Elnoz

On 7/30/2021 at 4:59 PM, JLMoran said:

maybe one in Chicago.

 

If you end up coming to Chicago land for a school visit do reach out, would love to help you figure out transportation, hotels, etc. and possibly meet up while you're in the area.

1 hour ago, JLMoran said:

I think you meant WAAAYTOOO tied up.

Comments like this are just one of the maaaaaannny reasons I feel right at home around here. Thanks, Joe 

Thanks for the udpate! Glad all is well in your world and that cruise planning is what has been keeping you too tied up to post! 

So sorry to hear this news. But do be sure to update if there are any major developments and when you are 100% healed! 

Enjoy the college visit 

@twangsterand @Lovetocruise2002 Thanks for letting us know you and @WAAAYTOOOare all good

We love you and miss you and look forward to less busy days for all of you. 

He logged in as recently as Monday, but hasn't commented or posted since May 24. (yes, I am an official stalker - you want the dirt on someone, let me know and I'll dig it up, LOLOL. Freaked my now husband out when we first met )

I just checked her profile and she hasn't logged in since May 7th. I, too, hope all is ok with her and her family. 

Someone else pointed out that @twangsterhas been silent lately. 

Check in guys, your people are worried about you!!

10 minutes ago, emmef said:

Check out Matt's blog on this:

Royal Caribbean Group CEO on 2021 Alaska cruises: "reason for some hope" | Royal Caribbean Blog

Thank you. This helps a little and now I know what to do further research on to better understand the current laws that need to be revamped in light of our crazy times!

Please educate me, I have no experience with even researching Alaska cruises. Why is this legislation needed? I understand Canada has halted cruises due to the virus, but why is legislation necessary to allow cruising from one US state to another?

People like you are what continue to renew my faith in humanity. Thank you for doing the right thing.

18 hours ago, emmef said:

All true, however Dasani is absolutely terrible filtered water, imho.

bleh

2 hours ago, twangster said:

Have to agree.  In so long as the bottled water craze has been around Dasani has always tasted terrible to me.  How do you mess up water?  What nasty river are they using?  SMH.

So glad I'm not the only one. I'm not really picky, but Dasani is the one bottled water I really can't handle. Hoping the tap water is as good as they say so that I am able to easily stay hydrated while on board.

8 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

 

@Elnozyou'll have to come back and tell me about this sailing.  I have my eye on February 2024 with them.  I think I will be able to swing that year.  Hopefully it's not Carnival they charter that year.  With my luck it will be.

@Lovetocruise200 I will happily report back, but I've been lurking long enough to know you are a suite snob - you'll have to settle for a report from a lowly interior cabin

It will be very interesting to me to compare our charter to a typical Harmony cruise that I've read so much about on this forum/blog. 

8 hours ago, Atlantix2000 said:

I wonder if Royal was waiting until the charter had sold a certain percentage before they canceled people that weren't part of the charter?  I don't know enough about ship charters but it seems reasonable to have contract terms about minimum cabins sold to guarantee the charter.

This would seem a reasonable assumption, except that I do not have a RCG reservation number yet. I have been told we won't get those until this fall when everything is reported to RCG. I wonder if this means that Royal Caribbean doesn't know how many cabins have sold...who knows? I'm hoping that we get it before the big Black Friday Cruise Planner sales and that some of the sale prices will be applicable to our sailing. The ones I've seen so far while lurking here have all said Charters aren't eligible...

7 hours ago, Jill said:

So where/how did the Penavega’s get so rich? They’re like babies lol 

I got sucked into watching Love at Sea this past weekend. I swear I only watched for Harmony

They are actors, beginning as child actors. Los is also a musician and was a part of the band Big Time Rush and the Nickelodeon show of the same name. He has been in several movies, including for the Hallmark channel, as well as doing voice over acting for some animated shows/movies. Lex was in the movie Spy Kids and continues to act. They have starred together in several Hallmark channel movies - but it sounds like you already knew that  Now I've got to find Love at Sea to see Harmony in action 

@smokeybandit

21 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

I need to find one of these people that can afford to charter a cruise ship and become friends with them.

In our case it's a conference. Basically we are attending a marriage conference at sea. The conference organizers just decided to book a ship instead of a hotel or conference center to hold their meetings. 

If the sailing dates were Feb. 6-13, 2022 I can confirm it is because of an all-ship charter. I'm on the charter. 

I feel so guilty seeing that people's reservations were cancelled because of a charter I'm on! I almost hesitate to confirm this news LOL

I am confused why RCG #1 sold tickets for this sailing and #2 are just now cancelling them. This is my first cruise with this group, but to hear it from others who sailed last year (2019) they booked tickets while on their last cruise and when the opportunity was presented to me I was told the ship was  50% sold and this was back in February.