What happened to the birthday cake?

[Cruzin-K]

Boy oh boy. Royal Caribbean is really on a roll with me tonight. First they screw up the booking engine so bad that it's impossible to even know if cabins are available or not and then...

 

THEY CHANGED THE BIRTHDAY CAKE :mad:

 

I went to order myself a birthday cake for my upcoming cruise and it's not the same as it used to be. For starters, they raised the price by about $10 - it used to be $14.95 I believe and now it's $25, and they totally changed its appearance.

 

Has anyone recently ordered this "new and improved" :rolleyes: cake. How is it? If it still tastes the same I might still get it.

 

https://secure.royalcaribbean.com/royalgifts/onboard-delivery/culinary/celebration-cake/

[Coralc]

What are those yellow beads? I'm sure they're not, but they look like garbanzo beans or chick peas or something? :)

[INCHARGE]

That cake is ugly! Is that a big ribbon on top of the "beans," or whatever those little round things are? I'm just not feeling this cake at all for $25.

The white chocolate cake is uglier than the chocolate. Wow. I'm just an old fashion girl who likes regular white or chocolate icing on my birthday cakes. These waxy looking and tasting designs are just not tasty, IMO.

 

https://secure.royalcaribbean.com/royalgifts/onboard-delivery/culinary/celebration-cake-with-white-chocolate-decorative-sheet/

Edited March 17, 2017 by INCHARGE

[Wanna Be Retired]

Wow! A six inch cake for $25? I have cruised for awhile, and we always annotate celebrations. I see them on my booking, but we have never had any celebration. We never skip the MDR either. I see other people have celebrations. Do you have to give them money now since they want you to pay for everything else?

[Clarea]

$25 is too much. I'd go to WJ and get cake there.

[cruzinlisa]

They look like those decorative pearls that you can buy for cake decorating like at Hobby Lobby or even Walmart. I bought some for my DD's cake one year. They are kind of like big sprinkles. They weren't especially tasty- just like sugar.

 

I won't pay that much for a cake. And I am celebrating my birthday and anniversary. Now if they had a really good cupcake (like carrot cake or red velvet with good cream cheese icing), I might pay extra for it. As long as it is reasonable- like $5 give or take. DH would not eat it anyway, and DD and I could share a cupcake. I don't need a whole cake.

[luckyinpa]

i gotta say the NCL cake was so much better. does royal include decorating the room ?

[Cruzin-K]

i gotta say the NCL cake was so much better. does royal include decorating the room ?

Decorating the room is extra. A lot extra.

 

:(

 

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[George C]

I remember when birthday cake was free, I am old

[Cruzin-K]

Well I decided to bite the bullet (or the decorative pearls) and ordered the cake. I'm hoping the main part of the cake is still the same and I will report back here by mid April whether or not it was any good.

 

Happy birthday to me.

 

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[squadron]

Wow! A six inch cake for $25? I have cruised for awhile, and we always annotate celebrations. I see them on my booking, but we have never had any celebration. We never skip the MDR either. I see other people have celebrations. Do you have to give them money now since they want you to pay for everything else?

 

Have never seen anyone with a birthday cake in MDR. The "Birthday person" gets a slice with candle and a song. In even a grocery store that has a "nicer" variety of cakes I notice that $20 or $25 for a small cake is not unusual.

[skohrs]

That cake is so ugly.

 

It looks like Eddie Van Halen's guitar:

 

BUT IN YELLOW:

[Big_G]

More like a cupcake.

[swoopy2110]

I got a free slice of cake in the MDR on Harmony in October the day of my birthday! Must have come up on the staff computer to remind them!

 

And it didn't cost a penny

[Ladysilver]

I remember when birthday cake was free, I am old

 

Me too. :(

[BillOh]

Boy oh boy. Royal Caribbean is really on a roll with me tonight. First they screw up the booking engine so bad that it's impossible to even know if cabins are available or not and then...

 

THEY CHANGED THE BIRTHDAY CAKE :mad:

 

I went to order myself a birthday cake for my upcoming cruise and it's not the same as it used to be. For starters, they raised the price by about $10 - it used to be $14.95 I believe and now it's $25, and they totally changed its appearance.

 

Has anyone recently ordered this "new and improved" :rolleyes: cake. How is it? If it still tastes the same I might still get it.

 

https://secure.royalcaribbean.com/royalgifts/onboard-delivery/culinary/celebration-cake/

 

Hey Karen, Enjoy Liberty.

[sprint180]

EWWW, I was going to order a cake for my daughters birthday but those are just down right UGLY!

[Bratface1005]

If you are on a boat with a cupcake shop I would get the big Cupcake cake. It was really cute and it was I believe $25 in 2015.

[wezie]

Does the anthem have a cupcake shop?

 

 

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[Cruzin-K]

If you are on a boat with a cupcake shop I would get the big Cupcake cake. It was really cute and it was I believe $25 in 2015.

I'll be on Liberty. Honestly I haven't even studied the deck plan yet to even know what's where. I'm a bit behind in planning. Lol

 

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[Cruzin-K]

Hey Karen, Enjoy Liberty.

Thanks Bill. I plan to. Even if the birthday cake is ugly :-D

 

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[cb at sea]

I remember when birthday cake was free, I am old

 

 

Me, too....and it was quite tasty!

[CntPAcruiser]

That cake is so ugly.

 

It looks like Eddie Van Halen's guitar:

 

BUT IN YELLOW:

 

And I can't believe they are actually going to put pulled sugar flowers on it! Really? Humidity will melt those suckers faster than you can say, "Why is there aquarium gravel on my birthday cake?"

[Ellipooh]

Am I seeing the picture correctly, that the cake is wrapped up in brown tissue paper open at the top?

 

I'll be interested in your experience OP, but I think I'll pass and hope for a slice to magically appear in MDR.

[mad-dog74]

Well, I have one ordered for our Harmony cruise this summer. Not really for the cake, but as a surprise to celebrate.

 

I am disappointed in the looks too.... the old ones were actually quite good.