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CrznTxn

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  1. Liberty of the Seas after some Disney, Princess and NCL cruises. Have not looked back since, except for a couple of free ones we were given. Were not going to turn those down.
  2. We booked Air2Sea for our upcoming trip but did have to get the transfers to get to the checkin from the airport. Would think you are on your own to get to your hotel and then to the port.
  3. On the early refunds we received from Royal in the past year they were in amounts that had no rhyme or reason. I would keep a spreadsheet (for a while it was very busy with all the cancellations) on the amounts paid and received and dates of both. Through several calls along the way I was able to get a customer support person that pulled all my cancelled dates and went over them one at a time. We were able to find where each one was and escalated the missing ones to getting processed. Happily all the refunds were received and now we are finally waiting for our first cruise in a year and a half next month.
  4. Thanks! Will definitely use that advice. Want to spend as much quality time there before we have to fly home.
  5. Good to know. We are leaving the same day but late in the evening and are toying with the Nassau beach excursion offered on the ship on disembarkation day.
  6. We only found out last Thursday and were not told and probably would have only found out when we arrived except for the wife's FB Galveston cruising group. I would talk to your TA about changing your trip as this was not in the plans when you booked.
  7. Wish we were as lucky. Our kids expect us to buy them a cruise as we did several years ago. Told them it a once in a lifetime event but for some reason they expect us to repeat it.
  8. My wife found out from her FB cruise group that our September 26 cruise out of Galveston on the first sailing of Liberty OTS is a theme cruise. ? We really do not have a problem with it as it is the Texas Country Music Cruise and as a Texas couple we won't mind the music by the pool and the wafting of tunes up from the On Air Club. The only possible down side is the possibility of getting bumped but we have had this booked for quite a while as a GTY and they assigned our JS room a couple of weeks ago. The only other down side is the closing of Studio B for the ice skating show as they will use that venue for concerts as well as the Star Lounge. We will see how it goes as most of the ship is booked out by the theme group and was removed from the RCCL website.?
  9. Don't know about the test cruise but Navigator is in Cadiz, Spain for dry dock technical updates at the moment followed by Liberty. We are on the first sailing of Navigator in November so hope all goes well as well as the first sailing of Liberty in September.
  10. The last "sale" finished yesterday and the special deals on the cruise fare changed, but on the items at which we were looking the prices did not change (stayed at the low price). Could be because they were on 6+ months out sailings. No on-board purchase pricing on our cruise in August changed.
  11. Rarely did we have to show a passport or any other ID other than the Sea Pass card to reenter the port or ship at a stop which is now not the point. The Passport book is so you can fly home if necessary when out of the country. Would not even think of cruising now without a Passport book due to the possibility of having to fly home due to a positive Covid test, even though we are vaccinated.
  12. Congrats @Matt. Well deserved and very entertaining.
  13. Did anyone take this tour on the first or second voyage of Adventure of the Seas? We have it booked and it has changed from an "All-Inclusive" to just a "Beach Getaway". We have received two notifications from Royal on changes made by the tour operator. The first was a change of time from 9:00am to 11:00am and the second to state that certain items are not included in the tour now. We can understand some items would be extra and the time due to low number of people, but they have now included beach chairs and umbrellas in the "not included". At the early price we booked that is not a big deal but we would like to know what the price they charge for the chairs and umbrellas. Since they still include local cerveza and spirits we are happy with that.? Just wondering how much they will be charging.
  14. 7 so far which is way more than usual. Will wait until a little later to book the latter half of 2022. Would not be so many but the previous ones were moved to the 2nd half of this year and all my vacation from the start of the pandemic in 2020 has been piling up and they want me to get rid of it. ? Cannot think of a better way to burn off vacation time.
  15. Was able to check in on our August 9 cruise on Adventure OTS out of the Bahamas on May 29th. I think the window was open that early since it is a known solid departure versus the sailings out of the US at the moment. Next one is still a little over 100 days out of the US and I do not expect it to open until the test sailings are complete. Makes it rough when the test sailings are only a couple of weeks before the sail date.
  16. Here are the Royal background pictures I downloaded earlier for Zoom but you can use them for regular screen background. Maybe you can use one. Have fun!
  17. All amplifications were put on hold in 2020. There were several ships that were due for upgrades but due to the pandemic those plans were postponed to a later date.
  18. It appears the reaction of the CDC after the filing of the lawsuit to approve test sailings and shorten their reaction times is their foundation for their response for dismissal. Also they use the argument that Congress passing the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act (ATRA) "ratified" the CSO and lent credibility to them. Both are a stretch to me but may be an out for the judge. With the pressure the US and CDC are receiving from outside sources (G7) to lift travel bans, this to me would also include the lifting of the CSO if such an action occurs.
  19. The only price increase we saw on ours was the port fees went up by $10PP. Not a big deal and to be expected.
  20. Was on hold Friday for an hour immediately after we heard of the cancellation of our July cruise. Caught them at the end of the day but they were very helpful and nice. Wife did not want to wait until today to cancel and move the sailing to next year.
  21. Looks like Indy will take the place of Liberty for the 7 night voyages until mid-September when Liberty returns from dry dock. Then Indy will assume the 4 and 5 night voyages until returning to Miami a little later. This from the RCCL agent we talked to last Friday.
  22. The true measure of a pandemic is the amount of hospitalizations and the load, not the number of cases. For a while the hospitalizations here in the US was overwhelming the bed count but with better knowledge on treatments and vaccine that load is near zero, at least here in Texas. My child is on the local hospital staff and they closed their COVID wing due to low patient count. Now treated as special but no longer as overwhelming.
  23. Yes, you cannot receive 4 drink vouchers to use anywhere, anytime and then get a few more drinks during Happy Hour for free. If you go to the Happy Hour in the Diamond Lounge you must use your vouchers. Personally I like the anytime, anywhere.
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