KathyC

My skies will be a bit quieter this summer...

Keep watching your cruise planner; it varies by ship and sailing when items open up. One of our suite regulars may be able to give you something more concrete than that...I'll start with @Lovetocruise2002 .

Our Governor has currently "paused" all additional re-openings as our numbers were tracking really high. The last week they have been going down, but now with the pause in being able to offer the J&J vaccines it will delay additional vaccinations. I don't see him saying no if the CDC allows the re-opening though. But I also do not see him doing what the Florida governor is, and filing any lawsuits or pushing back. That being said, re-election is coming up. We shall see what noise the dock unions make. We already have such a busy port that we don't need the income from just the normal one ship each from Royal & Celebrity (and usually a second Royal in the summer.) The cruise industry isn't a big deal up here.

I know a bunch of people jumped on those sailings; other than @Matt I can't remember who else booked. I'm not sure anyone has booked hotel etc yet, but I tagged matt in case he has been researching already and has some advice.

Mine is, yes. Usually it's a box to click towards the end of the reservation. I use a TA for my bookings, so I just request a refundable rate.

Not all sales apply to all sailings, so keep checking back once it gets a bit closer to sail date. @Matt's blog posts about the sales usually mention which sailings the sale applies to.

I have one booked for August that I may or may not keep, but used FCC to grab a cabin they day the sailings opened. I used a TA, and our rate actually went down $500 after we booked it. They price check often and was pleasantly surprised! That difference would cover air for one of us at today's prices...hoping as the world opens up the air drops.

To answer your question, log into your cruise planner & click on the sailing. Hover over DINING, and click on ALL DINING. Scroll down past the "ads" (LOL) and you will see two options: Make a Reservation and Plan All Cruise Dining. Click on "Plan All". Select your guests, add in others from the other reservations, and check the box for SAME guest each night. The next screen will have your guests pre-populated for you; for day 1 click on Select Restaurant and Time. Scroll down until you see the My Time Dining option. Choose your time from the options listed; once you click on a time the screen will refresh to show your selection. Do the same for the other nights. Once you are down, click on "Checkout Now". It will make you go through the process but not ask for any credit card information. You should get an email confirming your "purchase". I don't remember if the other parties will get one too, or if it only comes to you.

Welcome to the boards!! Here are a couple of blog posts about the Labadee & bungalows: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2016/08/30/spotted-beach-bungalows-royal-caribbeans-labadee https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2017/08/29/25-tips-great-day-royal-caribbeans-labadee https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2018/10/12/friday-photos-october-12-2018

We had trivia on Summit, and they were British Pub style. I bet you will be pleasantly surprised!

I've been watching all evening, looked like Serenade was being sent in that direction but it said she was going to "BGI" what ever that means, but then she stopped and went south. Now she's just hanging out. I think she may be there "just in case". The Celebrity Millennium had St. Vincent as it's destination. Silhouette still says Barbados, but she is clearly heading that way. I think it's to be prepared for the mass evacuation. The ferries have been shuttling people for a few hours. Unfortunately the article says that Barbados & St. Lucia will only take them vaccinated as well. I did read a tweet that vaccinations are being provided, but honestly where they are coming from, I have no idea. Twitter is spotty with details tonight.

From 3-25; https://www.caribbeantoday.com/sections/travel/cruise-sector-to-resume-operations-within-strict-safety-protocols

@Matt

I'm on Apex in 2022 - I'll let you know if we get there or not. ?

Now that NCL made their announcement, they realize they have no choice?

NJ updated ours yesterday, we are now April 19 for 16+

We had a day stop a couple years ago and loved it. We just wandered and had such a good day. Definitely a city we want to go back to. I can add to the above with a couple places to eat: Jestine's Kitchen at the Corner of Wentworth & Meeting Streets Peace Pie for a custom made ice cream sandwich. 223 Meeting St was the one we went to, but I think there are two locations.

From my phone, no. Edited my post.

Apparently when I try to read the boards from my phone I can't see everything so I missed the name of the cruise line.

I'm not sure. St. Thomas comes to mind, but since that's a US territory they may have to abide by the CDC rules. I'm thinking maybe Cozumel.

It's a fuel stop, according to one of the Insiders who works on non-passenger ships. Bermuda fuel is super expensive, so they will go to Freeport to fuel up instead.

It would be so lovely if Annie can get on this.

We're going to use FCC to put down a refundable deposit on one for August, then think about it some more. By choosing a later sailing, there will be time for some of the details to be made public knowledge, and for more flights to be added. I did some flight checking as well and there are so few flights going from EWR/PHL to Bermuda right now it's really hard to know what pricing is going to be like. My TA said once the itineraries open up next week there will be more information on what Royal is planning. Right now, for the week we are looking at, there is one non-stop daily from EWR and PHL to St. Georges. The EWR flight is $468 pp and the PHL is $651. I can save a bit if I want one-stop, but silly from NJ to fly anywhere else but direct. Baltimore does not offer any non-stops, if I wanted to drive there and get on a flight. $490 from JFK, and they have 3 non-stops that day. This is through Expedia.

There must be a plan in place already for Bermuda to allow the ships to embark/disembark. The plan is just not public knowledge as of yet. Since everyone has to arrive by air, it will be easy to coordinate tests, transportation, etc. Maybe the plan for everyone entering Bermuda at that time will be different, but the local government doesn't want to share that information with the citizens right now? June is still pretty far away to rile people up now. LOL

Word on the street is she is heading over for a short required dry dock, then Marc Walker is reporting as Cruise Director. ? "The street" is Marc's Facebook page.