LCinPDX
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21 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said:
You can, but the cruise would be repriced at prevailing rates so any savings you would realize from the RU would be more than eliminated. You could have your children join you in the suite, unofficially, and just leave the balcony room empty, but those in the second balcony would not be eligible for suite amenities. If you win a RU bid I am pretty sure any Cruise Planner purchases you have made already will be refunded and would have to be repurchased at prevailing rates.
All good reasons to stay put...
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I thought so too, but just received the email this morning...
6 minutes ago, Kellyrich said:I thought Royal Up didn't start until 30 days prior to sailing??
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Hi there! I received a Royal Up email today for a cruise in July. We currently have 2 adjoining balcony staterooms booked. If I were to bid on a 2-bedroom suite instead, would I be able to have my children join us in that suite and just cancel their the other balcony room, or could it be combined by Royal (to keep the current excursions and packages valid)? I hope this makes sense! I looked around for the answer to this and only saw that for multiple people, only the 1st and 2nd have to pay the upgrade fee.
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55 minutes ago, PPPJJ-GCVAB said:
First and foremost I would suggest purchasing a few packs of packing cubes. Not only do they make your luggage look organized but you can keep your items in the cubes during your cruise…just place them in the drawers or closet shelves. I use the larger ones for my “need to hang up” clothing and since they will be empty, I begin to reload them with the “dirty or already wore enough” clothes. Makes packing at the end of the cruise a breeze as well. You can purchase these on Amazon. I like the Veken 6pack of cubes.
Must have items: Sunscreen…and lip protection! Clips for the towels on the pool or beach chairs. Another very inexpensive purchase from Amazon!
This is exactly what I was going to post. They are lifesavers when you have multiple people sharing a suitcase or to separate things like shoes from everything else.
- YOLO, Micheleyd and PPPJJ-GCVAB
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I haven't booked anything yet, but I have thought about either renting a taxi for a day or a private tour company so that we can "choose our own adventure". There are four of us and we would like a combination of sight-seeing, beaches, shopping and a nice lunch. Viator has a pretty large selection of things to do. We did one our their tours on Roatan and were happy with their service.
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On 3/23/2022 at 6:39 PM, jay1021 said:
I believe that as the virus slips away, it's going to be harder and harder to find COVID/rapid COVID testing locations, most businesses can see the handwriting on the wall and start using up their stock and shutting down. If Royal, or the cruise industry realize that it's getting tough out here to find rapid tests with electronically produced negative test results, they'd change some of the strict verification processes. We just received 8 rapid COVID test from the U.S. Government, they are sealed. It would be great if we could bring the sealed test kits to the terminal and perform the test in front of an official. Especially if you are prone to errors dropping things, hard of hearing and screw up the Royal suggested telehealth test kit at the last moment before you fly to, in my case, Seattle from Atlanta. There's little time to correct errors, get new telehealth test kits delivered again.
BTW, we probably will never use the U.S. Government provided COVID test kits otherwise.
I was thinking the same thing. It's not hard to get a rapid at home test, but it can be really difficult to get an appointment for one somewhere.
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3 hours ago, Neesa said:
We are on the Mariner in June, this post had me researching our visit. It seems more than not there are 2 ships in and our day the Symphony is there with us. I canceled the water park as it has been on the been there done that list & made the Beach Club purchase. It's our first time trying this area but a warm June day, crowded Island by 2 ships I believed that would yield the most joy for us, I'm so glad this thread had me research, I want to continue to love CoCo Cay!
I did exactly the same thing. I had a South Beach bed and 2 water park tickets reserved and I cancelled them all and bought four passes to the Beach Club. A splurge for out last day there I guess. The kids can ride the slides on the ship....
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We will on Symphony at Coco Cay at the same as Mariner in July--and capacity will potentially be 100% by then. And Mariner gets there 3 hours before us. I have 2 water park passes for my teen kids and this post is making me re-think whether that's a good idea or not....
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It kind of seems like the CDC's recommendations for a high number (95%) of vaccinated guests made perfect sense through Delta, because for the most part, the vaccination actually prevented spread. I am vaxxed, boosted and also have recently recovered from Omicron. I understand that the vaccine does help prevent serious disease from those who get Covid and this alone would make any business want to CYA. It would just be nice if the recommendations were actually based on science and the goal was transparent. With Omicron and now BA2, having zero cases isn't really feasible if cruises are still going to happen. Europe is seeing another spike and we may as well. Like someone else said, they definitely want to take advantage of the current low numbers and pack the ships full. I would really like to be able to get off this roller coaster, because it seems like reality keeps getting reinvented based on what "they" want to be true. And...with my mini rant done, I have to admit that my comfort level is increased with the more vaxxed people on board, even if it's a comfort level based on false pretense. Ugh. I'm curious about how the cruises went for previous posters.
- fireclan, WasAnAthlete and BowTieBrigade
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6 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:
I would be quite surprised if RC hasn't modeled this for future ships. But I'm also sure all their algorithms come back to smoking casinos being much more profitable than having an extra non-smoking one.
Maybe if they added in free drinks and suite upgrades to the package it would attract the Vegas crowd.
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Our first cruise was last August when the ship was full of staff, but not cruisers. We did the pre-paid gratuity and tried to be very generous to staff at bars and tipped our room steward and MDR staff a chunk at the end. The service was incredible and we wanted them to know it!
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I wonder if RC has considered having two smaller casinos--one smoking and one non-smoking. The non-smoking one could be more "open concept" and the smoking could be contained. I can smell the smoke just walking by the outside near the elevators.
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On 2/16/2022 at 4:13 AM, BesaidCruiser said:
That`s really a lot of bugs. In Europe you just can dream about it. Congrats.
Thanks! I think we bought when prices were pretty high ("post" Delta and pre Omicron).
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1 hour ago, Pattycruise said:
I try and check on a regular basis-you never know!. Congrats on the savings!
So true! The prices had been the same for a long time, but this was a nice surprise.
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1 hour ago, smokeybandit said:
All my cruises went up a couple hundred dollars with this new "sale"
Oh no! Are they really far in the future?
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Yes, for sure!
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Hi, we have a 7/2/22 cruise on Symphony that I already re-priced once in December. I happened to check again today, and was able to save over $1700 for 2 connecting balcony rooms, plus get a $200 OBC. And I was only on hold for about 2 minutes. I call that a win for sure!
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Well, I called back and the second person was able to explain the discrepancy. I had not taken into account that we had pre-paid gratuities and that is what was making the price I paid more. I feel better knowing that I wasn't going crazy and/or seeing something on my computer that the representative couldn't see.
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6 minutes ago, Reigert2008 said:
Certainly feel free to call and check again. You never know what the other end of the phone is seeing on their side. In the future, consider using a good travel agent, as they can do a lot of this for you saving you both time and money.
I will call back and yes, this points out the bonus of using a travel agent. Thanks!
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4 minutes ago, teddy said:
You could try taking a screenshot of the page and email it to the rep you are speaking with.
Good idea. I will call back and do this.
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Hello! We booked a cruise for July 2022 to the Eastern Caribbean out of Miami. I booked on the Royal website right after Thanksgiving during their Black Friday sale. I checked prices again on December 16th and they went down. I called Royal and they credited me about $400 for the two balcony cabins we had reserved. I looked at the prices again and they have gone down about another $400. I called and the representative could not find the price that I had found on their site (after being on hold for about a half hour and her checking twice). She said the prices that she was showing were the same as the price I currently have. I thought it was an error on my part. I closed the browser and looked again. The prices are still lower. I am confused and wonder if this has happened to anyone else. Should I try again and perhaps have more luck with another representative? Math was never my strong point, but....
Here are the numbers:
11/28--2 ocean view connecting cabins @ $4948 ea
12/16--Reduced to $4691.12 ea
12/27--Current price online $4488.12 ea
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On 12/17/2021 at 7:29 PM, DunwoodyDad said:
Where did you see this? I’m supposed to be on Freedom in 10 days.
i’m fine wearing a mask while moving around but when I’m at the bar with a drink or in a restaurant, I’m not putting my mask back on. Don’t do it in restaurants here and that’s in places where I’m sure there’s tons of unvaccinated people.
And honestly, the more you touch and fiddle with your mask, the less effective it is anyway.
Are their scales on board Independence of the seas?
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This scale would fit easily into luggage and be a bit more private than trekking down to the gym each day. Depending on what climate you are coming from and where you are cruising, so many things can cause water retention and weight fluctuations.