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On 4/24/2024 at 12:27 PM, IrishSails said:

She has CC in her email signature. 
 

I had previously called the reservation line and that was unsuccessful.

 

But whenever I price a cruise on my own I get contacted by someone else saying they are my CC.

 

Agreed, their website leaves a lot to be desired.

Same experience and I was happy with my Cruise Concierge and will probably book again with her.

On 4/9/2024 at 12:58 PM, MJonTravel said:

According to his X/Twitter, Captain Johnny picked up his Harley in Galveston and drove it to Florida last month. I don't have any way to know, but I expect we'll see him appear on one of the Florida based ships at some point if he's going to return, and I can't help but think that he will.

Hope he's healthy and able to return to sea.  Maybe Star of the Seas, Icon's sister that deploys next year.  

I checked his Twitter and there's a video of alligator crossing their path during a golf game -- labeled "snack time" -- don't know if its for the golfers or the gator.  🤣

7 hours ago, livingonthebeach said:

Anyone know why RCL stock price went down by 5% yesterday? I know the market was a bit lower yesterday in anticipation of today's CPI announcement but not by that much.

 

I read some analysts are attributing the sudden dip to a drunk teenager jumping off a ship between the Bahamas and Cuba and a man with dementia wandering off in Cozumel, Mexico.

I don't see how that could be RCL's fault.  They did have to pay to settle a law suit for a Jazz cruise that was cancelled during Covid but enough to lower the stock by that much? **Confused** 

The parents of the kid who jumped off Liberty of the Seas will probably sue if the kid was actually served (he was 20 -- under 21 age for alcohol).  I don't know how it will be viewed by a court if one of his friends, who was over 21, got him drinks.  

On 3/26/2024 at 6:03 PM, island lady said:

Yeah, indeed resurrection....but hey...before Allure leaves our local home port...damn if I don't want to hop on board for a "quickie'.    Have never met Allure yet, it's local (for now) and I do want to see Mamma Mia.  

 

Sooo...we have a quickie 4 night booked for early May.  😉 

We saw Mama Mia on Allure two times.  Really good production.

On 2/16/2024 at 1:47 PM, ukestrummer said:

Don't they SELL case of water on ship for your cabin anymore?

They now only sell the large bottles of Evian.  

Celebrity is homeporting ships in Port Canaveral -- Equinox from fall, 2024 to spring, 2025; Apex from fall, 2025 to spring, 2026.  Does anyone know what Port C Terminal will be used by Celebrity?  Thanks

Safe travels!!!

On 2/10/2024 at 3:05 AM, Saab4444 said:

That was Captain Svein Pettersen on Voyager, also from Norway like nearly all Captains from Royal in the good old days! Captain Bang started Navigator.

Thanks.  It's been a long time since I watched the video.  

On 2/3/2024 at 3:51 PM, BlackLion 213 said:

 

Yes! I was on Majesty OTS in 1996 and he was Captain. I had asked him for a tour of the bridge, and he actually let me visit while the ship was returning to Miami on Sunday morning. He stated if I felt like getting up at 3am, he was happy to have me. What a great experience listening to the maneuvering calls, etc that took place. Clearly long before other world events changed bridge visits forever.

 

So sorry to hear this.

 

 

RCI did a video of Voyager's construction, trans Atlantic crossing, docking in Miami and some of its first cruise in 1999.  I wonder if Captain Bang was captain at that time.  

5 hours ago, deliver42 said:

The last feed i got from Captain Johnny was he was feeling well and looking to get back to work, but that was about 3 months ago.

That's similar to what I read on Twitter/X.  Maybe he will be on a different ship (possibly Star) as RCI requires the captain to spend a certain amount of time in the shipyard and Captain Johnny was ready to go back to work when this period began for Icon.  

On 12/21/2023 at 7:33 AM, nelblu said:

shareholderbenefit@rccl.com.  Sent along with my broker statement and within 2 days received confirm.  Also, checked the amount in the cruise planner.  I was having a problem as only $100 in OBC showed.  I knew that the on board booking OBC was missing and after some 15 minutes on the phone it was resolved as the agent had to clear with their resolution dept.

 

Please be sure to include: Name of ship. Sail date and Reservation # in your e-mail.

Thanks for posting the email address and advice about getting the Shareholder Benefit applied to your reservation.  I have some back to backs coming up on Utopia -- 3 and 4 nights and I would like $50 per cruise.  

1 hour ago, Oceansaway17 said:

I would say within the next couple of weeks.

I am not sure if Loy started in early Dec or before that in Finland.

 

I am on ICON in May and hoping to have Loy again but also would have been nice to see Johnny.

Wish we knew why he was not going to ICON as that would be the last class of ship for him to add to his resume. 

I think Captain Loy joined Icon in the Shipland in Turku, Finland.  

If Icon doesn't work out for Captain Johnny, he could get an assignment to Star of the Seas Icon's sister coming out next and sailing from Port Canaveral.  

I haven't seen any updates on Captain Johnny's Twitter feed but hope that his Melanoma treatment was extremely successful.  

1 hour ago, barbeyg said:

I struggled with that at first. So I got a leather cover that opens like a book. I love mine now, and typically have 4k books (read and unread) parked on mine. 😁

I've always had a leather cover for all the Kindles I've had -- I think I'm on number 5.  

Wow -- 4K books!!  I have to catch up 🤣

I usually click on content and devices and choose what I want to read.  It's on the website and on my phone.  

The pictures are not as great as in a real book but I think it's a good trade.

The other problem is that I've run out of space in my house for more books and that includes a very large built in book case in our great room. 

2 hours ago, island lady said:

 

Thanks Sherri!  For some reason I still just like the feel of book in my hands.  Though one day I may go "kindle".  😉 

I really like that I have about 1,000 books on my Kindle and suitcases are much lighter.  I used to take about 6 or 7 paperbacks on the cruise.  Now I just take the Kindle and a backup paperback in case I have any problems with the Kindle (but I have had so far and I think I've had a Kindle for about 10 years).  

4 hours ago, island lady said:

Already 82 degrees outside at 9 am.   Seas choppy, but not rough.   Upper tier event this morning at 10:30, and then lunch at Izumi is on our schedule.  🙂 

 

Picked up another good book from the library, and there are actually two of them...the new one on 12 and the old traditional one next to pool tables on 6.  Plenty of relaxing time on days at sea to read in the cabin....plus making sure I keep an eye to the sea for our sea friends when they say hello.  

 

Current position:

 

 

A Kindle would come in handy here.  

Following your thread -- keep enjoying

4 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Not sure what ship Captain Johnny will be assigned to.

 

Captain Loy and Captain Teo are the 2 Icon Captains

Thanks

22 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Captain Teo will be Captain Per's replacement on Icon.

 

Captian Johnny is returning but not to the Icon.  

What ship will Captain Johnny be assigned to.  

I'm confused about who the two Icon captains will be -- please clarify.  

On 1/17/2024 at 4:33 PM, h20skibum said:

Just an FYI.   Those outrageous numbers for Coco Cay never came down on Black Friday, and they are still triple what we paid Black Friday for our cruise this month.   Still looking for Coco Cay drops for our August cruise.

Keep looking -- our daughter got Water Park tickets for their late March cruise on Wonder during the Black Friday sale but during a subsequent sale, the prices went down and she got the cheaper price for all 5 of them.  Their week is Easter week -- high pressure on prices and passengers just like August.    

I booked a facial for our late August Utopia cruise during Black Friday but will keep checking prices.  

On 1/12/2024 at 7:48 PM, Suzcruz75 said:

Sorry if it’s been discussed previously but I can’t find it within the thread. 
is Utopia remaining in PC and still doing 4/3 night sailings in May 2025. I know it’s not released yet

 

we are coming over from Australia and are doing a week on Norwegian Aqua then have a week before we sail on Icon so considering Utopia for the time in between cruises

The short cruises are supposed to be released during the week of February 19, 2024

On 1/4/2024 at 11:40 AM, A&L_Ont said:

Captain Johnny posted the other day that he was back home in Norway.  Last I saw he was in Florida so one might guess that he isn’t returning to the ship any time soon.

Captain Johnny posted on X that he has had his 12 and last Immune Therapy to prevent any re occurrence of the melanom cancer cell.  

7 hours ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

My wife is a teacher so no August for us (schools go back very early here). My TA already knows to put cabins on hold for the weeks we want once released next month (both Utopia and Wonder b/c I am assuming Wonder will still be doing 7N's until Star launches in August; something has to). We will likely book whichever is cheaper again as long as we don't consider them completely ridiculous.

My method is to check prices on ships I'm interested fairly frequently. I'm also watching Celebrity Equinox and Edge prices as these ships will being homeported in Port Canaveral (Equinox first and then Edge), which is the most convenient (4 1/2 hour drive) I will visit Next Cruise on our Wonder Cruise.  

 

 

Just now, Ourusualbeach said:

Deck 13 for QN and deck 6 fir OA. 

Thanks 

1 minute ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

I've had this conversation before. Too many variables like sail date, cabin type (I was comparing group rates for interiors, there are no group rates for suites), etc. Some will have found Utopia cheaper, some Wonder. Glad you got what you wanted.

 

We were mostly looking at trying Utopia just for the heck of it. It really is almost identical to Wonder and as much as we enjoy CocoCay, we have at least one actual excursion planned for each of our upcoming Wonders so I think it worked out for the best.

 

I'll price them both again for June/July 2025 once released and play the comparison game again. Maybe that's when we'll wind up on Utopia.

 

 

We were on Allure's first cruise from PC in October thanks to a fairly last minute deal that popped up and coincided with my wife being able to squeeze it into her teacher schedule. It was a one-off 5N that wound up going to Cozumel instead of Labadee along with CocoCay due to weather issues and we had a great time as well. I was happy to get to sail her again before the two main ships at PC become nothing but new and newer, lol.

I think your best bet is to keep an eye on release of new cruises for 2025.  You may get a good price for Utopia in June but check out late August when schools are back.  The 4 night cruise is the better of the two.  We did this itinerary last May/June on Indy and enjoyed it.  

I saw that itinerary for AL and thought it was intriguing (could not go then) and I would have liked Cozumel.  

49 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Correct, all QN and OA class ships have them fir all sailings May 1, 2025 and beyond. 

Are the Sky JSs on Deck 6 for QN and OA Class ships?

3 hours ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

Every time I priced a B2B my TA had a lower price for Wonder during the same dates and I couldn't justify paying extra since they're so similar and you of course lose a little bit of your morning to turnaround day.

 

We did do a 3/4 B2B once though and had a great time just enjoying the ship and CocoCay x2. Enjoy!

I priced Wonder against B2B Utopia cruises in August and December and in both cases Utopia was $2,000 less for a Grand Suite.  This was also close to Utopia cruises being released for sail.  I worked with the Next Cruise Desk for the August cruise.  

We did the Allure B2B in November and it was great -- we really got a good price for those 2 cruises as the sailings had just been released.