FionaMG Posted May 25, 2023 Report Share Posted May 25, 2023 I just spotted a new function on Royal's booking page. It's a "write in" search box right up near the top of the page. I was sceptical but I asked it to find me cruises to Europe in June 2024 and it did. I did try asking it to find me one-way cruises as that's something I'd like to see as a search option but, unfortunately, that overwhelmed it: "We're sorry, but we couldn't find any results that match your search. Please modify your search and try again" ChessE4, Montemy2419 and teddy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted May 25, 2023 Report Share Posted May 25, 2023 14 minutes ago, FionaMG said: I just spotted a new function on Royal's booking page. It's a "write in" search box right up near the top of the page. I was sceptical but I asked it to find me cruises to Europe in June 2024 and it did. I started seeing that a week or two ago. Haven't used it but seems like it could be useful to some. FionaMG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted May 25, 2023 Report Share Posted May 25, 2023 I tried "Show me cruises where I don't need a second mortgage to book one" and no results came up Baked Alaska, Neesa, fireclan and 31 others 3 28 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXcruzer Posted May 25, 2023 Report Share Posted May 25, 2023 2 hours ago, smokeybandit said: I tried "Show me cruises where I don't need a second mortgage to book one" and no results came up So, it's working?? ScottishRobbie, OCSC Mike, Villageidiot and 12 others 3 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted May 25, 2023 Report Share Posted May 25, 2023 it’s good that they’ve added that accessibility function can’t wait to try it out next!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted May 26, 2023 Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 How about an option to sort by what *I* think is most relevant to me? Montemy2419, teddy and USFFrank 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted May 26, 2023 Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 I saw the new sort feature. If you are logged in they will display recommended instead of low to high. It list cruises they think I would like based on my search history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted May 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 6 hours ago, smokeybandit said: How about an option to sort by what *I* think is most relevant to me? 4 hours ago, Ampurp85 said: I saw the new sort feature. If you are logged in they will display recommended instead of low to high. It list cruises they think I would like based on my search history. Yep, saw this one too. At least they haven't "enhanced" it by removing the other sort options altogether. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottD Posted May 26, 2023 Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 Strange, I have the "sort" thing but not the search bar SpeedNoodles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted May 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 13 minutes ago, ScottD said: Strange, I have the "sort" thing but not the search bar I can only see it on my desktop, not on my mobile devices. Robert M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottD Posted May 26, 2023 Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 1 hour ago, FionaMG said: I can only see it on my desktop, not on my mobile devices. I have it on neither mobile or desktop... signed in and tried it not signed in. Weird. SpeedNoodles and FionaMG 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantix2000 Posted May 26, 2023 Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 2 hours ago, ScottD said: I have it on neither mobile or desktop... signed in and tried it not signed in. Weird. Your browsers may be caching the page. On a desktop, hold down Control while hitting refresh to force a re-read from the server. If that doesn't help, then it's also possible the update is still propagating across redundant servers (either Royal's or a load-sharing company like Akamai) ScottD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan adams Posted June 4, 2023 Report Share Posted June 4, 2023 On 5/25/2023 at 4:50 AM, FionaMG said: I just spotted a new function on Royal's booking page. It's a "write in" search box right up near the top of the page. I was sceptical but I asked it to find me cruises to Europe in June 2024 and it did. I did try asking it to find me one-way cruises as that's something I'd like to see as a search option but, unfortunately, that overwhelmed it: "We're sorry, but we couldn't find any results that match your search. Please modify your search and try again" Maybe say "repositioning " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted June 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2023 4 hours ago, Nathan adams said: Maybe say "repositioning " Thanks. I expect that would work to an extent, but it's not quite the same thing because not all one way cruises are repositioning. Royal has quite a few of them in Europe where they have some ships that operate what could be described as an extended circular route, e.g. cruise 1 goes from Barcelona to Rome, cruise 2 from Rome to Athens, cruise 3 from Athens to Venice and cruise 4 from Venice to back to Barcelona. Nathan adams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrznTxn Posted June 4, 2023 Report Share Posted June 4, 2023 The other new item on the menu is the "My Offers" button all the way to the right. For those like my wife who get Casino on-line only offers they show up here. Worked the other day and we booked a November cruise that we had been eyeing a few months ago. Booking on-line was really easy and we called before we booked and verified that this was good. These are very short window offers and we are always checking with this now. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattycruise Posted June 5, 2023 Report Share Posted June 5, 2023 8 hours ago, CrznTxn said: The other new item on the menu is the "My Offers" button all the way to the right. For those like my wife who get Casino on-line only offers they show up here. Worked the other day and we booked a November cruise that we had been eyeing a few months ago. Booking on-line was really easy and we called before we booked and verified that this was good. These are very short window offers and we are always checking with this now. Do those comp offers allow you to enter a next cruise reservation # if you had one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrznTxn Posted June 5, 2023 Report Share Posted June 5, 2023 11 hours ago, Pattycruise said: Do those comp offers allow you to enter a next cruise reservation # if you had one? Sorry, did not notice. We did not have a Next Cruise reservation waiting so did not look for it. Pattycruise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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