<!--quoteo(post=256830:date=Dec 8 2007, 06&#58;50 AM:name=zebra)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(zebra &#064; Dec 8 2007, 06&#58;50 AM) [snapback]256830[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><br />Joey, how fantastic&#33;&#33;  You must enjoy RCCL... tell us a bit about it please&#33;&#33;  At that price I don&#39;t blame you.  Can&#39;t you tempt David to join you?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":sad2:" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />  working you know....<br /><br />Hi Jackie.......The staff are as friendly and helpful as Celebrity..... the food isn&#39;t too bad and they did have lemonade and tropical fruit drinks along with Ice Tea for consumption at no addition fees the coffee was pretty good .....although there were some minuses ... no tea pots in the coffee/tea shop.. only paper cups... <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbdown.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumbdown:" border="0" alt="thumbdown.gif" /> <br />Plastic in the buffet and no trays it appears everyone is going to Platters.... <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbdown.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumbdown:" border="0" alt="thumbdown.gif" /> <br /><br />..bottom line is if this last cruise is any indication..they could be very much what we were looking for as an alternative to Celebrity... this by no means means we will not stop looking for a 2 for 1 on one of the upscale lines  but as for RCI may fill the bill when we want to cruise and our first choice isn&#39;t available <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumbup:" border="0" alt="thumbup.gif" /> ... <br />After all......It is what it is.. and what it is is not too bad...... <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cool2:" border="0" alt="cool.gif" /> <br /><br />Joey<br />