Marc Van Niekerk

21 minutes ago, John Blahnik said:

If you're searching departure port, it's under South American & Caribbean (not the US) tab.

I had tried this thanks

22 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

Try this

 

https://www.royalcaribbean.com/cruises/?dates_maxDate=08%2F01%2F2021&dates_minDate=06%2F01%2F2021&shipCode_AD=true

This link worked!

23 minutes ago, Matt said:

I put in June first, then filtered down to ADventure

No luck that way either.

No joy here.  Tried clearing content, incognito, etc. and do not see Nassau as departure port and no Adventure sailings prior to October (which is Galveston).

Feel the same as @Lovetocruise2002 

We have a sailing in October that we would love to be on but between the delays in vaccination and issues crossing the border and having to quarantine in government hotel or bypass that, pay fines and still isolate at home, it will be challenging.

On top of it all there is a whole shaming culture developing over those who choose to travel even if they observe all the rules and do not endanger others.

Could it be helpful to have a glossary of all the abbreviations used?  I took a few minutes to figure out ATS...

I knew it was a Suite since @Lovetocruise2002 was the person using it but I needed a minute to figure out what type.

One other item that can affect your deposit is on-board bookings (oh what I wouldn't give to be on-board.....)

They generally offer discounted deposits at NextCruise.

LOVE IT!

So much better!  Thanks @Matt

Remove:

March 26, 2020 Explorer
Jan 22, 2021 Majesty

Add:

Oct 24, 2021 - Allure
Jan 29, 2022 - Odyssey
April 1, 2022 - Radiance

@Matt is the best!

One note from our personal experience is that the FCC was not reissued as such, but put back under the original reservation number.

Here is our situation:

fully paid ALASKA for June 2020 in March

Alaska 2020 cancelled by RCL in March, Gratuity, Taxes and fees refunded (rec'd June) and FCC issued (rec'd May)

used ALASKA FCC to pay for Oct 2020 Quebec to FL in May.

Oct 2020 cruise cancelled by RCL in June.

Oct 2020 DEPOSIT (Taxes, Fees, etc) refunded and rec'd in June

At this point there was no news on FCC.

Last week or TA reached out to RCL and asked and they said it was all taken care of in June and I was asked to check to see if we missed the refund which was not likely but I checked and confirmed we did not.  TA reached out again and was informed that the FCC was reissued to the ALASKA reservation number.  This was confirmed and we discovered we had been waiting for something that was already there.

@twangster, yes all well appointed igloos have curtains.

@Lovetocruise2002 try getting your genie on the next cruise to get you ketchup chips.  The ultimate test!

High deck or low deck?

Forward, Aft or Mid ship for cabin location?

I can confirm not all member have access to edit that value.  I do not see it either.

If it has been over 45 days and you booked through a travel agent, have them follow up.  We heard reports that some refunds have 'Fallen through the cracks' and so we had our agent follow up today and this was confirmed.  We don't have the refund yet but were told 7-10 days.

Echoing the thumbs up for John.  I emailed him a couple questions last night and he replied within minutes!

Thanks to the @AnnetteJackson and the MEI team for all their work on our behalf!

Great blog, thanks for sharing!

Not much mystery in mine.  Total lack of creativity and the mvannie of twitter and periscope is a legacy from when usernames could only be 7 charaters (thank you NOVELL)

At first I saw the old background too until I pressed CTRL-F5 to refresh and now I get the updated ones.

Appears the graphic in the background changes....

Thanks for taking us along on this adventure!

New Cruise added to the list, Mar 26, 2021 Explorer of the Seas, 9nt Southern Caribbean

Just now, AshleyDillo said:

Yaaaay..see you there!  Well, actually I won't be there til June 5..but...

 

Argh!  I typed our departure date not sail date.  Fixing....

four cruises to add to the list:

Ovation June 5, 2020

Vision Oct 19, 2020

Empress Jan 23, 2021

Majesty Jan 22, 2022

We have used this service and it worked very well although the need to get to the ship early is one you will need to sacrifice.

We flew in to Orlando and stayed at an airport area hotel.  Because we had a group of 4 and arrived early in the day we did a short term car rental to allow us to do some running around and sightseeing.  In general you need to use the hotel shuttle to get to your hotel, this service does not actually cover that piece.

Once at the hotel things go as usual and in the morning you go down to the lobby where there is a representative from GoPort who will help arrange the transfer.  The buses they use are generally the large coach type.  They take passengers to all the different terminals on one bus and pick up a multiple hotels.  We visited the Carnival and Norwegian terminals before Royal.  We were definitely not early arrivals, the terminal was busy. If memory serves we did get there before noon.

Post cruise was the best part.  We exited the ship, had a porter help with luggage and then passed through CBP.  From there we exited the terminal and walked to the ground transportation area where there was a podium with the GoPort logo.  The took charge of our luggage and we were shown to the bus. After a short wait (until the bus was filled up)  we left for the airport.  At the airport we were instructed to keep our seats while they unloaded the luggage and then everyone exited the bus.  We had a relatively early flight (1PM) and arrived at the airport with plenty of time to spare.

WE loved the service in particular because we had some guests with us who were first timers with limited mobility.  The service was predictable and reliable and the overall cost was more than reasonable for our party.

Would I do it again? Probably and partially. On our last cruise we used their service back to the airport.  We were travelling just the two of us and I had enough points for a free hotel in PC proper.  We rented a car at the airport again, did our sightseeing and met up with friends.  Spent the night at hotel, drove to terminal in the morning about 9:30, dropped off luggage, drive to rental return, returned car and got the the port by 10:30 which was much more to our taste of arriving early.  The post cruise experience was exactly as before and we loved it.

Hope that answers some of your questions @Cruising_Woj and if you have any specific questions I would be happy to try to help.

Biggest mistake was probably on our first cruise.  We had arranged air travel and cruise through a travel agent and flights were the same day as the cruise.  The travel day was so tiring and stressful due to weather and traffic getting the airport, finding our transfer from airport to ship, etc. that once cabins opened we went to our cabin and passed out, completely missing sail away.