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  1. My March 14th cruise was cancelled and I received the FCC today via email.  We have not received a refund on the credit card for the taxes paid on the cruise or the internet/drink packages we purchased through cruise planner.  Should I be concerned about that or is everyone in the same boat just waiting for those to be refunded?

  2. I looked at the MEI site and their prices are similar to most for the August 22nd sailing I’m looking at, but a bit pricier than some.  Are they able to work with the price at all?  I’m willing to pay a bit more for great service, but wondering if the price on the website is what you get.  I want o act quick and get a deposit down before April 13th when most people with and FCC will look to book.  RCCL also has some good incentives now, some of which expire March 17th

     

  3. I’m going to walk through my example so I can get this right, with a few questions if anyone can help:

    Paid $4300 total for the cruise

    $590 of that total was tax

    Considering that, here are a couple questions/comments:

    1.  We would receive a cash/credit card refund for the tax, which would be $590.  

    2.  Would the 125% FCC be applied to the $4300, or $4300 less the refunded taxes?

    3. When we receive the FCC April 13, are we only able to use the FCC  to book directly through Royal, or can we use a travel agent?

    4.  I know that if we rebook before we receive the FCC, we can’t apply it to the deposit we already paid, but if we book once we have the FCC,  could we just apply it to the trip without having to do a cash deposit (provided the cost of new cruise doesn’t exceed the FCC).  If so, the only money we would need to pay would be the taxes.  Do I have that correct?

    Don’t want to be out more cash (especially since I’m now in Florida and trying to make a vacation out of it with the kids so unexpected costs now this week).  Too bad because I would like to rebook for August right now  but would need to pay a deposit that the FCC wouldn’t cover after the fact.

    Thanks for any help 

     

     

  4. 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 

  5. 48 minutes ago, Robert B1 said:

    I guess Im not using seascanner correctly - cant find that info

    Yep, just pick your ship and date using “cruise finder” and then select availability and pricing and you have to select each category and count.  Putting in 2 people will show different results than if you put 3 or 4 people, so it’s not perfect, but gives you a pretty good idea of what it looks like 

  6. 17 minutes ago, CruiseWeaver said:

    cruise.com  However, I would avoid actually booking with them.  Their reviews are terrible and my experience with them supports the reviews.  A while back I booked on a trip with them a couple years ago, they tried to charge me a cancellation fee when their website specifically said they wouldn't.  They have since changed their policy and state there are cancellation fees.  Yesterday it took over 9 hours to reach a human when calling them.  I get things are busy, but 9 hours is a little much.

    Unfortunately that's who we booked with.  Can't get in touch via phone which I can understand with the chaos, but our agent emailed back that she is going to contact them.  First time cruisers (other than when I went as a kid multiple times) so lesson learned for the future.  Up until now they have been very good, but we didn't have any special requests before now

  7. 1 minute ago, CruiseWeaver said:

    I have been following the occupancy of my upcoming cruise that leaves in two days.  There is a particular online consolidator that will list the number of cabins available for each category.  Three weeks ago, some friends were thinking of joining us.  The ship had less than two dozen cabins available and prices were high so they decided not to book.  I am a nerdy engineer and three days ago I started a spreadsheet to track availability.  I did this basically to see how much additional elbow room I will have while onboard.  When I started the spreadsheet two days ago, there were 260 cabins available.  Currently there are 590 cabins available giving roughly 65% occupancy.  In any particular category, I have never seen more than 50 cabins available.  None were showing 50 available two days ago and now 20% of the categories are showing 50 available.  My guess is the max it will show available is 50, so there is a good chance there are even more empty cabins than what is shown. 

    Are you able to share the website that you get this information from?  I'm going on Symphony in 2 days and interested to see how it's looking.  Think it will make for a better cruise with less people, but a really large number of empty cabins may make it feel like a ghost town on a ship that big

  8. I think you are making the right choice.  We are going on Symphony in 3 days, but we are in our 40's with kids in our teens and early 20's.  If we were older or if we were bringing our parents we wouldn't take the chance.  I think things are way overblown but older people are at much more risk.  Enjoy your future cruise when this dies down!

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