WAAAYTOOO Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 As you all know, Dan and I are in FL doing some house biz. We have finished all of that for now and are flying home tomorrow morning. We are staying at the Miami Airport Marriott tonite for a very early morning flight. While walking over to the bar at the Courtyard (so weird that everything at the Marriott is closed but the restaurant and bar at the adjacent Courtyard are open !) we happened upon a “registration” table for Royal Caribbean. Being the naturally curious (not to mention, nosy) person that I am, I stopped and chatted with the guy manning the table. He said that he was registering new staff that were signing on with NAV. He said they are just part of rotating maintenance crew and said he has no insight regarding cruise re-start, but it was still exciting to learn that new staff is allowed to come in and most notably, they are flying in. I tried not to stare at the paperwork but I could see that the list of names looked to be fairly lengthy. Can’t say that there is any smoking gun or intel that provides any real information but at least I did find out that they were headed to NAV. On the way back, the table was unmanned so I snapped a quick pic of the table and sign. Maybe ? Maybe ? teddy, sk8erguy1978, SpeedNoodles and 18 others 20 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCG Teacher Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 12 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Maybe ? Maybe ? Ogilthorpe, twangster, ehw51 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted October 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 So I was frustrated that you could not read the sign so I snuck back over there to take a couple more pix. PaulRC, ehw51, monctonguy and 17 others 12 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaCruise Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Thank you for sharing. Sounds like things are moving in the right direction. ehw51, WAAAYTOOO and Ogilthorpe 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Thanks for sharing! Maybe you could go back and sign up as crew?? Ogilthorpe, ehw51, Lovetocruise2002 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 39 minutes ago, Gears said: Thanks for sharing! Maybe you could go back and sign up as crew?? @WAAAYTOOO does have time now, but I doubt they will give her a suite. SebagoSue, Neesa, USCG Teacher and 7 others 2 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Truly appears to be at least three brands of the RCG. Good investigative journalism! If I understand correctly there are limits on crew C-1/D visas. One is a transit type visa to allow them to reach or leave the ship while the other functions once on board and they are moving in and out of port doing their job. If the subjects of this event are inbound crew from abroad the clock is running to get them onboard. Snotarni, WAAAYTOOO, ehw51 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Thanks for sharing this! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Seems like there are some trickles of good/positive info coming out regarding some crew starting to get ready to head back from various sources ... Any positive news like this we will take at this point!!! CruzOnBye and USFFrank 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okgladgal Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 That's got to be good news! Thanks @WAAAYTOOO WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Keep in mind stuff like this is happening in other places without any awareness or discovery by random cruiseaholic house hunters there to catch it. Just because we don't see it posted to social media doesn't mean they aren't getting stuff done in the effort to restart. teddy, Lovetocruise2002, Neesa and 3 others 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 16 minutes ago, twangster said: random cruiseaholic house hunters there to catch it this is too funny! But we love you @WAAAYTOOO! WAAAYTOOO, teddy, Neesa and 2 others 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted October 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 We made it home ! Uneventful flight. The Captain of that plane was the biggest airplane pilot I have ever seen in my life ! He had to duck to get out the flight deck door. I was stunned. Can't help but wonder how he manages to get all those legs folded up to get into that tiny cockpit !! ...and he wasn't just tall. He was a linebacker-sized bruiser. Good pilot though...smoothest landing I've experienced in a while ! Very little has changed regarding travel protocols since we made our trip down to FL in Sept....but there has been one notable change. When we flew to FL in Sept. AA was serving NO food or beverage on the flight, even in First Class. They gave us each a plastic bag with a small bottle of water and some crackers (or something....can't remember). On this trip, however, both coming and going, they did serve drinks and a meager meal in First Class. It wasn't much but it was something. Drinks were pretty much the usual....coffee, water, sodas, juice, alcohol (if you wanted it) so that is pretty much back to normal. As far as I am aware, nothing was served in Coach, but I cannot guarantee that. Everyone still got the baggie, but FC got the extra food and drinks. Nothing had changed at the hotel as far as service. The Residence Inn in Port St. Lucie (same place we stayed in Sept.) still did not service the room unless you requested well in advance and you had to be out of the room when they came. You could pick up fresh towels, toilet paper and other necessities at the front desk. There was no meal service at all; normally they offer a breakfast buffet (meager, but something, at least). No food now. They had baggies with a stale muffin, an orange and a bottle of water. Thanks but no thanks. Personally, I am beginning to think COVID is just an excuse for cutting out the services while charging the same rate as pre-COVID. I think they're taking advantage, personally. I will say that I never saw anyone without a mask. This is consistent from our first trip. People are taking the mask requirements seriously. Once you go into a restaurant and sit down, then the masks can come off, but not when you are up, moving around. Those who say that people (I can only speak for FL and VA) aren't taking the mask requirements seriously are wrong. From what I am seeing, they absolutely are. The same goes for disinfecting, although I will say that I don't think that is as prevalent as it once was. Social distancing is still problematic in some situations. Obviously, no way to social distance on an airplane, but people are generally considerate about not crowding unnecessarily. When standing in line for anything, people are standing back. It's nice. I've never been one who enjoyed having my private space invaded anyway, so this standing off a bit is great news to me. Overall, I was quite impressed with peoples' attempts to comply and to be considerate to others. It is my assessment that people are NOT slacking off with the requirements to mask, maintain social distancing and sanitize. It's just my opinion. monctonguy, Neesa, Rose City Cruiser and 8 others 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted October 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Oh good grief. I posted in my own blog in the wrong place ! This <above> goes in the trip blog. Guess I'm more tired than I thought.... SteveinSC, Ogilthorpe, RWDW1204 and 1 other 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted October 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 30 minutes ago, twangster said: random cruiseaholic house hunters I resemble that remark ! I hardly consider myself random.... RWDW1204, IRMO12HD, Ogilthorpe and 5 others 1 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWaits Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 15 hours ago, twangster said: random cruiseaholic house hunters There is nothing random about @WAAAYTOOO WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantix2000 Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 17 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Oh good grief. I posted in my own blog in the wrong place ! This <above> goes in the trip blog. Guess I'm more tired than I thought.... Is your blog public? With all your traveling, I might find it interesting to browse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted October 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, Atlantix2000 said: Is your blog public? With all your traveling, I might find it interesting to browse. I was referring to the other thread that I am writing re: my plans to relocate to FL from VA. It's not that interesting....LOL...but you are welcome to read. Atlantix2000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantix2000 Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 3 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: I was referring to the other thread that I am writing re: my plans to relocate to FL from VA. It's not that interesting....LOL...but you are welcome to read. Ahh, I misinterpreted. I must need a vacation because the thought of reading about someone else's vacations sounded like fun! WAAAYTOOO and cruisellama 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Atlantix2000 said: Ahh, I misinterpreted. I must need a vacation because the thought of reading about someone else's vacations sounded like fun! Have you seen the live blogs section here on the boards? There are some great ones on there with lots of info and photos. Obviously none are recent now but they are definitely worth reading anyway. I have been dipping in and out of them over the past months just to help ease the sense of longing. Ogilthorpe and Lovetocruise2002 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisellama Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 On 10/26/2020 at 4:52 PM, WAAAYTOOO said: As you all know, Dan and I are in FL doing some house biz. We have finished all of that for now and are flying home tomorrow morning. We are staying at the Miami Airport Marriott tonite for a very early morning flight. While walking over to the bar at the Courtyard (so weird that everything at the Marriott is closed but the restaurant and bar at the adjacent Courtyard are open !) we happened upon a “registration” table for Royal Caribbean. Being the naturally curious (not to mention, nosy) person that I am, I stopped and chatted with the guy manning the table. He said that he was registering new staff that were signing on with NAV. He said they are just part of rotating maintenance crew and said he has no insight regarding cruise re-start, but it was still exciting to learn that new staff is allowed to come in and most notably, they are flying in. I tried not to stare at the paperwork but I could see that the list of names looked to be fairly lengthy. Can’t say that there is any smoking gun or intel that provides any real information but at least I did find out that they were headed to NAV. On the way back, the table was unmanned so I snapped a quick pic of the table and sign. Maybe ? Maybe ? Very cool - mark it up as a net positive. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mworkman Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 On 10/27/2020 at 5:31 PM, WAAAYTOOO said: Very little has changed regarding travel protocols since we made our trip down to FL in Sept....but there has been one notable change. When we flew to FL in Sept. AA was serving NO food or beverage on the flight, even in First Class. They gave us each a plastic bag with a small bottle of water and some crackers (or something....can't remember). On this trip, however, both coming and going, they did serve drinks and a meager meal in First Class. It wasn't much but it was something. Drinks were pretty much the usual....coffee, water, sodas, juice, alcohol (if you wanted it) so that is pretty much back to normal. As far as I am aware, nothing was served in Coach, but I cannot guarantee that. Everyone still got the baggie, but FC got the extra food and drinks. Nothing has changes with Delta..Still bag with small bottle of water, Cheezit and a cookie. FC has just started offering a choice between two snack boxes, one is a Hummus snack or Cheese, crackers and pepperoni box. It's not offered on all FC flights, it seems like it depends on how the flight attendants feel, whether you get it or not for that flight. Note...I've not stopped flying since this mess started. All I can says is all those inoculations shots I've received while in the military and great immune system I've got.. COVID doesn't like me. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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