sk8erguy1978

Not sure what "head office" means but their customer service line should be able to help you. The email I received said: keep, change ship & itinerary, or refund. I picked refund personally. Good travel agent plug. She sent an email with the situation and I replied with my choice. No stressful phone calls. Heck, I didn't even have to mute my WebEx at work! Good luck with whatever you decide.

Sad they had to change the itinerary but for the good of cargo I get it. Columbia, Costa Rica and The Canal were what attracted us, a "bucket list" cruise. We are officially cancelling, hope to see (and meet) you all on another group cruise. Now I have incentive to keep Icon inaugural that was on my "cancel just before final payment" list.

In a way, it's similar to some land resorts. "I went to the Dominican Republic." No, you landed at the Dominican Republic Airport, took a semi safe cab to a resort, stayed there for X number of nights, then took a safer cab back to the airport. You could have been anywhere and didn't actually immerse yourself in the culture.

I loosely checked out trip advisor, Royal's website, and a few other "google hits" getting a feeler of what to do. A lot of neat things to see and do ... still at the "overwhelmed" stage lol.

Air2Sea prices for me seem to be inline with Google Flights and United/Copa directly and not too terrible. Although, United is charging ~$4100 where booking directly on Copa is ~$1300 (round trip, per person in economy.) Trying to stick to my "only book non-stop" rule is getting tricky. Returning to EWR is 9AM which means flying home on Sunday. I am fine with that but I REALLY wanted to fly out on the 14th, especially with how crazy flying is these days. The 14th-24th might be too long of a stretch for her, heck we are concerned with 14th-23rd (Nurse, rotating schedule, denied vacations, the usual). Returning to JFK is 6PM which puts us in the "what to do all day" situation; I also hate driving to JFK LOL. Going to keep watching for now but Copa via JFK round trip is probably the best (& simplest) choice.

I am sorry this happened to you. Flying has been a disaster after the pandemic. I was part of all the cancellations in FLL back in April of 2022. By the time JetBlue finally sent the reason for cancelling the flight (MONTHS later after many requests, escalations, etc) I gave up even trying for reimbursement with travel insurance. The letter admitted fault by them, "staffing" which wasn't covered, so I didn't even bother. "Stuck" in FLL for 2 days until my next flight out. I can write a book on the horrible experience - not one employee gave a shit. Cost me $$$$ to "hang out" in FLL for 2 days AND fly out of a different airport (PBI). Anyway -- your quote makes me think of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles where Steve Martin had a First Class ticket but a coach seat assignment. "I don't want a refund of the difference, I want a seat in First Class where I was booked and ticketed over a month ago!" (Sorry if I messed up the line, did that from memory :))

Will probably do Giovanni's twice, not Sushi or Chef's Table people.

I only did about 5 minutes of research so far on flights, but that's what I'm seeing as well.

Not a bad idea. Does Invision have a symbolic link feature? Feel like it does but too lazy to look. Then you can have the group cruise roll calls live in a few spots. I ended up turning on follow so I can find it easily LOL

Too bad that's hot dogs and not our furry friends, the canine. There should be no limit to them!

Sounds like you'll only be a party of two

For a two night stay, 3/14/23 & 3/15/23 I see the below. I added breakfast so it's a tad more but nothing crazy. I can cancel and rebook if it goes lower.

I just looked at United from NYC (EWR) area and ... YIKES! (~$1300 RT PP!) See what happens over the next few weeks and months.

Same to you. We Fly out tonight.

It was in a thread on Facebook where I read Playmakers has charged a cover in the past for Superbowl. Being an A la carte venue I'm not surprised.

Here is an older blog from @Matt https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2017/01/30/guide-watching-the-super-bowl-royal-caribbean-cruise Reading different threads here and some Facebook threads it seems it could be aired at the Royal Theater, Aqua Theater, Playmakers (I hear there has been a fee in the past), various bars around the ship and even the pool deck.

Thanks, just joined.

Congratulations on the promotion! We are doing an ATV tour with Monkey & Sloth hangout. I'm in this (https://www.facebook.com/groups/485869290346299/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT) FB Group, although small (11 members) and quiet.

I was supposed to sail Symphony this February but last minute tweaks put us on Oasis. Maybe I'll jump on the 5 day in March, it would be my last shot at trying to get prime. A working gambling cruise LOL.

Absolutely! What I experienced was more of a themed thing and plenty showed up and ate!

New Diamond Plus here, I just called to setup our gifts. Even though we are a "household" and my wife doesn't have 175 points (D+ through marriage) I was able to set one unique gift each effectively giving my wife 2 gifts and me 0 gifts .

I'd have to login to my wife's account to confirm but she's D+ with < 175 points (marriage perk lol) and I was still able to set individual gifts for both of us even though it reads "per household" and "members with 175+ cruise points". https://dlxffu6hwewxp.cloudfront.net/cas/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/18063159_CAS_MemberBonus_Amenity_List_v3.pdf

Memory is fuzzy but recall in January 2013 on Adventure of the Seas from San Juan to the Southern Caribbean there was a night where a mini buffet was setup on the pool deck. It was a nice break from late night Sorrento's. (Fun fact, if you ever sail with me you'll learn of my midnight+ Sorrento's on my balcony obsession LOL).

Kids in hot tubs, especially younger using it as a pool. Besides ruining a relaxing location it's not safe for them. I get it, older kids can enjoy a few minutes safely but that's not what happens... heck, I once witnessed a man bring a baby (with diaper) in a tub. I bit my tongue very hard as I walked out. Crew members that make us disembark at the end of the cruise. How rude!

Looks very cool. We are leaning towards an ATV tour.