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Last update I saw on the shipbuilder’s Facebook was they were making the anchor chains.

This is saying the virus will be gone so soon that vaccine can’t be tested. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-may-vanish-too-fast-for-vaccine-trial-bc7rjpf2n

It took exactly a week. I actually called and held on hold for about 20 minutes as we drove to breakfast the other morning. Hung up, ate and when I got back in the car, I checked my CP before I called again and it was there! The site was real sluggish Tuesday morning. Kept directing me back to sign in when I hit the plan my cruise button. I think they were updating credits and such because 45minutes later, the site was running smoothand my credit was there.

I use Sharla and she puts up with my endless emails! ? Seriously she’s been great. She’s got our group of 4 couples for Odyssey Italy/Greece next year and she’s been very attentive through all this cancellation mess with FCC’s, OBC’s etc.

It took exactly a week. I actually called and held on hold for about 20 minutes as we drove to breakfast the other morning. Hung up, ate and when I got back in the car, I checked my CP before I called again and it was there! The site was real sluggish Tuesday morning. Kept directing me back to sign in when I hit the plan my cruise button. I think they were updating credits and such because 45 minutes later, the site was running smooth and my credit was there.

I think Lift and Shift and Cruise with Confidence are a way to decrease capacity for the remainder of 2021. Curious if those vacated cabins are off the market now.

Maybe swim with sea lions in st Thomas! ?

The port is not in a very densely populated area and it’s easy to drive to. I’d probably look for hotel in Cocoa Beach. You might want to check flights on Southwest into MCO. Might be cheaper to fly than drive from Houston.

This is standard for American Queen. All passengers fly in the day before. Hotel is included in your Cruise fare.

I can live with these guidelines. Similar to what American Queen put out. No mandatory masks for passengers is a plus!

Mine were on my last cc statement that I got today. May 2 cruise.

Yes they probably would and I hope they’d deal with you swiftly. Sorry but I hate people who try and cheat the system.

Same for the spa stuff too. We pay $45 deep tissue massage, package of 6 and the 7th free.

But I have all this leftover OBC!

Crossed off several home and farm projects. Well mostly hubby did! Lol Also my youngest came home for Spring Break for a few days and it’s turned into 3 months!

It finally posted today to my CP. I’m able to take advantage of the great sale prices which left me with $400 left over! I decided to get The Key for $20. I originally got the DBP with VOOM but since VOOM is included with The Key, I rebooked just the DBP. Also did Ultimate Dining and CocoCay Beach Club. I still have $225 left and still have $100 to add for stock holder OBC. I may splurge on a spa thing or buy really good champagne! This one (October Symphony) better sail! Lol ????

A friend of mine who was hotel director on Oasis is now a hotel director on American Queen. I was just about to text him to see if there was any skuttlebutt he could share. @Chadster @PhillyLady my friend said the food is phenomenal and blows RC food away. He’s invited us to be his guests and we may just take him up sooner rather than later! He was director on the PNW itinerary and also on the New Orleans to Memphis.

I would think they’d move another oasis class to canaveral if Harmony goes to the Med. Harmony replaced Oasis at Canaveral when oasis went to the Med last year. (I think ?)

If you cancelled for any reason wouldn’t they just reissue the FCC? Could you transfer the FCC to a family member that wants to go on NCL and charge them 3/4 of the value (or whatever % your comfortable With) of the FCC? That way you can recoup some of your money? I know in certain circumstances people have been able to get FCC’s changed to a different name with RC.

There’s a reason MEI comes so highly recommended. I’ve been very happy with Sharla. I bug her all the time and she always is there to answer my questions and check on things for me. She’s handling our group of 3-4 couples on Odyssey Italy/Greece next year and took care of our Mariner last year and has done great job with our cancelled Symphony and rebook of that cruise. She’s on top of the FCC and OBC too. ? @mworkman give MEI a try next time. ?

Get a different TA.

I wonder if I call the C&A line I might get through faster?

Uggghhhh getting antsy waiting for my OBC to post to my CP. it was applied Tuesday by my TA. Now I wait for it to appear. I don’t want to miss this sale. ? Sale is good until the 28th, so I’ll sit and check my cruise planner every 15 minutes ?

According to this, (@matt blog) you can exchange your FCC for a refund: Credits recieved from the third set of impacted sailings must be redeemed by January 1, 2021 and sail by April 30, 2022. In addition, the deadline to request to change a future cruise credit to a refund deadline is December 31, 2020. Full blog here: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2020/03/16/royal-caribbean-future-cruise-credit-what-you-need-know

I have thought to do the same! We’ve applied our OBC to our October Symphony but these prices are sooooo good and the OBC hasn’t been posted to CP yet. I thought about applying it to our 2021 Odyssey Italy/Greece but that little person on my shoulder keeps telling me to use it now.