Snotarni

It's a Junior suite.  We have stayed in this hallway before on Mariner.  We loved it.  Quiet, calm and the rooms are "newer" so it feels better.

I also cancelled on March 11th, still nothing on my end.

Current CAS policy is D+ and P can be upgraded.  That was before RoyalUP but technically CAS policy hasn't changed.  I've never benefited from such an upgrade, maybe now I'll have a chance, assuming RoyalUp doesn't scoop up all upgrades.  Low bidding RoyalUp may be sound practice going forward.  

I plan to strive valiantly to improve those numbers!  It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it! ??

1. Deck 17
2. Central Park
3. Boardwalk/Aqua Theater

Yes, if it goes !  I’m planning on going on the May 16 cruise out of New Orleans, too....but I’m not very hopeful for that one...???

I am trying not to think of this year (but I must admit I have already booked and paid for shore excursions for my Baltic cruise next year) I am the eternal optimist and I refuse to accept things will not get better by then

Hi everyone, I know we get heated debating which dessert is the best one to order, or if a balcony room is worth it, but let's keep these basic rules in mind when chatting here.
No profanity No personal insults No political discussion This includes tropes about politicians and generalizations about political parties No debating religion Keep your posts relevant and accurate to each specific thread. We can all have our little fun within each thread but please make sure the information you're putting out there is correct and current.   Topics not related to Royal Caribbean may be removed. Posts or comments encouraging cruisers to break any Royal Caribbean policy is not allowed and will be removed.

I'm not counting on our Oasis (5/31) cruise to sail, but it may happen as long as the U.S. ports are open and they can resume cruising.
For the Oasis itinerary (out of Cape Liberty), Royal would possibly have to replace only Nassau or make it a sea day (fine with us!). The other ports are Port Canaveral and Coco Cay. I'm assuming Coco Cay and Labadee are under Royal's control and discretion.
Fingers crossed, but going to book something later just in case!
 

I'm trying' have faith too. Right now we're planning like it's happening. 
Mike

Mine too (May 31st)...  I'm keeping the faith!!  I'm hoping we'll be thru the biggest wave of this by then.  ?

Mine too (May 31st)...  I'm keeping the faith!!  I'm hoping we'll be thru the biggest wave of this by then.  ?

My cruise is May 31st.  I'm not very hopeful.

Our honeymoon on Mariner of the Seas was such a fun sailing. We "backed into" it as an option.
Originally, we were going to go to Hawaii & Disneyland.  Prices for that kind of a trip were way too high, so we then decided to go on a Disney Cruise.  That was until our travel agent pointed out we could get 7-nights in a Junior Suite on Mariner of the Seas, or 3-nights in an inside on DCL.  It turned out to be a great decision.

We're hoping our 5/31/20 sailing doesn't get cancelled, but we too plan on booking one in late SEPT or OCT with a refundable deposit just in case!
We just have to think about how the potential FCC (if we wait for Royal to cancel to get the 125%) and final payment due date for the newly booked cruise will work!
I believe it's currently 30 days from cancellation until we have access to the FCC. Hmmmm.... it may be a tight timeline for us if Royal waits until the last minute to cancel!
The other thing that stinks is that we will likely loose out on the better CP sales and dining time slots, etc., the longer we wait to book! ?
71 days... hopefully! 
 

+1. I'm not holding my breath on this. I think we will get the FCC sans the +25%.

Actually.... it's a all been codified into US law.  While it may have been the Jones Act or The PVSA in origin, technically about 15 years ago those all sort of wrapped into various parts of US law (46. U.S.C. § 50101 and 46 U.S.C. § 55103 plus others).  Origins of both impact the cruise industry. 
The Jones Act was originally conceived to apply to merchant shipping but as written parts of it apply to any vessel, cargo or cruise (or other) in US waters.  Percentages of US steel in a ship, percentage of US workers on board, cabotage, etc. are items from Jones that apply to cruise ships while the concept of closed loop and distant foreign port comes (plus other items) come from the PVSA.
There will not be any waivers anytime soon.  Doing so would have ramifications beyond what anyone could imagine. 
The concept of cabotage, picking up a passenger (or a thing like cargo) in one US origin and dropping them (it) off in another US destination applies to airlines as well.  You ever won't see foreign carries such as Qantas, Air Canada or British Airways picking up a passenger in say New York and dropping them in Los Angles.  Nor will you see American, Delta or United (or any US airline) picking up a passenger in Sydney and dropping them off in Brisbane just as an example.  International agreements and conventions rule the movement of passengers and who can move who within a country versus to a foreign country.  They are delicately negotiated between foreign countries.
Many countries have variations of laws that apply to cabotage although some enforce them for airlines more so then for ocean travel because many countries have no domestic maritime industry they are trying to protect.  
Believe it or not there are significant international conventions that govern the maritime industry including the maximum time any one person can work on ship.  If a ship worker wanted to work two back to back contracts by maritime law and convention they can't if it exceeds established time frames.  Hours per days, week, month etc. are as well.  Many of these were established for maritime personnel before cruising became a thing.  If you think a cruise ship worker has it bad there are plenty of maritime ship employees on various other forms of ships that have it much worse.  Today they have it somewhat better because of how the merchant marine industry mistreated it's workers many decades ago.  It wasn't the cruise ship industry that drove the creation of these protections as many people believe.
The day any cruise line is granted a waiver or exemption from US Law there would be an avalanche and ripple effects through many closely or somewhat related industries.  No one is going to upset the carefully balanced apple cart that allows cruise ships (and other 'carriers') to operate as they do today.    A cruise line is just another "carrier" in a complicated system that governs all "carriers" - planes, trains, ships and others.
The reason Puerto Rico isn't subject to enforcement (at the moment) is that there is no US carrier attempting to operate passenger service on a maritime route to the US mainland.  If NCL gave up it's Hawaii operation, it's conceivable that eventually Hawaii could possibly be subject to a similar temporary waiver.  Keywords are conceivable, eventually and possibly.  The story of the NCL's ship that qualify as "US ships" versus "foreign flagged" is complicated and a very long story.  I don't see them giving up on that and any waiver granted to any foreign flagged vessel would surely be met with legal challenges that would go on for many years.

I would absolutely LOVE for there to be a Jones Act Waiver! There used to be a 2 day cruise to nowhere that left from Norfolk VA, that had to go by the wayside partially due to the Jones Act.  

Or maybe Royal will do a good thing like DCL and push back final payment dates by 30 days. ?

I'm more optimistic:  Based on China's cases, the virus started about mid January and on about Feb. 4th the upward curve started to head downward. 
So maybe from about  a month from when it started in USA, it will start declining. My prediction is May 1st for Royal Caribbean to start sailing. But April 11th would be wonderful!

Memorial Day 2020.  (I hope) ?

@Neesa I just saw that too about DCL. I hope Royal does the right thing this time and follows suit. ?

"What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" takes on a whole new meaning in this situation.

I’m with @Neesa on this one. I have 4 other sailings booked for this year starting in July. With all the negative news around us, these boards, and the hope of cruising again, is something that many of us are looking forward to. Great for mental health in the midst of all this social distancing and doom & gloom. While I am not oblivious to what is going on around us, I choose to remain positive through all this. ?

We have Anthem's 8 day sailing from Southhampton booked for May29th. Keeping our fingers crossed.