Baked Alaska

Do you have multiple reservations linked together for that sailing?
Or someone else in your cabin
 if linked reservations you may have clicked on someone else’s reservation to do the booking. their system fires not care whose credit card was used, only the person (name)  who made the reservation can change it.
 A daughter was my “secretary” for me one day  as we were driving she was reading prices of stuff for our cruise so I told her to book the beach. The beach went cheaper and I attempted to cancel and rebook, and had the same message as you.  My daughter had to log into her account to cancel the beach and then I booked it.
 With Internet you should be able to make the purchase on your account and then figure out where the purchase was made under and cancel it. 

Wouldn't that be fascinating?  Half of my interest in this topic is because I'm a sucker for naval architecture and ships in general.  I waste way too much time imagining how I would remodel another cruise line's ship if it were bought by RC.

We I’ve noticed that MSC is gaining more people from Carnival with their matches status program. Have a few friends that were Loyal to Carnival and stated that there now canceling Carnival cruises and making the jump to MSC, they said why wait for the inevitable to happen later on when they can start now. Even though it’s not official, they will beat the rush and won’t lose anything if Carnival doesn’t follow through with the changes. Can’t say that I blame them. I’ve been seeing this same statement online on FB.  It’s going to be interesting as other Cruise line loyalties program managers will be watching to see how the fallout affects the program.

And another price drop today. Small drops but I'll take it. I think it's down 382 bucks from when I booked it. 

Do any of you like watching Bryan?
We met on my second day onboard Allure, and literally decided at that moment to make a video. Nothing was planned or scripted. Just a real conversation whilst holding my camera.
Of course, the main topic of discussion was both of us deciding to leave our jobs and saying goodbye to shiplife - as we reflect back on a careers with Royal Caribbean.
 
 

You could always share here in the meantime. Not saying your idea of a new sub-forum is a bad one but people would likely read and appreciate your thoughts wherever.

We are in the literal doghouse right now, VERY, VERY hot Doghouse. Our Central AC unit died of course when its gonna be 100 degrees! We bought a house finally 6 or 7 months ago. The AC was the only question mark because it was old. We hoped to get one season out of it but....NOPE. 7,600 bucks, OUCH but apparently that is a good price my friend said that has an HVAC business. Still ouch and oh we have make our final payment next week which i was planning to do tomorrow for our Liberty cruise to Bermuda in late Sept/Oct. Our first cruise without the kids....ever. Thank you in-laws for suggesting it. Sorry just trying self sooth here by spewing info. 🤣🤣

Unlike most 1 bedroom Grand Suites, I find the cabins on Harmony and Symphony very small and segmented by the half wall that runs down the middle of the room.  Whoever designed the layout did a poor job.   Does anyone else feel that way?  

Woo hoo on a good streak. Dropped again this morning, I think a little over 100 bucks too!

Judging by the #/frequency of e-mails I'm receiving from Royal, HAL, & MSC, plus now weekly calls from NCL to both of us, I sense the salad days of 2023-24 are coming to an end.
RE: Carnival's Rewards 'retool'. I get a sense they're trying to slow the upward mobility to their top tiers; something I've seen discussed on this forum regarding overabundance of upper tier  C & A passengers on some cruises resulting in  less than satisfying experiences for some 'not quite there' yet?

It just seems like a change to make if you need an influx of cash, getting more people to use their credit card and casino. And in a way, almost forcing you to get their credit card.
 
Meanwhile Disney just dropped its deposit amount from 20% to 10%, showing things are slowing for them, too.

Please though, no reduce of benefits.  Royal is on 🔥, bookings, profits, new ships. No need to screw loyal customers. 

I love a good hotdog, but I feel the same about Boardwalk Doghouse that @Matt feels about Samba Grill (which has had two recent votes of confidence somehow).  How does Royal not replace every Boardwalk Doghouse yesterday?  El Loco Fresh, Fish and Ships, and the Spare Tire (or something new entirely) all seem like better choices.  It makes you wonder if someone foolishly signed a 15-year hotdog contract that Royal can't get out of.

Carnival changes loyalty program where you start to lose points after not cruising for two years...
Click here for the article.

Adding to this, my phone app says ROS check-in begins June 9th. So, I wait midnight (current ship time which was Alaska time), which would have been 3 AM my time. I check the app and it says that check-in is June 9th. It's already June 9th. Check in on my desktop,  with a webpage pulled up in Chrome, says June 10th. I thought the day started at Midnight (ship time for check-in purposes).
 

Which private transfer service have you used? Also, did you use tour operator(s) for the Roma area? Ive been looking at Through Eternity for tours. We plan to experience Rome for 4 days before our Celebtrity cruise in May of 2026.

The Voom is certainly overpriced but can you imagine the hassle of trying to run a modern phone on cellular data at sea? What’s the spread on cost? The Voom service works very well 90% of the time. 

It's an alternative yes. Though I would never want to rely on cellular data on a ship in the smart phone era. Because how much data smart phones actually use and how unpredictable a ship's cellular connection may be. All that said, I'm sure people have had good luck with it. Just I personally wouldn't trust it.

Same question!
Also, new to Europe travel and wondering the same thing.  We are there end of June for Rome then jump on Odyssey.  Transportation options are all over the board, as well as, pricing.  Any logistic advice or counsel from royalcaribbeanblog nation would be appreciated.
 

Maybe your amazing travel agent pulled some strings and got it done for you. (She didn't, but we'll pretend!)

You never know, but it definitely hasn't been announced or rumored.  It's been successful so why change?  

I had a cruise automatically get canceled recently.  Royal refunded my deposit without notice or explanation.  Then Royal canceled the reservation for non payment of the deposit. Go figure!

Something so basic, yet I failed to read the names on a booking today.  I supplied the correct crown and anchor for my husband, the guy read it back incorrectly-I corrected it-we verified my husbands name.  Get the confirmation email, I swear it said his name.  Get a “change” email 4 hours later, I have no idea what could have been changed and see some other man’s name on the confirmation! I just informed hubby he’s not sailing with me🤣   And his name was not on the booking confirmation! Of course tomorrow I’ll call to get this straightened out. 
 
On another occasion, a few months back, I had a royal up email. The only problem is it wasn’t a cruise I had booked.  Normally I don’t read the royal up and delete them. Glad I read it.  I looked into it and it turns out my name had been added to someone else’s cruise.
so, take heed, bizarre things happen-read those confirmations and emails!

It's such a gimmick. I have one cruise in the future on Icon and Star and check prices daily. They basically increased the price a bit and offering a little bit back. No real savings. But yes, I also wondered what was going on with those two ships that they felt the need offer that promo.

The page with the luggage tags is the only page of any consequence IMO