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  1. well it looks like I screwed up. I waited way too long to book excursions for my Sep 28 Rome/Greece trip and most everything is sold out.

    I have a question about the only Santorini excursion left ( which I did book) - its "Fira on your own".  The description doesnt give any info on transportation to/from Fira basically wander the Streets for a couple hours. I know you take a tender, but I have no Idea if its bus there and back ( how long is the ride on this 4 hour tour?) or bus there and cable car back, ect. Also i'm confused on the cable car location. Is that Fira or is it close by? I'm wondering if the excursion is bus up/back or could I Bus up and if the cable car is close take that back even if suppose to be bus both ways?

    The Ship is there 7am-7Pm if this excursion is 9:30am ending 1:30pm, what suggestions are there for the remaining time since I dont think there is anything to do where the tender drops/pickup? ( is the cable car and Bus the same tender location? )

    EDIT*******

    I just realized this excursion is for "fira" ( yes thats what I booked and is the only excursion left) BUT in my mind I was thinking it was Oia.. So the same basic questions about getting around, but adding a question, with the extra time can I cab from Fira to Oia, spend and hour or 2 in Oia then cab back to fira? with a booked "4 hour" excursion, can I actually return when I want or will my return transportation really be limited to that 4 hour window?

     

     

  2. 5 days until we leave.. still no confirmation on whats happening.. No refund, no Cancelation notice. Even though the other party was told it was "canceled that morning" I wanted confirmation myself ( of course I never got the previously promised return call )  the usual wait then on/off hold but no one knows why its not in my planner and doesnt know for sure if it was canceled.. of course someone will once again get back to me.. In the mean time IF it is canceled and I have to book something else, the prices on the other excursions are now more $$..

    So the new question, If I dont hear anything before boarding, will they be able to address this on the ship?

  3. Has anyone had excursions removed from their planner and not been told?

    A  few months ago I purchased an ATV Excursion at Camp Rico ( PR) for March 21st. I have the email reciept but its not showing on my calendar. I tried calling RC a couple times but after 45min of hold I couldnt wait any longer. I will try again, but I dont see it offered anymore and I have not been informed of a cancelation and have not received any refund. It does not show in my Orders on the webiste ( shouldnt it show purchases and cancelation?). Another party we are traveling with have the same issue.

  4. Has anyone gotten thier Covid test in Ft Lauderdale the day before Departing? If so can you let me know where I can go? I will be traveling around for days before departure in 3 weeks but arriving in Ft Lauderdale 1 day before my cruise and would like to schedule something now. I googled a few places but would be more comfortable going somewhere that someone else used and got quick results that were accepted by RCC

     

  5. I'll be disembarking from Ft Lauderdale and flying out of FLL. I know the drive time is around 15-20 min but am unsure which flight I should book that I will make without outright running.

    The ship docks at 7:00 - the 1st flight out is 10:30 and my preference as its also the shortest flight back home, but then they space out about 2.5 hours after that with much longer flight/layover times. I'm not sure how long it takes to actually get on the shuttle and get moving or how long TSA at the airport will take, so apx what flight time should I realisticaly shoot for?

  6. 5 minutes ago, FionaMG said:

    Fred, are you not able to move the trip a year out? Royal are not placing any restrictions on when you switch to and Odyssey is sailing those 9 night itineraries next year as well, starting in May and going through to October, so you could pick any date that's available in that time frame.

    I just checked again and they do have 1 cruise available a year from this Sept.. wow thats a long time to wait.. but maybe..

    Thanks for the info or I wouldnt have rechecked and found that..

     

  7. Thanks FionaMG -

    it does but it doesnt.. There are only a couple "Similar Sailing Length" available and they are not anything worth while.. and really, going from a Huge New Ship with 7 ports in 9 days to the only option of an "old" small ship with only 4 ports in 9 days for the same price ( actually it now costs more, but they with match it- Haha) makes me feel like I'm really getting scammed.

  8. I just signed in to my account and hour ago and it shows my Rome trip on Odyssey in Oct canceled. I have not received any notice of this and assume I will sometime soon.

    I ASSUME they are going to offer Lift and Shift so I tried to get a jump on things and started looking for something to replace this with and found NOTHING! I cant find any comparable trips - Nothing from Rome or anywhere international other than Australia ( which I cant do) within my avaible time frames of Sep-Oct- end 1st week of Nov Or 2022 Feb-April.. The ONLY thing I see is a couple of Caribbean's that are (sorry- my opinion), lousy choices and now extremely overpriced.

    Is anyone else having this problem? Is there really nothing crusing or are they all booked and dont show?

     

  9. I had a cancellation for My current Oct 11th out of PR, I want to use the Lift and Shift for the same cruise in Oct 2021, but no cruises show for Sept or Oct ( under new bookings, I didnt do anything with my actual Lift&Shift yet). Does that mean there really are no cruises or are they just not showing in the new booking section yet waiting to see if they fill with other Lift and  Shift's - I can only go in Oct 2021, so I cant take the Nov that does show

  10. Lots of good info above, brings me to 1 more question.. using the actual fly leave date to return fly date and including all expenses, how would it work if the ship got quarantined at sea 2 weeks?

    I assume the insurance only kicks in for the days/expenses missed after it SHOULD have returned to port?  so if medical expenses were incurred during AND after the coverage date, would they be covered?  the thinking is, if I had the extra 3 days coverage supposedly in Orlando, but stuck on ship for 2 weeks instead ( making 11 days past coverage), would any associated expenses up to the amount insurance coverage still be paid since the "illness" would have started within the coverage date? (I hope that makes sense)

  11. I'm looking at online quotes and they ask for "trip Cost" and dates- What do I include here?

    My trip would consist of flying in, hotel 1 night, cruise 7 days with 6 days excursions, return to port, car rental drive to Orlando hotel for another 3days then fly home. ( 12 days total)

    I really am only concerned with  the fly in and cruise and excursions - the car/orlando/hotel- is not an issue

    So what do I include in that "trip cost" and dates? do I have to include everything? 

    Can I just use the dates until the cruise ends  and not worry about anything after that?

    do I include the excursion pricing and dining and drink packages?

  12. I've read through a few documents for coverage but am not really sure whats covered / not covered..

    is the insurance offered by RC the best one to get or should I go with someone else?

    Does the Insurance cover just the Cruise or also the flight to the cruise and extended days after the cruise ( IE staying in orlando a couple days) before flying home

    are delays causing missed flights covered - If ship gets back a few hours late and miss flight, are new flight, transportation, and hotel costs covered? ( relatives just got back 9 hours late, had out of pocket expenses $1500 for hotel and new flights , would this have been covered?)

    What if trip delayed - canceled - changed due to hurricane/mother nature?

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