GKMCruising

Gotcha. I forget that they're two different things sometimes.

@KristiZ Isn't this what you just did on the repositioning cruise?

When I was in college in the late 2000s, I worked as an IT help desk co-op for the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations. The travel department was the absolute worst if an issue came up, because apparently all their systems still had to run a bunch of ancient software from the MS-DOS era in order to communicate with airlines and various other legacy systems. But you'd think that surely Royal could find an IT department that didn't seem to have *every* system stuck in the MS-DOS era...

Yup. I snagged ours for Wonder at $196/pp, I think. Hoping for a further drop with Black Friday sales but I'm doubtful, lol.

I haven't - I'll have to check that out when the sailings for 2023 drop. I already have a full dance card with two sailings in 2022 - living in GA means working around my available vacation time - I can't just pop on a weekend cruise whenever I want, unfortunately.

I think someone else mentioned it in another thread, but I'd like a way to search based on overall room price for a specific type of room, regardless of itinerary. For instance, if you wanted to try out a Star Suite but didn't care about the specific ship or ports, you could just sort to find the cheapest one currently for sale. I'd also love a way to see the default price as more than 2 people. I've picked what I *thought* was the cheapest week of an itinerary, only to have the price jump majorly when I told it I was sailing with 3 people instead of 2.

Don't feel bad - I didn't get the reference until you posted saying that *you* didn't get the reference.

It might be a slight bottleneck at first, but once everyone gets used to the change - both cruisers and crew - I think it'll run smoothly. Windjammer has always been a less-than-speedy process for getting food, at least in my opinion.

This *should* link to the right hotel deal. https://mysnaptravel.com/vQKaOR

No, no northern lights during our cruise, as far as I'm aware. It was a bit too cloudy the night after Skagway when we'd have been far enough north to see them.

Thanks! Australia is on my personal bucket list - might not cruise there but would love to come spend a couple weeks.

If we're just driving in and crashing somewhere the night before, I don't particularly care to pay for somewhere high-end, so I'll usually go for whatever is cheapest that's *not* a sketchy motel. Managed to snag a room at Best Western I-95 (not the airport/cruise port one) in March for our Wonder sailing for under $100/night through SnapTravel. There was a great rate at one of the beach resorts for around $150/night, but after they added taxes and then apparently a $30 "resort fee," I just couldn't justify an extra $100 for amenities I wasn't going to use and a room I was only going to be in for less than 24 hours.

Yeah, that's what I heard from my waiter from last month, we've stayed in touch since I got back. She said they're going home until after the new year - I asked if they're all coming back to Ovation or going to different ships, but haven't heard back from her yet on that point.

Yup. These types of people want to "see the world" but are so afraid of other cultures, it seems. Just don't get it.

Thankfully, not as bad as you might fear. Our daughter turned two literally the day we set sail. We had masks with us for her, but she was never asked to put one on. Granted, we didn't put her in the nursery program at all, so it might have been different in that situation. Most of the shows had "family" showings, so she really didn't miss out on much of the experience. Yes, being unable to get off and walk the shops on port was unfortunate, but overall it was a very minor price to pay for being able to sail again.

I *believe* I heard someone say you had to call C&A for all that stuff now, but I'm not 100% positive. Also, I'm impressed Royal IT managed to go above and beyond and get a 400 error instead of the usual 404...

Yes and yes, but also COVID. The inaugural for Odyssey got moved... I don't even remember how many times.

I think I jinxed you with my comment. Sorry about that!

I don't remember having to show papers more than once in Seattle, but we also had a two year old, so they helped get us through quicker since we were going to have to wait on the same day COVID test.

Ok, yeah, that's what I thought, but got mildly confused by the way one of the earliest posts was phrased. I've already had several price drops but wanted to make sure I wasn't potentially missing another one right this second. Think I'm going to have to wait until the Cyber Monday / Black Friday sale to get a better deal than what I've currently got, but I'm going to keep checking daily anyways.

I don't care if it's purely winnings or not - once you've won it, it's your money. Cash out and go home. I never spend anything more than my free play cash - some trips I wind up a few bucks richer, other times I walk out empty handed. But I guarantee you if I somehow got lucky enough to hit a jackpot with just the $6 on free play, I wouldn't keep going.

Will they reprice if the fare drops but not the total price based on the sale? For instance - right now my cruise fare for an inside on Harmony is $1313/person for the first two people, $854 for the third. After all the sales from when I last repriced are applied, it brings the total amount for all three people to $2190. If I do a mock booking for the same sail date and room, the fare has dropped to $1227/person for the first two people. But, the current sale isn't as good with the promos, so the total amount for all three is $2379. I assumed that the total amount was the only thing you could reprice from, so I wouldn't currently be able to save anything, but if I can reprice just the fare and protect the original promos, I'd likely come out at least a hundred bucks cheaper or so. If that's the case, how do I need to word it when calling Royal so they don't inadvertently screw something up with the booking?

Given that there's still some random signage in Chinese left on Ovation, I'd be more shocked if there *isn't* at least a little bit of signage that got missed.

Slightly earlier. We were on board September 10th - 17th.

Bank error in your favor. I had the same thing happen a few years ago with a cruise that got shortened dramatically due to Hurricane Irma. I wound up with a FCC *and* a refund - we asked Royal about it, they said anything we'd received they weren't going to take back, even if it wound up being an error / double payment.