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This sale cost me money! I booked another cruise. ?

This sale cost me money! I booked another cruise. ?

This sale cost me money! I booked another cruise. ?

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I have never done it, but always share this info. Just because it offers the opportunity, it does not mean that catagory is even available. On one of our sailings they were accepting bids for the Royal Suite. We knew the people in that suite. They had paid in full a year prior to sailing and yet Royal was still taking bids. Maybe by accepting bids they would have someone lined up to pay more if our friends cancelled? They did not cancel so It left many people thinking they had a shot at it.

No updates. Still showing “in process” since 07/26

I forgot to come back to this thread sooner, but wanted to report that I received my new passport two weeks after I applied paying for the expedited service and R/T Priority Mail. So, it seems worth the cost if you can't wait months. After years in the military and few years as a federal civil servant in my past life, the expedited passport service is the most incredibly efficient thing I've ever seen the government accomplish. ?  My stress level about my upcoming cruises is way down!

We applied for new/renewal passports for 2 teenagers 6/11 at local post office. Current passports were expired.  Sent standard processing. Changed to in process on 7/17 when check was cashed and to approved today 8/10.  Email I received says to expect by 8/16.  

Here's another data point, received In process status email on June 9th, two months and still waiting. 

We went to our local post office in late June to renew my son's passport (it is not really a renewal for under 18).  We just received his new passport this week so less than 2 months for us.

I'll play.
New passport for grandson (9)
Made appointment at local PO for July 20.
I filled out paperwork prior.  Had photo taken at PO and wrote 2 checks.  1 for PO 1 for Dept of State with expedited fees.
My checks cleared in 5 days and by July 26 status was "in process".
August 8th status said "approved" and i should receive in the mail on or around  August 15th. (mmmhmmmm)
That seems crazy fast for a first time passport.
We also did this for my daughter's first time passport on August 4th and no status update yet.  Checks have cleared.
I will report back if we actually get my grandson's passport this weekend.

I didn't even have a chance to check the status. The paper we got said to start checking the status in 4 weeks so I never even bothered. It just appeared one day, never got an email or anything.

Feel free to follow along as we play the game of hurry up and wait. Let’s see how long it takes to get our renewals completed. We paid extra for Expedited service and 2 day return mail. $187.56 each
Passports arrived in 28 days!

07/20/2021
Pic taken and paperwork completed 

07/21/2021
Dropped off at the Dallas Main Post Office at noon and sent overnight mail  
07/22/2021
Arrived at Philadelphia Post Office at 10:22 am. However it will not be delivered to the actual Passport PO Box until tomorrow by 6 pm. 
 
07/23/2021
Passport renewal package delivered 
07/26/2021
Checks cleared my bank and now status shows “in process”
08/17/2021
APPROVED and we should receive on or around 08/20! 
 
08/18/2021
Passports arrived!
 
 

Buying an upgrade would be significantly more than I paid for the cruise, this is a cruise I got a pretty good rate on a long time back. I’m going about half what the upgrade to a grand is. Which is still a fairly big bid but also still a deal. 
 

Just checked two of my sailings. Price reduced for current sale and when I go to checkout it says gratuity included. 

We also toured with Bernard's Tours and highly recommend them. We stopped at Orient Beach for a couple hours while on the tour. You'll get to see a lot of both sides (French & Dutch) of the island. Please see their TripAdvisor reviews.

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Welcome to the DRAMA FREE message boards!

Welcome to the DRAMA FREE message boards!

Welcome to the DRAMA FREE message boards!

Welcome to the DRAMA FREE message boards!

Feel free to follow along as we play the game of hurry up and wait. Let’s see how long it takes to get our renewals completed. We paid extra for Expedited service and 2 day return mail. $187.56 each
Passports arrived in 28 days!

07/20/2021
Pic taken and paperwork completed 

07/21/2021
Dropped off at the Dallas Main Post Office at noon and sent overnight mail  
07/22/2021
Arrived at Philadelphia Post Office at 10:22 am. However it will not be delivered to the actual Passport PO Box until tomorrow by 6 pm. 
 
07/23/2021
Passport renewal package delivered 
07/26/2021
Checks cleared my bank and now status shows “in process”
08/17/2021
APPROVED and we should receive on or around 08/20! 
 
08/18/2021
Passports arrived!
 
 

My update today- my daughter's passport came, took less than 3 weeks.  We paid for expedited, I wonder what would have happened if we hadn't.

Updated original post. Delivered to PO Box. 
I have located our state issued certified birth certificates in the event we are not as lucky as @NC State.