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31 minutes ago, Cirasa said:

I guess no one really knows for sure with future cruises.

The crew does not even know until a couple days before the cruise. Best thing is to find a crew member or someone on the previous cruise and ask if they con find out a couple days before debarkation of the precious cruise. The number ar changing so rapidly with startup and cancelations of people testing positive or deciding not to go for other reasons.

8 minutes ago, SpeedNoodles said:

Intern problems again, lol.

I hope they have the same problem with the $18 drink package

I am still scheduled to go on the 18th of November.

11 minutes ago, PG Cruiser said:

Since Labadee is isolated from the main island, couldn't Royal beef up security to keep cruise guests safe?

As someone previously stated I think it is more the insurance companies not insuring the cruise then trained security.

I have seen most cruises up to the end of the year have moved from Haiti to a sea day or Nassau. The cruise I am on November 15th still has Haiti as a stop and RC has not moved the stop to something else.

I was just curious how far out RC has moved off from going to Haiti and going somewhere else. I thought I saw a new post or something but I cant find it.

On 9/3/2021 at 3:10 PM, CHRIS WONG said:

I can only see the numbers cruise by cruise. Next cruise I'm seeing 1400 passengers right now.

Any news now on the Sept 11th sailing on how many passengers you expect?

@CHRIS WONG Any ideas, percent or count wise, how full the Odyssey is in its next couple of sailings, are the numbers going up or down or staying steady?

2 minutes ago, wordell1 said:

I have low expectations that any price will be different from last weeks "sale"

I have noticed ever since the shutdown their "Sales" are not even close to what they were pre pandemic. Their "sale" prices now are more like the usual prices before the shutdown. I understand, but kind of disappointed.

I put my CDC card in a clear holder, are they asking to remove it or is it ok? I have heard of people laminating it, I do not suggest doing this, but I am wondering if they will accept that, or accept a picture of it on a phone?

Good luck .. me and my TA have been showing them that they owe us $325, even the numbers they gave us show they owe us but they will not budge. They even went so far to try and refund me $200 back to My cc and removed it from another booking. This is fraud and they need to be held accountable. I am paying off my cruise except for $325 and telling them I am considering it Paid in Full ... they can figure it out or I might get a lawyer or advocate involved. My TA, Amex, is beside themselves at how much RC accounting system is a load of crap.

So my next cruise is in September and right now all these restrictions on testing and maybe masks go until the end of August? I guess I will be waiting and seeing if this stuff gets extended.

Now if they could only get the floats or whatever to pass by a bar every 30 min to an hour .. that would be wonderful .. or I got it .. in the middle of the lazy river a float up bar you can get to by a couple inlets.

Its ok now .. Vision out of San Juan is getting canceled for next Month.

I saw on another website something about the Carnival Mardi Gras not being able to let passengers off in San Juan unless they have proof of vaccination? I know right now San Juan is not stopping non vaccinated people from coming in on plane but this is new to hear about cruise ships.

Has anyone else seen or heard about this? Something about a port agreement with Carnival itself?

ok of this goes up the chain to the SCOTUS, and they find that the order is unconstitutional, aka the CDC overstepped it bounds, would that mean that the order would be removed in total and all states would be released from the CSO even if they were in the lawsuit or not? Just theoretical thinking .. lol 

13 hours ago, JeffB said:

I know Celebrity usually bases a Millennium class ship out of SJ.  There are no Celebrity sailings form SJ through the end of March '22 - I didn't look any further. RCL predominates in that market through March with Silver Sea and NCL showing up there in November '21 and January '22 respectively.

I am seeing Carnival and MSC going out of PR in August, are they not going anymore?

On 7/16/2021 at 8:04 PM, WAAAYTOOO said:

I have a Vision sailing out of SJ in late October

I am on Vision in September, still booked, no news from RC about cancelations and I am worried we will not be able to go.

Still no news as well about Vision Test Cruises.

So for the lay person here I just want to understand where we are now ...

The CSO as it stand turns into a guideline on 12:01am July 18th, and the CDC is currently appealing it but has been denied an injunction to stop it.

So if they can't get it heard by the appellate courts by then, the DSL becomes a guideline, and all the red tape of test cruises and so forth in FL goes away and the cruise industry can regulate themselves on the basis of dealing with a Covid outbreak and sailing safely?

What happens to other states and territories like Alaska Cruises and cruises out of Puerto Rico in the caribbean? Does the CSO also turn into a guideline for them?

1 hour ago, smokeybandit said:

then throws in the "variants" scare word

If the CDC want to stop variants from coming into the US then shut down air travel as that is how it is getting in now .. duh.

So I am on the Vision of the Seas out of PR on September the 12th, and seeing the first ship sailing out of PR is the Vision of the Seas on September 5th, I am just wondering what is the chance of the cruise getting canceled and then having to deal with the BS FCC again to get on another ship later. I am trying to decide if I should just bail now and book for another ship in September.

With Test sailing for the CSO underway I do not see the Vision on any list to get certified. I know if the CSO goes away then no Test Cruises needed, but then does RC just get the crew back on the ship and start the engines and off sailing we go again?

Seeing that Royal Caribbean has different class ships, I saw in a post that the Allure was doing their testing on July 27-29th 2021, and now I see that Oasis is doing test cruises as well on August 22-28th 2021.

OK here come the dumb question ...

Aren't these Test cruises on the same class ship redundant and not necessary? and will then all cruise ships that sail from a US port need to undergo test sailings at some point?

Or am I missing something?

Looks like it was Celebrity Silhouette ... Cruise Mapper Article

On 5/18/2021 at 9:38 AM, Neesa said:

Photos please?

Go look over at the Odyssey of the Seas November 15 Roll call, we posted the pictures and discussed these rooms over there.

10 minutes ago, johnt83 said:

Nooo! Please keep it to the 5-nights  That's what I booked on... who knows what they are going to do from here... heck the Odyssey may actually start sailing from Florida before November!

Wait we are on the Inaugural US sailing .. what the, how the, FFS just get me on a ship! 

8 minutes ago, twangster said:

Might just happen that way, but they need vaccines first and that means coming to Florida.

so did they only get the first shot in Cypris? or no shots at all? ... damn put the shots on the ship and then send the ship over and give the 2nd shot enroute?