AshleyDillo

Oh good! At least they had the foresight to block out the suites for now.

Can I just say I love how this messageboard has become the unofficial Star Class live blog/review board?

They share a lobby and pool area and you have access to the Hampton breakfast options as well as Home2. Home2 is more of an extended stay hotel (full fridge, microwave, sink, etc. They're both brand new. The photos in my Allure blog show some of the lobby and pool area. It's really nice and I think we are staying there again in January but at Home2 this time maybe.

Makes more sense to have check-in be closer in with all the cancellation and changes.

It's not for sale yet. Folks booked on the original Allure TA were told the dates changed and the ship was changing to Wonder.

It's kind of the same thing. If you are onboard for long enough the body will adapt to keep you from being unsteady on your feet. It's engaging muscles to assist with the extra balancing effort. Those muscles don't get used in the same way on land, so they can start to feel sore if you aren't used to it. It's the same thing that contributes to you still feeling like you are moving when you get back on land.

Yes, it appears the one scheduled April 24 is beginning on April 20 now.

https://www.cruisemapper.com/ports/coco-cay-port-392

I stayed at the Hampton Inn and Suites Port Canaveral. It's also really close to the port and has a shuttle to the port. It's attached to Home2 so that's another option. There's also Homewood Suites that shares the same block (the parking lots do connect through in the back!). Those are all Hilton brand hotels and are clean and new and include breakfast. I would recommend getting a car rental so you can explore on your own.

Ooh..I assumed he meant from Port Canaveral. That would be a big ol Uber charge for sure!

If there's a ship in port, they're around and waiting!

The wording used to say BOGO and is a one-time use, but worded this way makes it seem like it's a multiple use coupon. The one I have from Allure doesn't have the throughout your cruise wording.

Depends on why they are no-shows. Port fees and taxes will always get refunded. If they tested positive for COVID within 14 days of sailing they can get a refund. As stated you can cancel up to 48 hours prior for an FCC. I'm sure with the timeliness of processing cancellations that we see across the board, some of those cancellations still make it on the passenger manifest.

They are still having hundreds of no-shows day of sailings, so reduced capacity it pretty much handling itself right now. In fact I think the cruiselines would happily take more passengers. Folks are canceling for the protocols, testing requirements, mask requirements, etc. Royal's letting people get refunds when the protocols are released so people are taking advantage of that if they aren't comfortable with sailing.

Yaaaaay! I have been enjoying following along with all the blogs since I departed Allure last Sunday. You guys are going to have a blast! This helps with the post-cruise depression and the agonizing wait until the next one.

The CVS in my area don't open up the rapid appointments far in advance, only a few days. My plan is always schedule PCR far in advance and then grab the rapid appointments when they open up closer to the testing date. I am also going to order the at-home tests as another contingency plan. We are fortunate to have a community testing site around the corner so I have a lot of options for close-in rapid appointments but I still have to sweat it out until I can land the appointment and then hope it's not canceled on me..then the wait for results too!

You can get an Uber and Lyft in the port. Be prepared if taking one TO the port to show your ID. They do check everyone coming in and they let the drivers through solo for pick-ups but also make passengers show ID when they are with them.

The issue when using FCCs is sometimes it gets applied where the FCC makes it look like your cruise fare was reduced. So if your FCC was 1000 for a 5000 cruise, they see your cruise fare as 4000. If you are pricing that cruise now as 4700, it looks as though you already had the lower price because of the FCC. I would think resolutions will get you straight.

Allure I believe is going from Port Everglades for @josepena12, so realistically a sailing from Port Everglades or Miami is ideal. They are only about 45 minutes apart. You can grab an Uber or Lyft or cab to take you. The only issue may be the gap between debarkation and check-in for the 2nd cruise. I would say if you don't shift the entire B2B to something else entirely, adding Freedom out of Miami is entirely doable.

https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/are-there-any-experiences-that-are-closed I found it at this link so you can keep checking back there. This is what pulled up when I clicked on the Adventure sailing from Galveston option, in which obviously they didn't bother to update the graphic.

I know this says Nassau, but they haven't released any updated one for when it comes back to the US so can only go by what they currently have posted. The adults can enter the vaccinated only venues but the children will not be allowed. The vaccinated get a wristband and only those with a wristband are allowed in the vaccinated only areas. Yes, the kids are the only ones not allowed. Just traveling with kids doesn't mean the adults are treated as unvaccinated.

Maybe something to do with the final payment dates being moved to 30 days they're shortening the check-in window to closer in? 9/21 would be about 45 days out for a 11/5 sailing

The porters won't care what your check-in time is. They will take your luggage whenever you show up. I'm not sure exactly how early, but I'd imagine the few that are working debarkation take a little break and then hang around to assist with the new embarkation so there could be some porters available before the port even formally opens for check-in.

So basically in the US it will become the Pinnacle Club/Jazz on 4 like the other Oasis ships?

We had someone in our Roll Call group from my last cruise get denied at the port because she had been part of the CDC trial vaccinations and they didn't accept the CDC card she had. She even had a contact from Royal Caribbean that she had spoken to who stated she was fine since the CDC considered her fully vaccinated but they denied her boarding. It was a mess getting her luggage back and she had already paid for port parking and they wouldn't refund her. Her saga ended and when she finally was able to talk to Royal HQ, they ended up telling her they were in the wrong and she will be getting a full refund.