MarineMoMmaBear

So I am now in a texting chat with the FBmessenger RC peeps they seem to be helping... we will see Day 6 and 6 days to cruise...

So this was at virtually the exact time mine was cancelled. hmm

Zees is a must go every time! If you like Gelato and good Italian check out Giannis YUMMY

Thank you! They led my TA to believe that this was isolated. hmmm

Exactly we adore Baby Beach and Mangel Halto. If you are ever in the area and it is open take the time to stop at the Balashi brewery they have a lunch area that is yummy.

Boca is fabulous but if you can get down the Mangel Halto OMG the reef is beautiful and the mangroves are spectacular.

We love Boca catalina for snorkling and the Honestly the group tour are basically the same and it is watered down drinks on almost all of them. We really enjoyed our snorkle only time with ADG tours (Jergen yes like the hand soap.) he is the BOMB! You can connect with him on Whatsapp +297-569-3827 Seriously, best tours we have EVER had in Aruba and we go 2 times or more a year to the island since 2013. He will prolly beat any one you try to book price and it will be private for you crew only. Tell him his "sister" sent you. He isn't my brother but when he first started out he messaged me instead of his sis and it has become a joke now.

She has done this and we even submitted a screen shot (i guess I wasn't paranoid since I needed it) of my original orders. Then we put the new in and took another screen shot. Submitted to the BDM the spreadsheet with the what I paid verse what they will need to put in my onboard credit to offset it. Thanks for the reply I am hoping for a resolution soon.

We love Aruba and Pelcan tours is great way to go. You can also check out the tours with Octopus.

Update 01/03/2022 We had a wonderful time. We did get all of our prescheduled things added back in with the exception of one but we were we able to add the Chef's table for NYE on RCCL because of onboard credit. However we still have not seen our original refunds to our account from DEC 16th "glitch" How this gets handled decides if and when we cruise again... Update12/27/2021 We have a a cabin annnd after 10+ days and prolly 200emails our Travel agent worked a miracle for us. Apparently we were caught in a software system change... So because we literally cannot get back our purchases ourselves and in some cases it's now sold out. They upgraded our excursion to the VIP one for same price they also gave us our unlimited specialty dining package free. So we arrive at Port tomorrow and pray all these emails of documentation work. We were told to report to embarkment at 11 and they would have everything fixed for us... Soooo last Thursday I received a reminder that it was an oportunity to book extras prior to boarding our Mariner of the Seas NYE trip, leaving DEC 28, I clicked on it to see if there were any new prices from my original paid. Well to my surprise the other couple's confirmation number was there but ours POOF gone. I tried to add it back and it said it didn't exist. Whaaaa? So I called my travel agent. She goes on her system and it was cancelled. Yes cancelled. She got on the phone with RCCL. The person escalated it and they said was clearly on their side and it was a glitch they said. It took nearly 7 hours to get my reservation back, but all of my great priced items were gone. Yes my cabin is there and I have my seapass but the stuff I already purchase was gone because guess what people snapped those right up. They told me to put everything I could back in my cart and they would fix it with onboard credit to offset new cost. Cool right? NO! because the account is still locked 5 days later and I can't pay for anything nor is it possible for me make any other plans. The RC agent told my TA that the IT department had to unlock it. My TA has spoken with them multiple times now since Friday morning at 8am . I am pretty upset and very irritated at this point that RC couldn't fix. My biggest grump is all my reservations that had limited space with our friends are completely gone. Our NYE plans are tanked as well... To add to all of this my FCCs from 2019. that were applied to another cruise (that was cancelled) were in some sort of freeze so they didn't get applied and they are now saying too late to applie them. It will be our first RC trip. My hubs is ready for it to be never. Advice on salvaging our trip?

thank you everyone for the insights. I appreciate the info and varying opinions.

Thank you

Thanks appreciate the feedback

We are on the Mariner OTS for NYE and friends are looking at all the options. I'm the researcher, ask questions and get options person... they are the "hey its and upgrade let do it people. So That being said, not changing to a suite as we have a "sweet" aft balcony but would you say yes to The Key or would you put the pennies elsewhere on the trip? TIA

good to know we usually have white noise for sleep anyways so this should not be an issue for us. thanks!

So this is our first RC and holiday cruise and it the first ever cruise for our friends. our travel agent found us a sweet deal on aft cabins Deck 7, is this a good spot or should we look at other location high deck etc.? What should we expect from a holiday cruise? Should we plan for a snazzy formal NYE evening or on classy casual? ...or what? would anyone suggest specialty dinning for that night? Super excited but need to chill and plan responsibly.