Bean79

JLMoran has a lot of great info here! I think we will know more when the boats start sailing again and the planes are packed! You might not buy at the bottom but you should be looking good 5 years later. Like it was mentioned steadily investing in Growth Stock Mutual funds is a safer investment over the long term. I only bought stock in RCL because I believe in the company, and its future outlook. I believe it will see more of it's profit from onboard sales and all the upcharges at CoCo Cay with the new areas they just opened up.

If you have to fly I would get travel insurance. Otherwise I always love cruising during Hurricane Season

16 hours ago, bhageerah said:

My GOD I can not believe how cheap it is now ........after watching it for a few days I am going to have to do the same!  You KNOW that it is going to start to go through the roof after this whole mess is over! 

I am thinking if they get back to cruising by April 15th then the stock will rebound, but I am no expert if you read some of my other posts!! LOL

FWIW my June cruise for 3 days and Sept cruise for 4 days on the Mariner have been showing 65-69$ PPPD for the Deluxe Drink Package.

9 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

All jokes aside though, how many of you actually have 100 shares or more in Royal stock and is it worthwhile?  I've been trying to gather information and I will admit, this is one area that I don't really know anything about.  From initial research, it looks like the only real advantage is OBC and even that has a lot of restrictions if you read the fine print.  Any insight is much appreciated.

I have 101 shares as of March 6th LOL. I believe RCL can weather this storm and come out on top. It may take years to get back to the price I paid for the stock, but I am in it for the long haul. I think the OBC is a nice benefit as well as this stock historically paying you Dividends. I have read about some people not getting the OBC because their cruise was already deeply discounted. I am sure some of the Senior members of this board can enlighten us further.

I sure hope they get back cruising soon for the Economy's sake. I had to rebook my April cruise to June and already have a September cruise almost paid for. If the economy doesn't respond well then those will be the only 2 vacations I get to take for awhile. I am a commission based worker, at work now with nothing to do!

lol. Personally I found Vanguards website to be the easiest to navigate to open the Brokerage account. I already had an account there for my Roth IRA.

100% Get the refund in your case.

8 minutes ago, SpeedNoodles said:

I've been watching it for a week, and was to jump on it when it hit $26.  It did, then I realized I have NO idea how to go about doing it and closed my browser (the 2020 human version of the ostrich sticking it's head in the sand)

Just a few steps to get started. Open an account with TD Ameritrade, Schwab, Vanguard etc. Fund the account with an electronic transfer from your bank. Once all is confirmed buy the stock. I wish I would have waited to buy. I bought at the beginning of the month at $82, and $63. OUCH!!

Just sent out a text if any student or faculty goes on a cruise they must self isolate for 14 days upon return. Looks like I am canceling my April 24th.

Yeah it looks like I jumped in too soon on March 6th and 9th. First bought 62 shares at $81.74, then bought 39 shares at $63.

Still plan on going April 24th. Just emailed my TA to see about canceling and rebooking at a lower price.

Mariner for April 24th cruise has been bouncing from 65-69 PPPD, Mariner for Sept 14th sailing has been the same.

Just like everything else, if people are willing to pay for it then RCL will sell it.

Right now the lowest I have seen for my April 24th 3-night cruise out of PC is $65 PPPD, and $69 PPPD for my Sept 14th 4-night cruise out of PC. What a big jump in prices compared to the 2019 sailings for drink packages.

Royal Gold Margarita

Mine just happened on my last cruise in November. My wife and I went on a cruise in Sept with our birth certificates. After reading how much nicer it is to cruise with a passport I decided to get ours. Mine was easy because I had one in the past. My wife has never had one. I filled out the paperwork and sent her to get her passport. Well I forgot that they kept your birth certificate so when she came home I asked if they gave her the BC back. When she said no I freaked out because it would be cutting it close to our next cruise. We had to expedite a copy of her BC and pay more for something we didn't end up needing. The passport came in time. Lesson learned.

Looking for Mariner drink packages for 11/29 and 4-24 sailings. Can't seem to get below $60. I paid $49 09/13/19..

Same thing happened to me the other day, normal operation with Royal IT.

yes

I though I read it was only for 12 and up??

I tip pretty much just like Ashley.

See you on the boat. 4 more days woohoo!!!!

Very nice!! I guess it pays to be a Stubborn Canadian that Lovestocruise.

Scheduled maintenance is the default excuse when they don't know what went wrong. lol