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For anyone who has bought travel insurance through Allianz for a single trip (not annual), is there a timeframe for when you have to buy a policy? Do you have to buy it within a certain time frame after reserving a cruise or can you buy it up until you sail? I have a cruise next month that I reserved last year and the website still lets me purchase a policy but I don't know if it would be active since I reserved the cruise last year

If you buy the Non alcohol All Inclusive Pass for the Royal Beach Club, are you still able to buy alcohol drinks separately or can you just not have alcohol? I assume they will be giving colored wristbands depending what pass you get

Are they starting to offer IVs on every ship? I recently got in on Odyssey and I know they've been offering it on the more newer ships i.e. Symphony, Icon. Is that an offering on every ship?

Is there a way to change your reservation time for specialty dining without having to cancel or do I need to wait until I'm on the ship to ask? Looking to switch one of my dinner reservations to earlier in the evening

My TA just saw that there is a balance due Just what I need right now...

I just received a refund for my cruise planner purchase this morning. On the upcoming cruise page under where it says View boarding Pass/Edit check-in, it says pay remaining balance (my cruise is December 22 this year). I booked with a TA so there's no way to see if I have an outstanding balance due. I'm going to call my TA this morning to make sure she never got an email but should I be concerned? When would she get an outstanding payment email if it does come?

Has anyone yet to receive refunds on any cp cancellations they made last week? One of my credit cards it came through but the other hasn't and its my drink package refund so a pretty big refund I'm waiting on. I know it's only been a week so maybe I should give it another week before making a fuss about it but also hearing stories from last year where it took 2 months to get a refund from Black Friday cancellations

unfortunately not. but thats not an issue for me. my appetite has no end on cruises so i doubt i will be full. you should see how many entrees i order for breakfast in the MDR!

I booked hibachi lunch on Symphony for 12 pm. There is a sushi & saki class that takes place right before at 11 am. How long does the sushi & saki lunch take and will it go over my lunch at hibachi? Curious if I should push back the lunch if it goes longer than an hour

I'm booked in an ocean view room on deck 3 on Odyssey. I think it's pretty similar layout to any other quantum class ship. Quick question: How is the noise on the deck? Do you hear a lot of noise from the music hall and casino at night, specifically the night club. My room is more closer to the dining venues and casino since I wanted to avoid music hall at night but curious to hear anyone else's thoughts who stayed on this floor before. Thanks!

for people living in the NYC/NJ area symphony is a big deal since it's never been here. Oasis OTS was the first Oasis class to come to NJ 2 years ago

Maybe she goes on the miniature golf course?? lol

im 99% sure it will be symphony. oasis was here for 2 years, i assume it will be stay the course with symphony being here at minimum 2 years

I doubt someone will know the answer but where does Rover go to the bathroom on the ship? Also I'm curious if her handler is on a contract similar to other employees. Once her contract ends, does Rover get a new handler or would Rover go on a break from the ship until she returns. I assume it would be uncomfortable for Rover if she had a new handler if the other one's contract ends

Lol I was on Anthem for the Christmas cruise and they did this every night I was there. The last two nights they did the appreciation announcements, 30,000 meals and so on. I didn't think it was a big deal but I can see where you're coming from. I thought it was odd that they were doing this every night as I don't recall in the past them doing it all the time. They made me do the chicken dance the last night which was whatever

Curious if anyone has done this before. How many pieces of sushi do you get??

It was a tough 2 weeks everyone but we got through this together. I couldn’t have done it without each and everyone of you

Mine just posted as well with original purchase date of 11/8. There goes my free Chops lunch

I think as long as you don't get the dreaded "Balance due email" nothing to worry about

My cruise leaves on Christmas eve next month so if it gets cancelled or something happens i will let you all know

I think the issue is though, at least on my end, the cruise planner purchase says "paid" but still not showing up on our credit card statement. That's where I think a lot of people are confused and worried. I'm not too worried though because as I said in a previous message, I think I'm just going to wake up one day and the charges will be back on my credit card.

The short of it is, people who made purchase on November 8 (most with a Visa credit card) aren't having the purchase showing on their credit card but on the cruise planner, Royal says it was paid in full. Also some people who cancelled a cruise planner purchase, instead of the refund getting put to their credit card, it went to their cruise balance instead therefore Royal is saying they haven't paid in full i.e. refund something for $20, now cruise balance says they owe $20 and if they don't pay it, their cruise will be cancelled. Seems like everything is fine with you so you have nothing to worry about.

I doubt it. You're thinking worst case scenario. It seems the people who had this issue is more that they had a refund go to their cruise balance, not the outstanding cruise planner purchase going there. It also seems most people who are dealing with this issue got the $0 balance due email 48 hours after the situation. It's been almost two weeks since I made the purchase and although it is still missing on my credit card, I haven't gotten any email yet. The most likely scenario is you are going to wake up one day within the next month and see the charges randomly back on your credit card. That's what happened with the thread that Vlad share. If you haven't gotten any email yet, don't stress. The people who got that email got it pretty much the day or two after.

i think one difference between @Starrynight0154 situation and mine is when i cancelled my chops reservation, the refund does show up on my credit card statement. however when i repurchased it, the new charge doesn't show up. correct me if im wrong @Starrynight0154 but it seems from your first post, your refund for hideaway beach didnt show up on your credit card but instead it was added to your cruise balance?

So me and you are in the same boat. Mine is on Dec 24th. I think we are both fine. The point is there is nothing we can do at the moment until something actually happens. The good thing is if something were to happen, we can pinpoint the reason why. Enjoy your weekend, let's not stress about this or it will drive us crazy!