DWanderman

All travel agents have been basically working for free since March of 2020. All the handling of cancellations, rescheduling, refunds, and FCC’s was done for free. True, they do get paid when someone eventually travels but if that trip was rescheduled 3 times that means they did the work twice for free.

You're correct, but when travel essentially shuts down...

Yes, one of the wonderful agents told us they don't get paid until after a sailing they hold commences. If you don't sail, cancel, get postponed etc...they are working for free. They don't seem to be like other TAs who take a payment or fee up front.

Thank you all for your advice/memes!!  After speaking with Daniel at MEI we decided to leave my two reservations with the current TA (one is just under 60 days out), and for my celebration cruise in June I will refer my traveling buddies to Daniel instead of the current TA.  That way I am not pulling business away from anyone, but I know that my friends will be taken care of. 

Thanks for the kind words, always here to help! ☺️

Hope @DWanderman can help you out!

Does anyone know if it is possible to change a TA on a reservation?  I have two booked with my current TA, and they are far too difficult to reach. I just booked a cruise with MEI, and the entire time I just kept thinking, "Why isn't my current TA making this much effort for me?"  I'm a little frustrated right now.  @Matt thank you for getting me in touch with Daniel... he was great!

Is it September 25th yet?????   I moved my Nassau (9/11) cruise to this one.
At this point don't care about Starbucks, I just need some Vitamin Sea!
 

Not painful, just might take a while for them to actually process it. Good luck!

It's definitely a... "perk"

It's definitely a... "perk"

It's definitely a... "perk"

Thanks, not that it would ruin my vacation but a nice cold brew is always welcomed.

I'm still mesmerized at the new word I just learned from @Matt
AUTOMAGICALLY!!!!
I will find a reason to use that.

For some reason the official deck plans for Symphony going back to the ship's launch have always labeled it as "Coffee Shop". RCI's site still has a page for Symphony's Starbucks so I'd say there's a very good chance Starbucks survived here: https://www.royalcaribbean.com/cruise-ships/symphony-of-the-seas/things-to-do/starbucks

The remaining portion of the FCC will be issued with a new certificate number - your TA would need to ask RCI to "manually" issue the new FCC certificate in order to use the remaining funds. In my experience this can take a few weeks, sometimes months.

Update: Daniel W from MEI took care of everything from start to finish! The whole process was done via email in one day. My wife and I are officially booked for August 5, 2022 Oasis of the Seas out of Cape Liberty. FCC from the canceled cruise was applied as the minimum deposit.
Daniel was straightforward and easy to communicate with. He was very thorough and detailed. I would highly recommend him and MEI!