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1 hour ago, CHRIS WONG said:

I like Rice Krispy Treats!

Going to Costco later....  Sailing next week..... 

Does the amount of Costco Cash card go down if you use a cancelled cruise fcc?

8 minutes ago, Linda R said:

What app did you look on?  I looked under find a cruise and nothing. On internet.  Are you on phone app? 

On the royal caribbean app.  if you scroll down and click What ships do we support and then click Anthem and you will see the new sailings with the old sailings.

Yes I am on Anthem Oct 2nd.  on the RC App, they have new dates and itineraries.  Espresso shows closed and no wait list allowed.  I think this cruise is not going to happen this year.  ALso all non UK have to test after 2 days which may not work for those coming in from other countries close to the cruise date.

Hoping they will allow a lift and shift for next year for this versus a move over cruise to British isles with different dates or refund.  Very flexible as air is with royal so I will have no out of pocket expense.  Just in a holding pattern.

I am booked on Oct 2 for a Spain/Portugal cruise that was a lift and shift from the President's cruise last year. We got a notification that Le Harve was replaced with Bilboa due to uk covid restrictions for France.  I was elated when UK opened back up for US citizens with a Day 2 covid test for vaccinated people.  Yesterday all of the sailings for September and October including the TA is now gone.  The App shows new sailings staying in the British Isles for 5,6 and 7 day vacations.

Looks like some cancellations are forthcoming.

Anyone have any further information?

2 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

We were the last ones off the ship. Had a limo van when we expected an ambulance. Driven right to the plane. 

I'll write something up when i get home summarizing the experience 

Thank you for posting and getting the right story!

And they just took off the September and October sailings ffrom booking engines.

43 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

This whole situation is getting weird fast. Now there's concern that bahamas won't waive its 14 day close contact quarantine rule for a commercial flight and they're looking into private flights for all quarantined kids.

Wow.  Thanks for keeping us posted.  I am glad it happened towards the end of the cruise versus the beginning.  Best of luck, you have a great attitude.

30 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

I'm on this ship and our son is currently quarantined due to contact tracing (adventure ocean) until a round of retesting this afternoon.

Hopefully your son will be okay.

We were on Freedom and my husband dropped his accidently off the ship when we were outside.  On the way to Guest services to get another one we were stopped 3 times, politley asked.  We told them we were on the way to GS to get another one.  Also can not be walking and eating, drinking etc inside.

In the past Freedom has had Chops open for Breakfast for Suite guests.  Does anyone know if Chops is open in the current sailings.  Heading out on Friday!

3 hours ago, Hince57 said:

Howdy!

In the next 48 hours, I will be cancelling my Nov 21st (2021) cruise on Allure, which is a 2 bedroom aquatheater suite.  I know those go pretty quickly, so I thought I'd post here in case anyone wanted to snatch it.

Doing the Harmony group cruise instead

We were just looking at cruises over Thanksgiving.  Did you release it yet?  Thanks for posting.

How are you notified that you won?

Thanks, this was a lift and shift from the Presidents Cruise in 2021.   Based on the price of the room today and when I shifted last year and was price protected is absurd.  I will l/s again if it is cancelled for sure.  Makes it easier to pay final payment in this situation.  I have been very fortunate not to have much in airline credit or Fcc's to use.

I am scheduled for Anthem of the Seas in October.  Final payment is coming up and I also have Air to Sea booked.

Are current sailings only for UK guests? 

If they cancel and I do a lift/shift will Air to Seas be refunded since I booked through them?

I have Delta booked and they offer the airline credit if I cancel, but its a large chunk and am curious if Royal cancels I get a refund versus a credit.

4 hours ago, steverk said:

I haven't heard anything from royal about my October Indy cruise that has moved over to Odyssey other than an email saying our cruise planner purchases were cancelled.  I was confused because I didn't know I HAD an Odyssey cruise!  Since I'm on Celebrity Millennium, I went over to the next cruise department and asked.  They were able to confirm that I was moved from Indy and even gave me the room number.  I checked the Royal app, and it shows the same.

However, the Internet on Millennium is slow enough that I'm unable to log in to the cruise planner to find out about possible excursions.  It's kinda frustrating, but I like the idea of sailing on Odyssey, so I'm going to look in to it in more detail when I get home.

Any word from the captain or staff about the 2 covid cases?

@MattCan you also comment on the drinks in the Suite Lounge?  Wondering if they up the brand levels especially wine similar to the Micheals Club/Retreat on Celebrity.

My sisters family and my family had 2 Grand Lofts on Quantum that we had to lift and shift.  May try to book something for this summer if anything opens up.

Can someone refresh my memory if Royal cancelled the Alaska sailings already and these new sailings will be open to book?  

Thanks

Thank you for sharing.  Kind of a bummer it doesn't have ocean views and doesn't look to be to quiet like the others or much shade.  

I thought  I had read that Royal as temporarily changed the due dates.  When looking at Royal site, they day final payment in June 1 for an august 15th 7 day sailing.  My travel agent is telling me May 15th.  Anyone have insight.

Thanks!

I will have to say that it was pretty seamless and quick to change.  After seeing notification in a fb group, I went online and used the form.  I was concerned that the GL would go pretty quickly or I would not get the same rooms I painstakingly researched.  Both rooms showed available and within 8 hours the switch showed in my Royal Account.   This date works better for us as my daughter could not have come this year due to  grad school commitments.  I am glad they allowed the l/s but I think going forward any lift and shifts will have to be done within the week and not the 4 week timeframe.

The most important benefit is getting walked of at the end of the cruise to baggage claim and then they open up the que to go right to customs at some ports..