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Going across the bay of biscay on explorer with 21’ waves we could feel. On Quantum alongside Vancouver Island not so much. believe what you will.

Everybody we asked said they had got their port fees back. Even people we met on the plane on the way back home. Safety does trump all else but I’m in an industry that follows the weather very closely and making a major impactful decision is NEVER made 5 days out.

I get that and I also know what we signed up for… but some people on our ship got a refund. That can’t be right!

Bit of a kick in the teeth when the email that tells you of the issue says “don’t worry we are faster than the storm and can go around it to keep you safe” then you sit anchored off of a perfectly good city for 60 hours…

Well… I don’t believe that such decisions should be made 5 days out as things change. We dropped anchor 300 meters from Seattle dock so could not even enjoy Seattle… Something else to add… NCL docked 2 smaller ships in our cancelled port that day. I just feel their new weather man is overly cautious.

This is Alaska not the Caribbean.

They just said a rain storm. When we did move we had 21’ waves and you could hardly feel it. Weather forecasting for such a reaction can’t be that good 5 days out can it?

Quantum. And honestly it was brilliant, just these few things stopped it being perfect

We have just had a brilliant back to back cruise and really enjoyed it. Crew were outstanding, food was great… but a couple of bits have annoyed me and it’s more Royal than the ship or the cruise! We had a port cancelled due to “weather” 5 days before we were due there… is this normal? No compensation was offered for this, even though ships missing Canaveral port got a whole days cruising refunded… We did not get the port fees back while others did… One excursion was also cancelled at another port and they offered 15% off another but they were all DOUBLE the price at least from when we booked a year ago Is it worth complaining to RCCL? Like I said we had a wonderful cruise but I feel Royal should be better than this.

I’ve got to say that since my last cruise, just pre covid, the level of attire has plummeted. I dress smart for evenings, super smart for formal night. This cruise and my last saw pj’s on formal night. Won’t be long and the tuxedo onesie above will be the norm. I think it’s sad people have so little self respect, let alone respect for others. Maybe it’s because I’m English…

It’ll be really interesting to see how you got on. As we are considering back to back 7 days the cost difference is £1000, or $1400… I just don’t know if that’s too much extra for a balcony! That would cover half our excursions… It’s a tough choice!

Really good. Thanks a lot

Thanks for the replies so far. What do you think of getting an internal with the virtual balcony?

Ah man… now we just figured that all the interiors have a virtual balcony. Should we save $1000 and do an interior? If we see something we like we can go up on deck…

Hi guys, About to take the plunge on back to back 7 days from Seattle to Alaska on Quantum. Want a balcony for the views, should be look for left hand or right hand side? I know it’s port or starboard but don’t know which is which Thanks all x