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Returned last Saturday have a few 'minor' gripes to relate.

We had 3 cabins..2 L's (far enough apart to have different stewards) and 1 D (youngest daughter splurged for an up-grade but wished she'd stayed in L..didn't think it was worth it).

First impressions of cabins..my L had smudged mirrors and hairs in drawers...D cabin had very dirty medicine cabinet that daughter cleaned herself before using...other L okay.

And they need to get a few table cleaners on board!! Took grandson for pizza and passed up 3 dirty tables before we found a clean one. Same by the pool one day. In fact, there was a lot of trash on floor next to where we finally sat and no one picked it up the whole time we were there! It just was not a spiffy ship!

And they should cease serving after-dinner coffee if they can only do from thermoses!
It tasted old and was luke-warm every time! Yuk!! Found a hair in my salad one night but, hey, this happens and I just put my plate aside and kept quiet.

We were sitting by the piano bar one night before dinner and ordered drinks (5) and when he had one glass of white wine left on tray it toppled and most went on me and some spattered my husband. I had to go change and waiter was very apologetic. We did not raise cane or complain to anyone because accidents happen and, after all, no one got hurt. I know had it been a restaurant, the drinks would probably have been free but after getting another wine, he had no qualms about charging for the lot. Is this the norm or should something have been done? As for my clothes, they were washable and I had plenty so they just went in my dirty clothes.
Oh, well, no big deal.

And on the last morning we all agreed to meet in the theater where we saw written that CNN news would be on. Well, all the doors were blocked and we weren't sure where to find the others...well, you can imagine. THAT more than anything else made my husband mad. And the whole ship seemed to be very unfriendly starting with dinner on the last night. It's like they were all thinking ahead to the next group. Never on other cruises did we sense that. And, yes, we ALL tipped everyone more than suggested. The headwaiter, too, who I must say was the best of any cruise we've been on!

This was our second RCCL cruise..I'm glad it was not our first because it might be our last. Granted, this is just a lot of little stuff that just set the tone for the whole cruise. And to be fair, the food on a whole was excellent and the entertainment good.

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