DDaley

10 minutes ago, Matt said:

then you have to call to tell them.

Ohh, awesome! I booked directly but need to call to cancel and rebuy our DBP so I will let them know then, too. Thanks so much!! 

This is my first post and my first cruise as the person in charge! My boyfriend and I are on Freedom in late August and both of our birthdays will fall on nights while on board (5th and 7th). What does the MDR do for birthdays and how do I go about alerting them to our double celebration? Once on board? Or can I let dining know when I email RCCL for our MTD table reservation 20-ish days out? 

I haven't been on a cruise since HAL Oosterdam with my parents in college, and Sovereign waaayyy back in '98 as a 5th grader, so this time I am in charge of booking and scheduling! So excited to be on such a big ship.  Well, in comparison to the other two... I will have to work my way up to Oasis class.  

6 hours ago, Ditchdoc said:

Wash your hands, frequently. Use hand sanitizer. Its almost everywhere on the ship. Stay healthy.

Hand sanitizer is available in dispensers on the ship? I was planning on bringing a few but may not have to bring more than one if this is the case. ?

2 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

You get the OBC back whenever you cancel a cruise planner purchase.

Hooray, I'm so glad to hear this! Thanks!

21 hours ago, tiny260 said:

Yes, cancel and re-buy at the lower rate.

Your CC will be credited (Mine took about a week).

Of course the re-buy will hit automatically.

Thanks John! I am just realizing I used my $150 OBC to purchase the original package when the price was higher. I am guessing if I cancel I won't be getting that back? I have learned a valuable lesson Drink Package scouting lesson for my next cruise, if so! 

5 hours ago, Psycho and Barb said:

We have learned you can’t really go by the supposed sale price...You need to continually monitor your cruise planner from the day you book and you will learn what we call the base price of the booze package.  We will log on to our cruise planner and see a sale but also notice it’s not really a sale...It’s still the same base price.   We call this Royal's Fuzzy Math!  We will continue to monitor our Cruise Planner and when we see it below the base price, we will purchase it…If we see it lower we will cancel it and re buy it.

 

OH! I was going to ask a question about this - I bought 2 deluxe packages at $47 per day but see now that it's gone down to $44 per day... So instead of calling and asking if I can be refunded any of that you think I should just cancel it and rebuy?