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It has, but from what I understand, there are some exceptions that still allow many to cross over by car. I think this means that those people will also need a negative test too now? Either way, it’s just getting more and more complicated. My trip to the Rockies is looking better and better, as long as I can get vaccinated in time.

Not sure if this even matters anymore for cruising, but if anyone is thinking of driving into Canada... http://globalnews.ca/news/7629517/covid-travel-restrictions-land-borders/

Good luck Joe! ?

Yes, the $100pp is the “penalty” for cancelling a non-refundable deposit.

If you cancel before final payment, you will lose $100pp and the remainder of your deposit should come back as an FCC. So for example, if you have a deposit for 4 people at $250pp; you will get an FCC for each person for $150. Unless something has changed that I am not aware of....

He's a walking encyclopedia, so yes! lol

I recall a post by our very own "Mr. Bot" aka @twangster where it was documented that you started it first. ?

Ok, let this be the point where I document that I am not the first one to start a “not a cruise blog”. So if I decide to do a “cruise snob heads to the mountains” blog eventually, it will be because our fearless leader did it first. ? Anyway, I cannot wait to see what fun happens from this! Father/daughter time is precious. One day she will turn into a teenager and you look back on this and cherish it. Enjoy!!

As I said before, Hubby works in healthcare so it’s a mask always, and the rest of us mask up every time we leave our house. If that gets me on a cruise, awesome! Ready to go.

Whatever you paid for with FCC, that will be re-issued to you as a new FCC. The only portion that is eligible for a refund if Royal cancels is your taxes and any additional cruise fare you paid for out of pocket.

You’ve been talking to @twangstertoo much lol. I seem to those words coming from him too a while ago. ?

I agree. Not drag it out till after final payment. Same for the Canada/NE sailings.

Also guilty as charged! lol That is my way of coping. Book as many as I can and hop on the first one that I can lol.

It's not really that far fetched to believe. Canada has long maintained that they don't anticipate everyone who wants a vaccine to have one until end of September 2021 (at the earliest). Seeing that our vaccination efforts are not going well at the moment, I am going to take a guess here and say that it will be later than September. There is no way that Canada is going to want ship loads of people coming in without Canadians being vaccinated first. They cannot take a chance like that. Many of our hospital systems are already overwhelmed. There is no cruising to Alaska or East coast in the winter, so February 2022 is not too far to believe. Unfortunate but it is what it is....

Depressing, but we knew it was coming....

Lol!!! That is exactly my thinking too! ?

The exact wording differs from year to year. Don't read too much into it. Sometimes they call it "Winter/Spring", sometimes "Winter". Like @Matt and I have been saying, it would be shocking to see anything past April 2023 released.

#majorstarclasstakeover is not to be confused with RCBlog group cruise. ? #majorstarclasstakeover was not planned. It just happened lol. I guess pay attention to what others post. That's how it happened last year. It was sort of like a domino effect.

I agree. When I first became a cruise nut, I was really confused by that too.

No. My understanding is that if they follow what usually is done, the week of February 22 will be the short 3-5 night sailings from Nov 2022 - April 2023 and then the following week, it will be the 7+ night Caribbean sailings from Nov 2022-April 2023.

The December 2022 ones, yes. According to @Matt's post. Unless it's the short December 2022 sailings. Those come out the week before according to that schedule.

Pretty sure that is not coming out with this release. They will release December 2022 and December 2023 will have to wait for next year. That has been the general trend.

@Drewtastic86 https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2021/02/02/royal-caribbean-releases-spring-2022-2023-remaining-schedule

This hotel is almost directly across the street from Bayside. So yes, really close.

We love the Intercontinental Miami!! That is our go-to hotel when sailing out of Miami. We always book the Bay View rooms and we also book Club level since that gives you access to their lounge (well worth the extra cost IMO). The hotel is a 5 min walk to Bayside Marketplace where there are tons of choices for dining and shopping. It’s a 15 min ride to South Beach if you want that. And best part is that it takes less than 10 mins to get to the port of Miami. Love that hotel, I miss it. ?