BobWaterman

The important note here is EU countries are not obligated to follow EU-wide decisions and can also bring in their own policies (as is currently the case across the 27 EU countries).

I am going to wait a few days and see if something official comes from RC before my happy returns ?

I am going to wait a few days and see if something official comes from RC before my happy returns ?

24 hours , I am not sure of the process, I think it is a TA ability

Harmony and Anthem westbound transatlantic sailings in October 2021 are back up on Royal's website.
Note that I haven't actually tried booking either of them so I don't know if they are genuinely on sale.

In case anyone didn’t see the announcement this week, Harmony will be restarting on August 15th with cruises from Barcelona and Rome. Directly from Royal’s website…


https://www.royalcaribbean.com/cruise-ships/itinerary-updates

I really hope Harmony sails. I am currently booked on her for the 31st October 2021 Transatlantic.
 
John ?

I am happy to announce that I will be joining the brand new Odyssey Of The Seas this week.
 
I look forward for the opportunity to go back to work, and once again help create vacation memories for Royal Caribbean passengers (you guys)!
 
Watch out for my upcoming videos on YouTube.
 
Chris Wong

Just saw this posted. I went through the nearly 300 comments but he hasn't actually confirmed where he is yet.

I booked an AirBnB in Barcelona that had free cancellations up until mid October ?

Thanks for the update!  I’m waiting to finalize things for this cruise and the Med one before it. Hopefully we can get a better read on it soon and get hotels etc lined up. ?

Marc Walker’s (Cruise Director) Facebook….
 

Another great sign….
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-05-29/spain-to-welcome-back-international-cruises-from-june-7

I just purchased some shore excursions for the cruise right before this (before they sell out) still looking positive that Harmony will sail from Barcelona this year. Not sure of the status of the port of Barcelona’s closure to cruise ships and if they are waiting for something specific. Most of the web searches return 2020 data.
 
also, is there a roll call for the transatlantic? Couldn’t find it.
 
thanks
 
Bob

I am disappointed that Royal Caribbean didn't go the vaccinated route. Forget the test cruises, I don't want to be on a cruise with people who aren't vaccinated, because the reason they probably didn't get vaccinated is NOT because of health reasons or religion or whatever. They are just anti-vaxxers and have all these dumb theories about the vaccine. Plus the risk is higher of an outbreak if you mix vax'd and unvax'd... it may backfire for Royal Caribbean and they may regret not going the vaccinated route. We will see. Luckily my next cruise isn't until November so hopefully things are better by then in terms of all this craziness.

I heard Odyssey is headed right to the Bahamas to take Adventure's place.
(OK I made that up but that'd be cool)

That is very encouraging ?. I might be getting a little excited for our October 24th then the October 31 transatlantic ??

Harmony will be in Barcelona for the first time this season on Monday. 

Did the 16. Night Radiance south end of Australia with NZ. Amazing cruise. NZ was cold in the sounds when we went (Nov) but beautiful. The Cadbury Chocolate tour is a must if they still offer it. If you are visiting the north Island go to the Shire if you are a LotR fan (kind of a pilgrimage ??)

Crew get their start up SWAG
 

Last week I received an email from revenue management letting me know that my March bookings involved a pricing error but they would honor the bookings.
I had two suite cabins booked, one for me and another for a family member.  To give you an idea of the error involved my suite would normally go for 234% more while the other suite would normally be 255% more each on a solo basis given our unique qualifiers (CAS status, age, state, etc).  Both suites have the capacity for 6 guests.  I had booked both suites with a single guest in each cabin.
I offered to let the bookings go.  An email exchange followed that turned into a game of phone tag as we both worked around busy schedules but we eventually talked on the phone.   
Revenue management was very clear I could keep the bookings and they would honor the pricing.  They requested the phone call to make sure I understood they would honor them.  I told her to cancel them.
I didn't feel right taking advantage of what was clearly a pricing error.  I knew it was a error when I booked it and give Royal a lot of credit for offering to honor the bookings despite the thousands of dollars they would lose by doing so.  
A family of four booked in one of these suites would have gone for 500% more than I was booked for.  Between the two suites it amounted to an error that would cost Royal over $10k in revenue if both suites were booked at capacity not to mention losses in gratuity and onboard spending.
Simply stated it didn't sit right with me to take advantage of the company especially during these dark times with so much lost due to the pandemic.
Call me a fool but I slept better knowing I did the right thing.
BTW - nice people in revenue management.  

Watching the Love and Marriage Game show, always hilarious ?. Watching the Quest is fun, though one time I got to close to the action and ended up being the Queen of the Empress ???