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59 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

Whew !  Looks like she could use some paint !

I thought the SAME THING.  Looking slightly less than alluring (see what I did there). Im pretty sure she was due for Amplification when Covid hit. Suspect she will get a dry dock......hopefully before April. 

1 hour ago, twangster said:

Tuxedo rentals are gone.  

 

15 hours ago, danv3 said:

Judge Merryday is showing his hand.  He either expects the parties to resolve the dispute themselves or for cruises to restart and the lawsuit to be largely moot.  

Every day that passes decreases the likelihood of an injunction being issued.  

I partially agree....may very well be what they are doing.....but there is a big picture aspect to this.  Precedent can be set for the limits to what  the CDC can do with the cruise line industry (and others), and how they impose "guidance". Im hoping thats what we ultimately get from this.    

Since, it seems, RC will be requiring proof of vaccination in your documents, I guess that means no cruises out of Florida? Am I missing something? 

First time was September of 2002.  It looked nothing like it does now, but I loved every second on that island.  Not surprisingly, it was also the first COCO LOCO I ever drank....

3 hours ago, sk8erguy1978 said:

Whose? Dr. Nick Riviera?

"HI, every body!" - CDC

I find it no coincidence that National TA Day is also Cinco de Drinko.....er, Mayo. 

Cheers to the best TA there is @krhardy !! 

15 hours ago, deep1 said:

Not quite the walk in the park I thought it might be.  I'm a rough tough kind of sea farer. Wrestle sea serpents and  eat clams while still in the shell. Mid day poke yesterday. By bed time little disoriented and arm a touch sore. About midnight it rocked my world. Every joint muscle, organ, bone giving me grief... Feel like  I went sky diving without a parachute. 17 hours later It has not let up. Not trying to scare. Just be planned in a way that  gives you a couple days  to shake it off... 

Had my 2nd Moderna poke yesterday. Woke up feeling like New Years morning, x 2. Fever, whole body aches, headache.....But, this grass isnt going to cut itself, and my wife won't quit calling me a baby....so time to pop some Advil and get moving...

2 hours ago, twangster said:

From an investor's perspective (since this was an investor call) it should have negligible impact on company financials.  

There will be some that take the comments out of context but it's important to remember the question and answers were with large investment firms seeking to understand how to advise investors about the potential of the company's financial performance.  

From a big picture, business stand point....I completely understand and agree with them. 

From a personal, parent of a 9 and 5 year old stand point.....Im not sailing without my kids. I sure hope they make considerations for parents with smaller and smaller windows of opportunity to use our FCC. 

Im going with the DBP and all adults in a cabin having to purchase. My wife simply cannot drink enough beverages in a day to make it worth it. If I want it, there is the option for her to get the lower package, but she doesnt drink soda....drinks one coffee per day.....and that package isnt worth it either. 

11 hours ago, Floski said:

I just wrote and sent an e-mail to our senator, Tim Scott, asking him for his vocal support for the cruise industry.

Getting ready to send one to Lindsey Graham.

 

This crap has gotten way out of hand, and I'm sick of it.  These politicians like Murray, are absolutely ignorant to this subject.  It's obvious when they 

continue to refer to the Diamond Princess and data that is a year old.   Sensationalist media again raises it's ugly head.

I also wrote Scott and Graham.....and Ralph Norman (our representative). 

1 hour ago, smokeybandit said:

The basis for this study was done in 2017.

youre right....I had to look it up on the CDC website. Its based on an Influenza spread study in 2017.  

Anyone taking bets on @Matt being on the first sailing? 

Allure of the Seas, from Ft. Lauderdale, April 10, 2022......fingers and toes crossed for the next year. This is the 3rd booking.....

20 hours ago, princevaliantus said:

There is a Spanish cliche that goes, "Te peinas o te hace rulos.  No puedes hacer los dos a la misma vez."  In English, "You either comb your hair or do curlers. You can't do both at the same time."

My wife speaks Spanish as her 1st language, and I tell ya.....the sayings that I learn are always entertaining, never ending, and spot on....lol 

22 minutes ago, KevinJ said:

Since my January cruise is probably going to get cancelled, I was looking at an October cruise out of Cape Liberty on Oasis. My wife's first reaction was, no way hurricanes! I'm really not concerned, any thoughts on how I can mitigate her fears?

Statistics? How many cruises go, unchanged and safely, during Hurricane season vs. how many get changed and/or canceled. 

UPDATE: My awesome TA, Kelley, with MEI is looking into it. She suspects they did an internal audit and found the taxes and port fees werent calculated correctly, and corrected it. We shall see! 

I got three emails overnight saying my FCCs from my April canceled cruise have been refunded? Anyone else get anything similar? I never requested anything or made any moves with them. 

4 hours ago, gi333 said:

yeah i know that is my point .....

Well, I'm fine with FCC. Im not hung up on getting my money back. So I'll make final payment. Understand others wanting money back...it's all personal preference. 

Im in similar situation. Sailing March 07 out of Canaveral. Im going to make Royal cancel on me. If they cancel, they give me 125% FCC or my money back. Im in  a pretty good situation, I think. There is still a chance, based on what becomes known about what the cruise will look like once they announce everything, that we cancel ourselves...but we have until 48 hours before it sails to make that call. I prefer to wait and see how it shakes out. 

That being said, I dont think it will sail, as is. I think that cruises scheduled for the first half of 2021 will nearly ALL be altered in some way (length and itinerary, ship). Once they start sailing again, ROYAL has said it will be select ships, on shorter itineraries. That puts my week long sailing on Harmony in jeopardy, early in the year. So, again, they will either cancel on me....or give me options. 

20 minutes ago, twangster said:

USA Today will print anything for the right price.  

They would print that portable toilets are cleaner that operating rooms if the industry paid them to.  

It's one of the reasons why I refuse to read their trash.

Wow.....guess I shouldve put a trigger warning on there? 

Just thought it was fascinating and people might be interested to know that its being looked at and talked about....as it relates to flying to cruises. 

Interesting...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2020/10/15/coronavirus-study-finds-jetliners-safer-than-operating-rooms/3665469001/

Im no anti-mask guy....but I have my limits, and i think its probably having to wear one while hanging out on the pool deck. Like others have said, I get it....they cant risk an outbreak, but man...pretty hard to relax with constant reminders not to. 

33 minutes ago, beccaball said:

I'm surprised at the amount of negative nancy's....or Realistic RIchards..... lol

My cruise is March 21, 2021..... I'm fully expecting to be on Oasis.....

 

I'm not one to usually be pessimistic. I've always tried to be an optimist.... but do you all truly think that full fleet won't be operating by spring? I understand not in November and December....but I'm still 6 months from my cruise..... I figured they would have worked out all the kinks by then.

 

But again,.... maybe Im just optimistic???

HONESTLY, not trying to be negative....just trying to be realistic, keep myself grounded, and following the bread crumbs to get some sort of an idea of what could possibly happen. If youre looking at where we are now, when cruising may start, and what they have told us will happen when it does...it leads ME to think theyre going to scrap or alter the existing schedule for a while. Theyve said it will be a slow process, not all ships will sail, and those that do will be on "short" sailings. Who defines what short is? 10 day sailings, I think are definitely out. Is 7 short? not when compared to 3,4, and 5 day sailings. I think that is what they would start with.  I would think, in order to maximize the amount of people cruising, since they are reducing capacity, they will use the larger ships for short (3,4,5 day) sailings involving the private islands....then over time (months) they will begin stretching itineraries and bringing more ships into the fold.  

I suspect, those of us booked on the ships that are sailing, will receive some sort of option when all this shakes out. Something to the effect of "your itinerary has changed, so we would like to offer you the CHOICE to stay on the sailing, or receive FCC".  I dont think theyd want to completely scrap the guest list and rebook all the way.  They already have a head start.  

Let me be clear....I DO think there will be cruising in 2020. But I think the schedule will be blown up, and remade for the foreseeable future. Anything on the schedule for the next 6 months to a year is likely to be written in pencil....hope I'm wrong.