Mike P

I've done one contract with Holland America... 🤫

Q: How long until Icon of the Seas launches?
A: We're just one @CHRIS WONG break away!

Yes, last year the company emailed all crew asking who would like to volunteer to be on the start-up team.

Already told my wife we HAVE to go support Chris by spending a lot of time in the casino 😄

Who’s going on this one??

I'm in!

I'm in!

I'm in!

I'm in!

I'm in!

Let the countdown commence.

Yay!  The "unofficial" RCBlog group cruise is on!

My daughters boyfriend lost his card and went to CVS where he originally got it and they were able to reproduce it.

My daughters boyfriend lost his card and went to CVS where he originally got it and they were able to reproduce it.

I haven't heard of any ship having "huge outbreaks".  1-2% positivity rates really isn't huge (and most was crew).  Omicron will undoubtedly not be an issue in June.  

If you book each member of a couple as solo in each they'd get triple point in suites!

An expensive option is to book a room on each side of the ship and then spend time in each port in the room facing land.
Just a thought. 

I booked a few days after it was announced!  Can’t wait!

I am happy to announce that I will be joining the brand new Odyssey Of The Seas this week.
 
I look forward for the opportunity to go back to work, and once again help create vacation memories for Royal Caribbean passengers (you guys)!
 
Watch out for my upcoming videos on YouTube.
 
Chris Wong

Thank You for giving me a CHOICE, and I will pick number Two please.  It really should have not been this complicated!
I think if getting the vaccine wasn't shoved down peoples throats and where allowed to coexist on a cruise with vaccinated people, I think many of those un vaccinated passengers would be compliant with the rules imposed upon them.  

So when the vaccine was being required, people who agreed with this said to those who didn't "Then you don't have to cruise"  
Well , I guess now the shoe is on the other foot now!

Best news I’ve heard all day!!

Whether you agree with the measures or not, you will most likely have the choice to go on the cruise or not. If anything, whenever cruises resume in other parts of the world, I would assume that there would be the option to cancel without penalty due to these measures, if not outright cancelling sailings and re adding new “measure introduced” mirror sailings that would probably be cheaper. 
 
That’s what happened in Singapore. All sailing were cancelled and replaced with the ocean getaways. The new sailing also had 50% off every passenger to make it a little more attractive. I don’t know about you, but if I can get $3000 off an initial price, measures or not, I will be more inclined to book it. 
 
Also, to give you a little insight on why maybe these measure work in Singapore and people still go on them. 
 
Singapore is an island (ie completely surrounded by water) smaller than the size of New York City. With closed borders, you’re basically stuck in a small place with no where to escape too. One thing to note about Singaporeans, is they like to travel, even weekend trips to Malaysia feels like a vacation from the bustle of City life. You can imagine the pent up need to leave Singapore. 
 
Add the fact that Singaporeans generally follow laws really closely. I’m sure you’ve heard we’re a “fine” country. Yes, you get fined for some of the smallest things and harder punishments for actual bad stuff. It’s not a bad thing, because personally, I like that I can be walking the street at 3am almost anywhere in Singapore and feel completely safe. 
 
Lastly, we do have COVID relatively under control. So much so, that I personally feel many Singaporeans are getting complacent. That being said, most everyone has gotten used to the measures we have on land. Masks are worn everywhere, regardless of your line of work. I wear my mask for 10 hours everyday, to the point that sometimes, my face feels naked without one now. Yeah, crazy I know. 
 
The need to vacation is so strong that staycations took off, but I would think for most people, between wearing a mask in a hotel and wearing a mask on a cruise. Most would choose the latter
 
Well, I think I’ll end my rant here. Hope you enjoy a little of perspective from a Singaporean 

Covid is apolitical.  It attacks and infects regardless of physical borders or virtual borders created by virtual fences created by politics.  
That's all well and good but when posts move beyond expressing a view and words are directed towards individuals it moves to another level beyond the scope of a cruise centric community. 
It's also disrespectful to the owner of this wonderful community and forum when posts venture well beyond the scope and purpose of this forum as established by its owner.  This is not a forum to discuss if Ford is better than Chevy, if Airbus is better than Boeing or if the price of tea in China is appropriate at the moment.  It's a simple request, keep it about cruising.  There are plenty of other places to talk about all the other stuff.

This would be good point to give a friendly reminder to keep this thread relevant to cruising.  We have already had to delete a few posts in this thread.
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