711Dave

Hi td, We'll be on this one also.

Just booked the Refreshment package @ $19.99 for 12 night sailing on the Enchantment OTS from Baltimore from 11 March 2023 to 23 March 2023. I did it on the App, my PC indicated RCL's system was under maintiance. Sign into app, then on first screen where ship is horizontal look near top with the 3 icons and click the ship. Next screen shows Beverages packages at bottom.

For clarification in this instance, do jr.suites qualify as a suite or a non suite ?

I see the Walgreen's Rapid NAAT 2 hour testing is acceptable by Royal Caribbean but how about Walgreen's Rapid antigen 2 hour test? Is that one also acceptable by Royal Caribbean? Thanks

Thanks WAAAYTOO, Appreciate it.

I sent a request to our TA, who I have previously used, this afternoon to make a booking for an October 2021 cruise but have not heard back from her. She has given me a quote earlier today. The current sale "Beat the Clock" ends at midnight tonight. To not miss out on the pricing I plan to book it on RCL's website a bit later this evening. What is the procedure for transferring the bookings to the TA in the morning? TIA

Assuming the "letter" you refer to is from RCCL I believe the account you are referencing is your credit card you used with the TA. That said when we cancelled our booking ( for a cash refund) we did so online but I also sent the TA an email stating what we wanted to do. After out TA signed off on the cancellation RCCL refunded the cash directly to my CC, not to the TA. I have also heard that TA's in Britain (Belgium?) have to play by different rules than our U.S. TA's so that may make a difference.

Carrying through with what Eaglesfaninfl stated I would be very surprised if any PCP would go out on a limb and sign off on your health unless you would agree to sign a release of responsibility (or whatever it is called) if something went wrong while cruising.

Sure do. The Cruise cancellation was on March 25 and the Cruise Planner purchases was on April 10. Hope this helps.

Yes, I was a part of the second wave. As soon as I heard RCL extended the "no cruise zone" I called my travel agent to advise him to cancel using the cash back option. With wifey and I being just shy of 80, I was very wary of taking the FCC offer of 125% because not knowing what the future holds for us and for RCL.

Our Cruise cancellation confirmation was March 25, today is April 24. Pretty fast. Our Cruise Planner purchases were cancelled on April 10, expecting refund about May 10. We'll see.

Brightened up my day somewhat. We were supposed to depart from Baltimore to Bermuda today on the Grandeur. Sob, sob, sob.

Refunded Cruise Cash payment has showed up in Credit Card account. Took just about 30 days from cancel date. Thank you RCL.

So here is what I think is going to happen. Time frame obviously unknown. The new cases and active cases of COVID-19 must get to ZERO (0) before things restart. Right now we are still in the upward arc of new cases (the US had 1254 new cases from 7:43pm to 7:43am overnight per JHU). When the new cases start to drop that should be the top of the curve and an equal time period down for the cases to get to ZERO (0). However, the down time will probably be less due to newly approved medical reasons. So assuming (a bad thing to do) a January 2020 start and a July 2020 peak then Feb. 2021 is not out of the question, but more realistic time would be November 2020. Then another month or so for repositioning, restocking, recalling crew and disinfecting (again) the ships. That said my best guess is around the Spring of 2021.

Looks like that RCL is telegraphing that things are not going to get better in the near future. Seeing how 11 April is 3 weeks from Saturday and the crew are being sent home in 6 days that pretty much says it all.