Harbuddies

Oh boy, this is a big one these days. I just dont understand the need to wear political clothing on a ship. All it does it serve to start arguments, or at the very least a lot of dirty looks.

I do the same thing, backup hard copies can come in handy!

Flu just got us and we pushed back our Alaska cruise for a week. disappointing to say the least

Just finished my family's covid tests. Now I can confidently check in for flights, do ArriveCAN and all the other post-covid administrivia

I do the same thing, backup hard copies can come in handy!

Would totally fly from California to catch a cruise out of Barcelona! 
Bucket List to go to Europe, will work on planning this out after the Alaska cruise next week.

I do the same thing, backup hard copies can come in handy!

Good advice.  I always print out everything (I know, not very ecological of me, and I don't care) and take it with me.  I always seem to have a folder that is about an inch thick with everything that has transacted (from our TA and from Royal) with that cruise, everything from emails to invoices to excursions purchased/canceled, packages purchased/canceled, COVID Test purchased and results, etc etc etc.  

We got our Covid test test done this morning Bermuda here we come. First cruise since 2018 I am ready to go. Cost 60.00 at the local Pharmacy in and out in around 30 minutes.
 

On iPhones they simply appear in your wallet!

You can submit your passport and vaccine info at anytime. Once that is saved you only have to fill out the entry information for each trip you take.

You can set up your profile and create the "trip" but you can't submit it until you're within 72 hours.

The attached file lists the Ovation's departure times based on assigned luggage tag numbers.
Port Valet departures were either:
8:00 AM if your flight was from 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM or 8:45 AM if your flight was after 1:30 PM Our departure time was 8:45 am since our flight was not until 5:30 PM so we stayed in our stateroom and monitored the status of departure numbers being called on the TV.
By 8:35 AM every luggage tag number above us had been called so we went from stateroom to gangway to CBP. Only delay we experienced exiting the terminal building was when the group ahead of us did not have their passports out for CBP to examine.
Ovation of the Seas Tips For An Easy Departure.pdf

Prior to the Ovation May 13th sailing I signed up for Port Valet online and received a confirmation email from them. On the Ovation a sign up sheet was provided so I also filled that out and returned to Guest Services.
The last night by 6:30 PM I received our boarding passes and luggage tags in our stateroom. We set our luggage out and did not see it again until we arrived at our home airport.
Ovation of the Seas Luggage Valet Program.pdf

Hello, I got this tip from a Facebook Group for my sailing and got permission to share the tip. I don’t know if this has been shared before here. It’s a way to see the daily activities for the ship at the current time. 
 
I know I'm the most excited for the cruise, but I have a tip if any of you less enthusiastic people are interested. It gives you the current information on the current sailing on the ship so you can get an idea of the activities and menus. You will need the Royal Caribbean app:
You will need the Royal Caribbean app:
Open app and click on the person icon at the top.
Click on select a different sailing
Go to bottom and click on get more details on ships we support
Click the ship you are going on
Click on the sailing with the current date (ie May 22- May 29 2002)
If you click on the daily planner you will see all the activities that are planned for this day to get an idea of what is offered. It also says where the ship is right now.
 

Sailing 6/10/22 and we will be wearing our masks indoors the whole time.

ahh the ebb and flow of covid on land and ships. This is the new cruising reality. What a drag.

Sailing 6/10/22 and we will be wearing our masks indoors the whole time.

We are sailing 6/10 to Alaska, I have been watching updates on Youtube for things like this and of course Covid updates. I agree RC has not been very good in relaying pertinent information. I found out about needing to load the Arrive Can app 2 months ago and from other cruise line updates on Youtube, I highly suggest to look for updates as often as possible on your own.

We are sailing 6/10 to Alaska, I have been watching updates on Youtube for things like this and of course Covid updates. I agree RC has not been very good in relaying pertinent information. I found out about needing to load the Arrive Can app 2 months ago and from other cruise line updates on Youtube, I highly suggest to look for updates as often as possible on your own.

I just registered my bags for pickup for our August cruise.  I would check in with guest services if you didn't get the appropriate luggage tags and boarding passes.

No. Currently the Key guests can eat in the MDR on embarkation day, but no one else. 

e-Docs typically come 30 days prior to sailing

Just ordered our today!

We received ours within 2 days as well.