WAAAYTOOO

Believe me, you do NOT want me anywhere near any kind of decorating decision. I am so right-brained that I have virtually no left brain at all ! No imagination, no creativity. UGH

Hmmmm…. I am looking at these 2 cruises. I will sleep on it tonite and if the spirit moves me I may book them both. Pretty good price and availability of aft JS. I am not overly fond of the aft rooms on this class ship but….maybe.

OMG what a nightmare. At least you have a path forward even if is a big, fat PITA. Let’s just pray that the weather-related back-ups are cleared out of the way by tomorrow morning.

Yes there is a TV in the bedroom/loft

Don’t miss the mozzarella d’bufalo if you get anywhere near Naples. It’s incredible

Really ? What a disappointment.

I really think you will be fine, too. The current protocols have been released through 4-15. So the protocols covering your cruise will be published shortly. Once that happens, you will be able to get a cash refund. The bad news is that you may have to pay the final balance first. That’s typical and has been the way this system has worked since the restart. However, once the protocols covering your cruise are published (and trust me, the vax requirement isn’t going away by then) then you will be able to get all of your money back. I have received close to $25K back in cash refunds using the “COVID protocols” excuse since Nov of 2021. I don’t really see them changing this policy right now. 2023 ? Yeah, maybe. I certainly can’t promise you anything, but I would strongly recommend that you do NOT cancel now and accept an FCC. If you wait just a bit longer, pay the final balance if the deadline hits before they announce the protocols, and then cancel due an unvaccinated passenger, I’m confident that will be able to get a refund. Good luck !

Currently, Royal is still permitting unvaxxed passengers to get a full refund. I’m not familiar with the policy noted above but as far as I am aware, you can still get a full cash refund if you are unvaccinated or if you cannot comply with other COVID protocols. I will be cancelling an April 8 sailing on Wonder soon, using this basis. If you are vaccinated, you cannot sail (unfortunately). Congratulations on holding the line for your son. It’s a tough road to travel, but it’s the right thing to do.

You can always try the "COVID protocols" excuse. When you go to cancel, just tell the agent that you are not vaccinated and do not meet the vaccine/COVID protocols. Then you ask for a cash refund. It has worked in the past...haven't tried it recently. BTW, we ARE unvaccinated...

The one thing you can be fairly certain about is that anything you can purchase through the Cruise Planner will be MORE expensive if you wait and purchase it onboard. There are some exceptions related, primarily, to loyalty status, but for the most part, purchasing before you board is a winner. Your job will be to keep checking prices and refund and rebuy if something is cheaper than what you paid for it.

Start driving ?

Safety pins and a small sewing kit

Yippee !!!

Last year I had mystery OBC appear on multiple cruises. They all ended up being cancelled, but it was the first time I had ever had anything like that happen. Still have no idea where it actually came from or why.

Smart doctors.

Short answer: No. Of course, you CAN, but if you do that the 2 BR booking would be repriced and your RU savings (not to mention the cost of the RU itself) would be lost.

No. You are awarded the points based on your original booking so if you are booked in a JS originally, you will get double points regardless of a RU award.

Personally, I would just ask the Concierge if it is possible to get lobster tails delivered to the CK for that meal. Whatever the answer, you will decide how to proceed. ...and as was suggested above, you can always get the MDR lobster tails delivered to your suite and then go and pick up the scallops from the CK and bring them back. A bit more complicated but it would work !

I am glad to see that they redesigned these rooms. We had a GS with large balcony on Anthem (deck 9 was a different configuration, with a 2 BR GS so I snipped from Deck 8). The balcony wrapped around; at first it might seem like it would be a great configuration but it was a complete waste of space. That little piece around the corner was useless. The new configuration (OY) seems much more useful.

You can actually get quite a bit into those bags if you have the plastic ones. The paper ones are kinda lame but the plastic ones you can get quite a bit into.

Yes...this will be very valuable to you ! This amenity is per person, too....so if there are 2 of you that are D+, you will get 2 bags per cruise !

The free bag of laundry is a loyalty (D+) perk and has nothing to do with being in a suite. The only suites that get laundry service (which is unlimited) are Star Class.

I would probably count on option #2 (having it delivered to your suite) as it seems that they are trying to stop the cross-restaurant delivery. I can understand this...

When we were on Oasis in Dec 2019, the CK manager first told us that he could not bring food into the CK from another restaurant due to “health restrictions “, which I knew was BS, but I thanked him and didn’t say anything more about it. Then my cream of mushroom soup suddenly appeared anyway. I was very grateful. I’m not sure if it was b/c we were Star Class but I don’t doubt that they are trying to stop bringing food in from other venues. As for the MDR lobster on lobster night, in the past, they always had a hefty supply on hand in the CK so it really was not a big imposition to ask for those. They get that request so often that they are prepared for it. No big deal.

I agree with this 100%. Good to hear from you again, @Joe01