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10 minutes ago, GA Cruiser said:

What you did was perfect.  Don't listen to what others say.

Yip, give what you want and can afford dont worry what others do.

3 hours ago, Traveler said:

I have a cruise at April on Jewel , I did not cancel it , I have took advantage on the panic and successfully upgraded my cabin to a JS from a balcony , cost was 0 ... 
No one died on princess  ship  although many new people are infected. Good news is that mostly this virus is not fatal and most of the people recover after mild symptoms , who ever got the symptoms was taken to an hospital for treatment (and they have very good hospitals in Japan). The bad news is the number of new cases every day (We are around 350 people now) but that can be due to the fact its not 100% quarantine, for sure not for the crew.

We're going on the quantum on the 30th April and hoping to get some descent upgrades by then with all the cancellations etc. I've been watch whats available  and on Friday there was only 1 joiner suit available but Saturday there were 5 and strangely it was cheaper to pick your own than to take RC random choice {It was still to expensive for my blood but hears hoping}.

Is the 3 night package available on all ships as I cant seem to find it in the planner for the 30th April on the Quantum ?

10 minutes ago, Atlantix2000 said:

But do the people reporting the numbers lie?  I also don't think people outside of China have much to worry about right now.  But I don't think we're getting the real numbers out of China.  If the death rate is below the flu's death rate, then why are they dragging infected people out of their houses in Wuhan?  There's no reason to do that with the flu, you'd just let them recover at home.  Therefore, it seems logical to assume the Chinese government sees this as way worse than the flu.

Don't believe all the media hype either a lot of the videos that have appeared have been proved to be false also, the WHO & CDC have been in china since early Feb and have not challenged the numbers of infected or deaths reported.

The numbers of new infections has drop considerably lately.

universal remote and goggle are you salvation, even if the TV has been locked {most big hotel chains do this in the UK} - there is a unlock code for most TV on the market. I've never failed to unlock one. {The only problem you will have is getting online to find the right code - so best to do when in port unless you buy the wifi package.

Google cast {relatively cheap} is a better way than a cable to connect your device as you can have you device on you lap to control the play back.

I'm a UK national and always use a zero foreign  transaction fee card the "Halifax Verity"card is my go to card when abroad it also allows for no charge cash from cash machines but interest is charged for cash from the day you withdraw it.

Therefore I have 2 cards one for foreign cash withdrawals and one for charging.

I pay off the cash withdrawal within 24 hrs via online banking to avoid interest charges.

Also never take the exchange rate offered by cash machines or customer services but let card company use theirs its always a better rate. 

15 hours ago, Spang1974 said:

Depends on the ship, mostly cans and aluminium bottles.

 

I'll be on the quantum in may, I hope

Hi, do RC do draught beers or is it all bottle?

On 2/9/2020 at 3:58 PM, unsupermommy said:

My favorite embarkation day lunch on Oasis class is the kummelwich sandwich at park cafe! I’ll be enjoying it one week from today. 

Never heard of that until now, I'm sold just read that is available on all RC ships - hope thats true I'm on the Quantum in April.

8 hours ago, WannaCruise said:

Agree. Try calling again.  For each room, you should be able to move it as long as same category.  We did this both times with a guarantee room. Giot assigned a forward room and moved each to more central (different cruises).

So you should be able to move each...and if there happens to be 2 next to each other, or even closer in proximity of same category room, they should be able move the rooms.  But of course, this depends on availability.

It appears that UK customers have to use the UK call centre and the agents seem to be more policy minded, I've even emailed them but still no joy.

7 hours ago, KristiZ said:

It has to do with the differences in law. I'm sure Royal would rather have just one policy. Maybe then their customer service reps could keep it all straight!  But they have to accommodate the various quirks in all the countries.

Yea, there must be a consumer regulation that forces RC to accept repricing in the US but the not in the UK. I cant blame them trying to make as much money as possible but its still annoying.

4 hours ago, WannaCruise said:

Once you are assigned a room, you can call and move your room to any other available room in the exact same category.  But this is a gamble as you don't know when you will get your assignment and what rooms are available.  And if you want connecting, even less likely one or two are available after your assignments.

If getting two rooms together is important, then I would book them straight out.  

I tried that and they refused to move them, "If you wanted them together you should of paid the premium" and I only asked to move one so they were at least on the same deck.

1st time with RC with this and the no repricing policy for UK customers I'm starting to wish we booked with another line.

It appears that RC don't allow repricing here in the UK, I find it astonishing that there is a different policy for non-US customers.

Very random indeed, we booked 2 cabins, very happy what was allocated except for the fact they are on different deck {cruise April 30th cabins allocated within 12 hrs of booking}. Not sure about the random thing I have a feeling its a deliberate policy to allocate them on different decks to try and milk as much money out of people as possible. 

I don't just carry some sort of alternative photo ID

I believe its 2 hours before the ship is due to depart, thats how it is on other cruise lines - first time for me with RC also so I could be wrong.