Jump to content

YOLO

Members
  • Posts

    865
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    1

Posts posted by YOLO

  1. @twangster  Vacations To Go is telling our friends to fill out the form within 30 days (today we are at 29) of sailing, but my agency Best Price Cruises didn't tell me anything.  Also, I am surprised that Royal has not notified us in any way yet (I guess there is still time).  I think I will bypass my agent as I talked to her yesterday and call RCCL directly to see it I can learn anything more.  I do wonder if the $40 has been paid by RCCL directly on our behalf.  Yes, required for every cruiser except for 2 and under.  See my second link.  It is also different if Bermuda is the first stop on the Cruise (which it will be).

  2. My experience is that MTD may or may not be faster than traditional.  But I would also say that overall our experience has been that traditional on average is the slowest.  Last week we had our first CK experience and for us it was way faster than traditional, MTD and speciality restaurants!

  3. 17 minutes ago, BrianB said:

     @jay1021  I have done it many times! When I see a price drop for the Coco Beach club…or a Beach Bed…I book it even though I already have one booked. Then I go back and cancel the first, higher priced booking. I’ve also done it for the three meal dining package, although that rarely changes from the basic price. One time I canceled the beach club first to grab a lower price and got blocked out. Lesson learned.

    To be clear, how did you do it?  Did you book the 2nd under another name and then cancel the 1st?  Like others have said and my experience has been, you cannot book the same cruise planner item using the same account.

  4. @jtown74  Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog!

    I am sure the crew have varying levels of jobs to do during an emergency and varying levels of triggers to begin doing those jobs.  Like @BrianBwrote, I doubt those triggers to transition to their emergency duties include hearing the General Alarm only.  Maybe for some, like an Emergency Response Team, but not all crew members.  Checks and Balances are part of any thought out emergency plan.  I was in the Solarium when the alarm went off on Friday afternoon.  I left and did a few things as I headed for my room, all the while waiting for confirmation of a real emergency.  And the confirmation of a false alarm came by the Captain's announcement before I left the 14th floor!

  5. 10 minutes ago, CrimsonCruiser said:

    I know mistakes can happen, but judging by the story here and from that video I think somethings might need to be further expanded/fixed overall in the muster drill capacity.

    Yeah, I did wonder for a brief moment if this could have been an actual drill involving passengers.  The ship was about 3/5ths capacity and almost everyone in the Solarium at the time calmly got up and started to walk out.  I was impressed.  But I also agree to your point on some expanded training - like maybe an actual (limited passenger) drill - but with advanced notice/warning to prevent any mishaps.

  6. 23 minutes ago, bobroo said:

    Unfortunately the the e-muster system has devalued the call to muster to complete insignificance. :0(

    Not sure I understand the point.  We experienced a false system (no known origin) General Alarm on the Anthem.  What does that have to do with e-Muster?  I suppose you could argue that any false alarm could devaluate that alarm in some way.  Maybe that is what you mean?

×
×
  • Create New...