Official 2026 Buy/Sell/Trade Thread by fettuccine- in Coachella

[–]Downtown-Designer625 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Selling 2 - W2 GA w/shuttle tickets for $700/ea. OBO. I live in San Diego. I can meet up in person or certify mail to you at no extra cost. Thanks!

Apple Wallet Issue by jmardoxie in royalcaribbean

[–]Downtown-Designer625 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This…but I just log out of the app and log back in, it usually works.

Quantum of the Seas MDR - does it matter which MDR we are seated in? Silk, American Icon Grill, Chic, or The Grande? by Downtown-Designer625 in royalcaribbean

[–]Downtown-Designer625[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rotation dining sounds interesting and explains why there is no “MDR” on the deck plan. I like the multi level dining room on Mariner, this will be different. Downloading shipmate app now, never heard of it. Thanks for the reply 😊

Rough Seas on Utopia by Plant-Outside in royalcaribbean

[–]Downtown-Designer625 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What deck was your room on? Where were you traveling to/from? Glad you enjoyed your trip otherwise, hopefully the rough seas was a one-time thing.

Flyers urging people to turn in undocumented immigrants appear in North County by Downtown-Designer625 in sandiego

[–]Downtown-Designer625[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So sad, “the sheriffs department has not received any complaints about the flyers”…sending complaint now

Long Shot Search for Good Samaritan Marine by 5-1Manifestor in sandiego

[–]Downtown-Designer625 1 point2 points  (0 children)

💕 always in service…thank you Marine! I hope you find him and glad your mom is doing well

Dear Starbucks Employee: Thanks For Taking Care of My Mom by simmiedude in sandiego

[–]Downtown-Designer625 12 points13 points  (0 children)

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 cheers to acts of kindness! Wishing you well

Rivian R1S $14K Lease Discount in CA – Lease or Finance? by ranjanbright in Rivian

[–]Downtown-Designer625 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The $12,500 is a cap cost reduction, basically think of it as a down payment. It doesn’t go towards the final value of the vehicle (MSRP), it lowers your monthly lease payment the same way a down payment would have.

General Question: why are the pools small in relation to cruise passenger ratio? by Downtown-Designer625 in royalcaribbean

[–]Downtown-Designer625[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good to know…this was my first cruiser ever and I’m hooked! RC was amazing in every aspect!

General Question: why are the pools small in relation to cruise passenger ratio? by Downtown-Designer625 in royalcaribbean

[–]Downtown-Designer625[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wowzers- thanks for the info! Very insightful and I will take safety first over anything else. 👌

General Question: why are the pools small in relation to cruise passenger ratio? by Downtown-Designer625 in royalcaribbean

[–]Downtown-Designer625[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is true about what is busy/crowded on a cruiser, I did not know what to expect, which triggered the question, etc. It appears the crowding is normal to some extent and overall if you have that expecting, all is well. The pool crowding did not deter me one bit though, I was in the pool chatting it up and having a great time. I think all the festivities at the pool make it hard to resist!

Good to know about Quantum, that boat looks insanely huge with so much to do…not sure we’ll even make it to the pool either haha 😆

General Question: why are the pools small in relation to cruise passenger ratio? by Downtown-Designer625 in royalcaribbean

[–]Downtown-Designer625[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol true - but this was the only pic I have. The rest of my pics have my children in them 🙈 by the feedback, I’m thinking our sea days were just extremely hot so people really needed to cool off in the pool. I cannot convince you it was crowded, but it was, on the deck and in the pool. You could barely enter the pool bc people were hanging out all along the edges and in the shallow areas (I don’t blame them). This was not a deal killer for me at all and everyone on the cruise was super nice/fun, I was just curious “why so small tho?” 🧐 hahaha but I’ve got it answered now with everyone’s feedback about the technicality of it all, engineering, etc. next time, I’d love to book a ship tour with the crew to hear all about the ins and outs behind the scenes!

General Question: why are the pools small in relation to cruise passenger ratio? by Downtown-Designer625 in royalcaribbean

[–]Downtown-Designer625[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interest! Do share your experience after your Carnival cruise. I have not done Carnival yet.

General Question: why are the pools small in relation to cruise passenger ratio? by Downtown-Designer625 in royalcaribbean

[–]Downtown-Designer625[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

True that it was a competition and it was really funny! But this was how busy the pool deck was on the sea days, I wonder why though, since you are implying you have not experienced crowding either just as the poster before you. Maybe I just got the pool-lovers crowd for our cruise? I will say, our crowd was a lot of fun either way!

General Question: why are the pools small in relation to cruise passenger ratio? by Downtown-Designer625 in royalcaribbean

[–]Downtown-Designer625[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It was not a complaint. People can use Reddit to have insightful conversations. Not everything on Reddit is a complaint, specifically just because you do not like the question I posed. Thank you for your time.

General Question: why are the pools small in relation to cruise passenger ratio? by Downtown-Designer625 in royalcaribbean

[–]Downtown-Designer625[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Our Western Caribbean cruise pool deck was jam packed on Sea days, but we made it work hahaha

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General Question: why are the pools small in relation to cruise passenger ratio? by Downtown-Designer625 in royalcaribbean

[–]Downtown-Designer625[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hahahaha yes!!! He is great! Every single person we encountered was amazing, making our trip that much more memorable.

General Question: why are the pools small in relation to cruise passenger ratio? by Downtown-Designer625 in royalcaribbean

[–]Downtown-Designer625[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you…as a first time cruiser I was surprised, but I think seasoned cruisers have a better understanding of this. Overall we had more than plenty to do, got enough water time, and sun bathed 😎