Hoppy2cruise

Look at your cruise history to determine which ships you were on when you hit 140 and 210 blocks.  Call C&A and tell them which one you are missing.  Unless you missed the 140 in the 2011 conversion (people have reported blocks were not awarded if earned because of the bonus points during the conversion), they will send you the appropriate blocks.

And I will be first in line for my child, because she shouldn't die of a disease when vaccines make it preventable. 

I hope and believe that once the vaccine(s) is approved for ages 5-12, it will eventually be required to cruise.  Eventually schools will require it just like the other vaccine requirements for the past 150+ years.  Also in response to earlier comments about not basing their kids vaccine decision on cruising, I completely agree.  You should get your kids vaccinated for their health, your health, your family's health, and your fellow human beings health.  Cruising is just another excellent reason for people to vaccinate.  

My wife and I have a cruise booked with our 3-year-old for May. I'm hoping he's eligible and fully vaxxed by then.
My wife has a PhD in biochemistry and has spent her career studying infectious diseases. I've spent the pandemic working in a hospital. We have our reasons. Many reasons. Science being the #1 reason. Same reasons he's been given all his other vaccinations.

I hope parents don't get their children vaccinated for ANY reason.
Edited to add:  I mean the COVID injection. I am not an anti-vaxxer, otherwise.

Do you want to bet your cruise on it?
 
I would not.

Here are some photos of the new Galveston cruise terminal construction, taken this afternoon from Liberty of the Seas. It looks like things are moving along nicely!

Not the ship because you know how to take personal responsibility for yourself.

They do not reset to zero.  They are reset to actual points the minor earned by cruising.  The status, however, remains.  Example: the minor cruised once with Diamond parents on a 7 night cruise.  The account would show the minor as Diamond with the parents’ total points.  After turning 18, the account would show Diamond with 7 points.  To reach Diamond Plus would require earning 168 additional cruise points.
The Crystal Blocks are one per household.  My husband has 14 fewer actual points than I have so he would have received a block on the cruise following the one “I” received the 280 Crystal Block if we were each entitled to one. 

This assumes they knew to check in online.  It is unlikely anyone will ever know the facts. 

Although construction began about two months ago, a small official groundbreaking for the new Cruise Terminal 10 did take place today.  Independence of the Seas sails her inaugural cruise from Galveston tomorrow so it was a big celebration.

Each time we get passports I scan a copy of the passport photo to use for RC checkin.

Just make it a sea day.  Not a big deal at all.

If I were Royal Caribbean, I'd be looking at adding a St. Thomas visit on every sailing from a Florida port. ?

Points to be earned are not listed anywhere on your reservation or invoice.  For most cabins, it is 1 point per night.  
 
Exceptions: suites receive an extra point per night as do guests staying alone in a double occupancy cabin (so solo in a suite = 3 points per night).    
 
Whatever number of points that are normally received are doubled during the 2X incentive.
In your case, you’ll receive 1 point per night + 1 extra point for being in a suite.  7 x 2 = 14 x 2 = 28  for the cruise.
Approximately 2 weeks after you complete the cruise, your Crown & Anchor points will be updated to reflect points earned on that cruise.  You’ll find  your total earned points when you log onto your account.
 
 
 

Crown & Anchor Terms & Conditions state One (1) gift is awarded per relationship.   I have 14 points more than my husband, but we are linked so we both show the same number of points.  I did wonder if we would receive a second block when his personal total hit the milestone and the answer was no - not even if we were not linked.

I come at this from a different angle, every penny I have I earn from painstakingly hard work and then careful decision making. I never consider having my finances in check/order as a privilege;  I carefully choose how I spend what I have, for example I never cruised until in my 50's because I had other commitments at the time.
When I see Star Class people I look at them with admiration, knowing one day I will either Royal Up win or book a Star Class when that experience is the most important thing to make me part with my monies. I look at their joy and I am so happy for that family and strive to be in that place someday.
For example right now I have contracted an in ground pool Oasis in my backyard and the price tag is north of 100,000. No Star Class for me until that bill is firmly behind me, when I was young I saw what others had achieved and worked like crazy to get there, nowadays it seems this type of thinking has given way to a bit of the opposite. 
So when you are in Star Class & I am not but I smile & wave at you...I'm not being creepy I just think you are so cool & want that for myself in the future. 
Signed,
@WAAAYTOOOfan club president!

Segregation happens all the time.  There's a difference though between segregation for an immutable charactaristic (race/gender/sexuality/etc) which is what the word implies for most people and segregation based on choice or events.
To keep this about cruising

On a ship I'm not allowed into the suite lounge, sundeck, costal kitchen, or suite area on Labadee because I choose not to book a suite.
I'm not allowed in the kids or teen area because I'm not a kid or a teen.
I'm not allowed in crew areas because I'm not crew.
I can't go to key only times on the flowrider because I didn't buy the key, and I'm not a huge fan of falling down non stop.
The list goes on both on cruises and on land.
Other cruise lines aren't taking this approach because other cruise lines just aren't letting unvaccinated people on to begin with, Royal is at least giving people the option of what they want to do.  
People (and companies) are free to make the choices they want, those choices have consequences though, sometimes good, sometimes bad.

Thank God for the vaccine and for the opportunity to cruise once again!

My face will hurt from smiling
 

No existing cruise booking later has had a vaccine requirement added to it.
For Adventure that requirement was known and stated when bookings for her were made available.

To be clear, Royal Caribbean hasn't said. It is likely going to be part of the many new protocols and rules they will announce about 30 days before first sailing

Yes, mistakes do happen, but a simple phone call to C&A would resolve the status issue.  I don’t find the wording in the terms & conditions confusing at all. (A Crown & Anchor Society member can be added into a relationship with other family members in the same household and receive equivalent tier status; however Cruise Points will remain according to actual cruises taken and calculated using the Program level accrual system described above.)

Once a person is linked to another, both receive points even if both do not cruise.  For example, I have cruised a whopping 7 nights more than my husband and it was in a suite.  His cruise history (that is, his actual cruises) show he has 376 points.  His C&A level states Diamond Plus 390 points.
The same is true for a minor child in relationship with a parent.  The child could cruise one time and have 5 C&A points in his cruise history, but his C&A status would show his parent’s level and points.  For example: Diamond 170 points.  His cruise history would still show his 5 C&A points, but his C&A level would state Diamond 170 points.  On his 18th birthday, he retains his parent’s status, but reverts to his actual points earned.  His new C&A level would be Diamond, 5 points.  In order to reach Diamond Plus, he would need to earn an additional 170 points on his own.
Let’s say the child reaches his 18th birthday and his parents embark on a cruise the next day.  Due to technical error, he was NOT immediately removed from the relationship on his 18th birthday.  Due to that glitch, he would also have the additional points from the parent’s cruise added.  His C&A level would show Diamond PLUS, 177 points.
Once the discrepancy was found, he would revert back to Diamond with 5 points.  This is the appropriate status - the one he received due to the relationship link as of his 18th birthday.
 
 
 
 

It's also that Singapore has aggressively contained the virus and has a fraction of the incidence rate we do.