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Check again over Labor Day Weekend. 90 is the upper end but 70 is probably the lower end. Time of year and ship capacity play a role in pricing also. The price is typical of most large waterparks if you include food and drink and no parking fees.

204 seems like a lot per person for the UDP for a 4 night cruise. How many meals do you get?

It will all be over long before August 2023. Book it now.

Just roll the tip around your forehead, put it in the test kit and get your negative result and go have fun.

Grand Cayman just dropped all covid rules. Effective August 24, 2022, all travelers—vaccinated and unvaccinated—are permitted to enter the Cayman Islands without the need of any additional documents or health-related steps due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Travelers are NOT required to: Apply for a Travel Declaration or Travel Request via Travel Cayman Present a negative COVID-19 test Show proof of vaccination Wear masks

Effective August 24, 2022, all travelers—vaccinated and unvaccinated—are permitted to enter the Cayman Islands without the need of any additional documents or health-related steps due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Travelers are NOT required to: Apply for a Travel Declaration or Travel Request via Travel Cayman Present a negative COVID-19 test Show proof of vaccination Wear masks

I look for Royal to update the Florida port rules by the first of Sept. I prefer there policy of waiting for at least the Bahamas and Grand Cayman to announce changes before Royal does. Then no guessing at what and when new vax and testing rules are coming.

I am pretty certain you can buy the bottles at any specialty restaurant but not anywhere else. I know you can purchase a bottle anytime one is open and bring it back to your room or take it out to one of the bars and pour your own. It does not need to be opened at the restaurant before leaving.

Starting with September 5th departures the new rules begin. You have to test for Sept 4 and also check port specific rules. And also check back often because the rules change often.

You will not get a 3rd person free in the lowest fare category. If you have already booked and do an add on then you must have been on a higher fare to begin with. If, for example, you do a higher end balcony to begin with and then do the add on there will not be a fare increase. Maybe sometimes you can get away with it a the last minute but I think it is rare.

You are not missing anything. 3 to a room just pushes everyone into a more expensive cabin category. You can not get the sail away rate for 3for example. I guess it would be cheaper than two cabins with one person paying the solo rate but I have not priced it out.

This in one of the reason why the cruise lines want to eliminate the vax and testing policies. To increase demand for a fixed supply of product. They can get all those who don't want the vax and want to cruise plus all those that want to cruise but not get tested. They need the increase in prices to pat down all that debt.

Not much really changes except item 3. Recommending that if you test positive for COVID-19, you stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home. Recommending that if you had moderate illness you need to isolate through day 10. Recommending that instead of quarantining if you were exposed to COVID-19, you wear a high-quality mask for 10 days and get tested on day 5.

There is no telling. It could change at any moment depending on port requirements or cruise line requirements or length of cruise. If it is a Mexico only cruise you are probably good to go without vax or testing on 6 nights or less.

If you are unvaxxed just give it up like myself until the BS goes away and the rules become more clear. There are better things to do for a vacation.

Sounds like it is time for her to reconsider traveling. Is there some place she can stay while you cruise?

Royal brand Azamara drops pre cruise covid testing. AZAMARA® ANNOUNCES THE REMOVAL OF ITS EMBARKATION COVID-19 TESTING REQUIREMENT Beginning July 25, 2022, Azamara no longer requires pre-cruise COVID-19 testing for guests, excluding ports where pre-travel testing is still needed in accordance with country regulations. To ensure the health and safety of guests and crew, Azamara will still require proof of vaccination prior to embarkation.

People are testing positive everywhere, not just cruise ships. The only effective way to avoid covid is to isolate yourself from a source. Good Luck.

I doubt it cost them 20 dollars for all the drinks you consume. Markup is around 700 percent.

CUK is traded on the London exchange and I believe the price is in Pounds instead of Dollars. Also, there are a lot less shares traded there so that may account for a bit of price spread.

No it won't All of the debt is the ships. They can't pay, they can't keep. Almost all cruise line bankruptcy are liquidation.

I wonder if the staffing issues are because a lot of crew members are getting covid and they are in quarantine?