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I think RC will abandon Europe this year. Which is a shame as most EU countries will have 50% of their population and 100% of their retirees fully vaccinated by end June. Plenty of people capable of proving vaccination for the summer. 

I've used a lot of promo codes.
Just, none of them ever work.

CDC is going to great lengths to keep the cruise ships out of the water

What I imagine will occur for re-crewing ships will be a matter of an HR exercise to match eligible crew with ship board positions for the next ship they want to sail.
There's lots of talk of "Royal should sail here next"  or "Royal should sail there next".  That's all well and good but Royal can only crew a ship as crew are able to reach the ship and crew can be or are vaccinated.  They can't fill every ship and every position overnight.
This problem of crewing the next ship or trying to plan which ship should be next and where is complicated by public health agencies that refuse to work with the industry. 
That's kind of like trying to buy a house when no mortgage lender will allow you to apply for a mortgage even though you are guaranteed to qualify.  You know your financial situation.  You believe you qualify.  You have a sizeable down payment.  You have a high paying stable job.  Your problem isn't the ability to qualify for a mortgage, your problem is the lenders aren't answering the phone, responding to emails and their websites are blank or unchanged.   You know the home you want to buy, you know when you need to move, but you are stuck in limbo waiting for a lender to take your phone call.  The lights are on but nobody's home.
That makes it very challenging to commit to the next ship and port where you are going to send resources.
Singapore and Israel are example of what occurs when governments work with industry.   Cruise lines can play the game when they know what sport they are playing and where the goal posts are. 
It's really hard to build a team when you don't know what sport is going to be allowed to be played on the field.  
In an ideal world cruise lines would have a clear path to restarting.  That doesn't exist today so it makes the job of bringing crew back incredibly difficult.

https://www.cruisecritic.co.uk/news/5964/
First cruises are to nowhere later on in summer ports of call will be introduced 
No vaccine required however negative test is required before boarding 

Breaking News!! RCG acquires Fhloston Paradise Space Cruiser starting star cruises in 2055!! 

On the brightside you can now book a cruise from LA that may also need to be shifted ? it probably wont need to be but who knows 

For those of you who are on the fence about using a Travel Agency, PLEASE READ. This past weekend we decided to book a 7 day cruise on the Anthem out of Cape Liberty, NJ and bring our daughter and her family along with us over Easter week departing on April 22, 2022. I spent a couple of days searching the Anthem for a JS for my wife and I and two balcony adjoining rooms for our daughter and her family. I did find some of what I was looking for on different decks, near the elevators or on deck 13 (below the WJ) and they all were not acceptable. So, I contacted Michelle, MEI Travel (they also sponsor this blog) told her what I wanted and VIOLA! Today I booked a JS on deck 10 and two adjoining cabins also on deck 10. None of those cabins were available when I searched. Moral of the story here is don't waste your time, get ahold of Michelle at MEI and let her know what you want. She can make miracles happen! ?

Welcome to the message boards.
Even if Royal doesn't follow suit at least it's more evidence that cruising can be done safely and that helps us all.

MSC have announced that they are restarting cruises out of UK on may 20th 2021, they also said they will NOT be requiring guests to be vaccinated. Their cruises will be to the British Isles which is different to P&O’s cruises to nowhere. Viking, Fred Olson, P&O and now MSC have all announced UK restart plans for this summer, will Royal Caribbean do the same? I certainly hope so!

My wife and I both work in jobs dealing with the public and have both had the vaccine.  Half of my staff was out at one time with the virus or due to exposure and I also have my own issues so it was a no brainer. But since I am "immune" since that is what an immunization is supposed to do I will not be wearing a mask. I will continue to practice proper hygiene just like we did on pre rona cruises and we will be fine.  

We had two cruises cancelled last year that we took the 125% Cruise Planner Credit and moved it to two this year. We worked through the Casino Royale folks and they moved the credit to existing cruises we had booked already. Worked fine and hopefully we will not have to move it again as they are later in the year. May's cancellation we had to take back as a refund as the Casino person my wife talked to told her he could not give us the 125% and move it to another one of our cruises. Depends on who you talk to.

Well the North American announcement may have been canned, but the EU is about to make travel announcement...

Instead of calling it a "Cruise ", let's call it a "Riot"(aka peaceful protest).
Then the CDC will say nothing and look the other way. ?
 

Stay at home lol ?

Well the North American announcement may have been canned, but the EU is about to make travel announcement...

If you find them let us know.  Prior to the pandemic they had money in the pockets for goodwill.  I've lost two Star Class bookings from the pandemic and have been offered less than you.  Zero.  

I understand the big announcement has been postponed but they will reveal  a new homeport tomorrow instead.
Navigator from west coast would be be great news. 15 hours travel time instead of 22 hours.

Here is a free to view article from the BBC, with a bonus guest appearance by Quantum (albeit in reference to the false positive out of Singapore some weeks back).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56336787

P&O have just annouced their UK staycation sailings, passengers need to be fully vaccinated.
https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/24575-further-details-about-p-o-s-uk-coastal-cruises-emerge.html

My mom & I was supposed to sail on Harmony last. April but the cruise was cancelled and we had $325 OBC on that sailing so when we booked another cruise we (mom & I) talked to Royal & asked if they could please add the $325 OBC to the cruise that we just booked because the OBC was from a cancelled sailing & there was no problem with royal adding the $325 OBC from a cancelled cruise to the new cruise that we had booked.

Even Stevie Wonder can see thats not whats said!!
But hey its COMPLETELY irrelevant because whatever RC or the CDC decide we just got to suck it up and get on with it, and if we are not happy then we can hide our frown behind our masks ?

Based on my experience from May 2020, they canceled the purchases and then I received an email at some point that listed what my onboard FCC was for future use and the related "certificate numbers".  It was broken out by person, so both myself and my wife have individual onboard FCCs (each person received an email).  At some point you will need to contact Royal and have the Onboard FCC added to your future cruise.  

We have not yet added the onboard FCC to a cruise, and I assume a travel agent can do the "foot work" for you.  
There is a lot of conflicting information as to if I can spend the wife's FCC on my purchases and vice versa, but i'll cross that bridge later.  Mostly we only purchase the Refreshment drink package,  so it's not a huge deal.
 
Good Luck and Stay Safe.

The amount of cruises you have booked it would have bankrupt them! ?

Nope.