WAAAYTOOO

That’s wonderful!  What a great cruise and saving $$ too !

1 hour ago, Jim82Mac said:

Apologies for reviving an old thread but, I have a question about repricing. I booked a cruise on an online website (prior to finding my MEI agent) and I wanted to reprice today, but was told that I can't because it has to be in the same 5D category. I wanted to go from 5D to a 2E (obstructed balcony), which would have saved me about $225. Earlier this year I was able to go from a Studio Balcony, to a regular balcony and saved some coin without issue. But, now that I want to go down to a different balcony, they said this is not possible. They said I have to look for price drops only in 5D. Is this accurate, I can only reprice same category (5D) or price up even though I am still in a balcony cabin? 

Thanks for any insight, or links to policies and/or procedures I can read. 

 

jim

No, this doesn’t sound right.  Are you past your final payment date ?  That really shouldn’t matter though.  If the Agency permits repricing and you are not yet past final payment, they should be able to reprice any cabin.

So, since you attained Prime status before 1 April, you will have Prime status from now through 31 March 2021.  Your points will go to zero on April 1, 2020 and you will start collecting points for the 1Apr 2021-31 Mar 2022 year. You are always accumulating points for the next casino year.

1 hour ago, PRebecca said:

I told him I couldn't take it, we had to go sooner!

This is precisely how we became the cruise fiends that we are now !  We started out booking 1 cruise/year.  Then I realized there was no way I could wait an entire YEAR, so we ended up booking another cruise, before the one we had already booked...and then the mean-time-between-cruises (MTBC) became less and less and now...well....you know how that story ends....

Cartoon dogs ?  Really ?  Snoopy and Underdog would be it for me !

1 hour ago, Vangrizz said:

I wonder if there's a direct correlation between the tasty drinks and the incorrect trivia answers...I suggest more research to confirm.

Although you already got more musician instruments right than I would have. Eric Clapton and Louis Armstrong probably would have been it for me.

I would have gotten Ravi Shankar.  That's the only other one I recognized !  ...that's b/c I am very old.

Yes, it IS a long walk.  As Twangster said, there is one tram that takes you down the pier and another tram that picks you up inside the park and drives all around the park.

I agree that the extra room and double points are the biggest perks.

I believe that for sailings out if China the system is completely different. No CK at all if I remember KristiZ’s blog. Silver and Gold dining and I don’t know if JS are part of that. Maybe JS qualifies for Silver. 

6 hours ago, Shanenz84 said:

Day 1 - Pre-cruise 

Finally...Here we go! Work all done and time to pack! Flight is tommorow from Auckland, New Zealand (my home) to Sydney, Australia at around 4pm NZ time. It’s about a 3 hour flight. 

Just like RoyalUp, Air New Zealand have OneUp so Premium Economy upgrade approved! A great start to the holiday. Will be in Sydney for 3 nights pre-cruise. 

Further Day 1 updates to come. 

Have a great trip !

I have only cruised in an inside once and I really hated it.  I would definitely choose 1 balcony cruise over multiple insides.

The problem (for me) with bringing my own straws is that I have no way to really carry them.  I know some people bring collapsible straws but that is not something I would do.  The whole bunch of plastic straws that I took with me on Oasis in December sat right where I left them when we unpacked.

I agree that the sides are pretty pathetic but the main courses have usually been reliably good - not great.

Just now, HAK1906 said:

What's your thoughts/opinions on Coastal Kitchen related to quality of food and service and that of "specialty restaurants" like Chops and Jamie's, etc..?

I am not a super fan of the CK but it is certainly better than the MDR.

1 minute ago, Cakelady said:

We will be on the March 15th sailing of the Oasis.  This will be my first cruise and I am so excited.  I'm curious if RC still uses plastic straws or will I need to being my own if I do not want to use a paper one.  I just dont like the paper straw feeling in my mouth.  

Unfortunately, Royal has stopped using any plastic straws. If you want plastic you will have to bring your own

9 minutes ago, HAK1906 said:

In a Junior Suite. I know that Coastal Kitchen is available to me for dinner, when will I be able to reserve a place.  I don't see it as a dinner option in the Cruise Planner?

You can go to the CK when you board and makes dinner reservations. Depending on the ship, you may have to make them daily if you want more than 1 night.  Some ships will let you make reservations for multiple nights and some won’t. 

I think all JS have the same configuration.  I don’t think they alternate the way the balconies do.

45 minutes ago, Bahiagran said:

@WAAAYTOOO can you tell us what are the spouse benefits for a casino master?

Sorry...I cannot.  As far as I am aware, there are no spouse benefits for any casino level...but I am only  Prime and unlikely to ever be any higher than that !!

👍👍 for the mushroom soup.  It is also my favorite dish on the ship.

We are also not particularly fond of 150 Central Park.  IMO they ruined it when they went to a static menu and then they pounded the final nails in the coffin when they did away with the salts and the bread.

3 minutes ago, Baked Alaska said:

Yes, but I was thinking that if we win the bid and they don't notify us until the week of sailing, the Genie will not have had the opportunity to contact us a month prior. 

It’s possible that you will have less lead time with the Genie if you get a last minute RoyalUp...but I still think you would have enough time.  Frankly, you will not have much of any interaction with the Concierge when you are Star Class.

Yes, if you win the RoyalUp bid for the Star Loft, you will get all of the amenities of Star Class, including the Genie.  I would not expect the Concierge to have any discussions with the Genie.  If there is anything you need to tell the Genie, you will have plenty of time to do that.  The Genie will contact you a full month prior to sailing.

Welcome to the blog, Christine

No roads ?  No thanks. 
😉😉🤭

Yes, you can substitute a new passenger for the child that may have to cancel.

If you decide to just sail with one child in that room, I recommend that you do nothing and just allow him/her to be a “no-show”.  If you advise RCI that you are adjusting the pax count, it is possible that they would reprice at an almost certainly higher single pax rate.  A few $$ in taxes and port fees would be refunded as OBC for the no-show.

1 minute ago, Hags1684 said:

So we've heard Matt say several times to watch your fare and reprice if it drops. I understand that most of the time this is refunded in OBC or am I wrong ? Also, if I take a reprice and the fare drops again can we get it repriced again or is it a one and done kinda thing? Thanks for the info in advance.

No, your refund from a fare repricing is returned to the CC that was used.  The only time you will get refund money as OBC is if you cancel or reprice or make some kind of adjustment after you board.