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Cookies now cost $2 plus 20%

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5 hours ago, Bo1953 said:

As many people who have posted already, there surely has to have been at least one (1) person on board an X ship who certainly could have confirmed by the time I posted my posit... 

 

bon voyage

I'm with you Bo 100%. As it stands for me X has added one extra chargeable item and everything else remains the same. 

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6 hours ago, kwokpot said:

A sample of the cookies and pastries from Virgin Voyages, all included as part of your cruise fare. 

kp do you recollect if any of them were vegan or not at all???

 

bon appetit and bon voyage

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iandjm

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Maybe elite plus will be insulted by being offered one free cookie per cruise, along with the existing one scoop of gelato. 
seriously though if this is true, the direction this company is going is not at all good. 

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3 minutes ago, CHEZMARYLOU said:

The $2.00 for a cookie on Equinox has been confirmed by Andy, a reliable source on the other site.

That other site has a post that says apparently only the Equinox is doing this as a test for going fleetwide in the near future. I guess the Equinox is now the official beta test ship for new policy changes, like vaping in the casino.

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When on a land vacation we do not think about grabbing a cookie  or gelato or soemthing different, and paying a few bucks for it or stopping for an affternoon iced drink, and we go through bottled carbonated water at meals for a few bucks more in addition to wine or somthing else.

 

However we are paying for that all inclusive vacation which is not all inclusive anymore, at least on X. perhaps unless you spend a large chunk and go upper level suites. However even inside cabins on decent itineraries are running 400 a night now which is more than we paid for Aqua 3 years ago (albeit cancelled) .

 

Its like being in Rome and grabbing a taxi and asking "How much to" rather than going on the meter.

 

We have switched to air bnb and vrbo for longer trips and that way  we avoid paying the cabbie, the guy or gal  that goes to the cab and takes your luggage to desk,  the doorman and the guy or gal taking the luggage upstarts and a flurry of tips within a few minutes. Less confusing when I was young, too much action within a few minutes when older.

 

Thats the beauty of all inclusive-you turn off the brain on that sort of trip. Which I think we can get on premium lines and remember just 2 years ago LLP was talking about Premium Large Ship strategy.

 

It is all about the customers  expectations and whether the business can meet and exceed the expectations, which includes the subjective value proposition for me.

 

 

 

 

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20 minutes ago, terrydtx said:

That other site has a post that says apparently only the Equinox is doing this as a test for going fleetwide in the near future. I guess the Equinox is now the official beta test ship for new policy changes, like vaping in the casino.

Which ship is the test ship for new and exciting things?

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20 minutes ago, terrydtx said:

That other site has a post that says apparently only the Equinox is doing this as a test for going fleetwide in the near future. I guess the Equinox is now the official beta test ship for new policy changes, like vaping in the casino.


They also had the new pilot MDR dinner menus including the notorious double cheeseburger

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kwokpot

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2 hours ago, Bo1953 said:

kp do you recollect if any of them were vegan or not at all???

 

bon appetit and bon voyage

There are signs indicating what's vegan and what's GF, but I don't remember now. I'll be on another Virgin cruise in February and will make note of that! 

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TeeRick

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26 minutes ago, terrydtx said:

That other site has a post that says apparently only the Equinox is doing this as a test for going fleetwide in the near future. I guess the Equinox is now the official beta test ship for new policy changes, like vaping in the casino.

Taking away free cookies is MUCH worse than a few people vaping in the casino!🤪

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36 minutes ago, CHEZMARYLOU said:

The $2.00 for a cookie on Equinox has been confirmed by Andy, a reliable source on the other site.

But has he confirmed there are no longer any free cookies at Al Bacio? That's the only thing that matters really. 

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4 minutes ago, TeeRick said:

Opposite of me.  I get free cookies and sit next to vapers in the casino.

I prefer to get a 12 year old Mccallan and then ask the closest vapor to please exhale close to me so I can enjoy the delightful and safe aroma. 😡

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3 minutes ago, OysterD said:

But has he confirmed there are no longer any free cookies at Al Bacio? That's the only thing that matters really. 

You could usually get free cookies in the OVC too.  Usually at the ice cream station.

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TeeRick

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Just now, Georgia_Peaches said:

At this rate everyone will eventually be impacted by Celebrity's changes, downgrades, and trial periods.

Well not if you avoid sailing on Celebrity in the future.  That's what it will come down to for a number of us if this continues.  Sad really.

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