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I went on 3 comped casino cruises since the restart. On 5 day Mariner, I upgraded to balcony for 68.00 total for the cabin. On 4 day Explorer, same price for upgrade to balcony. Last cruise on 4 day Brilliance, it cost 350.00 to upgrade to balcony. You have to call casino to upgrade.

When we did that in April, using Royal Caribbean shuttle, the first bus was scheduled to leave at 11:30. We have also used Go Port out of Orlando. It left earlier, first come first board. They gave you a number when you checked in. Royal shuttle was 5.00 more per person, but only people on shuttle were going to Royal Cruise port. When we did Go Port, we were the last ones dropped off as they went to all the other cruise ports first. The extra 5.00 was well spent, in my opinion.

Thank you. I will have to wait and play it by ear as my granddaughter is already booked in one of the rooms with her unvaccinated Mom.

We have a family cruise on Explorer in March 2023. We have 6 rooms and 1 balcony room. I booked my husband and myself in 6320. Since it has an * will I be able to book another person in the room before we sail? Two of the rooms have 3 people that aren’t vaccinated and will not get vaccine. If vaccines are still required at that point they will cancel. I would like to take my grand daughter, 6 yr old, on the cruise and just add her to my reservation so she doesn’t miss the trip with her cousins. I booked over the phone and was able to book this balcony room, even if there are only 2 of us.

In January, our family booked 7 cabins on Explorer for March 2023. Nobody knows when vaccine requirements will end. Protocols have changed quite a few times since the restart. My husband and I have been on 4 cruises since Oct 2021 with 3 different sets of protocols. Out of the 14 of us, 3 are not vaccinated and will not get the vaccine. Final payment is the end of December. If 2 of the rooms cancel before final payment, they will lose their deposits. If they wait after final payment, they will lose a % of the cruise. Hate to see them cancel and the vaccine requirement ends and they miss out on our family vacation or have to rebook at a much higher price. If they wait to see if things change, they will lose out on their whole cruise fare. Not possible to reschedule, as this was the only time of the year we were all able to go. Currently CWC ends the end of September but has been extended multiple times also. Wish I had a crystal ball! Can anyone see into the future?

Independence April 4-8 was told by next cruise office we had 3800, so about 90% capacity. Tons of kids. 2nd leg April 8-11, not sure of count but definitely less people.

I was on that sailing. We heard the alpha, but did not notice the ships movement. We did witness the guy that security was after. We had been sitting with our luggage at the schooner bar near the Royal theater side. We were the first groups to go down to line up to get off the ship. Line never moved, so we sat on stools to wait. About a hour later, a man came sprinting thru the bar and ran down the stairs with security officers running after him. A guest ran down the stairs and tackled him at the bottom of the stairs along with security. Guy was handcuffed and taken away. A minute later, they had the passenger that tackled him go with them. Customs officer went to where they were holding the guy. When the guy that tackled him came back, he told us the guy had a warrant out on him. Security guy came by and told us we would be cleared to exit the ship now. I do not understand why they didn’t arrest the guy when he tries to exit the ship, instead of inconveniencing thousands of passengers. After that it still took another hour to get off the ship, resulting in us missing our 11:25 flight home. Before we headed down with our luggage, they kept paging the same guy to go to guest services over and over again. The captain even made the announcement a few times. Don’t know if this was the guy they were looking for.