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My concern is the unknown as far as international travel and specifically our April 12 TA cruise to Southampton. I would play it safe and cancel  but we are at the 75% cancellation mark. I also have air tickets, hotels, tours, etc that are non refundable or have hefty change fees. My insurance doesn’t pay for FEAR of coronovirus. I have decided to wait and see until April 1. Surely RCCL will know by then if the cruise is a go or will be canceled. 

3 hours ago, sk8erguy1978 said:

It's never too late to book travel insurance! While fear wouldn't be a covered reason, if someone does get ill, or a doctor says the elderly family member cannot travel, hopefully you can get some costs back.

This is not necessarily so! AIG says : Please also note that Coronavirus became a known risk on January 24, 2020 and, as such, any claim arising from Coronavirus may not be covered if the policy was purchased or the trip was arranged on or after January 24, 2020. The following are the questions we are receiving most frequently in our Service Center:

Also fear of contracting the coronavirus is not eligible for reimbursement.

Does anyone know what the RCCL insurance policy states about this? We are leaving April 12 to London and would lose 75%. We also have nonrefundable airline tickets from London as well as nonrefundable hotel in London-theater tickets in London and other tour tickets. So canceling would be quite the expense.

Thanks for the question and answer. We have had priests onboard on varying cruises so we are hoping one is onboard for our Easter departure on April 12- Anthem Transatlantic.

We are on the transatlantic to Southampton UK in April. I need to book a car service to take us to our hotel. The ship is due to arrive at 5:30 am. We are D+ which is supposed to give us priority disembarking. What time should I tell the car service to pick us up?

BTW if anyone else is on that cruise which arrives in Southampton on April 24, I just discovered the London Marathon is Sunday the 26th so it will be super crowded that weekend. Better book everything  now if you haven't already done so.

I truly hope she is completely well before your cruise. If you read the latest RCCL travel restrictions the following is included.

"Any guest presenting with fever or low blood oximetry in the specialized health screening will be denied boarding."

We made a late booking for our cruise and there are very few excursions listed on the cruise planner as available. Is it possible to book an excursion and then get on a waitlist onboard with the idea of canceling the first booking if our preferred excursion becomes available?

As far as the room service coffee, a carafe has two cups of coffee. So order 2 carafes so you can sit on your balcony and drink as much as you want -FREE! 

Try to clear a spot on the counter or coffee table to set down the tray.

We did the Sting Ray City and Dolphin encounter in Grand Cayman. The dolphins are kept in an enclosed area which looks pretty disgusting to me but it didn't seem to bother my teenage grandchildren. 

My opinion is that it is refundable for goods purchased that you are taking back to the US but not for food/ beverages and I assume services like a tour that are consumed or used.  But I could be wrong. It's a royal pain to try to get it back anyway.

Does the price of the coffee card ever change? Does it matter whether you buy it on cruise planner or onboard and where do you buy it onboard?

High!!! And the early boarding has gone up for our flight to $25.00 pp. I remember when it used to be $7.50! I better get A boarding for that price. 

Yes, we booked a Transatlantic onboard and received the $100.00 pp deposit instead of $900.00 and also received $200 OBC.  BTW the price of our cruise dropped after booking and we were able to get the price lowered $325.00.

My flight was only available through April 12.  I got the last two at the lowest fare.

The room service carafe hold two cups of coffee, so if you want more than that just order 4 coffees and you will get two carafes. I do not like the Windjammer coffer-it always tastes burned. I do however like the coffee from the MDR-don't know why the difference.

I plan to buy a coffee card for our 12 night Transatlantic on Anthem. Does anyone know when the coffee shop is open in the morning and also does the price ever change on the coffee card? Right now it is $31.00.

A notarized letter stating the ship, itinerary, dates along with permission to sign waivers for activities and give permission for medical treatment is REQUIRED.  If the child's parents are divorced, it is best that both sign although I believe only one is required. We did this in June when we took our grandson. They asked for it and made a copy at checkin.

What if I’m traveling with a minor and I’m not their parent or legal guardian?

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Adults who are not the parent or legal guardian of a minor traveling with them must present an original, notarized letter signed by the child's parent(s) authorizing the adult to take the child on the specific cruise, supervise the child, and allow emergency medical treatment to be administered, if needed.

This is necessary even when the adult traveling is part of the child’s extended family (i.e. aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc). To make it easy for you, we have a sample letter you can use. The letter can be downloaded here.

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On 7/27/2019 at 4:18 PM, Yo2slick said:

What about doing shore excursions where you will be in the water like Swimming with dolphins and Stringray City?  Do they have lockers available as well?

Yes they do on that particular excursion. 

Thank you for the update. 

Thanks

@JohnUK @Lovetocruise2002  I don't get it! John asks the concierge EVERY cruise to make a reservation for him but I shouldn't ask a clarifying question? I didn't mean I was going to ask the concierge to make a reservation for April, just ask if the policy had changed. Strange! I think if he/she doesn't answer, then that's ok but what is the harm in asking? BTW I did send email to C&A but the confusion seems to be on the individual ships. 

Please don't fill your bottles directly from the water spouts onboard. Sometimes the bottles are too big and I have seen people push their bottles under and contaminate the spouts. You are supposed to pour the water into a glass and then into your bottle. I have heard the Freestyle machines are different. Thanks.

@JohnUK Exactly how do I contact the concierge for the ship we will be on in April? I am going to follow up on this. We will be on Anthem.

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Wow I wonder if that is fleetwide?  It was available on Liberty last June. 

@twangster  ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE SAME SUBJECT PLEASE. WOULD IT BE BETTER TO MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR THE SPECIALTY DINING ROOM NOW AND PAY FOR IT, THEN TRY TO GET A REFUND FOR ONE DINNER ONBOARD OR WAIT AND MAKE THE RESERVATION ONBOARD? THE ADVANTAGE OF DOING IT NOW WOULD BE GETTING THE DAY AND TIME I PREFER AND THE OPTIONS MIGHT BE LIMITED IF I WAIT.

Ahhh! No wonder! I assumed every ship had managed to squeeze a restaurant in somewhere. Thanks 

Interesting !  I notice no specialty dining BOGO on Majesty?   

Is this a 5 night?