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Welp that was quick...I found a studio balcony room on Ovation sailing 8/27 out of my hometown Seattle and I pulled a @Mattand YOLO booked it!!! Got the last studio oceanview balcony room on deck 6! Hoooray!! Excited to be back on Ovation 2 years later!! Pretty much exactly 2 years later... I went 8/30/2019 now going 8/27/2021...lovely ? @CruisingKat(Kathy)I am on your sailing!!! can't wait to meet you!
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True....I am looking at doing a solo studio balcony on Ovation (availability is very limited right now unfortunately or none at all) or going on the brand new Norwegian Encore in their studio cabin...it's right in my backyard here in Seattle and I love not having to fly to go on a cruise...40 minute drive and I am there. Norwegian has already come out and said ALL guests must be vaccinated so that means no kids I am guessing, and I also went on Ovation 2 years ago to Alaska so think I may temporarily go back to my 2nd fav cruise line for this one and try their newest ship...got 5 Royal after that ? including my next one on Odyssey, Royal's newest ship, pretty cool to do b2b newest ships in the fleet! I want to go on Freedom in August but I hear that the weather is extremely hot in the Caribbean then... plus the risk of hurricane season...sigh..would hate to miss my 1st ever trip to Perfect day @ cococay.
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Did they pull Freedom 7/2?
Cruising With JT replied to Lovetocruise2002's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
Wow so many things are changing... it's like a risk to book any of these new US sailings. -
Did they pull Freedom 7/2?
Cruising With JT replied to Lovetocruise2002's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
Crazy... I almost booked one of these last night as well...not sure what's going on but we'll know soon enough. -
Did they pull Freedom 7/2?
Cruising With JT replied to Lovetocruise2002's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
Can we get another drink package glitch, oh dear Royal IT? ? -
Did they pull Freedom 7/2?
Cruising With JT replied to Lovetocruise2002's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
Good catch. I highly doubt it sold out. I think cruise lines are kind of backed against a corner right now... while the restart plans are great, all these other laws around mandating vaccines, banning vaccine information etc is just going to create more of a mess. At this point, I will be surprised to see any cruises sail from the US this summer. if they do, hooray! -
Odyssey Of The Seas - Chris Wong
Cruising With JT replied to CHRIS WONG's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
Such exciting news, Chris!! Congratulations on joining the newest ship in the fleet, well-deserved! It must feel so good to get back on after such a long time. I am on Odyssey in November (the original inaugural) so look forward to meeting you then! Cheers! -
Oh nice! I love GMA...looking forward to it.
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Cool thanks for the feedback. Excited to see these cruise ships restart and hope to be on one of them... I booked Odyssey in November because the way things were looking a month or so ago, ships sailing out of the US this summer seemed like a long shot. Hoping to get 1 additional cruise in before Odyssey in November.
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If money is not an issue, I would definitely book Odyssey from Florida over Adventure from Nassau. Odyssey is a newer ship, offers more amenities and you don't have to go through the various hoops like flying into another country such as the Bahamas (health visa and all that). I checked prices for July 3rd and they are insanely high, so be prepared to open up your wallet if you decide to go that route. If not, the Adventure sailing should work out nicely as well ?
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I am looking into Freedom summer cruises, most notably the 3 and 4 days sailings out of Miami leaving in July, however I know that Freedom is also the first to conduct test cruising from 6/20 to 6/22. What happens when Freedom "passes" or "fails" those test cruises? If they pass, the July cruises are good to go I assume...and if they fail, they are a no go? Curious since we are in final payment at this time.
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New vaccine update
Cruising With JT replied to Tarheel0907's topic in Royal Caribbean News and Rumors
Fully agree with this as well. I think that's what people are missing the point on...if an outbreak or something happens with unvaccinated people, you are putting the whole industry in jeopardy. I know vaccinated people can cause issues too BUT far less likely than unvaccinated people. Vaccinated people are less likely to get severe illness or die, unvaccinated people...well...you know the death count... -
New vaccine update
Cruising With JT replied to Tarheel0907's topic in Royal Caribbean News and Rumors
100% agree with this... -
New vaccine update
Cruising With JT replied to Tarheel0907's topic in Royal Caribbean News and Rumors
That's awesome, we'll see how these unvaccinated cruises go at the restart. Fingers crossed shit doesn't go down and the industry gets shutdown again by the CDC. They are watching. Don't F up cruise operators! -
New vaccine update
Cruising With JT replied to Tarheel0907's topic in Royal Caribbean News and Rumors
I am with you...I really don't want to cancel my Royal cruises...shoot... look at Norwegian, Carnival, Celebrity, they are requiring the vaccine. Come on Royal... -
New vaccine update
Cruising With JT replied to Tarheel0907's topic in Royal Caribbean News and Rumors
I haven't heard of any severe cases, but there have been breakthrough cases "people getting infected after getting the vaccine". It is around 10,000 people out of the 101,000,000 that have gotten the vaccine, so like .00000000001% -
New vaccine update
Cruising With JT replied to Tarheel0907's topic in Royal Caribbean News and Rumors
I would not got on a cruise if I wasn't vaccinated. Plain and simple. -
New vaccine update
Cruising With JT replied to Tarheel0907's topic in Royal Caribbean News and Rumors
All good, everyone has a different opinion, I was just going off of what I am seeing on other social media sites like Facebook and my thoughts, most people aren't too happy with the decision. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. Fortunately for me my next cruise isn't until November. I am a big believer in that the best and safest way to get cruising restarted out of the US is to require vaccines for all those who are eligible. Plain and simple. It's temporary, not forever, just do it at the start, because if something happens onboard, the CDC is ready to shut it down again.