I've been loyal to Royal Caribbean through six cruises. But for cruise seven, I will be looking elsewhere.
Perhaps COVID impacted what played out, or perhaps re-crewing post-pandemic, but overall I was not happy.
Main Dining Room food has taken a dive compared to our previous cruises, even though the same basic menu. Food was consistently warm or even cold. Some items that should have been ...
To start the disappointing cruise, I had called RC to find out about taking my dive knife on board. The agent, who also talked to his superior, said no I couldn't take my dive knife but could take a knife with less than a 4" blade.
I took a 3 1/2 & a small pocket knife. Security took both knives even though I had the name of the RC agent. (they did return them at end of voyage)
The ...
I have cruised with Royal Caribbean a few times in the past and thought I would take my new fiance on his first cruise to celebrate our engagement. We saw a ship leaving out of Norfolk, VA and thought it was perfect so we wouldn't have to fly. The day of, we had our family drop us off at the port and in the family frenzy, the porter took my fiances carry on bag with his passport inside. No more ...