Jill

Well all of my cruises were booked before October 31, 2021 but 2 of them sail after the book by date of April 2022 and one sails after September 2022. Guess I better pray the pandemic is well over by then

Yes. With unvaccinated children you cannot go ashore on your own, only with a ship based excursion. If you want to explore on your own, you can use Adventure Ocean on the ship for the children while you go ashore.

I got $544 on my October Symphony from the WOW sale. That put me at $900 OBC! I wonder if prices dropped again?

My Time Dining (although don’t think that was a thing 7 years ago when this post was made!)

Ok well since I started the social media hub bub, I use it 90% for cruise groups and I do patient advocacy through the dozen or so cancer groups I’m in. The other 10% is horses ?

November-ish. I can’t remember the exact order but either Alaska is out first followed by Europe or vice versa. I booked Alaska for 2022 on November 10th of last year.

I would copy and paste your original post here and send it through Facebook messenger to Royal’s Facebook page. I’ve gotten issues resolved quite quickly going through messenger. Here’s the link to their official page: https://www.facebook.com/royalcaribbean/ Here’s the link to their official Crown and Anchor page: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalCaribbeanCAS/

We’ve picked the end of May into early June for 2022. It’s a graduation present for our youngest and the main reason was in the event she gets a job after graduation, hoping to get this trip in before she starts “adulting.” I checked a few weather apps daily for that week this past May/June to get an idea of what to possibly expect. That particular week this past year was pretty rainy with temps in mid to high 50’s. So basically a Florida winter lol.

Just read that the one passenger died. 77 year old woman. Fully vaccinated. https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc13.com/amp/carnival-vista-cruise-covid-case-death/10971280/

November-ish. I say “ish” which means give or take a month. Our May Alaska for 2022 opened up early/mid November 2019. I think Europe follows shortly after.

So if you want to see Seattle, do a southbound out of Seward, then drive from Vancouver to Seattle! Problem solved!

So to help you narrow down your aft suite (cause I know you want a suite lol) check out 8668 (2 bdrm corner) 9656 (2 bdrm corner) 1100 (corner aft JS), 1602 (JS) and the mother load: 1600 corner grand suite) We’ve got 1100 booked on Radiance next May for Southbound. Super excited as the balcony is really big. As you probably already know, 2023 Alaska will be released sometime in November. Keep the credit card easily accessible as those cabins listed above go speedy quick. ?

Sounds like a blog Admin cruise!

I just booked this because I have a chunk of OBC that we’re trying to use. Was wondering if anyone has done it and if it was good. If so, about how long did the excursion last (start to finish). Thought about getting lunch at Bushwacker’s then heading to Magen’s Bay if there’s time. We’re in port until 4. Excursion starts at 10:30. We’ve been to St Thomas several times but will have friends with us who have never been hence Bushwackers for the view and Magen’s Bay because well you know, it’s Magen’s Bay. Gotta see it once in your life!

We’ve got a hefty OBC too due to a price drop. What we don’t spend, we plan to cash out in the casino. I believe they take 5% when you do this. There’s a couple other casino tricks too. I’ll let others post them as I’m sure to get it wrong lol

This is correct

My OBC was posted within hours to my cruise planner however my Best Price Guarantee was done through my TA

Holy crap there’s a bacon shortage? ?

The only thing that matters is that you show proof at the port. This letter simply says, “Thanks for sharing your status.” I wouldn’t be concerned. Some people have gotten this email multiple times even though they’ve answered.

I know 2 people (yes not a lot) that had Covid last year and got re-infected with Delta just recently. It can happen.

That Symphony on 10/30 goes to CocoCay and st thomas

Definitely will be interesting. Since the St Thomas requirement, my October Symphony has so many cabins available. Before the St Thomas thing, there were only about 30 cabins total available. Last night I took a look around and there were 80 OV balcony just in mid and forward. Didn’t even look at aft. My Facebook group for that sailing had many posting they had cancelled including a group of 22 and several UK passengers solely due to under 18 can’t be vaccinated. I noticed prices for Allure and Symphony sailings that have St Thomas for October and November are rock bottom. Mine went down $544 with the last sale. I saw some balconies going for $998 per person for oasis class! I know Royal says as much as 7-10% are unvaccinated but dang that put a dent in my Symphony sailings. Doesn’t seem that number would affect them. Will be interesting to watch.

I gotta vote for the southbound/northbound route. Yes, smaller older ships but if you think this will be your one and only trip to Alaska, go big or go home and that includes doing a land tour to Denali. The only reason I’d consider the RT on a quantum class is that the teens would probably enjoy the ship more than a vision class. However, this is a port intensive trip and in my opinion the ship is more so the means to get me to each port. The smaller ships can also get into places the bigger ones can’t. Plus…….you can take the glass top train from anchorage to Seward and that’s a must do!

Freedom is a great first ship! Recently Amp’d too! It’ll be great!

She will certainly be wowed, especially if you end up docking next to a Carnival ship! ? Which ship are you on and what’s the itinerary? We are traveling with our good friends in October on Symphony. She has cruised a few times, her husband only once on the Carnival “Rust Bucket” out of Jacksonville, which is known well as just a gross experience. He thought it was fun so I thought it’d be even MORE fun to get them on the biggest and best: Symphony. We’ve been cancelled 3 times since May 2020 for this cruise and I’m still soooo excited to show him the “right” way to cruise! Have fun and don’t stress over it. Get some drinks in her and you’ll have a blast!