SpeedNoodles

Thanks, Ashley!

We're in Aruba tomorrow, and we canceled the tour we had originally booked because we didn't want to ride around with a bunch of other people in a tour bus. Are there any beaches or things to do within walking distance? I feel obligated to at least dip our toes in the Southern Caribbean Ocean, but an totally unfamiliar with the area.

I'm one of those people who will only go to the hibachi experience if I'm with a fun group of people whom I know. I've never had hibachi, anywhere, where the food itself impresses me (including RCCL ships).

Odyssey, sailing Jan 29, 2022 : 1988 passengers.

Be sure to join the Roll Call!

Antigen.

But if he's had his second shot and his booster, that's still two shots on his card?

Paging @michelle, @Beci, or @Sharla!

Yes, that's exactly what it is. We always bring our own. Have fun!

You can go to the Maître de (or whoever is manning the check in stand) on the first day and request an area (although they won't put you in My Time if you are not, and visa versa). The worst that can happen is they say they are unable.

Only with a PCR test, not an antigen test.

If your onboard credit is from the Royal Caribbean Visa card, you'll need to call the number associated with your card and ask them to apply it right away, otherwise it won't show up until two weeks prior to cruising.

Congratulations!

Yep!

The percentages mean absolutely nothing, though. Just go by the bottom line price per day.

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.

So happy for you!

When did you talk to them on the phone? It can take 7-10 business days for a credit to be refunded to your card (that's not just Royal, that's with most merchants).

"Cold" is relative. I've been to Coco Cay 4 times now (December, Jan, Feb), and it's never been warm enough for me to swim in either the pool or the ocean, and always super windy. But it didn't bother others.

There's no set time. I'm 3 days out from my sailing and my bids are pending. I've been notified as late as after I've gotten on the ship (for losing bids).

Nope.

You can. I'd suggest taking a screen shot in case you run into problems with cellular service within the terminal. I print mine because I'd rather not be handing off my phone or trying to pull up my set sail pass on one app, and my covid test results on another. It's just easier for me to have a stack of papers for each of us.

Someone will probably jump in, but this is the most recent Live Blog that I found from Allure. Keep in mind that what happens on one sailing doesn't necessarily affect what happens on the next. Entertainment could be canceled from one sailing to the next due to staff getting covid/covid exposed and then be offered on the very next sailing because everyone is out of isolation/quarantine. Visiting ports is the same way - based on the number of covid positive on the ship.

You could likely play with margins or zooming in or out. I just use the "snipping tool" and copy/paste each one onto a word document. I had both mine and Mr. SpeedNoodles on one page last time we cruised and they just ripped it in half because they wanted to deal with us separately. (That makes us sound difficult to deal with. We're not. It was just easier for them to have all of his records in one pile and all of mine in another).

MEI Travel - if you go to the home page (www.royalcaribbeanblog.com) there's a yellow form on the right-hand side of the page that you can fill out. Someone from MEI will get back with you. I personally wouldn't expect a travel agent to offer OBC right now. They were without income throughout the height of the pandemic. Sure, a big company might be able to offer it, but I personally want the commission to go to a small-business owner AND the service that big companies give does not compare to what I get through my MEI agent.