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For sure,  that's good timing they should have all the things well worked out by then but not to far to wait.  

Hi All,  I saw this video online of Icon that has been posted.  Seems to show a bunch of different areas and some of the new food offerings and random other things.  
Thought you might want to see it as well as seems to have areas like the empire supper club etc that I hadn't seen in other videos.   
The ship looks beautiful,  look forward to getting on board. 
 

Thanks for sharing .... I feel like I will be spending a lot of time in the Aquadome area 

Thanks for this.  Starting to really look good.

Hi All,  I saw this video online of Icon that has been posted.  Seems to show a bunch of different areas and some of the new food offerings and random other things.  
Thought you might want to see it as well as seems to have areas like the empire supper club etc that I hadn't seen in other videos.   
The ship looks beautiful,  look forward to getting on board. 
 

Man.  Painful conversation.  I put in a buy order for 1000+ shares at  $30.00 a while back as I felt it had to rise given the demand I had experienced first hand and believed in the cruise industry as a whole. It dropped to like $30.05 so never triggered and never has been that low again and clearly not even close now.  Should have just bought but wanted to get it 30 or under and thought it would come back and it kept rising and rising dammit 😉
Costly in hindsight.  The other lesson I also learnt is never try for round numbers. It will either not go there as is the case here or go way below.  
Congratulations to those that got in.   My CCL and NCL shares have done nothing like the RCL ones would have.  

Well that is definitely the process,  very much an honesty based system - trivial to beat if you wish to.  I would think most people are reasonably honest and  I guess they are hoping people will test and they will catch at least a few positives who do then right thing who otherwise might not have even known till it was to late.  The longer cruises tend to have more time at sea or be more remote (ours was crossing from Vancouver to Hawaii) - so 5 days at sea.   If you tested positive and chose to ignore it and sneak on using another test,  you would be definitely taking a risk of getting sick in the middle of the pacific.   
But overall as you say,  it doesnt make a huge amount of sense. 

I just did this a few weeks ago.  
I just had 4 negative tests ( 1 per person)  - the actual tests just home ones I had spare - did them in the hotel the night before unsupervised - walked up showed them 4 tests - they glanced at them and they ticked the box on their screens.   They didn't care what the test was,   where it came from,  who's was who's.   They simply asked when it was done.  I said yesterday and it was done.   Took all of 20seconds.   Very much a box ticking process.   Pointless really but also not difficult.  
I believe a picture is just the same process,  but given i had actually bothered to do the test It was easier to show them. 

I just did this a few weeks ago.  
I just had 4 negative tests ( 1 per person)  - the actual tests just home ones I had spare - did them in the hotel the night before unsupervised - walked up showed them 4 tests - they glanced at them and they ticked the box on their screens.   They didn't care what the test was,   where it came from,  who's was who's.   They simply asked when it was done.  I said yesterday and it was done.   Took all of 20seconds.   Very much a box ticking process.   Pointless really but also not difficult.  
I believe a picture is just the same process,  but given i had actually bothered to do the test It was easier to show them. 

I think we are on the same one ex Vancouver on the 3rd to Hawaii  - its 10 nights.   So 11 days.   So still qualifies 

I have just got a email on this topic.  It says "Proof of a negative test can be the printed or digital results, a clear photo of your self-test result, or your actual self-test in hand".  I think we will just do the physical in hand test option  - that seems very simple as you will have it so why not.   Guess I could also take a picture. 
Bit of a silly process as it would be trivial to produce negative should you want to but so so glad we dont have to go through all the hassle with video calls with my kids etc.   

I think we are on the same one ex Vancouver on the 3rd to Hawaii  - its 10 nights.   So 11 days.   So still qualifies 

I have just got a email on this topic.  It says "Proof of a negative test can be the printed or digital results, a clear photo of your self-test result, or your actual self-test in hand".  I think we will just do the physical in hand test option  - that seems very simple as you will have it so why not.   Guess I could also take a picture. 
Bit of a silly process as it would be trivial to produce negative should you want to but so so glad we dont have to go through all the hassle with video calls with my kids etc.   

Which is possibly not enough for them to bother doing anything,  which is a bit annoying for those on those,  myself being one.   But fingers crossed all the same. 

This just out. Now we await Royal’s notice. We sail on October 3 for 10 days but if Royal updates their requirement at least it will be a non proctored test!! 

Thanks for your response and to the others as well.
Guess they sold a lot of packages as 9pm is the only slot on day 1 and no slots at all on day 2 which would have been fine.
Ill just deal with it when we get there I guess.  

I happened to have spent 3 weeks or so in Tarragona earlier this year and went up to Barcelona numerous times via car and train. 
This is pretty tight.   Its about 1hr - 1hr 20 drive just plain distance,  thats perfect conditions,  often the road can be very congested - in the mornings especially.   I also have flown out of Barcelona airport a number of times,  its huge across multiple terminals so you need to factor just walking time inside them as well.   The "cheap" airlines like Ryanair , EasyJet etc are sticklers for check in on time as well,  they shut it the minute its supposed to be shut even with people in the queue.   You need to drop you bags for Ryanair for example 40mins before the flight at the latest - so your really aiming to be at the airport about 9 as it will take you 5-10mins to find and walk to the counter. 
I guess im saying,  if you get off the ship as early as possible with no delays with bags etc and  have someone waiting you find fast , who drives fast and there is no holdups on the road or in the airport itself then its probably possible,  but it will be tight and stressful depending on how early you get off and impossible if you get off say later than 8..   
If you drop the 10am flight bit,  there are lots of options,  train is also not a bad one - it goes from Tarragona station which is on the waterfront into Barcelona central and then you get the subway right into the airport from there.  

Im sorry to hear this person had a bad experience and are angry.   That's a shame.    I'm curious thou what they seek to achieve with this posting  - its not a review site and as they will see above - its not a very receptive audience either.    Maybe just getting it out there was what they were looking for.  

Im sorry to hear this person had a bad experience and are angry.   That's a shame.    I'm curious thou what they seek to achieve with this posting  - its not a review site and as they will see above - its not a very receptive audience either.    Maybe just getting it out there was what they were looking for.  

I had very similar experiences (different providers)  - the last time the woman just wanted to chat about the holiday I was going on - not paying attention at all , id imagine she has done this all day every day for months and her level of interest as in none - was showing. 
As I was on my laptop I was trying to do it right and holding the test so she could see it due to the angle of the camera,  she told me to not worry about holding it on the screen, just put it down on the desk (totally out of sight) till its finished and let her know.   So it wasnt even in view could have easily swapped it if I wished.    When I finished within 1 second I had the cert in my inbox,  she had already prepared it as passed she said.  
So the whole thing seems a bit pointless if they are going to allow virtual.   If your not honest you will easily get away with it, if you are honest you of course would report yourself.  But if thats the case they might as well just ask you to do it yourself anyway as it will be the same result.    
After doing this a couple of times now and not to mention you can do it all legit and be negative and the next day be positive,  you really start to consider the photoshop option.  

I had very similar experiences (different providers)  - the last time the woman just wanted to chat about the holiday I was going on - not paying attention at all , id imagine she has done this all day every day for months and her level of interest as in none - was showing. 
As I was on my laptop I was trying to do it right and holding the test so she could see it due to the angle of the camera,  she told me to not worry about holding it on the screen, just put it down on the desk (totally out of sight) till its finished and let her know.   So it wasnt even in view could have easily swapped it if I wished.    When I finished within 1 second I had the cert in my inbox,  she had already prepared it as passed she said.  
So the whole thing seems a bit pointless if they are going to allow virtual.   If your not honest you will easily get away with it, if you are honest you of course would report yourself.  But if thats the case they might as well just ask you to do it yourself anyway as it will be the same result.    
After doing this a couple of times now and not to mention you can do it all legit and be negative and the next day be positive,  you really start to consider the photoshop option.  

That is an impressive 2022 list of cruises you have booked.   The cruise bug has bit you hard !   What about March 2023!  got to keep the streak going. 

https://crew-center.com/perfect-day-coco-cay-cruise-ship-schedule
 
This is one website that shows the schedule. I’m going on a day that 2 ships are there but from watching videos and reading here, it’s not going to stop me. It seems that early and later in the day is the best time to go on the slides. Hope that helps. 

This is how winning bids often behave but there's still a slight chance it may all reset so not a 100% guarantee. 

At nearly 60 days since requesting here - they canceled the cruise and was very simple booking as was fully paid and hadn't got around to any extra purchases etc so should be very simple booking to refund.  No responses from RCCL.  Got 2 random payments 20 days ago amounting to about 10% and that's it.  The refund email clearly says WITHIN 45 days.  Nothing about business days.  I know its tough times but its should be automated process just like booking is.  Lack of any response or update leaves a bit of a sour taste.  Even if they just apologized for being late and provided an update it would be fine.  But nothing is a bit rude given they are holding on to a 5 figure sum.