island lady

Many, many years we attended the "pre-meeting". Yawn...but after that, we never went. Actually I am surprised they are still doing those? Did not know that. The letter is pretty spelled out.

I was going to simply book our own flights, until I researched what a complicated mess the return flight from Nuuk was going to be. 😬 So I quickly added on the Viking flight option. Will let them deal with it. 😉 At this point, it would totally be a guess...but probably they are chartering a flight out of there for their pax.

This thread is not about being un American if we do not hang a flag off the balcony. Please don't go there. I love my country, and I love my flag. The actual point is that hanging anything...anything ....off a balcony is not allowed and is as such printed in the rules of the contract you signed with RCI before you were allowed on the ship. The question was asked if it was permitted...it is not. Clear enough now?

I guess I don't understand why you even posted this thread and asked if it is permitted. You got your answer. It simply was not what you wanted to hear?

The point you are missing...is not that we are un American, we love our American flag like anyone else...just that it is against the rules posted with RCI to hang it (or anything) on your balcony that you agree to in your cruise contract. Once again, the OP innocently asked a simple question "Is it permitted"?. The answer: No, nothing permitted to hang on your balcony. End of discussion.

Oooooh.... 🥰 That sounds nice! We will be on X in Feb/March 2026 with Gary and Mary. Then following that...we are back to Viking out of Hong Kong to Vancouver. So afterwards, later in 2026 is also available. 🙂 Soooo much out there to enjoy!

Sounds like fun! Will be looking forward to that on Connie, and later on with you two on Apex. Thanks! Hope you and the bride continue to enjoy your time on board! 🙂

We used the complimentary coffee machines quite a lot on our Viking cruise. Mmmm...Lattes. Problem is they just "have" to temp you with those donuts and pastries right next to the machine. How dare they!!....errr....munch...munch. 😊

Thanks...have been checking them out closely. I have a big "hole to fill" from Dec. 2025 to Feb. 2026. Nice we are now status match as Venetian too! I think (due to that time of the year) it may be another return to Antarctica again. Saw one of the newer Silverseas ships down there a few months ago. 🙂 In a perfect world, it would be an embarkation or overnight visit in Ushuaia. Gosh I love that town! Food is not bad either. 😉

This exactly!! ^ Though on ships like Oasis class, we love to sit at the bar in the SL just before dinner at CK. Easier to transfer existing drink to table. 😄

Yeah, we are always issued a Pinnacle color card when we sail in suites on Royal. Then the concierge likes to chase us down to change it to suite's color. IMHO..I think that is mostly for the SL bartenders to get clued in to not charge our vouchers though. Usually not a problem for us, since they get to know us pretty quickly. 😉

Hide that card!! 😄

Gary, does X have an upper tier party like Royal does, that shows total loyalty numbers? Or can you ask what the breakdown is? I usually will ask the concierge or LA if there is no event.

And for those that may not know (as I know that you already do) the big theme park ships cannot fit under the Sunshine Skyway bridge. So, unless the cruise lines decide to build new smaller ships...there will only be the leftover small older ships. Older ships...no amusement park atmosphere...less kids....more of us old farts. 😉 And no...the majority of older more relaxed cruisers don't need to spend a lot of money on flash and splash things on a cruise. But those older cruisers sail how many times a year, versus the maybe once a year 3-5 night cruises that the families do?

In my perfect world, they would put a Silverseas in Tampa!! 🥰

It falls into the ocean and becomes sea trash. Hence the rules you would be ignoring. Why can't you display it on the inside of your balcony glass?

Don't care. Won't go there. 😄 😄

Yup...RCI has now decided that we matter after all. Amazing. 😉

OH no....here comes those Pesky Pinnacles!!! 😵

True dat my friend!! I am with you all the way there... 🥰

I would like to think the bartender actually cared about the small child's safety and did the right thing...whether it is/was a rule or not. Was the smart thing to do. Bravo for him. 🙂

LOL...and I complained when I was a young adult that gas prices jumped from 23 cents to 25 cents a gallon. 😄 Can't imagine what the Oasis, Icon...etc. mega theme park ships have for a fuel appetite. EEEeeeK! 😱

I am just guessing here....but could the reason being the small child could easily fall from the bar stool? Liability there perhaps?

True enough, though the typical Pinnacle cruises how many times a year versus the "once a year or less" family, that granted, most will spend big bucks on the short cruises? The point many of us were making, is Royal was starting to move away from it's older loyal subjects, who in the past, continued to cruise with them...filling the ships even during down times, and were the ones that started cruising heavily when restart after Covid began. This extension of a reward to their most Loyal Royal cruisers to transfer to a more quiet sister line...IMHO...was a very good move. I know I appreciate it...and it worked for me. Will it make a big difference for RCI? Time will tell. But I don't think I am the only Pinnacle who is now moving towards some X cruises....versus totally going away to other competing lines.

The sea still does not care if you are a patriot or not if it drops into her waves. The OP asked if balcony decorations are permitted. The simple answer is "No" as listed by RCI in their rules. The reason being the risk of accidental trash being added to Mother Ocean. Thus, the OP received their answer.