whitsmom

I was just on her from mar 19-26th, Had a blast, service was either fine to excellent. only playmakers was slow once when they had just opened on a sea day, and sometimes the pool bars got overwhelmed. Otherwise it was no different than when I sailed her in 2019. Shes a glorious vessel

That's what the trolls do.

I'm sorry to hear you're not having a great time.
Is it possible that since you cruise a lot, you got used to the lower capacity that spoiled us all up until this spring? I know I had to re-adjust my expectations and strategy once capacities starting going beyond 60%. 

We fly to Amsterdam in August for our British Isles (Jewel) cruise and I am hoping the same thing!  I do have eMed tests to bring for our return home is that is still a thing (fingers crossed that it will be dropped).  I know that several airlines are pushing to have the mask mandate dropped.  Sure would make a long flight way more comfortable not having to wear a mask.

Earlier this month on Odyssey, we had a combination of plastic bottles and pop-top cans.
 
Also, available for purchase nearly everywhere are a plethora of drink can covers.
 

You can buy can covers for this purpose also. I'm also weird about creepy crawlers and germs going into the open can

The App is fine for booking stuff but we as a family like to look at it together and decide on what we want to do/see or whatever.  It is too had to do that from your phone (my opinion).  I guess I am old-school so I will be requesting paper copies if we don't automatically get them.

Then fill that puppy in!!

I would totally go with the Refreshment package.  This is what we are doing also.  You can order roughly 19-20 drinks using your OBC.

That is interesting, because same thing happened to me yesterday in Massachusetts.  I went to CVS to get our test.  The outside pod had note stating as of 3/16/22, testing at minute clinic.  I didn't think much of it.  the nurse did take vitals before the swab.
An hour or two later..... my phone rings and it is nurse practitioner calling..... my heart sank.   Then he tells me the test was negative.  I was thinking, they would only call for a positive.
I cannot wait until the testing goes away... hopefully soon.

BInaxNOW/EMED for life!!

^^^^^This! Takes the fun out of the pre vacation excitement.

My thoughts exactly.

Would be nice if the US ends testing requirements for international flights!

Excellent news!!!
Canada is expected to announce an end to pre-arrival COVID-19 testing for vaccinated travellers, two federal government sources told Global News.

The requirement will be dropped by the end of March, the sources said. The formal announcement to the change could come as soon as Thursday.
https://globalnews.ca/news/8687177/canada-pre-arrival-covid-testing-travellers/

Hopefully this gets applied to their cruise ship testing rules, too

When we returned to Atlanta from Cancun in February, we used our Global Entry for the first time.  We just went up to the kiosk, touched it and looked at the camera an we got a small piece of paper and we were good to go.  So easy and simple.

Wow!  Good to know.  Now that Canada doesn't have to test to enter now I hope everyone else follows suit and stops the whole testing!!

Congrats!!
hopefully the US will follow suit for international travel!

No covid test necessary to re-enter Canada.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/what-to-know-about-canada-s-travel-rules-as-of-april-1-1.5823384

When we returned to Atlanta from Cancun in February, we used our Global Entry for the first time.  We just went up to the kiosk, touched it and looked at the camera an we got a small piece of paper and we were good to go.  So easy and simple.

Reply to the email and ask the suite concierge directly.  It would be interesting to hear what they say.  

I suspect any cruise line would offer the same plan if a ship was to be deemed unsafe to sail.  My big takeaway is that they asked guests with no passport to contact guest services for alternative arrangements.  I'd be curious to hear what they might be.  Another example of why you should get a passport and have travel assurance.

You can gift your FCC to someone.  Our friends that usually cruise with us is now currently on a transplant list and can not cruise before their FCC expires so that have to send an email to RCI requesting to gift them to us.  We just got confirmation that they changed them to us last week.  We then applied them to our July cruise coming up.

We love Labadee!  We get a Cabana and just relax.  We had no complaints on the food as it is lunch outside.