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  1. Whats the latest with removing the vax mandate? Thank you for the response!!!

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    14 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

    The third bullet is confusing.  It seems to say that unvaxxed follow the same testing rules as vaxxed but I’m fairly sure that they would make me test prior to a 5 night cruise.

    Not to assume from Royal.. but i think they mean if you need to test, the procedures are the same across the board. Unvaxxed, or Vaxxed taking cruises 6 nights or longer - that's how I took it at least.. 

  3. Check-in Time: Ship Time or Local Time?

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    43 minutes ago, baltodave said:

    Hi Everyone,

    We are taking Rhapsody on July 25 (I can't believe it.  We've been planning it for a year and it's almost here).  Anyway, we board in Athens (local time zone is GMT+2) and it finishes in Italy (GMT+1).  It appears (based on the app) that ship time is GMT+1 (e.g. Italy).  So, when we are quoted a check-in time, which time zone is used?

    Thanks everyone!

    Check in times should always be the local time of the embarkation port. In this case, Athens. 

  14. Early Arrival Embarkation Day

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    1 hour ago, Marsha M said:

    To those of you who have cruised many times and fly to the port city:  

    My flight is scheduled to arrive at 8:30am in Miami the day of embarkation.  Would you feel confident with an early flight the day of embarkation or would you still consider arriving a day prior?   

    Your experience is greatly appreciated.  

     

    I used to do same day flights as well - until I almost missed my cruise due to an airplane mechanical (thank GOD I was sailing from San Juan and they didn't leave until 11pm) and this was in 2018. So now, especially with the mechanicals/weather/staff issues, I will always fly in one day ahead of time and try to get the 1st flight of the day if possible. That will give me a full 24-hour window in case things go sideways. Being the overplanner that I am, I also have saved triptiks from AAA from Ohio to Miami, Orlando & Bayonne in case I need to drive through the night.

    Taking an extra day of vacation/PTO isn't always feasible, but if you can, do it. I also take the same philosophy with flying home - give myself an extra day of vacation/PTO on the back end JUST IN CASE. If I don't need it, I have a day to recover from Vacation, do laundry and be ready to go back to work, instead of flying home, getting home in the early evening or night and then working the next day.

     

  18. 3 Night cruise blog post

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    1 hour ago, Reigert2008 said:

    Wasn’t sure where to post this, so please move where appropriate.

     

    reading the recent post by Nicole on the blog and she says she “recently” went on the cruise.  Do we know if the cruise was over the holiday (Friday to Monday) where people had 4th of July off on Monday?  Just curious as to if the “party crowd” was normal or if this was also a holiday weekend cruise.  
     

    and anyone have any comparisons for a 3 night cruise from Port Canaveral? I’m sure it will be more of a party vibe, but we have one scheduled and we’re curious.

     

    https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2022/07/06/i-tried-my-first-3-night-cruise

    I believe she went the weekend before. Here's the link to the article from that weekend  I tried Elon Musk's Starlink internet on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship | Royal Caribbean Blog  

    But 3 nighters are almost always a full throttle party as lots of "groups" (bachelorette/bachelor parties, friends getting together, large families) to say nothing of the people who just want a fun weekend away. The 4 nighters during the week are a lot more chill. 

  20. Vaccine Card denied repeatedly

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    49 minutes ago, FionaMG said:

    EU certificates don't show that information. The EU's ferocious data protection laws mean that this is all you get:

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    There is a QR code and a unique identifier on each certificate, which allow varying degrees of access but only the health authorities in the country where a person was vaccinated have access to the full data. Since cruise line personnel can't tick that box, they essentially have to take your word for it.

    Interesting.. 

  22. Drinking package Tumbler cups out of stock?

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    18 minutes ago, CruisingNewb said:

    Now, if there was some way to recode the chip inside so that we don't have to buy new ones for each sailing, that is just icing on the top.  

    This is the key - Bring the empty cups in your carry on, go to Cafe Promenade or Windjammer (or any bar really) on Embarkation Day and everyone with the Soda, Refreshment or Deluxe beverage package can get the chips recoded - if the cup is cracked or leaking or otherwise broken, it can be replaced at no charge (since you've already purchased a package). 

    Either that or add a tap/swipe function on the freestyle machine so everyone with soda, refreshment and deluxe beverage packages can just tap/swipe their seapass card and fill their own tumbler/cup with a soda of their choice. 

  23. Vaccine Card denied repeatedly

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    5 hours ago, FionaMG said:

    We were asked if we knew what dates and vaccines we had had for all the earlier shots since the EU certificate only shows the details of the very last one, although I don’t know how they'd be able to verify that information. The girl who checked us in just noted our answers down and sent us on our way.

    The lot numbers for the vials of the vaccine. Those are in a database and (I believe) due to the CDC protocols, that's something the cruise lines have access too. They have a record of where every lot number was sent to, that's due to potential issues and they can track down where it went.

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