mworkman

Yes they did, especially when they changed the lounge requirements for gaining access. Since Covid, the hotel and airlines rewards program devalued the points program. I use to book nice hotels (Marriott properties) for 35k points per night, now run 50-60k for the same property. Upgrades for delta FC coast to coast generally ran about 25k points rt, now they run over 50k per person, if you’re lucky to find them. I haven’t seen an offer for Delta bonus points other than cruise, Starbucks, Uber or their vacation packages, that’s apparently is the new norm.

One of the things to consider for the Discovery class ships is/if it will be used for the Alaska itinerary, open jaw for the land based itinerary and passage through the Panama Canal for transit for the off seasons. Whereas the bigger ships can still continue the closed jaw itinerary’s and when they replace the Radiance class ships.

We did this very thing when we took our niece and here friend for a high school graduation gift. Just make sure that you get authorization from the parents with a notary seal for the cruise. You can get it here.. https://www.royalcaribbean.com/content/dam/royal/resources/pdf/minor-traveling-without-parent-or-guardian-form.pdf

I concur, at the very least if they were even unsure..tell the client that you’ll look into it and do so, especially if that was my job! Tell me how you suck at your job, without telling me.

We I’ve noticed that MSC is gaining more people from Carnival with their matches status program. Have a few friends that were Loyal to Carnival and stated that there now canceling Carnival cruises and making the jump to MSC, they said why wait for the inevitable to happen later on when they can start now. Even though it’s not official, they will beat the rush and won’t lose anything if Carnival doesn’t follow through with the changes. Can’t say that I blame them. I’ve been seeing this same statement online on FB. It’s going to be interesting as other Cruise line loyalties program managers will be watching to see how the fallout affects the program.

@Lovetocruise2002Wait a minute...ive seen how active some of y'all are and question the jobs outside this blog.

Nice, unfortunately I won’t be sailing on here until April 2027.

@WAAAYTOOO I just looked at the price…it’s not available yet for the date, however I did a test booking for the week prior…Pricey to say the least…let’s say that sticker shock slapped me upside the head What kind of tax do they have that raises the price to $713 per night I’m leaning towards the Delta or Marriott hotel.

Well I’ve booked flights and 2 weeks of vacation prior to the cruise…it’s beginning to shape up. I still need to book a room in Vancouver for 1 night, as we set sail on Serenade shortly afterwards. We were planning on booking the 1st leg, but chose to book Celebrity Solstice Apr 9-23, 2027 for its itinerary.

Brilliance Nov 2-9, 2025 Navigator Nov 13-21, 2025 Anthem May 1-9, 2026 Serenade May 10-17, 2026 Odyssey Oct 18-25, 2026 Explorer Oct 31-Nov 13, 2026

Maybe all the cruise line companies could get together and build a ship and rotate the brands for different sailing, however call the ship “Ultimate Cruise Fighter Champion”. The possibility is endless…family brawler week, one on one, no holds barred…it’s endless . Group rates for those participating, solo rate (Twangster) and those willing to participate if enough drinks are consumed.

I think I might just have figured it out, by Royal shifting to the 3/4 night sailings and limiting the longer sailings down to 7 days. They’re quietly pushing those of us that enjoy longer sailings over to the sister company (Celebrity). It appears that’s now where I find myself booking more cruise. I think this is just what they want.

Some time this week, another cruise drop

It’s sad times when and if that becomes the norm of sailings from Florida becomes 7 days or less. I miss the 11 & 12 night sailings to the southern Caribbean.

My favorite class ship, especially when they were doing the longer sailing.