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How can you purchase and then cancel the original purchase....the items are typically assigned to one person and will not let you buy another if you already "own" one.

I've always used hand sanitizer, try and not touch railings, after washing my hands-with soap-I use a paper towel to open the bathroom door to exit....after getting food from a buffet, I RE DO my hand sanitizer. Have you ever people watched and see people walk past the hand sanitizer station, not wash their hands in the bathroom, eat at the buffet while getting their food? PRECAUTION is key, year round. I've read on this forum to wipe down my room....honestly something I never thought of before but it makes a lot of sense. SO I will add that to my list of precautions.

ugh! LOL Thank you.....I'm a planner by nature. would you happen to know what the current deluxe beverage package is and the royal refreshment package? I can at least give everyone a general pricing idea

Greetings, I just got my confirmation from my travel agent that I am booked on Anthem for March 2021. I cannot see the beverage package options, nor can I see the wifi package rates! I can see the excursions and other things is this normal that I can't yet see pricing on beverages and wifi? I booked 4 cabins and am in charge of my group of teens/adults, I want to ensure I get them the idea on cost per package etc. so they can figure out what they need to save/jobs they need to get etc. Also when I searched drink packages I see at some point in the recent past people got the drink package at $18 a day! Awesomeness for you! If something like that happens again do you all post messages about it here? I'd LOVE to get in on that!

Labadee, you should be booking those other activities online. I believe you pay for all of that in advance. There is a free "golf cart trolley" that takes you to the various beaches/locations.

In regards to dining. I felt my travel agent dropped the ball when she booked my mother in laws Alaska cruise and failed to book regular seated dining. (we have done this for the past 5 years on every cruise we've been on) I was finally advised to go direct to the maitre'd , dining room supervisor or whatever their title was as soon as I boarded and he would take care of it. and he did. The entire family -14 of us- were seated at one table for the 6:00 seating...(0r was it 5:30-whatever it was)....So perhaps see the Maitre'd-dining room supervisor or whatever their title is as soon as you get on board.

I've not yet done the Canada cruise but I do want to do it...can't seem to get my family to agree to go! We went to Alaska this past summer, courtesy of my very generous mother in law who was celebrating a big birthday. It was absolutely AMAZING. She had booked us the 3 day pre cruise land package and that too was amazing...very tiring...and we were glad to get on the ship so we could "relax" LOL. If you are booking Alaska realize that one side of the ship costs more than the other. We had a balcony but honestly did not spend a lot of time on it....when it came to it we were on excursions or mostly on the deck looking over the rails. Though the balcony was quite nice. The Alaska excursions DO book up so when you do decide to book the cruise look at what excursions are available and don't hesitate. (well, the helicopter one my daughter wanted to go on was full-so maybe I'm exaggerating about things booking up?) Whale watching in Icy Strait was amazing and the seafood bake that followed was fantastic. We lucked out with the weather-if you call a heat wave luck!

That's awesome! Congrats! ???

I've never ordered to eat on a balcony. My kids used to order room service, which they loved because they could sleep in and have food delivered. When RC started charging for room service I forbid them to order it. (they don't like the continental breakfast). We usually all do our own thing on the cruise but my only rule with my family is that we meet for dinner. I've done this with other family/friends we cruise with and we have all enjoyed the flexibility in being on our own and then at dinner we all talk about our day and what's going on that evening. As a former working mom of 3 I thoroughly enjoyed my first cruise experience. We used to go to a timeshare with the full kitchen and I cooked on vacation to save money. Cruising is definitely the stress free best thing ever for us!!!

My travel agent did not see that room-she calls Royal Caribbean to book rooms. What or who is MEI? Thank you

I like to check Priceline to see available cabins on a ship.....at times I feel it is easier on their site. I also check the RC site. There is a Junior Suite Large balcony showing on priceline but is NOT showing on RC. Is my only option to book via Priceline? I've never used them, I've not heard great things from the limited use some friends have used them for. Does anyone else do their own research on cruise/cabin booking? If you do, is there a website you recommend to help make it easier? I'm the type who goes deck by deck on availability/category because I usually try to get all the pricing figured out before putting out the choices to family/friends. I really wish RC could be user friendly and we could see the deck plan with available cabins and we could click to see pricing.

I was experimenting with that last week. When I entered my Crown and Anchor number my cruise fare dropped by $89 and the $300 OBC disappeared! I called my travel agent to book the room I wanted and told her "do NOT put in my crown and anchor number or I lose out". Turns out when she went to book the C & A field populated when my birthday was put in and she's texting me of the price drop and the OBC gone....I said "no kidding!" Why would RC screw their loyal customers lie that? BTW-anyone know how to change their "pre-gold" status -I think I am at Emerald level (or is that a posting status?)

Not sure on how to bring in someones post here, so I'll see if clicking on quote is how it's done. I've tracked cruises by writing down the pricing. I don't think I've ever seen prices go down, if anything they seem to magically be the same price, whether it is 50% or 60% off the second passenger. But I am stuck booking when the kids are off of school so maybe those prices just don't change OR perhaps I am not spending the time I need to to be checking out changes! Like Wanna Cruise, I got the $300 OBC last week on a suite and now their new "sale" is the same price for the cabin as if I took the $300 OBC off the price. I think I am going to have them adjust the price and get rid of the $300 OBC. I have my Royal Caribbean card I can use towards additional payment and OBC. (I hope that's correct) Glad I found this forum. I'll need to learn how to get my posts done correctly when quoting others.

I am new to these boards. How do you go about checking pricing? I use a travel agent to purchase my cabins but I do all the research and tell her what I want. I don't know that she would be checking with Royal Caribbean to see if my price drops or I could get OBC.... Thank you for any advice you can give!