Traveler 2,274 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 19 minutes ago, KristiZ said: @Traveler, will you be on the inagural cruise now, and do one of your great blogs for us?? We are aiming for the 5 nights at the 18-June with Rhodes , Athens, Mikonos stops , so not the "real" inaugural but the first cruise with ports , for sure I will blog here . Already left our names with the local travel agent for the pre booking list . Once I will see the price maybe we will take another one earlier. Finally no need to fly for a cruise , only one hour drive teddy, Lovetocruise2002, KristiZ and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twangster 29,813 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 While disappointing for any guests who lost a cruise from Rome the positive aspect is that any opportunity for Royal to get a ship sailing with guests is good for all of us. Royal is able to fine tune and adapt protocols in partnership with a different government. Lessons learned from Singapore will be augmented with lesson learned in a different region with different requirements coming from a different government. This knowledge will help Royal when it comes time to restart cruising in the next region. Lessons from there will augment lesson from Israel and Singapore and so on. Every new ship sailing with guests anywhere brings us all closer to a restart closer to home and further proof to public health agencies like the CDC that cruising can be accomplished safely. emmef and SpeedNoodles 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lovetocruise2002 11,601 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 36 minutes ago, Traveler said: We are aiming for the 5 nights at the 18-June with Rhodes , Athens, Mikonos stops , so not the "real" inaugural but the first cruise with ports , for sure I will blog here . Already left our names with the local travel agent for the pre booking list . Once I will see the price maybe we will take another one earlier. Finally no need to fly for a cruise , only one hour drive Perhaps you could use the savings from no flights to book a Star Class room? Curious minds really want to see those rooms. lol Traveler 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neaxan 422 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 Apparently we're the only ones affected who are happy with the decision Our September 19th (Holy Land) cruise has been cancelled, but that gave us the opportunity for a lift & shift to October 7th 2022 with a waaay better itinerary. Keeping our old price is amazing as we've just saved about 1900 euros (2300 $) - that's UBP, UDP and a few shore excursions Traveler, teddy, Poolside and 5 others 7 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlena 176 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 I'm interested to see what health policies / procedures they will do on a fully vaccinated ship... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzyBee23 146 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 6 hours ago, Marlena said: I'm interested to see what health policies / procedures they will do on a fully vaccinated ship... I bet the full gamut of them initially... Interested to see how they (and we) respond to the inevitability of cases in board. Hopefully without hysteria. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Traveler 2,274 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 8 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Perhaps you could use the savings from no flights to book a Star Class room? Curious minds really want to see those rooms. lol Waiting to see the prices but it might be an option . Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cruisellama 991 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Israel's been leading the world successful in vaccinating their country - believe its the highest percentage inoculated in the world (over 50%). emmef 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marga 39 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Apparently my cruise 7th September Holy Land has also been cancelled. I haven't heard anyting from Royal or my TA. But I saw it in Cruiseplanner. Very disappointed. Does anybody know : I had only paid the $900 deposit. I will be lifting and shifting to October 2022 and I read you then get 125% to compensate. Will I get that over the full fare or just the $900 ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike.s 193 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 6 minutes ago, Marga said: Apparently my cruise 7th September Holy Land has also been cancelled. I haven't heard anyting from Royal or my TA. But I saw it in Cruiseplanner. Very disappointed. Does anybody know : I had only paid the $900 deposit. I will be lifting and shifting to October 2022 and I read you then get 125% to compensate. Will I get that over the full fare or just the $900 ? It's based on the amount you have currently paid rather than total cost of the cruise (I believe) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marga 39 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 So it would make sense to quickly pay the rest of the amount? I pay directly to my TA and officially i don't know anything about a cancellation yet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WAAAYTOOO 12,148 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 1 hour ago, Marga said: So it would make sense to quickly pay the rest of the amount? I pay directly to my TA and officially i don't know anything about a cancellation yet You could try paying in full but I doubt that would work. I suspect that Royal would decline accepting payment on a cruise that has been cancelled. If you choose the 125% FCC, it will be based on the value of your deposit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neaxan 422 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 6 hours ago, Marga said: Apparently my cruise 7th September Holy Land has also been cancelled. I haven't heard anyting from Royal or my TA. But I saw it in Cruiseplanner. Very disappointed. Does anybody know : I had only paid the $900 deposit. I will be lifting and shifting to October 2022 and I read you then get 125% to compensate. Will I get that over the full fare or just the $900 ? If you do Lift & Shift, you won't get any FCC (neither for the cruise price paid nor for your cruise planner purchases). You'll keep your original cruise price and get 100$ OBC for the cruise you shift to. The October Holy Land cruises are quite expensive at the moment, so if you booked for a favorable price, Lift & Shift should be the best option. If you're looking at the October cruises, you couldn't use your FCC for them anyway as the rules state that the FCC is only good until September 30th, 2022 sail dates. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marga 39 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Thank you for the help. Our TA is lifting our cruise to October 7th as we speak (fingers crossed). We had a really low price so glad of this opportunity. Neaxan and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cruisellama 991 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 And the winner gets shiny, really cool Quantum class ship Matt and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neaxan 422 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 3 hours ago, Marga said: Thank you for the help. Our TA is lifting our cruise to October 7th as we speak (fingers crossed). We had a really low price so glad of this opportunity. That was our choice too. See you on Odyssey Marga 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
monctonguy 1,826 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Its at like 94% now....those stats are like a month old Meanwhile...Canada went from 2.69 to 3.8%....its painful Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lovetocruise2002 11,601 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 12 minutes ago, monctonguy said: Meanwhile...Canada went from 2.69 to 3.8%....its painful Pain before gain. I'll admit, it has most definitely been painful to watch through January and February but it is looking brighter by the day. News just out about an hour ago, Canada is expecting about 1 million doses this week and another 900K or so next week. Way better than the past two months. teddy, Curt From Canada, twangster and 2 others 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Traveler 2,274 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 Reservations were open today , They only sell balconies and up , inside and OV are blocked . KristiZ, Matt, twangster and 3 others 4 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 12,322 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, Traveler said: Reservations were open today , What did you book? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lovetocruise2002 11,601 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, Traveler said: Reservations were open today , They only sell balconies and up , inside and OV are blocked . 7 minutes ago, Matt said: What did you book? Please be star, please be star, please be star......lol WAAAYTOOO and Matt 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twangster 29,813 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Please be star, please be star, please be star......lol WAAAYTOOO and Lovetocruise2002 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Traveler 2,274 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Please be star, please be star, please be star......lol Sorry , only JS , star started at 4500 pp Lovetocruise2002, twangster and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lovetocruise2002 11,601 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 8 minutes ago, Traveler said: Sorry , only JS , star started at 4500 pp For 5 nights? Yikes! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Traveler 2,274 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 18 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: For 5 nights? Yikes! That's what I said Prices starting at 900 $ for balcony On the other hand deluxe drinking package is 46 per day , 3 shore excursions packages are 110 $ , internet 1 pkg 11.5 , 2 devices 17$ no dining packages yet Lovetocruise2002 and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.