgiving and January cruises it will be interesting. Thank you for this review. We love AC islands for prettiness… but both especially Curaçao are amazing for snorkeling right off the beach. -
They are still in comparison to similar vacations, also when you check how much tickets for entertainment… prices in restaurants are now. Still the best value.
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I am lucky as my husband very rarely even uses it. i need it all the time. We figured out that unless price goes under $15 per day prepaid and it’s a longer cruise, it makes sense to buy it on board using our 4 days. I use one login with mine 2 days and then another login with a discount of 2 days for the reset of the cruise . In ports he uses our T-Mobile unlimited data to browse intermet (including open decks of ships)
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Platinum to Emerald mid-sailing
Tatka replied to ugacruisers's topic in Royal Caribbean International
I’m not sure Emerald offers any meaningful perks over Platinum. They start from Diamond -
They can start about American workers… working on low paid jobs…. not even on minimal wage. I seriously have no idea how they survive with our real estate prices, rents etc … This conversation would be an equivalent of feeling sorry for someone making $10k-15k with almost no expenses while working long hours. Yes, it’s tough (who likes to work hard?!), but there is a reason.
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Just off Navigator - food in MDR is so so disappointing
Tatka replied to sanchoucsb's topic in Royal Caribbean International
I cannot imagine MSC being better... I like just about everything about them, but food was probably the weakest out of all lines including Carnival and NCL. -
Just off Navigator - food in MDR is so so disappointing
Tatka replied to sanchoucsb's topic in Royal Caribbean International
We cruised with Royal several times per year up to Covid and 14 times after. Before the end of January 2023 menu was the same, and then new menus came to play. Themed menu for every day, Classic selection was removed and some other changes. I think most dishes are still there. As I said quality really varies from ship to ship with the best on Anthem out of Anthem twice, Enchantment and Liberty twice. If something is not enough please order more... I am trying to stay in shape so on some nights I do not even order main entree, only several appetizers. Royal lost about 22 bill and kept losing up until the end of 2022. Hopefully they will regroup. I am fine as is, but some people are upset, although later I hear less complaints. -
Just off Navigator - food in MDR is so so disappointing
Tatka replied to sanchoucsb's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Menus are more limited now, yes. We are ok with it. Quality varies in quality from ship to ship. We sailed on 3 since menus changed.