Well, now there is something right there! The reported computer charges are MASSIVELY higher than on our last RSSC cruise.

Wes:

I read all your reports, and it did sound much like the PG of two years ago. However, some of the posts that motivated me to post this appear to be about events since your cruise. And, as some of us know, cruise lines can change things with the snap of the fingers. I saw it. We used to cruise RCI, believe it or not, on their smaller ships. Oh, yeah, RCI always "nickeled and dimed" but before June '01 you could "protect yourself" by carrying on liquor and beer, buying liquor in the ships store, and carrying on soda. It was perfectly within the rules then. But suddenly, in mid June '01 many posts hit CC about how RCI was confiscating all carry on beverages (hard and soft) and refusing to sell liquor in the duty free store for onboard consumption. All without any warning to previously booked guests who thought they knew the rules from many previous RCI cruises. And all these posts turned out NOT to be mere rumors. They were all true. We never cruised RCI again. Partially because we did not like the "new rules" but mainly because RCI had simply "sprung" these new rules on folks who had booked under the "old rules" and that does not seem fair and right.

Here is what bothers me about suspected changes in cruise lines. If I had a product ordered for Sept. 17 delivery, it would either be delivered as per specifications and as per examples I had examined pre-order, or I could decline delivery and payment. Cruise lines are the only sellers I know of that can seem to get away with changing the deal, and still requiring the customer to go through with it. So I wouldn't have any worries about (for example) a car I had ordered for delivery in a few months. If it arrived "not to specs" I'd simply walk away with my money in my pocket. But with a cruise, I can't do that -- so yes I do worry.

Thanks,
Richard