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Thankyou for all the kind replies and information.

Hey guys, little bit of a vent post. I went on my first cruise last year from the 30th of december to the 8th on allure, and it was the best time of my life, it was also me and my wifes first vacation in 10 years. it might sound strange but our first stop was coco cay and when i was floating around in the sea i literally felt stress leave my body, after an incredibly stressful year. Well we decided to spend our savings on a jumbo trip this november, for my wifes 50th birthday. We were leaving on the 6th of November and back to backing it with a second trip leaving from the 13th. Unfortunately, life decided to kick us in the teeth a bit, first i had a hospital trip in march for 5 days with norovirus and cdiff, then our dog had an emergency surgery, then our fridge died, then our dryer died, then in september i needed emergency shoulder surgery, resulting in me needing to recover for the next 6 months. We managed to get refunded with the NRD getting given back to us in cruise credit, but all our savings got eaten up by the non stop issues. So here i am, feeling bad for the wife, obsessing about where our ship is in the ocean on https://www.cruisemapper.com/?imo=9383936 feeling all kinds of guilty and down. Anyone have any suggestions on which cruise we should spend our 800 FCC on? Anyone experienced similar? We arent sure we are gonna be able to afford a cruise even with the cruise credit next year. Sorry for the depressing post just figured this might be a good place to vent.

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thankyou for all your advice! sounds great! We are hoping to get lucky and get the same room for both cruises but i think our best chance might be guest services on boarding day

hope your trip goes amazing! the 2nd to the 6th didnt seem too busy or the 6th to the 13th, but the 13th to the 20th seems to be really really busy, no balcony rooms availible, not sure why.

great! thankyou for your help. We are on the 6th to the 13th and the 13th to the 20th how about you?

Hello everyone! This november we will be disembarking on our first ever back to back cruise on oasis of the seas! I have a couple of questions I couldn't find solid answers to. Also i would love to hear about your back to back changeover story's/tips/experiences . 1. After the first cruise is finished, do we have to disembark with all the other guests or is there a procedure for people who are back to backing? I have seen this questions asked and seen multiple answers. 2. Right now unfortunately after multiple phone calls we cant manage to get the same cabin for both cruises (without paying an extra $700 , what do we do with our luggage the night before the end of the first cruise? Will our bags stay on board and just get delivered to our room on the second cruise? or will we have to go collect them from port? Thankyou for your help

we just drove home! 12 hours to north carolina feeling like hell

They confined us to our cabin until check out. We left the ship at 10 AM last off the ship.

Hey everyone. Currently on allure i felt a bit ill last night so called down to the nurse who came up and swabbed me and the wife. Me positive, her negative. Sooo now we are sitting in the cabin waiting to be last off the ship. if anyone has questions of the process or just general questions about our trip i will try to answer.

Cruise director announced a 1 day refund as on board cruise credit. Does anybody know the rules for st kitts?

Captain just announced 27 crew 3 passengers with covid. Captain said this was over 1% of the ships capacity (which i was told was 4000 60% of the ship day 1) Denied access to st thomas overnighting st kitts instead. i thought st kitts had the same 1% rule as st thomas? will update doing some trivia in the on air

Hello everyone. We are sailing on the 30th Allure sailing. We ordered 6 EMED at home testing kits through royal Caribbean. It says to either scan the QR code on the box or visit emed.com/FDA but through both avenues we are getting an Error from the website. Any ideas on why? is the website down or am i doing something wrong?

Hey guys first time cruiser here. we are booked on allure 30th holiday cruise, hopefully it still sails, the covid situation is scaring us a bit we monitor our cruise alot since we booked it, and about 4 weeks ago it was fully sold out, it stayed that way until this week where 12 days prior to sailing so many cabins have opened up for sale. interior,ocean view and balconys. Any idea why this might be? if this isnt a normal thing to happen about 2 weeks prior to the cruise, i was wondering if theese would be the reason: - RCB inreasing the amount of people allowed on board and trying to get more peeps on the ship - Mass cancellations because of the new mask mandate? - Mass cancellations because of the current covid situation ramping up again? thankyou for your insights

Hello there I have a general tipping question, i am from the UK our type of tipping works very different to the USA so im a bit confused whats expected of us. I paid the pre paid gratuitys, that covers the room attendant/bar staff/waiters if i am correct? On cococay we booked a floating cabana that we will apparently have an attendant to help us for the day, how much is normal to tip? If we get room service how much is considered acceptable? We just want to make sure we do the right thing and dont leave anybody short Thankyou!