We have cruised with Royal Caribbean before and were always pleased. Not so with this trip. A lot of things have changed since our last cruise and none for the better. This trip we took along three other couples who had always cruised on Carnival. Prior to the trip we kept telling them how much better Royal Caribbean is than Carnival. Now we look like fools to them. They all agree that Carnival is much better.
Food was mediocre at best in the dining rooms. At Johnny Rockets it was terrible. I gave it three tries but could stomach no more than a bite or two. How, I wonder, does someone get that much grease to stay in a piece of food? Everything we tried was saturated. And unlike the last trip you now have to pay a cover charge for JR's? We were also surprised to learn that there is now a charge for soft drinks. Or you are forced to buy a soda sticker for your sea pass. But this does not allow you to get soft drinks from the mini bar in your room. System simply does not make sense. An extra charge for soft drinks is cheesy IMO.
Alcohol is no longer stocked in the mini bar as it was on previous cruises. Unlike our last cruise you cannot order more than one entree in the main dining room. Drinks take forever to get and the order was wrong more often than not.