SpeedNoodles

I truly love this message board as we get to learn so much more of the tips and tricks!  The 1 hour earlier than time I didn't know about if in a suite which is great!

Congrats on your upgrade, you'll love it!
I believe that if you can't cancel it yourself at this point, the Suite Concierge should be able to take care of it for you when you are on board.

Okay, you know that telling a mental health professional that you have separation anxiety from your Uber expensive watch is potentially dangerous?! 😂😂 J/K

I proudly rock my swatch watch to make all who cross my path envious. 

‘You have to purchase them on the ship and they’re $5 each.  Haven’t seen them since the restart after Covid though.
 

Welcome to the message boards!
Have you considered using Lyft or Uber?

Since I am already on this thread, wishing @Snotarnia hearty welcome, I will go ahead and post a small update of my own !!
Our "bird cage" (sans birds, @SpeedNoodles  LOL) is finally done !!!!  It took FORever to get it all done.  Permits, inspections, installation, inspections....round and round we went for nearly a year.  It will be the focal point of our home, when the new furniture arrives.  At that time, I will post some pix.  

A poorly researched article. Canada's 100% definition only includes ages 12+

Well, this'll make it interesting.
https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Canada-requiring-100-percent-vaccinated-ships

Yay!  Just got notification that morning that our RoyalUp bid was successful.  Gty inside to balcony.  Bid just above minimum.  One week to go...!!!

You will see it first on your credit card if you have alerts set up.  Thats how I found out.

Incorrect.  The fact is, there are only a few moderators, and occasionally we do things like work, family stuff, etc.  Today was one of those days that it just took a little while to get things moderated.  

Just got the Royal Up email for our 4/11 sailing on the Independence. While it was tempting, as the minimum start bid to go from a balcony to a Jr Suite was only $25, we have 2 cabins and I'm afraid we would get separated 😭

They'll be back.  
And for the record a line outside the terminal for D+ has never been been an official perk of CAS.   The priority boarding perk once checked in saved maybe 5 minutes best case back in the day.  D+ were able to walk on a few minutes before the No CAS folks.  All this drama over 5 minutes of time on board? 

Incorrect.  The fact is, there are only a few moderators, and occasionally we do things like work, family stuff, etc.  Today was one of those days that it just took a little while to get things moderated.  

Incorrect.  The fact is, there are only a few moderators, and occasionally we do things like work, family stuff, etc.  Today was one of those days that it just took a little while to get things moderated.  

Any vax only areas on board?  None on Brilliance now.  We have 98.7% vaxxed on board.

Has this port of call been officially cancelled? Last email i received stated that they were monitoring the situation and a back up plan was in place if St Petersburg was removed from the schedule ( which it will be ) 
As well as the safefy of crew and pasengers there is also the fact If any government imposes sanctions on Russia to make it harder for them, is it morally correct that tourists on a cruiseship can go onshore spending money which may help in war? 

Royal Caribbean has a history of avoiding stops in places with geopolitical problems, including Egypt, Israel, Turkey, and Dubai.
Safety of crew, ships and passengers is paramount.

When your name is a misspelled noun that clearly has an agenda, I'm not sure anyone here can offer any helpful advice. 
 

During the shutdown they let many workers go like most businesses in their position did while they were not operating.  Now they are hiring people back and continue to hire as it gets busier.  Prior to the shutdown they were in the habit of processing a handful of cancellations daily.  Then they had to process thousands of cancellations daily with fewer employees.  Naturally customer service has been impacted.  It's not been perfect but for those that are patient Royal will eventually come through in the end. 
They did what they had to do to survive.  Just be glad you are not in the position that booked guests on cruise lines that have gone out of business during this are going through right now.  
New member posts are delayed for approval because there have been many cases of spammers littering dozens of posts about unrelated products and services.  Spammers use bots to post ads and offers on unprotected message boards.  For those of us that have been here a while we've all seen the spammers at work so they had to delay new member posts for approvals by a human.  The admins that "work" here are volunteers.  Give them a break.  

Personally, I'd do Wonderland.  It's unique and delicious.
I'm biased because I can count on two fingers when I've had steaks out anywhere better than Mr. SpeedNoodles makes (once was Giovanni's Italian Kitchen on Odyssey), and we really aren't into Italian (unless it's Giovanni's Italian Kitchen).  Ok, I'm sensing a theme here.
That's just my personal opinion.

Incorrect.  The fact is, there are only a few moderators, and occasionally we do things like work, family stuff, etc.  Today was one of those days that it just took a little while to get things moderated.  

Welcome to the forums!
It's almost always 30% off each person, or 60% off the second guest, etc.  If you're in North America, it doesn't matter.  If you book now, and the price goes down, your travel agent (or Royal Caribbean - travel agent recommended) can reprice it for you.  But if you wait, and the price goes up (more likely), you've lost out on the lower price and a better choice of rooms.
YOLO book it!

Incorrect.  The fact is, there are only a few moderators, and occasionally we do things like work, family stuff, etc.  Today was one of those days that it just took a little while to get things moderated.