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Wow, you sound like the Gestapo..............We might do like most are doing now, AVOID SAILING! Too much BS from start to finish for a lot of money. If you like all this as it is right now though, good for you....enjoy. If somebody has to wait, so what?
You might need to try something else to do yourself for a while, way too uptight.

Wow, you sound like the Gestapo..............We might do like most are doing now, AVOID SAILING! Too much BS from start to finish for a lot of money. If you like all this as it is right now though, good for you....enjoy. If somebody has to wait, so what?
You might need to try something else to do yourself for a while, way too uptight.

Problem is Royal Caribbean is acting like it's possible to get to the terminal doors +/- 5 minutes of a specific time, without providing any means to wait anywhere around them. Some people fly into JFK or LGA, or other airports, too; some may stay in NYC hotels and face a drive of indeterminate time. Even people "local" could be driving from West Virginia, and the further away you are, the more you're gonna need to leave some extra time to account for traffic problems, or getting lost, or other issues along the way. It's like airlines saying to arrive 3 hours before your flight these days. Arrive exactly where?
 
Sure, undoubtedly, some people aren't even trying to match up with their check-in time. But people who try still can reasonably end up much earlier or much later than that check-in time. And frankly it's just a really ignorant attempt at "scheduling" on Royal Caribbean's part, in denial of the real world. Previously it was "unenforced" scheduling, which spread people out, in general, reasonably well. Enforced scheduling leaves people stuck in crazy, impractical ways. Well, actually it leaves them blocking traffic at the terminal in places like Cape Liberty, since all traffic is routed to the same place and there's no separation of traffic until you're right on top of the terminal. 🙂

Sadly, due to my strategic error in flying in the morning of, I will be showing up early.  Carrying luggage to restaurants or sightseeing with luggage is...not a fun thing.  I won't expect early entry.  More like hanging out nearby with a phone/tablet.

No, the real disappointment is the whole mask thing after that much money.
I don't think they can survive long on these passenger numbers with what it costs to sail the ship.
Bookings, bookings, bookings........................

No, the real disappointment is the whole mask thing after that much money.
I don't think they can survive long on these passenger numbers with what it costs to sail the ship.
Bookings, bookings, bookings........................

No, the real disappointment is the whole mask thing after that much money.
I don't think they can survive long on these passenger numbers with what it costs to sail the ship.
Bookings, bookings, bookings........................

Estimate nearly another 50% that won't sail until all the silly rules are gone.... and you might have an explanation for a nearly empty ship.

Will NOT try for a last minute out of Galveston like I had hoped. Have 2 booked for January out of Galveston, will cancel those if this silliness is still going on.
Good luck RCI, but I hear the road calling................

I think it's more about the "these people" versus "those people" and the segregation/ nose in the air mentality.
Who and to a greater degree "how" all the policing will be done? Elevators????????...Dining Rooms???????
This does not sound like a good way to drop thousands of dollars....I don't need a cruise that bad.

I think it's more about the "these people" versus "those people" and the segregation/ nose in the air mentality.
Who and to a greater degree "how" all the policing will be done? Elevators????????...Dining Rooms???????
This does not sound like a good way to drop thousands of dollars....I don't need a cruise that bad.

I think it's more about the "these people" versus "those people" and the segregation/ nose in the air mentality.
Who and to a greater degree "how" all the policing will be done? Elevators????????...Dining Rooms???????
This does not sound like a good way to drop thousands of dollars....I don't need a cruise that bad.

I think it's more about the "these people" versus "those people" and the segregation/ nose in the air mentality.
Who and to a greater degree "how" all the policing will be done? Elevators????????...Dining Rooms???????
This does not sound like a good way to drop thousands of dollars....I don't need a cruise that bad.

I think it's more about the "these people" versus "those people" and the segregation/ nose in the air mentality.
Who and to a greater degree "how" all the policing will be done? Elevators????????...Dining Rooms???????
This does not sound like a good way to drop thousands of dollars....I don't need a cruise that bad.

I don't get the "used to it" part. Why would I pay thousands for someone to make me wear a mask. Quit doing that a long time ago and won't start again for a cruise that costs a lot of money.
Hopefully you all enjoy your sailings..............

I don't get the "used to it" part. Why would I pay thousands for someone to make me wear a mask. Quit doing that a long time ago and won't start again for a cruise that costs a lot of money.
Hopefully you all enjoy your sailings..............

I don't get the "used to it" part. Why would I pay thousands for someone to make me wear a mask. Quit doing that a long time ago and won't start again for a cruise that costs a lot of money.
Hopefully you all enjoy your sailings..............

We've been doing exactly this for a long time down here. Won't spend money in a place that requires a mask, there were and are to many places that don't. 

We've been doing exactly this for a long time down here. Won't spend money in a place that requires a mask, there were and are to many places that don't. 

We've been doing exactly this for a long time down here. Won't spend money in a place that requires a mask, there were and are to many places that don't. 

We've been doing exactly this for a long time down here. Won't spend money in a place that requires a mask, there were and are to many places that don't. 

Can someone let me know when cruising resume with NO masks required. Nothing cruise wise matters for me till then.
 
Hopefully by then(if and when it ever happens) I will be allowed to leave my country and not be sent to a Covid camp upon return and fined thousands.
 
But seriously, I cant keep track of all the changes and rules. So when things are back to normal for the Royal and the cruise industry..there should be something pinned to the top of this site to let everyone know and to cut back and prevent on going questions and what ifs!
 
 
 
 

We are looking to cruise again in February of 2022.  However, I am not going to even think about having to wear that stupid mask while sitting in the sun on deck.  Can you imagine what kind of a tan line that would make and how uncomfortable the heat of the sun would be under that mask?  The whole purpose of the cruise is complete relaxation in the sun and fresh air and that won't be possible under a mask.  The entire thought process behind this makes no sense...we can sit in an enclosed dining area WITHOUT masks as we eat, breathing the entire time.  We are not supposed to wear them in the pool, where we will be in close proximity to others, breathing the entire time.  We are not supposed to wear them when doing anything strenuous, where we will be more laborously breathing the entire time.  Yet, we must wear them on the deck, even if we are the only ones there.  There is no intelligent process of thought to this entire mandate.  And why do we need them if we are all fully vaccinated??  It's about control, folks...not safety anymore.  This is completely out of hand. 

Will not go if mask is required. Had covid in Nov., vacinated this past month, now a negative test also required......see the pattern developing here?
Ever hear of the donkey/stick/carrot ?

Will not go if mask is required. Had covid in Nov., vacinated this past month, now a negative test also required......see the pattern developing here?
Ever hear of the donkey/stick/carrot ?