WAAAYTOOO Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 YIPPEE !!! We are booked. Feb 20 14 nights. 2 BR Grand Suite on the aft. While we were booking our room the other 2 BR GS got snatched up, too. They are going fast. Super great price, IMO. They gave us a casino discount, resident discount, and balcony discount. There was a military discount too but it was the same as the resident discount so we just took the resident so we don't have to worry about bringing a DD214 to the port. Really excited about this one !! Jax, cruisellama, MaryS and 7 others 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: YIPPEE !!! We are booked. Feb 20 14 nights. 2 BR Grand Suite on the aft. While we were booking our room the other 2 BR GS got snatched up, too. They are going fast. Super great price, IMO. They gave us a casino discount, resident discount, and balcony discount. There was a military discount too but it was the same as the resident discount so we just took the resident so we don't have to worry about bringing a DD214 to the port. Really excited about this one !! I wanna go!!! That itinerary looks amazing! I need to retire. Curt From Canada and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 7 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: I wanna go!!! That itinerary looks amazing! I need to retire. Or adopted by a nice couple in FLA? Lovetocruise2002 and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 10 minutes ago, Gears said: Or adopted by a nice couple in FLA? Nope. Retire. Teaching is getting in the way of that sailing. Lol WAAAYTOOO and Galveston Steve 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flopper Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 56 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: YIPPEE !!! We are booked. Feb 20 14 nights. 2 BR Grand Suite on the aft. While we were booking our room the other 2 BR GS got snatched up, too. They are going fast. Super great price, IMO. They gave us a casino discount, resident discount, and balcony discount. There was a military discount too but it was the same as the resident discount so we just took the resident so we don't have to worry about bringing a DD214 to the port. Really excited about this one !! Just booked a JS on Deck 8 aft, maybe we'll be neighbors!! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 I booked the Dec 5 sailing. YOLO Book It dr martini, WAAAYTOOO and J_Keeble 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 On 1/5/2021 at 3:59 PM, WAAAYTOOO said: Wow ! Great catch. Too bad I'm already booked for Jan and Feb 22 or I would definitely take this 14 day one ! Famous last words, right ? LOL Curt From Canada 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDaley Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 9 hours ago, mattymay said: They're up.. Dec 2021 - April 2022 Wow! How did you search to find these? When I search by departure port, only the SC Explorer and Abc cruises come up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 This is a post from @ourusualbeach on CC regarding flights and hotels in Barbados. He is a Travel Agent in Canada and a reliable source from what I know. Galveston Steve and Jax 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobroo Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 2 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: YIPPEE !!! We are booked. Feb 20 14 nights. 2 BR Grand Suite on the aft. While we were booking our room the other 2 BR GS got snatched up, too. They are going fast. Super great price, IMO. They gave us a casino discount, resident discount, and balcony discount. There was a military discount too but it was the same as the resident discount so we just took the resident so we don't have to worry about bringing a DD214 to the port. Really excited about this one !! Royal appropriately priced these with what I call "San Juan pricing". San Juan pricing is lower than "Florida" pricing because they take into account the adde airfare. But even with that, the suite price per night for that 14 nighter is very, very low. Good for you! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt From Canada Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: I wanna go!!! That itinerary looks amazing! I need to retire. As a teacher you are far too important to retire ... it is one of the professions that I respect the most. I, however, will return to my original suggestion ... I will quit my job and book Grandeur out of Bridgetown. I am nowhere near essential. Search for my soulmate and I on a Grandeur Cruise. We will be the ones monopolizing the Centrum "dancefloor" from 5:00PM to 8:00PM each evening. If dancing is not allowed by FEB 2022, we may need to re-think the timing. Can't wait ... Curt from Canada WAAAYTOOO and Lovetocruise2002 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisellama Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 Excellent - the kind of innovative move I've been hoping to see. coneyraven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverk Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 Hooray! We are booked for Christmas! Never been on a Christmas cruise before. Kinda off the subject, but curious what everyone thinks. Could this be Royal's way of hedging its bet on the CDC not allowing cruises in the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 35 minutes ago, steverk said: Hooray! We are booked for Christmas! Never been on a Christmas cruise before. Kinda off the subject, but curious what everyone thinks. Could this be Royal's way of hedging its bet on the CDC not allowing cruises in the future? Like we saw with Empress when they thought outside of the box and built routes beyond the cookie cutter mainstream this is sort of the same. A lot of destinations not normally reached by Royal's fleet so something different to garner attention. I don't think this is in anyway related to the CDC. Hedging one small ship doesn't really accomplish anything in terms of bypassing the CDC. The target audience will result in a lot of Americans on board but some Brits as well given the easy flights to the former British territory. The Concorde used to fly between London and Bridgetown and one remains in a museum at the airport there. No doubt the homeport will appeal to some Brits as well. Cool move. cruisellama, J_Keeble, dr martini and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt From Canada Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 39 minutes ago, twangster said: Like we saw with Empress when they thought outside of the box and built routes beyond the cookie cutter mainstream this is sort of the same. A lot of destinations not normally reached by Royal's fleet so something different to garner attention. I don't think this is in anyway related to the CDC. Hedging one small ship doesn't really accomplish anything in terms of bypassing the CDC. The target audience will result in a lot of Americans on board but some Brits as well given the easy flights to the former British territory. The Concorde used to fly between London and Bridgetown and one remains in a museum at the airport there. No doubt the homeport will appeal to some Brits as well. Cool move. I agree with the opportunity of looking "beyond the cookie cutter mainstream". Bring them on ... the more the better. Could everyone please book up all of these cruises before the end of the week. Messages sent with dollars are better than messages sent with illegal body checks (sorry, I am overly excited about hockey starting up tonight). Curt from Canada coneyraven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattymay Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 36 minutes ago, Curt From Canada said: I agree with the opportunity of looking "beyond the cookie cutter mainstream". Bring them on ... the more the better. Could everyone please book up all of these cruises before the end of the week. Messages sent with dollars are better than messages sent with illegal body checks (sorry, I am overly excited about hockey starting up tonight). Curt from Canada Sure, if you could first ask them to lower the AUD price! This happens ALL the time. I would love to know the reasoning behind it??? I understand taxes and fees are included in AUD price but it's still way off. Curt From Canada 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt From Canada Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, mattymay said: Sure, if you could first ask them to lower the AUD price! This happens ALL the time. I would love to know the reasoning behind it??? I understand taxes and fees are included in AUD price but it's still way off. OUCH ... time to move to Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmef Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 I am booked on Grandeur for Christmas 2021!!!!! Got the last accessible balcony available. Curt From Canada and KristiZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda R Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 1/6/2021 at 6:10 AM, Curt From Canada said: They may have taken down all Grandeur "sailings", but they can not take my dreams away. This one will become my home page on my computer ... until they make good on an "implied promise" Every night before I go to bed, dreams of Grandeur will dance in my head. Curt from Canada Look fabulous! Although I do have a 14 day cruise in Dec. 2021, and also in February 2022. So January date may be out for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda R Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 1/6/2021 at 2:22 PM, mattymay said: Hmm... think I'll sit this one out! Not to mention they were charging $1859 for the 14 night itinerary on the AUS site. Which even after currency conversion is still almost double. I would too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonOasis Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 5 hours ago, steverk said: Hooray! We are booked for Christmas! Never been on a Christmas cruise before. Kinda off the subject, but curious what everyone thinks. Could this be Royal's way of hedging its bet on the CDC not allowing cruises in the future? Although there is speculation that the CDC is slow walking its guidance on how cruise lines should proceed with the simulated cruises I think home porting Grandeur of the Seas in Barbados is simply Royal Caribbean expanding and offering passengers more options and more Caribbean islands. I would love to book this cruise in December 2021 but I'm already booked on a 7 night Symphony of the Seas in October of 2021 and a 9 night Odyssey of the Seas in November 2021. cruisellama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 17 hours ago, twangster said: I don't think this is in anyway related to the CDC. Hedging one small ship doesn't really accomplish anything in terms of bypassing the CDC. While you're right that one ship isnt going to save the company millions by any means, it's about hedging their bets. RC has never sailed from Barbados before, nor even hinted at it. It cannot be a coincidence that 2021 is the year when cruises would start there at the exact same time there is absolutely not traction from the CDC to get basic info to cruise lines to resume cruises. Galveston Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 21 minutes ago, Matt said: While you're right that one ship isnt going to save the company millions by any means, it's about hedging their bets. RC has never sailed from Barbados before, nor even hinted at it. It cannot be a coincidence that 2021 is the year when cruises would start there at the exact same time there is absolutely not traction from the CDC to get basic info to cruise lines to resume cruises. They've had four ships stationed there for months. Must have liked it P&O has used Barbados as a homeport. During the time the RC ships spent there some local authorities probably whispered sweet nothings in Captain Johnny's ear. They didn't want Grandeur doing more of the same competing with so many in the RCI fleet for the Caribbean market. Also sends a message to San Juan. Checks a lot of boxes. dr martini, coneyraven, WAAAYTOOO and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 39 minutes ago, twangster said: They've had four ships stationed there for months. Must have liked it P&O has used Barbados as a homeport. During the time the RC ships spent there some local authorities probably whispered sweet nothings in Captain Johnny's ear. They didn't want Grandeur doing more of the same competing with so many in the RCI fleet for the Caribbean market. Also sends a message to San Juan. Checks a lot of boxes. FWIW, Royal Caribbean claims you're right Quote Still, Royal Caribbean on Wednesday told TPG the CDC ban on cruising from U.S. ports had nothing to do with its decision to begin running some of its Caribbean cruises out of Barbados. I do agree that Barbados and RC have a good relationship. Michael Bayley and the Prime Minister of Barbados chair the same Caribbean tourism committee. I could be totally wrong, but I just can't see this move as anything more than the same strategy the cruise line used in getting Quantum restarted in Singapore. WAAAYTOOO and Galveston Steve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt From Canada Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 22 hours ago, Matt said: I booked the Dec 5 sailing. YOLO Book It Please do a Live Blog to help get the rest of us ready. Curt from Canada Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 5 minutes ago, Curt From Canada said: Please do a Live Blog to help get the rest of us ready. Any cruise I go on, I absolutely will. I'm sure if @Lovetocruise2002booked a December cruise on Grandeur she'd have started her live blog already.... Lovetocruise2002, dr martini, twangster and 2 others 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshgates Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 Hmm, I have the week before and week of Christmas booked on Anthem this year....really considering switching them over to Grandeur instead... J_Keeble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Matt said: Any cruise I go on, I absolutely will. I'm sure if @Lovetocruise2002booked a December cruise on Grandeur she'd have started her live blog already.... Well...I did just book Allure for December 2021. But not jinxing it. No blog until I know it's happening. Matt and Jax 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 Here is another post from @ourusualbeach from CC regarding hotels and air routes that will be coordinated with Royal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobroo Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Ya’ know what Royal has done a good job with so far on the Barbados Island Hop cruises? The shore excursions for Trinidad, Tobago, and St. Vincent. Good job shore excursions team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattymay Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 On 1/14/2021 at 7:37 AM, cruisellama said: Excellent - the kind of innovative move I've been hoping to see. I would like to see something like this in the South Pacific as well. Mix it up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Keeble Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 14 hours ago, joshgates said: Hmm, I have the week before and week of Christmas booked on Anthem this year....really considering switching them over to Grandeur instead... Do it! I've just booked a JS on Decemeber 5th @Matt see you there! (hopefully) Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 We are considering moving our November cruise on Brilliance out of Tampa to a 7 day on Grandeur in December...7 nights for under 400CAD is a steal....flight times are great there and back as well...... coneyraven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Keeble Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 12 minutes ago, monctonguy said: We are considering moving our November cruise on Brilliance out of Tampa to a 7 day on Grandeur in December...7 nights for under 400CAD is a steal....flight times are great there and back as well...... Make sure its not December 5th please ! monctonguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneyraven Posted January 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 15 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Here is another post from @ourusualbeach from CC regarding hotels and air routes that will be coordinated with Royal Interesting with Washington .... I'm assuming Dulles (IAD) . No International flights out of DCA and I would assume it would say Baltimore if it was BWI cruisellama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisellama Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 16 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Here is another post from @ourusualbeach from CC regarding hotels and air routes that will be coordinated with Royal Think there's also a number of flights between PR and Barbados. If it becomes difficult to find the direct, fly to PR for an overnight stay and and take jump flight to Barbados the next morning. (Works for a number of islands) WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 26 minutes ago, coneyraven said: Interesting with Washington .... I'm assuming Dulles (IAD) . No International flights out of DCA and I would assume it would say Baltimore if it was BWI Either IAD or DCA but most likely IAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneyraven Posted January 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 5 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Either IAD or DCA but most likely IAD. I didn't think there were any International flights out of DCA .... Either way, dang, BWI is still my favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, coneyraven said: I didn't think there were any International flights out of DCA .... Either way, dang, BWI is still my favorite. Very very few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurdueFlyer Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 I am debating doing a lift and shift of my May 16th 6-nighter on Independence to this Dec sailing on Grandeur. I have no faith the May cruises will go at this point but can't decide if I should wait for them to whack it, or just go ahead and move it now. this Grandeur sailing is cheaper and its 7 nights, so I'd bag 28 cruise points as a solo traveler. although probably need a hotel going down there and more expensive airfare too. some neat destinations though and I've never sailed on Grandeur, either! emmef 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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