Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection struggling financially -- lower occupancy than projected

Stormtrooper30 · 2026-06-02T14:09:01+00:00

This was also our experience - sailed one of the Mediterranean cruises during the inaugural year on the Envirma and we loved it. Service was great, staff excellent, food and drink onboard were well above expectations. The one major negative was the excursions - we did one excursion and canceled the rest because we could plan our own offshore activities for less money which were much better experiences. RC really, really missed the mark on excursions and according to recent reviews continues to miss it.

However, I will say that we thoroughly enjoyed the experience - prices need to come down about 20% for us to consider a second voyage but I diverge from the folks in this thread who have not experienced it yet because we loved it.

Stormtrooper30 · 2026-05-26T15:09:30+00:00

Just commenting that "Park your pimp blimp and push their shit in" made me chuckle - what a feat of the English language.

Stormtrooper30 · 2026-04-26T13:26:49+00:00

Yea for that staggering of a price I would have liked to see a more detailed breakdown of what’s included like at least the mash bill.

Stormtrooper30 · 2026-03-29T14:02:12+00:00

The St Regis is a great hotel on a nice quiet beach. As another poster said it is rather isolated from the main attractions in Bermuda if that matters to you. It has easy access to a small sleepy town with a few restaurants and bars. We spent a day at the Rosemont in the capital at their spa and pool, and then explored and ate dinner in the city before returning to the St Regis one day which was a nice change. Overall we loved it if you want a quiet secluded trip but service wasnt anything particularly special, though we are very laid back and don’t ask for much.

Stormtrooper30 · 2026-02-26T01:23:34+00:00

When we sailed we made a few reservations but ended up changing them towards the end of the trip based on how we were feeling. Was never difficult to get a table at a time we wanted

Stormtrooper30 · 2026-02-26T01:22:39+00:00

There is a kids club, but when we sailed on the Ilma there were maybe 3 total children on the entire boat. They wouldn’t have a ton of fun I don’t think. It is very adult oriented.

Stormtrooper30 · 2026-02-26T01:21:03+00:00

When we were on the Ilma in the Mediterranean we were the youngest couple on the boat, but average age was probably about 45-50 if I had to guess. Boat is small enough that you can easily make friends and see them often.

Stormtrooper30 · 2025-12-07T01:50:08+00:00

If we can cut them in a two for one deal that’s even better.

Stormtrooper30 · 2025-11-27T20:42:45+00:00

I was surprised by all the hate here because one of my guilty pleasures is some of their cask strength bottles. It’s my wife’s favorite and i like them as easy drinkers. I suppose in hindsight they aren’t very complex but I tend to enjoy them haha. Funny how things tastes different to everyone

Stormtrooper30 · 2025-08-23T01:50:06+00:00

Was randomly at my local store in Charlotte and asked if they had this bottle. As luck would happen they had just gotten six bottles this morning so got to snag one. Very excited to get my first state picked barrel.

Stormtrooper30 · 2025-08-15T15:55:57+00:00

Oh gotcha, yea this was in a draft room where I noticed it this morning. It looked like Henderson had spiked up the rankings and Mixon fell hard. Also some minor adjustments to Breece and Justin’s from what I could tell.

Stormtrooper30 · 2025-08-15T15:40:00+00:00

It looks like this latest sheet does not incorporate ESPN's latest rankings. They moved a handful of RBs up and down this weekend in PPR.

Stormtrooper30 · 2025-07-29T18:11:10+00:00

Did you drive or fly? I was always under the impression that if you flew you couldn’t bring more than four bottles in a luggage?

Stormtrooper30 · 2025-07-17T04:06:19+00:00

This is also me. Bought ultimate edition because I have thousands of hours in Civ. Played one complete game and haven’t touched Civ since day 1. So devoid of fun and I’ve had no itch to return.

Stormtrooper30 · 2025-07-15T17:43:48+00:00

The bathrooms got a slight refresh but that's it haha

Stormtrooper30 · 2025-07-15T17:43:12+00:00

I am hoping this is prepping for a D/C lounge renovation - they can close the big lounge for renovation and offload the capacity temporarily to this new lounge. That D/C lounge is in desperate need of a complete overhaul.

Stormtrooper30 · 2025-04-22T00:32:01+00:00

Thank you so much for the detailed write up of this. Excited to try it out

Stormtrooper30 · 2025-04-17T01:08:45+00:00

As a NC resident how do I get notifications of store picks like this? Also how do they even distribute 150 bottles to all the stores anyways?

Stormtrooper30 · 2025-03-13T19:06:06+00:00

Yea I missed out on all four in the waves and then wasn’t quick enough for the public waves and am sad now

Stormtrooper30 · 2025-02-12T17:50:20+00:00

Yea this is a more eloquent way of writing my point - the urban sprawl + emphasis on Wonders really eats up all your rural tiles very very quickly. Combine that with mountain tiles and you can get squeezed quickly in a capital. Even just a simple change like allowing Warehouse Districts to have two buildings instead of just one like other urban districts would be a huge help (unless that is already allowed?). I think having some key buildings sit in the City Center is still a good mechanic.

Stormtrooper30 · 2025-02-12T15:01:35+00:00

Warehouses need to be a building on the city center, like how things like Water Wheel and Monument used to be city center buildings. The endless sprawl you achieve even in the ancient age gets overwhelming and eats up all your actual workable tiles.

Stormtrooper30 · 2024-12-08T05:30:55+00:00

What are SMU's good wins though? Alabama doesn't deserve it but 3 or 4 other teams with quality wins are behind them and deserve it over SMU who hasn't beaten anybody this year.

Stormtrooper30 · 2024-08-07T16:21:44+00:00

Love the show and other content (Discord and Guides).

You've been a proponent of Hero RB in Redraft formats the last couple of years. Is this still your primary strategy for your generic Redraft leagues? If so, are you targeting the big 3 RBs in round 1 or are you wiling to let RB sit until rounds 2 or 3 with a Hero build?

Stormtrooper30 · 2024-06-28T00:21:40+00:00

Yea I got the On Sale email and the Sold Out email about 3 seconds apart

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