SnickerTail

Two ships (seems it would be a Carnival ship and Grandeur) are being allowed to dock and disembark passengers and that's all.

13 minutes ago, TheSteveK said:

I wonder if there still will be chair hogs on these sailings.

Sneeze on them.

Evidently no one on our sailing that planned on the Beach Club is cancelling - the price went up to $250 pp instead of $199 (and it's previous low of ~50).

To answer for us, though - we will be on it if they let us (April 4th on Symphony). Seeing all of these other cruise lines suspend operations really makes me wonder if we'll be given the opportunity, though.

10 hours ago, cccseaton said:

Hello Girls Trip we have 3 rooms booked: Each young lady booked with their mother however we would like to switch rooms within the 3 book, Can Guest Service move the younger ladies to 1 room and switch the moms to one of the other cabins ? 

If the cruise is far enough out and the "young ladies" are old enough, you can change passengers ahead of time (you just need to keep one adult that was originally on the cabin in the cabin).

But you don't need to "switch" (if the young ladies are kids or you're close to sailing), you can get two extra keys for the two young ladies moving to room C and an extra key for whichever room the other mom is going to crash in. Just bring the involved parties to Guest Services.

1 hour ago, BecomingACruiseAddict said:

I just spent an hour on hold, but was able to confirm that the Thrill Water Park cabana includes up to six complimentary passes.  I managed to snag a cabana for $499.  Regular passes are $80, so if I can find four more people to share it, it's basically like getting the cabana for free!

Sounds like a great price, our waterpark tickets are $125 and the cabana is $1300. Or it would be if it wasn't sold out. 

Just now, Neesa said:

Can you expand the description? On mine the next sentence after the one you quoted states enjoy your cabana with up to six of your friends. I believe then according to a good post from Matt yesterday 2 more people could be added to the 6 for an additional 50.00 per person. 

I've only seen the 2+ option for the Chill Island and South Beach cabanas, not the waterpark or beach club (which makes sense, as that $50 is less than the entry fee).

Oh, I should note that you only book the cabana for one person - otherwise it will try to charge you for six cabanas.

Six passes:

Your cabana for up to 6 of your friends and family is the perfect place to take five amid all the excitement

Enjoy!

11 hours ago, KWong said:

Last cruise I was too dumb to leave the table when the person beside me was standing on 14 vs a 10. I deserved to lose my money. 

5 hours ago, Balsam said:

And this affected your play how?

After 20 years working in casinos, it always amazes me how people think in this regard. If that person was in box 7, and the next two cards out were 6, 10 and they didn't draw, this would mean you win. If they did the "correct" thing and drew the 6, you would probably lose.

Unless you know what the next card out is going to be, just ignore the other players on the table and play your own cards.

I think I need the lessons, I don't even know what game you're talking about.

14 minutes ago, HeWhoWaits said:

Are they implying that signing up is now required for the table game lessons? Every cruise to date has been "here's what time we have the gaming lessons - show up if you're interested."

From the description, you will go to the same classes (says to check compasses for times) - were they historically subject to a fee? This says it includes $25 in casino credit and two drink vouchers (I guess that's where they get the $45 value).

6 minutes ago, DaiC01 said:

Direct! None of it makes sense, I'm starting to think the invite is subjective and based on the availability of cabin type {Balcony in my case} you have secured and the next couple of levels up availability.

If that make sense.

It does make sense. If they think they can move and refill X number of down-channel cabins (interior and whatnot) and they offered enough balconies opportunities they might not have needed to worry about moving you around. It could also have to do with the number of people in your cabin, your muster station, your dining time, etc. Who knows.

3 minutes ago, DaiC01 said:

Amazingly I had a reply:

Dear Mr Croke,

Thank you for contacting Customer Service with your request to add your booking to the RoyalUp program. 

You first need to make sure to Opt-In to receive marketing e-mails, (through your My Cruise account)) then wait to be within 45 days from sailing date. From there on, you’ll need to wait to get the invite email.

I have since replied that this doesn't corollate to the information I have that customers are already receiving the said emails for our cruise and have had bid excepted. 
 

Did you book directly or with a TA? Someone else mentioned that some agencies are excluded (or opt out) of the Royal Up program.

Ugh, we can't even book the escape room for our April 4 Symphony sailing.

I'm this || close to signing up for the sushi class just to have something on my calendar.

edit: Well, still no escape room, but we do have these Casino Royale opportunities now.

The only weird thing about this is that Junior Suites are more expensive than the Grand Suite. The Grand Suite is not free, it's just the basis for comparison for Expedia (so it's whatever price you clicked through on plus $0). If you started with Junior Suite, it would be -$395 to go to a Grand Suite. I do agree that it is strange, though - they must have hit some strange threshold where they want to get rid of the Grand Suite but not the Junior Suite.

8 hours ago, Boromom said:

I'm curious if anyone can answer this (probably because I'm a bit neurotic).  We're 39 days out and just called to upgrade to a balcony guarantee stateroom.  When I look at the new documents RC emailed, it says #GTY but no indication of what category is guaranteed - is this normal or do I need to call back and be sure we actually have the balcony category?

I'm going to go with perfectly normal on the document, but what does your account page say? We are traveling with two families with guarantee rooms, one in balcony, one in an inside and it specified which on their account page (our cruises are linked).

7 minutes ago, steverk said:

I once requested a key for my dad's room by going to guest services.  They issued it without any issues. (Dad was with me when I asked, so that might have helped)

 

Yes, you should definitely have parties from both rooms at Guest Services when you request key copies.

Guest services can do that for you on the ship.

I have six or so - they're all pending. If you click on the "Pending" it should bring you to that specific bid where you can then modify/cancel. At least, that's how it works for me.

No benefit other than you'll be done with it. 

I wish this topic was Deluxe Beverage for 1$ instead - new intern please.

So what happens when they get to the magic number of cases for the US? Start restricting states, shut everything down, or just sign a waiver accepting coronavirus risk?

52 minutes ago, Matt S said:

Traveling on Harmony of the Seas in June.  I purchased the Coco Cay beach club and the thrill water park.  Is that too much for one day on the island?  It's me, my wife, and my 2 teenage boys.

You probably want to pick one. The Beach Club is to relax and be a little less crowded (and get upgraded food), the water park for slides and activities. Trying to do both (IMO) would just result in not enjoying either fully. 

1 hour ago, Buzzard05 said:

This is all your fault:

https://www.10news.com/news/some-americans-refusing-to-buy-or-drink-corona-beer-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-according-to-survey

 

The survey showed 38 percent of American beer drinkers “would not buy Corona under any circumstances

now.”

I wonder what it was before. Personally I didn't care for Corona long before COVID-19. Unless it was upside-down in a margarita.

12 hours ago, Andrew72681 said:

I think I’m with the genie on the pretzel thing. That windjammer pretzel bread has always been way too hard for my liking. Nowhere near a soft pretzel. 

I still think the genie is looking for . If someone said to me that they wanted a soft pretzel, that's what I'd be thinking of.

Now I want a pretzel, with salt and cheese dip.

4 hours ago, MikeMul said:

I'll have to fill you in on my experience once it is fully known, but I'm currently in a GTY balcony cabin that I booked in October.  The ship has been listed as sold out for my category and all above since January and the rest of the ship for the past 2 weeks.  So far, I don't have an assignment and it is 20 days to sailing.

I'm not sure how this will pan out but I am worrying a little.

Have you tried decoding the barcode in your edocs' setsail pass? We're over a month out and while the families with us haven't "officially" received their assignments, their barcodes revealed their rooms.

I think they don't spell it out to reduce the number of people calling to swap rooms around.