We are nearly Diamond class and are really rethinking our loyalty with RCCL. I guess we don't mind that they want to offer upscale/upcharges to those who want to splurge for a special occasion but we do resent that there is a push to use the extra's to get the usual cruise experience. We find the dining room has fewer selection overall and lesser quality offerings pushing folks to the other venues with a fee for the "good" stuff. Before Chopps came to be that was not the case and it is getting worse. They list "orange juice" on the menus but in reality it is some type of orange drink that is so watered down you can't even taste anything and then offer "fresh squeezed" juice for a price. The soda cards are also producing a watered down drink. Enough already!

It's nice that folks can book a suite for the extra room and extra pampering. They pay for that. But public venues on the ship are blocked off to other passengers so that Suite Users have reserved spaces. What happened to the no saving seats and lounge chair policy. It applies to the rest of the passengers but RCCL rewards suites with this perk. We all paid the same price for the shows etc. so why save seats for the suite passengers? We think that is unfair.

On this cruise, the at sea day, we found the Pool Bar, the Sky Bar and the Solarium Bar with ONE bartender. Fifteen minute wait to get a drink. Folks are on vacation and like the drink of the day, the Miami Vice the Sex on the Beach that all require blending (I order them too!)but one bartender is so lame on an at sea day. Takes more time to blend drinks than pop off a beer cap. Read more