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Not to hijack the thread but want to ask about my situation. Long story short I had a lift and shift approved and my current cruise and excursions canceled and my reservation showed the new booking. They said the amount was price protected and it would adjust and nothing else was needed from me as the lift and shift was complete. I call this morning to check up on it and all of a sudden I get a call and they're saying I misunderstood and did cruise with confidence and the revenue department didn't approve the lift and shift so I will need to pay the prevailing rate or they need to revert my booking to my old one and my canceled excursions have to be rebooked at the prevailing rate. I was not happy but they said I had no choice so I agreed but thinking on it, it's not making any sense. Because if I did cruise with confidence then why would it go through the revenue department? It was confirmed in the notes (travel agent) that Royal Caribbean did indeed say that it was price protected and was done, nothing further needed from me but they said it didn't matter what was previously said. They said it's normal practice to hold the booking for lift and shift by changing the booking and canceling the previous one which makes no sense to me because if it's rejected later then what would happen if my previous cabin was booked? Is this normal practice or were they just saying that to get me to agree to shift back to my old cabin and undo the lift and shift? My previous lift and shift attempts never changed the booking, and was told the booking would only change if the lift and shift was approved and processed.

Wondering if it's the travel agent? EDITED so it's not repeating. I have a question below.

Yes, it has to be this. We didn't order it, the server brought it over for us to try. I feel horrible when I have food left over but we couldn't eat it.

I tried the famous places for Deep Dish when I went to Chicago a decade ago but I'm not a fan of a lot of sauce (esp tomato sauce) so it's definitely not my jam. I enjoy deep dish only if I can get rid of all the tomato sauce. To each their own! Lombardi's ricotta with sausage in NY was super delicious both times I went. Albeit that was also like a decade ago..

Looks like L&S has been extended to Nov 30! https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2020/09/29/royal-caribbean-extends-ability-cancel-cruise-credit-until-november-30

I enjoy NY style pizza, cafeteria pizza, 7-11 pizza, etc.... I really enjoyed Sorrento's pizza but definitely would put the taste as similar to cafeteria pizza. I would get it once or twice the entire length of the cruise as a snack but not usually as a meal.

I can't remember what dessert it was from Wonderland but it was awful enough the kids wouldn't touch it. It was very pretty in shapes of mushrooms, etc. but not tasty.

I don't know specifically about Breezy Bay but the South Beach Beds did not have any drink service.

Surviving that seems like a good test of friendship as any ? Honestly, my favorite memory from my last cruise is laying on the balcony overlooking the ocean trying to get over my food coma so I could eat again. I dream of doing that again soon.

I would definitely consider driving vs flying as I'm about a 5 hour drive. But until everything settles down I would still drive for a much longer time if needed because if something goes wrong, I could just get back in the car and drive home instead of worrying about any rebooking or being stranded for a little.

Ahh, I see! I had been comparing Florida to NJ and Baltimore ports but I didn't really take anything else into account besides the state itself opening up. Good to know!

This definitely wasn't an option last time I was there. Looks great and would love to try this!

I thought I saw that Florida has opened up everything. If so I'm assuming the Florida ports and ships will be the first to sail?

Sorry to hear that! Argh!! I was seeing people in my current cruise group with a bunch of successes shifting to different ships that do have SC availability so tried those ships but they wouldn't budge for my booking at all.

Glad to hear that this program gave you a good outcome! I can't for the life of me get a comparable lift and shift. I did a star class cruise and the only option is to accept the same cruise in a lesser night but same cabin or a non star class cabin, both for the same price I paid. The reps first say that lift and shift has to be a stay on the same ship, and then later reverse course and say that it's just that I can't be given an option of a different ship because I have the option to accept a lesser night cabin. I've called at least 10 diff times.