ChrisK2793

‘QUOTE FROM ARTICLE: “We won’t be seeing any fancy new features as the focus will be mainly on the propulsion and navigation elements. The majority of work will be done by Navantia workers rather than subcontractors. No doubt social distancing will be followed during the upgrade and strict health protocols to make sure workers remain safe and healthy.”

https://www.cruisehive.com/royal-caribbean-cruise-ship-to-begin-shorter-dry-dock-after-delay/39619

And yet they always seem to be the first ones to report things that have ended up being true 99.9% of the time

The original article clearly says the FCC being offered was for 125% of the fair paid ...... do you REALLY think the charter company was going to give the nurses an extra 25% out of their own pockets for next year’s cruise if Royal had already refunded the money to the charter company for the nurses?

^^^ EXACTLY ........ you just proved my point ... all the charter company could do was offer the nurses a Future Cruise Credit as they did, ..... UNTIL Royal agreed to pay the charter company the money back for any nurses who wanted a refund instead of a Future Cruise Credit. So just like I’ve been stating ..... the charter company couldn’t offer the nurses a refund with money they didn’t have ...... Royal had the money ............ So it the charter company ORIGINALLY told the nurses they had to take a Future Cruise Credit, it was because that’s obviously what Royal ... who had all the money ... told them to tell the nurses.

You do realize pretty much every business has a statement at the bottom of their emails telling you that it’s illegal to publish or share their private communications, right? Neither company published the communications between each other. It still boils down to who actually had the nurse’s money at the time of the cancellation ..... and that was Royal ....... the charter company couldn’t give refunds of money that Royal had without Royal returning the money to them first ....... unless the charter company paid the refunds out of their own pockets ..... so I’m going to stand by my original opinion ....... that Royal probably in the beginning told the charter company to only offer them an FCC and then only reversed course after the nurses had a fit because they wanted their money back.

BUT ...... what was Royal offering the charter company in the beginning? It would have been Royal who had the nurse’s money at this point that would have been paid to them by the charter company. MAYBE Royal originally told the charter company that they could only offer the nurses an FCC and then Royal reversed course and allowed the charter company to offer refunds ONLY after the nurses had a fit. It wouldn’t be the first time Royal tried to play hardball and then backed down after people threw a fit .......... like with the $18/day deluxe beverage package mistake they weren’t going to honor until people went insane about it. I wouldn’t be so quick to let Royal off the hook without knowing what went on behind the scenes.

Here’s 2 new news articles from today https://www.businessinsider.com/carnival-royal-caribbean-banned-from-sailing-up-to-3-months-2020-4?amp https://cruiseradio.net/cdc-extends-no-sail-order-for-cruise-ships-indefinitely/amp/

https://finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/royal-caribbean-extends-operations-suspension-141602627.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cruise-line-analyst-jumps-ship-164252724.html

‘I don’t mind paying extra for better

‘The suite area at Labadee could use a MAJOR overhaul.

We’re in a crown loft facing the rear of the ship right now on Oasis, getting off this morning. Ours is 1738 which connects to the Star Loft next door. When the Aquatheater Show is going on it is VERY LOUD in the room. The one night this cruise that we were in the room while it was going on, you could hear the music BLASTING from 830 to 930pm and again from 1045pm to 1145pm. We didn’t care overall because we’re not usually in our room at this time of night and were only in it that night because our 8yo wasn’t feeling well. But if you have a child who goes to bed at 7pm, I could see BOTH the Star Loft and the ATS being way too loud for him to sleep anytime the Aquatheater show is going on.

I don’t understand this ....... it sound like whoever booked it just wanted to make the COMMISSION on the cost of the extra people who they know aren’t going. I currently have a 2 bedroom grand suite booked on Independence in august for THREE of us ...... the room holds EIGHT people ...... at no time was I told I have to book 5 more fake people in the room to book it ..... SOMETHING IS SUPER FISHY HERE

If you happen to be staying in a Grand Suite or better, the suite concierge will send you a welcome email about a week before the cruise ......... you can reply to that email and ask them to book the restaurants and times you want for each day and it will all be booked for you before the cruise.