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Transfers are not included with A2S. Transfer options appear to be: ARRIVAL ONLY $60.00 pp DEPARTURE ONLY $60.00 pp R/T - $120.00 pp KNOW BEFORE YOU GO WE’LL SHUTTLE YOU TO YOUR SHIP Royal Caribbean offers easy-to-purchase ground transfers to and from the cruise ship — just leave the details to us. Ease into your cruise adventure by letting Royal Caribbean safely get you to and from the ship with one of our easy-to-purchase ground transfers. If you choose to make your own air arrangements or book air through our online ChoiceAir Travel Program you may wish to purchase ground transportation to the ship. Transfers are available for pre-purchase from the arrival airport to the pier on day of sailing and from the pier to the departure airport on debarkation day only. It is recommended that transfers are purchased two weeks prior to sailing. Please remember we require your flight information in order to promptly meet all guests. To purchase your Royal Caribbean Guest Transfer or for additional information consult your travel agent or our Reservations Department at 1-800-327-6700.

I think the 60d estimate was from the days of no vaccines. Just as we know a lot more now and there are many different thoughts on virus tactics, the cruise lines have been learning and changing. They have experience now operating cruises. We saw them load material months ago now. It appears Navigator at a minimum is getting batches of crew every few days. I guess what I'm trying to say is the clock doesn't start upon the big announcement we are all waiting for. The clock has already started and they are already spinning up the machine, 60 days isn't the time needed anymore, at least for some ships.

Welcome to the message boards! Any cabin with 5 guests can't be done on the website so engaging a travel agent can help you with options. Five in one room is going to be tight but the Ultra Spacious Ocean View category 1K and the Spacious Interior category 1R are larger than regular cabins and can take 5 in one cabin. The Ultra Spacious Ocean View category 1K can accommodate 5 guests but the bunk beds may be more suited to kids and not full grown adults so if you are all basketball players that could be interesting. The main bed separates into two single beds, then the sofa pulls out and the two bunks gets you to five. There is a junior suite that can take 5 guests but it has a balcony and will be several thousand more (~$4-5k more) The next choice would be two cabins, one triple and a double. Travel agents have tools to find cabins close to each other or connecting. The benefit of two cabins is two bathrooms. If you are considering the drink package if all 5 are in one cabin you all have to get the drink package if anyone buys it. By going with two cabins if you have any non-drinkers you could put them in one cabin and the drinkers in another cabin so this can save a bunch if not everyone wants the drink package. There aren't a lot of 1R or 1K cabins so availability isn't great and some dates are already sold out in June 2022. There may be group rates available to travel agents to help with the cost a bit compared to direct from Royal. There is only one 1R spacious interior cabin for all of June and that's on June 11,2022. There are five 1k spacious ocean view cabins but only on June 4, 2022. Any other dates and you will need two cabins. I'd highly recommend using a travel agent.

For me all cruises through December 2022 have internet options including Voom + DX. 2023 cruises do not have anything for purchase including Voom.

I went down that path. i also looked over the state records of business corporations and found most Royal Caribbean entities are inactive although the corporate group is active. Do all child corporations under the parent corporation qualify if the parent corporation does? Each ship is it's own company but none are registered in Florida. How does that work in terms of being a Florida business entity? If a foreign airline picks up passengers in Miami then flies back to South America is that considered doing business in Florida? I gave up trying to figure it out. Figure time will tell.

Once the CDC clarifies questions and concerns Royal can begin to look at each ship and determine a possible plan to restart. When? Don't know yet.

I believe so, so we could see increased confrontation over masks at stores and bars. "The governor says I don't have to..."

I just don't get why he is pursuing it with the cruise ships that he says he is trying to help. He has an easy out. "Cruise ships are under federal health regulations. It's the crazy CDC's fault". Instead he is going out of his way to create a confrontation. I'm not sure it's a wise use of the political capital it's going to cost him.

Don't know that this level of detail is made public. I started to make final payment a few months ago once I saw light in the tunnel. So far I haven't regretted that choice. Therefore I can state with confidence it is not 0%.

I'd like to see the options the CDC is giving the cruise lines to work within. It could be more of the same we've seen before or this could be a meaningful way out of this mess. My gut tells me the CDC would love the cruise lines to announce to the world vaccinate or stay home. Once we see the choices the cruise lines really can make only then do we reach the next roadblock which could be the State of Florida, at least from the State's perspective. They have stated clearly a number of times they think they have the power to dictate what cruises line can do. Only time will tell if we reach the point where we find out.

That requires they do sample cruises. Until we see what that really means I'll defer judgement. The CDC is trying to motivate people to vaccinate but they can't flat out make it a requirement so they are putting that onto the cruise lines. Requires vaccines and you get the easy road. Don't require vaccines and here are the speedbumps you'll encounter on the hard road. If, and this is a very big if, cruise lines are actually Florida businesses and he intends to pursue this to the point of shutting down the industry in this state that puts me at odds with the Governor. We don't need more government regulations, we need less regulation.

If it gets to the people who are out of work at the SeaPorts sure. If its just so SeaPorts can have a pretty balance sheet I'd need to look into that more.

Seriously though if we reach the point where the only thing keeping ships from sailing is the state of Florida the cruise lines may have a strong argument for compensation. Assuming Texas doesn't follow they could send some ships to Texas to sail.

I will move on to a cruise ship ?

I'd like to see the cruise lines to come back with... "Okay Governor so you are saying we are a Florida business. Cool. In that case how about millions of stimulus money like you promised the seaports?".

Friendly reminder if you are thinking about booking a cruise and would like the peace of mind of having Cruise With Confidence as a future option, you must book by May 31, 2021 so book before the end of this month. What you need to know • As long as you cancel at least 48 hours before your sail date, you’ll receive a Future Cruise Credit. • The Cruise with Confidence program covers bookings that are booked on or before May 31st, 2021, that set sail on or before April 30th, 2022. • Future Cruise Credits are valid to book by April 30th, 2022 and sail by September 30th, 2022. • You may owe any difference in cruise fare if your new booking exceeds the Future Cruise Credit’s value. • Some restrictions may apply. • If you opt into the Cruise with Confidence 100% Future Cruise Credit, you do not qualify for any Future Cruise Credit offers or refunds related to our Global Suspension of sailings.

Contact you credit card company and discuss options with them for a chargeback. FWIW my May and June cancellations were processed within a few weeks but if there is FCC involved it does extend the time frame since it becomes a manual process.

There is an existing cargo rail line that runs North/South along the east coast. The new rail being added along 528 was the shortest path to intercept the existing line at minimal cost since for the most part they could use the existing highway right of way and not get into extensive land acquisition battles with private owners. The next logical addition is a Cocoa station but prior plans for a Cocoa station were dropped. i suspect it's all they could do to fund the 528 expansion costs and buying property for a new station was a luxury they couldn't afford right now. Cargo trains take priority so they'd need a lot of space to build a station that would allow cargo trains to bypass the station. The existing cargo rail line is single so the right of way is narrow. That means sidings and more land acquired outside of the existing rail right of way so major costs for a station. VirtualRailfan.com has cameras in Cocoa on the existing cargo line. The cost to add rail bridges over water all the way to the port would be pretty substantial and challenged by environmental groups. A Cocoa station and buses to the port would be the logical and more easily implemented solution.

Celebrity doesn't swipe cards for pool towels and they place folded towels on loungers as a courtesy. Basically a folded towel on a lounger means "available".

In this case I imagine new crew are brought to the terminal early and jabbed with a vaccine (if they choose) then the ship arrives and they board as a group to go into quarantine in a guest balcony cabin for two weeks. A few days later if another group of crew have amassed in hotels they repeat the process for the next batch.

When Empress and Majesty lost Cuba they turned out new itineraries and there was no single supplement. That was incredible and it was during July and August plus since they were regular cabins double CAS points applied (triple for suites). That's why I cruised on these two ships in 2019 as much as I did. No single supplement is very rare.

There is no standard. It's not a fixed price difference compared to a regular cabin. Often the difference between NRD and refundable is pretty extreme on studio cabins too. Here is a "hidden" studio interior on Brilliance and Mariner I often see. You can't see it but after selecting one guest in this case the "guarantee" cabin is actually an studio interior (guarantee are often blocked for solo). You can call to book it direct and they will see it as a studio interior or find the same cruise on a 3rd party website and you'll see it is actually a studio interior. The "You Pick Your Room" rate is a regular interior cabin with the 200% single supplement. 3rd party website for same cruise, one guest: On Harmony I often see the studio version is more money compared to paying the 200% single supplement. Why on earth would anyone book the studio cabin? The voodoo magic of solo deepens because Royal does offer reduced single supplements on many cruises but only for a few cabins. Once a few guests book them, they disappear and all that's left is 200% regular cabins for solo. The best way to scoop up a reduced single fare (125% or 150% instead of 200%) is to book very early or get lucky. They are out there but it's hard to be the early bird with so many other birds looking for that solo worm. July and August don't usually see reduced single supplements so the rare Brilliance opportunity like above are few and far between. On this short notice for July the only reason we see them this year is because bookings are off due to the pandemic. Normally these cabins are long gone.

Something like that.

Navigator was in Miami on Saturday. I saw one destined for Port Everglades, Mariner I think. I suspect they are getting crew. Crew work visas don't allow them to stay in transit too long. They can arrive in the country through an airport on their transit visa but then the clock starts running and they have to get on a ship within a specific time window. They can't wait in a hotel for weeks for example, they'll overstay their transit visa.

Porters are in the cruise terminal wandering around the luggage area. They usually have a baggage cart with them. Simply stop one and ask for assistance but prepare to tip them. They are not Royal employees. They are usually local longshoremen often unionized.