WAAAYTOOO

We’re just staying put for now.  Truly, aside from missing cruising, I really don’t mind staying home.  My work life was such a whirlwind the past few years - so much travel.  I’m glad to be home for a change.  Dan is busy as a bee with yard work and I’m cooking waaay more than I ever have before. I’m content.

For now, I am happy just seeing all of this <cancelled> cruise money come pouring back in !  I will stay home, put my money in the bank and wait until it’s time to cruise again.

39 minutes ago, Kathleen said:

As time gets closer and our world hopefully starts to right itself, I'd love to come see the Grand Panoramic Suite and meet you!

Absolutely !

1 minute ago, Kathleen said:

Would one of those Oasis cruises be 1/09/2022. We are booked in a SC suite then. Our first and of course, booked it after reading so many of yours and other's SC posts!! 

Yes, it is !  We are in the Grand Panoramic Suite (1701) Jan 9-30 2022.  I’m so happy to know you will be there too !  You will be ruined forever.

12 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Raye, you have always been my role model!  

What a sweet thing to say !  Right back atcha.

Yes, I will say that 2022 is working into quite an ambitious year.  By then, hopefully, we will be living in FL (which makes no sense for booking cruises out of Australia, but that's another story), and we have a B3B Star Class booked for Oasis in January 2022.  We certainly cannot afford to do SC all the way across the Pacific (nor would I want to...too much of a good thing) but I do plan on making that last leg (Alaska) SC.

Dan has ALWAYS wanted to go to the South Pacific (me too !) so we are really excited about Tahiti and Bora Bora.  I can't wait for the new itins to come out so that we can get those booked.

2 minutes ago, RCIfan1912 said:

Just out of curiosity does anyone get serious "bouncing" when on certain pages of the Royal website? I have it book marked to go straight to my "Upcoming cruises" page so I log in automatically. When I go to the home page from there I get one picture of a ship, it bounces a few times and I get a different picture of a ship as it settles down on the home page. Then when I click "Find a cruise" I get serious "bouncing" before it settles down and I can begin my search. Very strange website to say the least for such a large company. 

Yes !  I hate it so much !

17 hours ago, WannaCruise said:

I'm not noticing this but maybe similar to how before some got the new view and some got the old view.

Ok...so I went in this morning and noted...in order to get to the "Back to the Search Results", you do have to arrow back (maybe 3 times) to find the link.

15 minutes ago, Kathleen said:

All extensions of those policies are good things but Am I correct that previously you had to book by 12/31/21 but could sail by a certain date in 2022 for use of FCC issued with CWC? Or am I not remembering that correctly? The new policy says book and sail by 12/31/21.  Below is what RC posted on Twitter this morning. 

Yeah, you're right.  You used to have to book by 12/3/121 and sail by 4/30/22.  I wonder if this is a typo on the extension.  I can't imagine that they are shortening the time to actually use the FCC.  Good catch.

On 7/17/2020 at 8:53 PM, F1guynz said:

You will have to come down this way for a cruise sometime once normal service resumes 

Cheers, Carl

Carl, I am taking you up on your invitation.  Last night I booked the 11 night 3-30-22 Ovation cruise (NZ roundabout) and the 16 night 4-10-22 Ovation TP from Sydney to HON.  As soon as the new schedules come out, we will book the HON-SEA (assuming OoS will be sailing out of SEA in 2022) and the first Ovation Alaska cruise.  It's our most ambitious cruise itin yet !  We will spend a week or so in Oz before we start cruising.  We are both SO excited.  Can't wait.  First trip to Oz (not for work), first time to NZ, first TP, first Alaska.  I figure if we're going to spend upwards of $10K to fly all that way we might as well make the most of our time on your side of the beach ball.

1 hour ago, Kathleen said:

This doesn't affect your situation, but Am I wrong: I thought in the past CWC language you had until 12/31/2021 to book and 04/30/22 (or some time in 2022) to sail by when using your FCC or 12 months from cancellation. In the new CWC policy it says book and SAIL by 12/31/21 or 12 months from cancellation. Did this change? Or was I remembering wrong? 

The "use by" dates haven't changed (I don't think).  It's the time that you have to initiate the CWC/L&S that has been extended.  The old date was 7/31/20 and now that has been extended to 9/30/20...so basically an additional 2 months to decide if you want to cancel on your own (for which you would receive only FCC) or L&S your cruise 1 year into the future (with full price protection).

Ugh. That’s a horrible option. I would hope that they would make more options for a Star a Class....but of course we know that it didn’t happen for @twangster

1 hour ago, chill6x6 said:

We are booked aboard the Apex 11/28/20. I booked a long time ago.  Have a Sky Suite for a price that will never again come around.  LOL! Of course I'm pretty sure this cruise will get the axe.  

Will you be able to L&S since you got such a great price ?

3 minutes ago, Andrew72681 said:

The problem with lift and shift is that in many cases it has no value for higher value rooms with limited inventory. There’s no where for me to move my November sailing. 

Yep.  I'm there with ya.

I saw this over on CC.  This is very bad news, indeed.  It would mean 4 more for us.

WOW !!!

YIPPEE !!!!  I just noticed that they have added a "back to the search results" link so now you don't have to use the back arrow 12 times to get back to your list results !  They must have read our post !

37 minutes ago, TempoGL said:

Questions:

1.  Let's say that I cancel a few days beforehand.  Am I realistically going to get the same value in 11 months (as an example) knowing that prices tend to increase the closer one gets to the sailing date?

2.  What is lift and ship?  I see it mentioned quite often on the boards but I haven't seen an explanation of what it is.

1.  Probably not, as prices tend to increase over time...which leads to...

2.  Lift & Shift is a program that allows you to move your cruise out 1 year with price protection.  That means that you would lift &shift your Nov 2020 cruise to Nov 2021 (for example) at the same price you paid for 2021.  You now have until Sept 30 to make such a move, if you want to.  There are a couple of restrictions but overall, it’s an excellent program for people who want to postpone their cruise or for those who have already had their cruise(s) cancelled.

3 minutes ago, SteveinSC said:

Same

I sent the link to  Dan (who does do FB) and he couldn't get the link to work.  BOOOOOOO

L&S has been extended too.  

51 minutes ago, coneyraven said:

https://www.facebook.com/100008431174630/videos/pcb.10158431444139730/2466325586991790/?type=3&theater

Here's a video of her from the bridge as she's being Breached.

Bummer.  I don't do FB so I can't see the video.

This is primarily why we rarely do Chef's Table anymore.  There's really nothing special or unique about it.

22 minutes ago, Mike.s said:

Just reading the T&Cs associated with the benefit, it says not available with travel agent rates, I assume you have to book direct with RC to get the benefit or am I missing something?

 

When they refer to “Travel Agent Rates” they are referring to special rates given to TA’s themselves, not regular passenger rates negotiated by an Agency.

A rather undignified process.  I would have thought that they would of at least put them into some kind of lock or berth of some kind.  Just pushing them up on the beach like that is rather rude.  Surprised to see the life boats still attached.  I guess they are of no value to anyone now but still would have thought that they would have removed them beforehand.  Definitely a less-than-dignified end.

No

17 minutes ago, stevendom57 said:

I am looking on the website description for the Coco Beach Club — Full Day Pass. In the description it says "Top it all off with a drink at the bar". Does the pass include alcoholic drinks even if I do not have the beverage package? 

No.  Drinks are only complementary if you have the DBP.   That ad is a bit deceiving. 

4 minutes ago, Kcusack89 said:

You cannot . You have to choose either just the FCC or FCC and cruise planner 125% credit. You cannot get a refund and choose the cruise planner credits

Wow !  That’s a complete shock to me.  I thought those 2 refund options were completely independent of each other.  You really do learn something new very day !