Sky princess Thanksgiving 2022; as live as it can be.

[KarmaCruisers]

What the ABSOLUTE ****

so the TV in the room is so screwed up..

lobster menu is TOMMOROW night

Now I’m literally saying “I put on pants for this!?”

[KarmaCruisers]

I can’t believe the technology on this ship is SO bad..they tout the “Medallion” technology..but it’s **** TERRIBLE and everyone on the ship (employees) are completely technically illiterate. So it’s quite literally blind leading us.

makes me laugh (from a software engineer standpoint) that the WALMART of cruising (carnival) has the absolute BEST app.

[KarmaCruisers]

lol so THIS is the two hour dinner service that they were speaking of..

been here 30 minutes and only have our soda’s…

[KarmaCruisers]

First course; seafood martini

[KarmaCruisers]

Main course

grilled shrimp and seared scallops

kris got the “traditional” thanksgiving dinner served in the MDR

[Mittens101]

1 hour ago, KarmaCruisers said:

lol so THIS is the two hour dinner service that they were speaking of..

been here 30 minutes and only have our soda’s…

We experienced that on night one. Only went back for gala night. 

[Learningtocruise1]

<Pun intended> I’m very thankful for your posts on your entire Thanksgiving cruise!!!! Sorry to hear about the dry turkey. Seriously, since we board Sky on Saturday, and first cruise since Covid, I’ve really really appreciated following along with you!  Enjoy your last day, and safe travels back home!! 

Edited November 25, 2022 by Learningtocruise1

[Sunny Pearl]

My husband is an IT manger and is already pre-gaming on the sketchy IT. Maybe the difference is what's handled in house and what is outsourced.😳

Are there alternatives available that would work better than the "Medallion".

I've heard it doesn't work well for ordering drinks to be delivered at your random location. So can you still get a face to face order or bar service?

does this "M" work in the casino?

THX Sunny

[reedprincess]

11 minutes ago, Sunny Pearl said:

My husband is an IT manger and is already pre-gaming on the sketchy IT. Maybe the difference is what's handled in house and what is outsourced.😳

Are there alternatives available that would work better than the "Medallion".

I've heard it doesn't work well for ordering drinks to be delivered at your random location. So can you still get a face to face order or bar service?

does this "M" work in the casino?

THX Sunny

Don't confuse the medallion with the MedallionClass app. Two different things.

Medallion works fine. Opens your door, scanned in casino to get credit or earn points, ID 9ff and on ship, etc - all the same stuff as the old cruise card. 

App - that's what can be sketchy for some and work fine for others. 

Yes, you can obviously still order face to face to wait staff at bar or those roaming taking orders, call room service directly, etc. You can 100% enjoy your cruise and never once use the app. Room service menu is on room TV, menus are there also (although not always accurate to what's in the MDR each night, holidays tend to screw up the order), and so forth.  

 

[Sunny Pearl]

9 minutes ago, reedprincess said:

Don't confuse the medallion with the MedallionClass app. Two different things.

Medallion works fine. Opens your door, scanned in casino to get credit or earn points, ID 9ff and on ship, etc - all the same stuff as the old cruise card. 

App - that's what can be sketchy for some and work fine for others. 

Yes, you can obviously still order face to face to wait staff at bar or those roaming taking orders, call room service directly, etc. You can 100% enjoy your cruise and never once use the app. Room service menu is on room TV, menus are there also (although not always accurate to what's in the MDR each night, holidays tend to screw up the order), and so forth.  

 

Thanks. Yes, that "MC app" has been difficult at times.  Perhaps something updated recently, as we were finally able to order M to ship to home pre-cruise .TBD whether or not that with actually happens.🙃

glad to know the "M'" is at least functional on board. Probably will just bypass the MC app and have a great time. Maybe eventually they'll get it sorted out.

[KarmaCruisers]

 So back in the room at 3am!

If I didn’t say it earlier; They were turning back a ton of guys in the MDR, because they weren’t wearing pants (first time I’ve EVER seen this actually enforced)

played in the casino tonight, literally betting only $5 and getting booze with some other fine gents.

lost $200 over the course of about 5 hours..

tommorow is a sea day; so we’re going to sleeeeep the faaack in! 
Deal or No Deal is at 1:30pm; so that’s all we have to wake up for.

The funny thing is; in the MDR they said lobster is “tommorow night”..but when I look on the TV; it says Shrimp & Steak..this will be a new thing if they don’t serve lobster on a cruise in the MDR…

got room service ordered up and queing up a movie.

[KarmaCruisers]

Unfortunately I ordered that food and it said “delivered” but never actually was…I watched The King’s Man (prequel to Kingsmen movies) and re-ordered..I’m fuxking starving and now my sleep cycle is absolutely shot to hell; but that doesn’t really matter because our flight home isn’t freakin until 8pm!! (Not by choice, originally it was at 2pm; but they cancelled that flight entirely and only offer 8pm departure from FLL -> SFO)

Hopefully at least THIS time my

food comes 

[Dar & Bob]

3 hours ago, KarmaCruisers said:

 So back in the room at 3am!

If I didn’t say it earlier; They were turning back a ton of guys in the MDR, because they weren’t wearing pants (first time I’ve EVER seen this actually enforced)

played in the casino tonight, literally betting only $5 and getting booze with some other fine gents.

lost $200 over the course of about 5 hours..

tommorow is a sea day; so we’re going to sleeeeep the faaack in! 
Deal or No Deal is at 1:30pm; so that’s all we have to wake up for.

The funny thing is; in the MDR they said lobster is “tommorow night”..but when I look on the TV; it says Shrimp & Steak..this will be a new thing if they don’t serve lobster on a cruise in the MDR…

got room service ordered up and queing up a movie.

I will be interested to see what you think of Deal or No Deal.  We played it on Celebrity and we thought it was not a good value. Not sure if Princess is the same.

[ranger55]

Gm all, Friendly reminder today at 11am military meet and greet till 12n at take 5 lounge deck 6 next to the casino see you there

[Mittens101]

Thank you for your posts we’ve enjoyed going along on your journey with you.

[geomapper]

We’re waiting in the ATL airport for our flight to FLL. Getting on the Sky tomorrow. Hope y’all haven’t trashed the place. Just kidding, I’ve enjoyed your posting this week in anticipation of our cruise.  Enjoy the remainder of your cruise and have a safe trip home. 

[c-boy]

6 minutes ago, geomapper said:

We’re waiting in the ATL airport for our flight to FLL. Getting on the Sky tomorrow. Hope y’all haven’t trashed the place. Just kidding, I’ve enjoyed your posting this week in anticipation of our cruise.  Enjoy the remainder of your cruise and have a safe trip home. 

😆 those gen X'er Californians 

Edited November 25, 2022 by c-boy

[c-boy]

On 11/23/2022 at 9:22 PM, KarmaCruisers said:

the long story is..so we play table max on cruise lines Heads Up Hold Em game. (Link to description:

https://wizardofodds.com/games/heads-up-hold-em/
 

Now, the sign on the table says $5-$25, so this averages out to $150 per hand, with Ante + Blind + Trips + “play bet” (which is either 3x the ante, 2x the ante, or 1x the ante)

HOWEVER, on the pit computer, it shows this game as being $10-$50..and I looked at the other tables and they’re all matching computer-to-signage

Now; when the floor supervisor was entering in a new player to the table, I noticed it said our average was $10…literally the lowest possible (since the computer thought it was a $10 game)..this actually works out not TOO bad for a $5 table minimum player (which is honestly still a $25 average, as it’s $5+$5+$5+$10; but you COULD play it at a $20 minimum average if you left out the trips bet..which no one ever does)

So I asked the floor two questions…

Q:. Why does it show this game as a $10-$50 game in the computer; but the signage on the table clearly shows $5-$25?

A: Ohh it’s the computer and it’s something else (he really had no idea, I could tell, so I didn’t push that one any farther)

Q: Why does my average say $10; when this entire cruise I have never bet less than green chips everywhere?

A: (Hurriedly) Ohh I just changed it to $25

My response: But the problem is, you’ve been here the whole night with me; so why was it $10 all? I mean I honestly know it’s no sweat off my ass because table games don’t give any real “comps” anyway; but the least you could do is rate me correctly..I mean don’t you treat people as you wanted to be treated? Maybe even better?

His retort: it’s all in the computers calculation. Don’t worry about it

 

 

the problem is; these poor “peon” employees (and I’ll call them that, because they have ZERO authority other than to do EXACTLY what they’re told WITHOUT question) have been told by SOMEONE to only rate table players for the absolute minimum possible (ie: to give out the least amount of “comps” or cost the company as least as possible)

 

So, the only way if you want to gamble at all on a cruise ship; is play machines (where they can’t **** up your rating because the machines can’t lie) or play stone cold table minimum and don’t think you’ll get even a nickle worth of “comps” (like a normal US based casino would give to any gambler)

IE: the best way to do it; is play $5 in a slot machine (to earn exactly ONE point) then for your next cruise, call the casino department directly and ask for “Casino Rate” (they’ll give it to you, as you’re a “player”)

 

Not holding anything back, I’m down $10,200 to gambling this cruise..when I told my table mates that they’re like “HOLY FUXK! They must give you all sort of free cruises and perks!”

Nope! It’s because we play this table game and the casino employees have an “Us” vs. “Them” attitude programmed into them.

Ultimately I feel sorry for them; as like I said before..Do unto others…that’s what has gotten me into the position to BE ABLE TO SAY I’m down $10,200 and not be upset (too much) about it.

so .... bad karma,  it's a good thing that sloth didn't take a chunk outta your neck. Don't fret,  if that was your actual contribution the casino dept. will take notice at a future date and time. There's still time to turn this casino train around. Maybe if you start wearing long pants in the casino 🤑

[KarmaCruisers]

So we just woke up..3:45pm lol

missed deal or no deal..but we assume it’s the same as carnival (and no, it’s purely wasting money..but it’s damn fun lol)

Under our door was a return offer for each of us..

Balcony + Princess Plus + $500 freeplay 

only downer is it ENDS 6/24/23..our UK cruise is 6/25/23..so we’re going to see if we can get on a UK cruise a little

earlier; that would save us $4500 (cruise fare)

Gotta pack today, ::sad trombone::

gonna get cleaned up and go find something to eat.

[KarmaCruisers]

4 hours ago, c-boy said:

it's a good thing that sloth didn't take a chunk outta your neck. 

Lolwut?¿

Edited November 25, 2022 by KarmaCruisers

[KLM3164]

The internet on the Royal is exactly the same…..non-existent! Currently on the ship for the thanksgiving sailing. Ship is sailing at 109% capacity with 3,887 passengers. I think this has contributed to our slow internet. We got a refund for ours and have been catching up on cellular in Ensenada today. 
 

Thanks for your trip report as it’s been a fun one to follow.

[c-boy]

1 hour ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Lolwut?¿

could be your spirit animal, they're very intuitive 🦥

[KarmaCruisers]

Dinner service in the MDR..lobster McNuggets (lol; talking about the size)

thank God I ordered a double order 

meat is medium rare BTW

[Chad_O]

I have followed your posts with interest. I am curious;  do you drop as many "F-Bombs" in real time as your posts suggest? This is a pretty sedate community and you are an anomaly. 

[c-boy]

how was the asparagus ?