FoxboroCruiser

Welcome to the message boards.
As @King of Wales said, next time book with a good travel agent and then it's their problem.
If you booked your cruise less than 30 days ago, you can still transfer to a travel agent.

It's only because of the black Friday sale.  Prior to that I've called a couple times in the last week or so with no hold times.

It is just Cafe Promenade on Liberty so the drink package will work there.

Oh I like the sound of that. Will have to book a cruise for that! If it happens. 🤞

Good time to Quit 🙂
 

Final Jewel aft balcony pics... cruise is coming to an end 🙁

No one will take a review seriously if you have blatant lies on there.
 
While you may have had some issues I have read plenty of reports on this exact cruise on other sites who while willing to criticise what wasn't to their liking rolled with it and still were positive about other aspects.
 

I sailed odyssey in December ‘21 and found nothing of what you have commented on. Loved the ship and the decor and the food and that was full on pandemic cruising to boot. It takes all kinds I suppose 

This is one of the reasons why I use a travel agent.  However, I admit that travel agents aren't always available on time-sensitive matters.  I wish you luck and a great cruise.
 

Cruise planner completely "down for maintenance" now. You guys broke it!

Viking Serenade.
 

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I don't think anyone was recommending having the kids just wander all over the ship.  But if they are in the AO and was going to meet their parents for lunch at the MDR, they really don't need to be escorted at 11 year old.  I think they are old enough to make that journey by themselves.  But it really all depends on how mature the children are.  Some 11 year old can do it while some 18 year old can not.  Or maybe the child wants to leave AO because they are bored and wants to meet up with their parents.  The internet will allow them to keep in contact with their parents to ask them where they should me.  

Well, it turns out embarkation for my cruise last week was super smooth.  Much better than it was Christmas of 2021.  
Disembarkation was amazing too... looked at my watch when leaving our stateroom and I was opening my front door in just under one hour... 

i think too, this could be a good argument for a travel agent to assist. some of them offer great/comparable rates, if not better — and usually throw in some perks too. 
 
our best practice is to ghost book on RCCL to see what the baseline is and then put the quote into cruisecompete.com. then each agent can offer you their best deal and they may have a group rate that could be beneficial. others on these forums have had great success using MEI. 
 
happy sailing!

I think that’s good advice.  It feels like pricing on packages won’t go down, and you can always cancel and re-buy if the price of a package drops.  They may continue offering lower prices on cruises but once booked, they can make some money back on the add-ons. I don’t mean that to sound like a trick, it’s just the economic landscape is changing rapidly and the impact of the shut down and even the first full year back was bound to have profound effects on the industry. So many cruises are really cheap right now, maybe it’s supply and demand, but people have cash so once they book they are likely to spend and invest more into the vacation.

Just received an email that our cruise on Jewel of the Seas out of Barbados in Feb of 2024 has been cancelled.  
Here is what the email said:
"Our original plan for Jewel of the Seas was to offer a Winter 2023-2024 season with sailings departing from Bridgetown, Barbados December 4th, 2023 through March 25th, 2024. However, we’ve recently been advised that due to United States Customs and Border Patrol operational requirements, we’ll no longer be able to sail from Barbados. Instead, Jewel will continue offering sailings from its homeport in San Juan, Puerto Rico through March 2024. Unfortunately, this means your cruise has been cancelled."
We are super bummed b/c this was going to be a no kids trip with two other couples.  Us three husbands all used to live in the Southern Caribbean for 2 years and we were excited to go back and show our wives.
Oh well.  I guess we will look at other options and book a different itinerary.  

The behind the scenes aspect is what interests us, we booked it $49  a person.

This is another great instance where a good TA would be able to resolve this for you. I’d recommend using a TA if possible for this reservation and for future reservations.
 
good luck!

DJ Psycho says...This may just be a one hit wonder!

Which makes me upset because it's classic troll behavior to rile people up then never respond or answer questions....
 
This should be a troll free zone...

The answer is “yes”. This screen name is also changed so frequently that it’s difficult to keep up. I think at one iteration of the screen name musical chairs this person did admit that like to vomit controversial topics so that it engages the excessive responses that are witnessed even on this thread. Clearly it works. 

Have you ever seen the rain?
Where in the world is Carmen SanDiego?
Who are you? Who? Who? Who? Who?
Do you feel lucky? Well, do you?

After cruising for 20+ years I heard about the duck hiding in a couple of groups I am in.  We are taking our first cruise after a three year hiatus so I am ready to do it all! 
I bought 40 teeny tiny ducks with tags and am ready to set sail in 38 days.  I will say that if we enjoy this as much as I hope we will, next time I will get a template to print the tags instead of filling out 40 little forms.  There are lots of templates you can print at home and others that will do the work for you and then just mail/email the tags.  It depends on how much time or $ you want to invest in the game.  In my case, it is less than $20 total.