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I fully understand your worries which are legitimate but since RC are still allowing free movement of the cruise upto 48 hours before sailing I think snagging a good price is also important especially now they have moved the rebooking date to 2022.
 

I fully understand your worries which are legitimate but since RC are still allowing free movement of the cruise upto 48 hours before sailing I think snagging a good price is also important especially now they have moved the rebooking date to 2022.
 

I'm very very tempted by a week 9th May Barcelona Med cruise.
I am just wondering if we still can move it if things haven't gotten better.
I am afraid that once the vaccine is out prices will skyrocket so looking to book now it's only £450 deposit. Even better if we find it cheaper elsewhere we can even claim an onboard credit. For me I am quietly confident that by May 2021 we shall be vaccinated and ready to go. Even if it means paying for a vaccination.
Itching to get searching for drink package offers again ?
 
Just to clarify I live in Belgium and flights to Spain are plentiful. 
 
EDIT there is no news of Royal going bust is there? 
 

We’ve got October 2021 Med on Odyssey. I feel fairly confident we will have learned to live with this virus. Heck at the rate US cases are going, I think herd immunity is getting closer each day! Honestly as long as mortality rate continues to decline (currently less than .05%) the virus will be more of a nuisance. Still troublesome for those with co-morbidities but manageable for the vast majority. 

I think you are wise to book now.  I agree with you.  Once the decision is made to begin cruising again I think prices will rise (not sure about skyrocket).  IMO if Royal isn’t cruising in Europe (or anywhere else, for that matter) by May 2021, we will have bigger issues than rising prices.

I would but I simply don't trust people in general and definitely not drunk people so I won't be cruising. 

What's your point? is your list of questions a defense of an anti-masking position? If not, what it is it? Lots of potential for strawman arguments of no consequence to my point:
To provide readers of this blog an easy to understand explanation of why a properly worn and fitted mask reduces the tranmissability of SARS-CoV-2
Do you dispute any of the findings this particular scientist presents?   
TBF, there is a great deal we do not know about the virus or about the disease that it produces. The effectiveness of masking to reduce transmissability of it is not one of the those things that we do not know. 

Who is going to enforce this as they dont even enforce the time or capacity limits on the hot tubs now?

Warning, foul language
 

Well, if you find them, slap the crap out of them for me! ?

As I said in my above post my feelings are not factual based just personal gut feelings.. I feel that way because I think logistically I cant see them being able to open in Europe. Too many ports that cant open. Plus to deploy ships to Europe for like 1 or 2 months I cant see them wanting to do that. I could be totally wrong my feelings aren't factual but I see Carnival Canceling Europe and I just think Royal might too

It's a great way to handle the situation.  Works perfectly.

Have read many people doing this as a work-around to the rule.

This is why I don't talk to my non-cruising friends. I don't need that kind if negativity in my life. And why you guys are stuck with me.....FOREVER!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

We just did this and the only real problem is that your luggage will not be directed to the correct room unless you fill out the tag the way you want it. It is somewhat inconvenient to have two seapass cards. Benefit you can bring 2xbottles of wine per room, regardless of  whether they get the booze package.

As long as they can’t get better accuracy with the results... who can trust a 30% rate of false negatives??

My advice is to wait it out. I think prices for next year are still rooted in a pricing model based on pre-coronavirus. 
I think once cruises resume, there will be a break in price when demand is significantly less.

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I knew this was going to happen, just was patiently waiting for an announcement specific to the actual date. Okay, with this being the case I still have 5 sailings my closest one 28 June 2020. Not sure if that one is a go BUT Sharla Manglass with MEI-Travel secured me savings on all of my future sailings due to this April promotion, so if you have reservations time to re-price! If you don't have the benefit of an amazing TA like me call late into the evening when the wait times are shorter. Here is wishing you some amazing future savings, thanks again Sharla...always looking out for us! 

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We were supposed to be on the Oasis of the Seas from 04/05/20 to 04/12/20 but it was canceled due to the pandemic.  I was devastated.  We had a beautiful Crown Loft Suite reserved (the nicest room we've ever booked) and I really wanted to see the revamp that was done in 2019.  The last time we were on the Oasis was in 2012.
Fortunately, we have two more cruises booked.  One, for Christmas 2020 and the other, for Spring Break 2021.  Since we were able to get a full refund for our April 2020 cruise (sadly), I figured, what the heck?  I emailed my TA yesterday and upgraded our Junior Suite to a beautiful Owner's Suite on the Freedom of the Seas for our Christmas cruise.  YAY!  I will now start my Keto diet again, ramp up the exercises, and start getting bathing suit ready for December.  It will happen....it HAS to happen.  LOL!
Here's to cruising SOON...very soon!
 

Hi Cile,
No way was that meant to be  harsh, at the time this board was full of comments of people sure they would be sailing soon.  I hoped we would get through it but what I feared coming to pass in the US has finally arrived. 
 
Like I said also below on my post I hope everyone makes it through to the other side of this and we get to cruising again when it passes and it will pass. 
Guessing when that will be is stumping even the most talented epidemiologists. 

Sorry. I guess I was just in bed mood . I love cruising so much and nothing make me more happy then cruising. Most of my friends don't understand me and they questioning me all the time why do I go so many times on cruise. I love big ships and everything that cruise offer. What is happening now in America and around the world is like bad dream. I probably will cancel some of my cruises first one in May . And that make me really sad.  

America your pain hasn't started yet.
that's all I'm saying.
 
I hope you all stay safe and we see each other on the other side. This will pass anti viral drugs and a vaccine will come but this is our WWII but many more will die than in that war. ?
 
 

America your pain hasn't started yet.
that's all I'm saying.
 
I hope you all stay safe and we see each other on the other side. This will pass anti viral drugs and a vaccine will come but this is our WWII but many more will die than in that war. ?
 
 

America your pain hasn't started yet.
that's all I'm saying.
 
I hope you all stay safe and we see each other on the other side. This will pass anti viral drugs and a vaccine will come but this is our WWII but many more will die than in that war. ?