Christine 67

Do you have any other FCCs, refunds, credit card disputes, or future flight credits to keep you busy?

Not to be a 'one up-er' but DH still drives to the department stores to make a payment. It nearly kills me each time, he's far too young to be averse to online payments. I want to ask if he needs to bust out the Rand McNally for directions on how to get there.

I think the U.S. messaging is very focused on the next few weeks to months with little mention or messaging about life 3 - 24 months away.  The focus is on the coming hump with hopefully low hundreds of thousands dead.  
If you read between the main headlines you can come to the conclusion by yourself that this virus will still be with us 18 - 24 months from now when hopefully a vaccine will start to become available but the media is so focused on the White House briefings that they aren't mentioning the long range outlook or very much at all about life after June.  The media up here is historically split along political lines and that remains evident in the coverage most are providing of the virus.  The media spends so much energy dissecting every word of the near daily White House briefings to support their left or right political views that they aren't thinking independently enough to address life 12 months from now.
Consequently there is hope of cruising in June or July up here while I personally think the probability of that is pretty low.  I think Royal has figured it out otherwise they wouldn't have secured several billion in backup loans to get through it.  You don't need 3 billion in loans to get through 3 or 4 months.

Y’all ready for a cruise this week? Abe Hughes (Cruise Director on Oasis) is doing a virtual cruise so jump on board! Here’s today’s cruise compass. I’ll post the link to his Facebook so you won’t miss out this week! 
 
https://m.facebook.com/cruisedirectorabehughes/

All lies !!!!!!!!!!!
According to a guy at work who spends FARRRRRRRRRRRRR to much time on the dark web this is all a conspiracy going back as far as mankind evolved, it's all to do with JFK, Disney, Tom Hanks, Royal Family ( The list is endless )  and we will all find out the truth soon enough!!
Am i concerned about Covid - 19? not really what will be will be!
am i concerned about guy at work ? OH YEAH .......
The world has gone absolutely crazy and where and how it started should be left to the experts to work out and deal with! we should not listen to rumours or random shit on the internet that NO ONE can confirm or deny because doing so may just create more issues 
 

Besides the fact cruise lines have headquarters in the United States, contributes $53 billion to the US Economy, or employs tens of thousands of employees on land and at sea?
Yes, their ships are foreign flagged due to antiquated protectionist US laws based in the age of sailing. So the cruise lines adapt, just like GM builds a manufacturing plant in Mexico. It makes better business sense.
I'm not saying the cruise industry deserves a bailout or not, but to state the cruise industry isn't American, or doesn't help the overall economy is just not true.

Just a reminder that there's no room for profanity on this forum. I had to remove a few posts that violated that rule.  

The band is Gaelic Storm.  The name of the song is:  'The Night I Punched Russell Crowe In the Head'.  It's a true story.
If you see Russell Crowe today, don't tell him about the song.  Gaelic Storm is afraid Crowe will sue Patrick (the front man).
Funny stuff.

When we can cruise again the industry will need our help, I suggest we all book twice as many cruises as normal just so we can do our part...=)

I am going on my first cruise June 21 on Harmony of the Seas.  I still hold out hope that things will be ok by then, but if not, well I guess we will just have to take that cruise credit and roll it forward to a different one.  I do not think I will cancel.  I am going to wait on them to cancel me and hope for some perks..=)
 

Shameless display of wealth...

 

I'm gonna get the drink package....I deserve it after going through all this. 

I just got off the phone with Club Royale. If anyone was using their free prime cruise that just got canceled good news they are issuing it back to us and we get to use it up until March 2021.. Which would mean next year I get 2 Prime Cruises! I am so happy Royal did this. Makes missing my cruise a little bit easier. 

I don't think anyone knows the answer to this question at this point.  I would certainly hope that RCCL Visa would re-award those points since the cruise line cancelled but we just don't know yet.

Perspective is the word of the day. My cruise was a luxury. A break from life and the daily grind. It's a bummer I have to reschedule, and have to cancel my PTO request.....but ......I have an awesome family, I have my health, and....now.....I get to pick out, and plan another cruise to replace the one we just lost!  So....as upset we are at losing a vacation, and the hassle of canceling hotels and excursions and such....just ask yourself......

So....no air mailed Corona. 

Sure hope this means we get actual refunds and not future cruise credit.

Sure hope this means we get actual refunds and not future cruise credit.

I did notice a couple articles saying people felt forced to go because they were not getting refunds so the bad press was starting.

We are the Oasis currently, and guest services told us FCC ... but details are still being worked out. A long awaited B2B interrupted ??.  AIR2SEA has even more benefits than I imagined, immediate flight updates and they are covering the hotel on Sunday. 

I did notice a couple articles saying people felt forced to go because they were not getting refunds so the bad press was starting.

Sure hope this means we get actual refunds and not future cruise credit.

Leaving tomorrow on Symphony.  To anyone going on a cruise in the near future, I would suggest shutting off your social media,  as the shit talking crap you’ll take from your friends and acquaintances will be too much.
i thought we had up until 48 hours to cancel cruise, and wife and I were mulling it over yesterday morning only to learn that we had to cancel midnight the night before.  That made our decision for us.  Not throwing 8k down the drain to avoid a disease that is EVERYWHERE now.   
 
The world has lost its mind, but I choose to use logic and common sense.  With everything I’m hearing about RC’s steps to screen passengers and precautions on the ship, at this time I feel more confident and safer  taking a cruise than a trip to the local Costco 

Just hit the Florida state line.  Staying at mother in laws in Fort Myers tonight, and if RC ends up cancelling then we’ll look for an Air BnB in the keys or somewhere else for a bit.  Either way I’m not going back to the cold until next weekend!