Robo1098 Posted December 17, 2018 #1 Share Posted December 17, 2018 I kind of forgot about something that happened on our recent Symphony cruise. When I told a bartender friend of mine about the Bionic Bar she was interested but didn't like her job taken away. It was then I remembered what happened. We went there a few times and we were surprised that it spilled some on the bar every time it poured the drink into the glass. This caused the attendant to shut it down every so often to clean up. Well one evening we stopped by and put in my drink. The robot went through all the ingredients and when it was almost complete with the drink it decided to throw the drink in the air all over the bottles and the bar. Seems it forgot to close the lid before shaking. As soon as it did it the robot shut down and the attendant threw her arms in the air in a ***** moment. Everyone in the bar laughed. In the end I think my bartender friend has a secure job for a while anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted December 17, 2018 #2 Share Posted December 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Robo1098 said: The robot went through all the ingredients and when it was almost complete with the drink it decided to throw the drink in the air all over the bottles and the bar. Seems it forgot to close the lid before shaking. The robot's firmware writer is still probably better than RCI's IT folks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robo1098 Posted December 17, 2018 Author #3 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Just now, Biker19 said: The robot's firmware writer is still probably better than RCI's IT folks. That's funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crusinthrough Posted December 17, 2018 #4 Share Posted December 17, 2018 The bionic bar is a played out novelty. That doesn’t even seem to work properly. I’m really surprised it was added to the Symphony. It could have been a unique feature on the Harmony. I hope RC does not decide to replace the Champagne bar on Oasis or Allure during their dry docks with the robot. I cannot imagine that it’s more of a money maker than another bar that has human interaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted December 17, 2018 #5 Share Posted December 17, 2018 6 minutes ago, crusinthrough said: The bionic bar is a played out novelty. That doesn’t even seem to work properly. I’m really surprised it was added to the Symphony. It could have been a unique feature on the Harmony. I hope RC does not decide to replace the Champagne bar on Oasis or Allure during their dry docks with the robot. I cannot imagine that it’s more of a money maker than another bar that has human interaction. It was not new with the Harmony. Quantum was the first, then Anthem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager70 Posted December 17, 2018 #6 Share Posted December 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Biker19 said: The robot's firmware writer is still probably better than RCI's IT folks. Isn't that the truth ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HicksRA Posted December 17, 2018 #7 Share Posted December 17, 2018 I was on the Symphony TA in Oct, and the robot sat idle most of the time. Seemed like a huge waste of valuable space to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager70 Posted December 17, 2018 #8 Share Posted December 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, HicksRA said: I was on the Symphony TA in Oct, and the robot sat idle most of the time. Seemed like a huge waste of valuable space to me. Agree, I've never seen the bionic bar busy at all. I prefer to get my drinks the old fashioned way - from a human. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare xpcdoojk Posted December 17, 2018 #9 Share Posted December 17, 2018 I was in Vegas at the Aria over Thanksgiving, and somewhere in there I saw another of the robotic bars. It looked very much the same as the ones on the ships. I generally, prefer handmade drinks. I have yet to order a cocktail from a robot. JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crusinthrough Posted December 18, 2018 #10 Share Posted December 18, 2018 7 hours ago, Merion_Mom said: It was not new with the Harmony. Quantum was the first, then Anthem. Even more of a reason to retire it. RC should have left it on the Quantum class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robo1098 Posted December 18, 2018 Author #11 Share Posted December 18, 2018 During our cruise it seemed to be reasonably busy but many times one was broken down or they were both shut off while the girl crawled around on top of the bar cleaning of the spillage. Didn't seem to have as many issues with the ones while on Harmony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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