Social Distancing- The Upside

[LXA350]

3 hours ago, crazyank said:

Try using the word NO.   We started saying no to requests like that after exactly the same situation you describe happened to us.  One time a couple asked to join us and then called over their three kids and proceeded to jam everybody on a table for four.

 

Now more than ever such a NO needs to be accepted.

1 hour ago, molly361 said:

Some of Royal a specialty restaurants have bench seating along the wall in them and then lots of tables for two very close together

 

Royal should start to reconsider for the next dry docks when they will be able to pay for it again to convert back those extra added cabins to newly designed revenue spaces, such as expansed speciality restaurants in order to allow more space with same / even more capacity.

[Ocean Boy]

1 hour ago, LXA350 said:

 

Now more than ever such a NO needs to be accepted.

 

Royal should start to reconsider for the next dry docks when they will be able to pay for it again to convert back those extra added cabins to newly designed revenue spaces, such as expansed speciality restaurants in order to allow more space with same / even more capacity.

Or how about more public space for people to be able to spread out WITHOUT there being a charge for that space. Crowding on the ships has been an issue for a long time and even so RCI has looked for more ways to cram more people onto the ships. They better start looking for the right balance and learn from this experience. People out there who are not in love with cruising view the industry with a very jaded eye. The ones I talk to think I am crazy for ever getting on another ship.

[Goodtime Cruizin]

On 9/5/2020 at 7:19 AM, Ocean Boy said:

How do you know how booked your cruise is? Just because few cabins show up on some booking sight means little.

 

The price continues to rise. 

 

[Ocean Boy]

9 minutes ago, Goodtime Cruizin said:

 

The price continues to rise. 

 

Have you ever thought that might be used as a ploy to get people to jump onboard before it maybe goes even higher? I have been watching certain flights. One flight home has sky high pricing and the seat selection chart shows almost every seat available.

[Goodtime Cruizin]

14 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

Have you ever thought that might be used as a ploy to get people to jump onboard before it maybe goes even higher? I have been watching certain flights. One flight home has sky high pricing and the seat selection chart shows almost every seat available.

 

In a word. No.

Supply & Demand has always been the rule of the day w/ the cruiseline industry or at least RCL & Celebrity.  The difference being is that RCL usdes 'WOW' marketing sales pitches to enhace the buyer. 

 

Edited September 6, 2020 by Goodtime Cruizin

[John&LaLa]

3 hours ago, molly361 said:

Some of Royal a specialty restaurants have bench seating along the wall in them and then lots of tables for two very close together

 

Coastal Kitchen😉

[John&LaLa]

2 hours ago, Cruise a holic said:

I never experienced the Royal Bench seating- lucky me-  On princess we did-

 

There is Bench seating in the MDR on Oasis. 

American Icon comes to mind

[Ocean Boy]

28 minutes ago, Goodtime Cruizin said:

 

In a word. No.

Supply & Demand has always been the rule of the day w/ the cruiseline industry or at least RCL & Celebrity.  The difference being is that RCL usdes 'WOW' marketing sales pitches to enhace the buyer. 

 

Ok.

[molly361]

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

 

There is Bench seating in the MDR on Oasis. 

American Icon comes to mind

Forgot which Oasis ship but we were seated at one of them in Chops, right after they opened, no one else in the place and guess where they put the next 2 top.  YUP right next to us.  Pretty sure they have the bench seating in Giovanni's as well

Edited September 6, 2020 by molly361

[Ken at the beach]

1 hour ago, Goodtime Cruizin said:

 

In a word. No.

Supply & Demand has always been the rule of the day w/ the cruiseline industry or at least RCL & Celebrity.  The difference being is that RCL usdes 'WOW' marketing sales pitches to enhace the buyer. 

 

Supply and demand used to be the rule of the day which is why you used to see a lot of great last minute deals particularly on unpopular last minute sailings.  It is now all about revenue maximization.  Royal knows the peak times that cruises get booked by the majority of customers and will raise their prices during these periods, this is based on time of the year and how far away is the cruise.  I have seen it time and time again where there has been very few or no cabins sold yet prices rise.  Our cruise at Christmas this year actually had more people cancelling than booking yet prices continued to go up.  Does this apply in every case....no but you also cant say that just because the price is rising that more people are booking.

[John&LaLa]

3 hours ago, molly361 said:

Forgot which Oasis ship but we were seated at one of them in Chops, right after they opened, no one else in the place and guess where they put the next 2 top.  YUP right next to us.  Pretty sure they have the bench seating in Giovanni's as well

 

Not a fan of the two tops in Jamie's 

Table not big enough

[Goodtime Cruizin]

4 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Supply and demand used to be the rule of the day which is why you used to see a lot of great last minute deals particularly on unpopular last minute sailings.  It is now all about revenue maximization.  Royal knows the peak times that cruises get booked by the majority of customers and will raise their prices during these periods, this is based on time of the year and how far away is the cruise.  I have seen it time and time again where there has been very few or no cabins sold yet prices rise.  Our cruise at Christmas this year actually had more people cancelling than booking yet prices continued to go up.  Does this apply in every case....no but you also cant say that just because the price is rising that more people are booking.

 

True. Seasonality I think would be the exception. Christmas, NY, spring breaks have always been riced higher, much like Caribbean cruises are typcially priced the lowest of the year during hurricane season. 

[LXA350]

On 9/6/2020 at 2:33 PM, Ocean Boy said:

Or how about more public space for people to be able to spread out WITHOUT there being a charge for that space. Crowding on the ships has been an issue for a long time and even so RCI has looked for more ways to cram more people onto the ships. They better start looking for the right balance and learn from this experience. People out there who are not in love with cruising view the industry with a very jaded eye. The ones I talk to think I am crazy for ever getting on another ship.

 

It would already help, not to add hundreds of cabins on a ship that was was not constucted to handle that many passengers in a comfortable way in the first place, Voyager Class and Oasis of the Seas.