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I apologize if these questions have been asked and answered before (I tried to search first but came up empty handed). We just hit diamond and we're wondering how the free day works... I typically always buy for the week so I can work (I try to avoid it but it happens occasionally). If I purchase Voom in advance do they just credit a day off the price or would I need to purchase onboard for that to happen? If i have to wait- is it cheaper overall to just buy it when it's on-sale or wait until I'm onboard, potentially paying more but getting that free day? There are three of us cruising (myself, my husband, and my daughter) all of which are diamond now so I guess we would technically have three days if we used our benefit on different days and swap devices when we needed it but this first cruise happens to be a 7 day. I would really appreciate any of you out there who have any experience with this chiming in on what's the best way to handle/utilize this new benefit for us. Thanks everyone!

I think you are right on the money to complain before any "potential" changes happen. How many times do you see something that was changed from free to having a fee go back to being free later on....almost never. If it does, generally the quality has significantly declined (I'm pointing at you Fish N Ships ) Why wait until there's a fire when you could have prevented it in the first place. Most companies I know aren't to keen on loosing a stream of revenue once they have it so I would imagine this would be much of the same. If they start charging and making money off of it, it is HIGHLY unlikely they will want to make it free again.

My cubes are similar to that (multiple outlets, USB's, and C charging). I was just hoping to not have to leave everyone's devices in the one room. I don't doubt whoever sleeps in the room with the outlets will be woken up or barged in on constantly.

I hope I'm posting this in the right place. I did a forum search and couldn't find an answer. Does anyone know if the only outlets in cabin 8500 on the Mariner are in the bedroom area? We have 3 adults and a teen (Great Grandma, Grandma, Mom, and Daughter ) staying in this cabin and I'm wondering how many outlets there are available. We have between us 4 cell phones, rechargeable hearing aids, and a laptop. I was considering pulling out the cooler (or TV) to see how it was plugged in and using a multi-outlet cube on one or both to give us a few more outlets if necessary in the "living room" area. Has anyone done that before? I have 2 American style plug cubes and 2 Euro plug adapter cubes that should work (I think?).

I was pretty disappointed to see blackout date changes...but oh well....what are we gonna do

I for one am totally shocked by this ?

I just saw something about that...in NYC isn't it?

Agreed. The financial loss from the unvaccinated cancelling would be minimal compared to the loss from both vaccinated and unvaccinated I would imagine. As terrible as this sounds...it also may attract those who are uncomfortable sailing with unvaccinated 12 and up's filling up those empty rooms.

Thanks smokey! I feel like a doof I actually just found a thread about this same thing in the general discussion forum. Where is the facepalm emoji when I need it ?

Hopefully this wasn't addressed anywhere else (if it was I apologize) but am I reading correctly that all USVI ports now require all passengers aboard a cruise to be vaccinated or the ship cannot dock? Also, from what I understand RC is not canceling those ports just making a vaccine mandatory for anyone boarding whos itinerary includes a stop in USVI. Is that correct?

I wasn't sure if I was allowed to name a place specifically but I suppose being a newbie someone will correct me if I can't....Its called the Boston Lobster Feast

Ooo! This is a great thread. I love some of these ideas!

If you're sailing out of Port Canaveral (or just missing lobster night from all the cancelled cruises like I do) there's an AYCE lobster place about 50 minutes away in Orlando. It's like pre-gaming (or post-gaming if your stomach can handle it) for the real deal on the boat ?

Hi Mike, We booked Boardwalk Balconies. I did read they can be a little noisy but they looked so cool!

Hi Everyone! We are brand spankin' new to Royal Caribbean and sailing December 19th on the Harmony of the Seas. We were originally booked with Carnival (which is who we have previously always cruised with). Our original sailing with them was December 18th but they pulled a dirty and cancelled one of our seven room reservations because one person in our party is on oxygen. It wasn't the cancellation that got my goat but the way it was handled. They offered to rebook us for January 1st (apparently something magical would have happened with COVID between the 18th and the 1st I guess?) but I politely declined (Ok...truth be told maybe it wasn't so polite), accepted a full refund, and contacted RC who gave me a fantastic deal but I digress.... If anyone has any tips or advice for a bunch of first-timers I would greatly appreciate it!