twangster

Be aware that Mexico has a mask mandate indoors and outdoors. Just left Costa Maya, was at Cozumel yesterday. Masks outdoors in this heat is not a lot fun. Pick your excursions with this in mind.

45? Forty five? Four followed by five? I'm not sure "active" is the appropriate term.

Do whatever you are comfortable doing. The water on board is reverse osmosis and almost certainly better than the water I get from my city source where I live. At home my water has a distinct taste that I'm not fond of so I installed an RO system at home.

Status only, they do not accept documents ahead of time. You must travel with the original forms provided when vaccinated and present those at the pier upon check in.

Varies by platform. On mobile you can't enter a specific date but at least on Apple devices you can give the year a big flick like you are spinning a wheel and get back a few decades pretty quickly.

Yet again no warning from the CDC for other high risk areas on land. Gotta love their devotion and fixation on one single industry.

Hmmm. July 29 - Royal announces policy of testing for all US cruises effective July 31. https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2021/07/29/royal-caribbean-will-require-negative-covid-19-test-all-us-sailings-longer-4-nights The new policy is effective for all U.S. sailings between July 31 and August 31. August 13 - CDC grants Indy certificate to sail https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2021/08/13/royal-caribbean-gets-cdc-approval-independence-of-the-seas-sail Independence received her Conditional Sailing Certificate from the CDC, which means the ship is ready to sail with passengers on August 15. What am I missing?

I've inquired recently and was told yes, the ship will take care of it. EDIT to add: If vaccinated. Unvaccinated cannot do B2B.

Yes. The only rates that don't qualify are travel agent rates and family and friends rates that employees have access to. Those and offers for free cruises. If in doubt email C&A.

At one point Radiance had a westbound canal transit on 4/10/22. Then they closed it for new bookings. Just as Serenade took over the Radiance east transit on 10/1/21 I suspect they'll have Serenade assume the 4/10/22 westbound in place of Radiance to get Serenade back to the west coast for Alaska 2022. However Serenade's spring calendar has some gaps so it's not entirely clear what they will do.

I brought a friend along to a loft suite on Oasis one time. Fast forward five years and I've invited her to share a balcony on Harmony. I'm not convinced she'll end up sailing. Given the number of times she said things like "balcony?" and "not a loft suite?" I think I've created a monster. A loft suite monster.

With the emphasis on CocoCay for the majority of Royal's cruises from Florida and Bayonne this is pretty impactful. With guest cancellations coming, watch for more price drops, for 2021 dates at least.

When a cancelled Navigator cruise did this I waited the 30 days, then 45 days then 60 days as they requested. Then I asked them to take a deeper look. Someone did and found it was stuck in limbo. It was in some dark place that everyone assumed would eventually land in a human's lap but didn't. That's when someone who was willing to put just a little more effort into it saw it was in purgatory and they created a workflow to rescue it. In another 15 days it was refunded.

Goes without saying but I assume everyone has cleared cache and is using private browser mode?

Other than 2021 with ATRA bypassing Canada, in a normal year SEA has Quantum class while YVR (Vancouver) has Radiance class. The original plan for 2021 and the plan that remains for 2022 is Radiance doing the one-way North/South and Serenade doing YVR round trip. I'm a big fan of the one way and have done it twice. That being said when Serenade was added for the 2021 season she had double glaciers on some dates visiting Endicott Arm, Tracy Arm and/or Hubbard Glacier in various combinations. Those double glacier itineraries are very compelling.

I am speechless because @Lovetocruise2002 once vowed to never do Alaska. Who are you and what have you done with @Lovetocruise2002?

The last thing I want to add about Carnival... They are operating within the framework and guidance of the CDC Conditional Sail Order. Choosing the 95/95 vaccinated path and skipping a simulated test cruise did not absolve Carnival from the CSO. Choosing 95/95 vaccinated simply means they were able to skip the simulated voyage and carry on with the rest of the CSO. The CDC embraced Carnival's approach. If it isn't working, the CDC CSO guidance has a significant role in that. For ships with at least 95% of crew and 95% of passengers fully vaccinated, cruise ship operators, at their discretion, may advise passengers and crew that they do not have to wear a mask or maintain physical distance in any areas. Confirmation that 95% of crew and 95% of passengers are fully vaccinated must be made available to CDC upon request.

Trying to get rid of me? ?

For one Nov. cruise the app won't even let me go into that cruise. Online I can check in but there are no times to pick from. They just aren't focused on cruises in November yet. The CSO may be in play or it might expire. They don't know so their focus is on cruises that are closer.

I was wondering 'cause Enchantment isn't sailing in September ?

Keep in mind the dining options available on Enchantment. Chops Grille Do you really want an unlimited dining package?

Wait for it...

Royal has offered no indication either way. We simply don't know if they were added last month while she was in dry dock for routine marine maintenance.

Simply put Voom works and as long as your cellular provider supports wifi calling Voom works very well for texting just like at home. If your cellular provider doesn't support wifi calling then chat apps such as FB Messenger or WhatsApp also work over Voom. If your family is all iPhone users then iMessage works very well over Voom. Beyond that... Royal has a chat feature in their app that doesn't require the internet but does have a fee associated with it. https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2021/07/06/royal-caribbeans-chat-feature-now-available-every-cruise-ship As far as the cost of internet on board: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2020/07/27/royal-caribbean-wifi-worth-it Here is some more information about cellular on board: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2016/06/30/how-use-your-cell-phone-royal-caribbean-cruise-and-not-come-home-big-bill

Who here loves cheap cruises? Turns out it costs money to properly fund an IT department and to build bullet proof IT systems. Who here wants higher prices? Once the hamster powering the middleware server has finished their rest break it will start working again.