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We did not receive a cancellation email for whale and orca point.  To date, no refund was issue (nearly a month after it was cancelled - learned from the rep it was cancelled on 21-MAY).

I’ve been on a call for about  half an hour and the rep “isn’t authorized to refund me” so now I’m on hold for another department. He came back and said he has to submit a report to a team who will issue my refund after reviewing the error report. 
 

eyyyyyy. 

I talked to the lodge and learned their hours are modified due to staffing and they won’t be open the day Miracle sails there.  We are not going to reschedule anything for Juneau. 
 

I know there is a lot of general disappointment about the change from Freedom to Spirit BUT, I was recently on Freedom and she’s a worn out gal. They can’t hide her age. Her mechanics shake and shudder like crazy during many movements. The layout and amenities are great but she needs some work! 

Does anyone have recent menus from Sunrise that they can share? 

Does anyone have experience with a room that is UNDER Concierge Club on the quantum class? We have a deck 12 aft that is under concierge (deck 13 in Odyssey plans) and I am wondering if we would want to switch that up. 

Thank you!

Adventure is down in Grand Cayman along with Carnival's Victory

48 minutes ago, cruiselvr04 said:

Second sailing of a B2B today.  Got our rejection last night.  We have a balcony.  Bid above the minimum for both a Jr Suite and a GS.  Got neither. It will be a great cruise anyway but the upgrade would have been nice,

Sorry to hear this 😞

If I remember correctly, suites had been sold out for this sailing starting today. If that’s any insight, I’m not holding my breath for our sailing on the 1st as upgrades have been sold out for months. 
 

Have an awesome second week! I hope the weather is nice and the seas are calm 

2 hours ago, tomservo said:

 

This got kind of buried in this thread (maybe I should put it in its own thread), but check out my prior post on how I would implement a bidding algorithm.

 

I am an analyst by all traits and this is great! Thank you for pulling it out of the abyss. It makes complete sense, especially when room types are sold out. I noticed several suite and balcony dates are sold on on AOS for the remaining trips. 

3 hours ago, Cruise a holic said:

IMO worth going into a true suite vs. a Junior suite.  First, you have access to breakfast in a specialty restaurant, access to the suite lounge, and other perks- also extra points getting you to diamond status asap.  While the Adventure is an older ship, and doesn't have the best suite lounge/restaurant or a true suite deck- IMO worth the upgrade if you can swing it.  Enjoy your cruise

We think the suite would be great since our initial price was so reasonable. Being on Adventure means it doesn't come with all of the extras of an Oasis class, but the experience is one we probably wouldn't shell out for, at the normal price. We weren't able to grab one when prices got realllly good for this sailing, so we have been at the mercy of royal up for months. The wait is painstaking though. 

5 hours ago, Tall-Cruiser said:

 

 

 

I am also leaving on the Adventure December saling and have been getting emails to upgrade every few days. I think they may be waiting it out a few more weeks to see how they can maximize on the bids. 

 

$300 PP for an OS or 2 BR GS is not bad. But for two people it doesn't make sense to bid on that. I think I'm ok with my current JS on deck 11 as we got it for a great price and they are new. I would have bid "aggressively" on a GS if the sailing stopped at Labadee or Coco Cay so that we could benefit from some of the Suite perks for those Islands like Barefoot Beach and etc.   

 

Good luck.

Interesting. We mainly want to get away from the Pullman bed so we didn’t bid JS as OFRA are great to end up with another one. 
 

Wish they would get bid replies rolling for our sail date. I changed mine, again. 

And with price fluctuation you can’t compare what you think you should bid. One also doesn’t know the expected profit margin the ship had either. Might explain why a threshold then looks to create a repeat out of a new cruiser versus $$ figures. Repeat business is worth just as much. 
 

the world may never know... 

57 minutes ago, mlm05001 said:

Hey all! 

Quick question... we just booked a cruise for the 22nd of this month on the Navigator (I know, last minute). We did get a RoyalUp offer, and I bid. We are currently in a spacious balcony. I was offered to bid on a JS, GS, GS 2BR... I bid on the GS. They are showing sold out on all suites except for Owners... Should I assume that if someone in a GS wins a bid on the OS, I might have a chance of winning a bid on their GS?

 

Sorry if this is confusing, and any feedback/insight is greatly appreciated!

 

Meghan

I called because we had wanted to upgrade. While publicly the rooms aren’t available for purchase, inventory is used behind the scenes for various reasons. Likely if they let you bid, something is available. It also allows them to maximize in the case of a cancellation. 
 

25 minutes ago, taxatty said:

Royal Up Bid Accepted

 

Ship:  Navigator
Length of Cruise: 3 days
Cruise Sail Date: 12/13/19
Date email offer received:10/30/19
C & A Tier: Diamond
Booked through RCL Direct OR via TA:  TA
Current Cabin: Junior Suite
Did you place a bid? Yes

 

Bidding Details:

Cabin Category: Owner's Suite
Minimum Bid (pp):$180
Bid Offer:$210
Notification Date:11/6/19
Accepted / Rejected: Accepted

 

A very big, unnecessary splurge for a short cruise, but what the heck--it's for DW's birthday (a significant one). We'll probably never get an OS again. We also bid $135/PP for a Grand Suite but we were given this one.

Wow! Congrats! 

EXAMPLE COMPLETION OF INFORMATION 

Royal Up Invite Details

• Ship:  Adventure
• Length of Cruise: 6N
• Cruise Sail Date: Nov 17, 2019
• Date email offer received: Sept 17 2019
• C & A Tier: Gold
• Booked through RCL Direct OR via TA:  TA
• Current Cabin: 7N
• Did you place a bid**? Yes
• **If you answered "Yes" , please continue to the next section

Bidding Details:

Please copy and paste a new set of answers for each bid opportunity

• Cabin Category: GS - 2 Bedroom
• Minimum bid: $350/pp
• Bid Offer: $550/pp
• Notification Date: Pending
• Accepted / Rejected: PENDING

• Cabin Category: GS
• Minimum bid: $250/pp
• Bid Offer: $550/pp
• Notification Date: Pending
• Accepted / Rejected: PENDING

• Cabin Category: 
• Minimum bid: 150/pp
• Bid Offer: N/A Did not bid
• Notification Date:
• Accepted / Rejected: 

• Cabin Category: Spacious OV Bal
• Minimum bid: $50/pp
• Bid Offer: N/A - Did not bid
• Notification Date:
• Accepted / Rejected: 

I saw this over in Celebrity and they use the Move Up offers. I thought the format they were using was helpful (spreadsheet over on google docs) but I can't be permanently committed to that 🙂 Posting replies here will give other cruisers a place to search out the details. You may need to return to your post to update if your bid was accepted or rejected. 

If the powers that be want to pin this to the top, please do. I searched and did not find a similar thread for RCL. 

Royal Up Invite Details

• Ship:  
• Length of Cruise: 
• Cruise Sail Date:
• Date email offer received:
• C & A Tier:
• Booked through RCL Direct OR via TA:  
• Current Cabin:
• Did you place a bid**? 
• **If you answered "Yes" , please continue to the next section

Bidding Details:

Please copy and paste a new set of answers for each bid opportunity

• Cabin Category: 
• Minimum Bid (pp):
• Bid Offer:
• Notification Date:
• Accepted / Rejected: 

Anyone on Adventures next few sailings heard anything? Several of the dates have sold out suite classes and we are anxiously awaiting our upgrade fate! 
 

1 hour ago, Sail2k said:

So just got a surprise from RoyalUp today which was totally unexpected..an email that our Crown Loft Suite was accepted!!!  Was surprised because a) our cruise on Harmony isn’t until Dec. 1st and b) I put in a crappy bid.  I put in a strong bid for a Jr. Suite thinking that would be cool and bam....crown loft was accepted.  Why I have no idea but here is how it all went down.

 

Booked a standard ocean view balcony for 3 last week, got an email from RoyalUp to bid on an OS, GS and Spacious Ocenview.  At that time I did the minimum for the OS and GS.  Then a couple of days later I noticed that they had hump balcony rooms available for like $30 more than my standard so I called Royal and changed to that and paid the $30.00.  Later that day I received an email stating that because of my change my previous RoyalUp bids had been cancelled and that I can click here for a new offer.  I clicked away and now had the chance to bid on the Crown Loft, OS, GS and Junior.  I bid $1300 for the Crown, $1000 for OS, $700 for GS and $450 for Junior Suite.  They were all minimum except the Jr. Suite was strong, as I was thinking I am good with the Junior.  

 

So today when I received the email, to say I was a little shocked is an understatement.... not sure how that all works, but I was really thinking we would not get any offers as there was still like 14 hump rooms left.  I told my wife that I didn’t think it would be accepted because there does not appear to be that great a demand for 4 person hump rooms, so no hurry to move us for someone else.

Congratulations! This is so exciting!

Enjoy that room!

Still waiting on ours. 25 days to sail. 

16 hours ago, hockeymom71 said:

Hi. We received the RoyalUp email offering for us to bid on cabin upgrades.  We booked through a 3rd party. Has anyone put in a bid who booked with a 3rd party?  Did you contact the TA, or just do it through the link RC sent?  Thanks!

We are. I told them we put in bids but they had no feedback. From what I understand, the TA agencies can opt in and out of RU. We don’t sail for 30 more days. Got offers at 60 days out. Still waiting 🙂

True on the points from what I was told. 
 

I wish our suites weren’t sold out or we would have done the same thing. 
 

The TA can see the available rooms but cannot book them. Tells me they are saving them for upgrades. 

Thank you! 
 

We also noticed in order to rid ourselves of the Pullman we had to stay GS or above. 
 

We are not doing excursions this trip. More for relaxation than adventure. 

After looking at videos of the GS, I think we could make that work and there are more of them over the GS2beds. 
 

I do love the double sink. Spoiled at home as well as the free room service. The price per person per day would be $43 more a day. 
 

Oh, and our steal of a deal came with $110 OBC and 2 free grats. 

6 hours ago, Andy C said:

 

There is a Lilly store right next our house at Merrick Park in Coral Gables.

I would be broke if it were that close. Thankfully waiting for 5-7days to get something shipped as started to defer purchases. 
 

We have offers for AOTS for suites or Spacious Balcony. We are currently in an AFT balcony, a very nice large balcony. We are shying away from a bid on the spacious because Of the locations and less balcony space. Minimum is $100 total on that. More about the other minimums below...
 

Sailing in Dec. 2019 (30 something days)

Our original price was $1571 for 3. We are not excited about the Pullman set up. The sofa doesn’t convert either. 
 

Minimum bid for JS is $300 total, GS $500 and GS2BDRM $700. Suites are currently sold out for this sailing. No offer for owners. 
 

Historical pricing was as low as $762pp and as high as $2100pp for the GS’s. 
 

I have $600 in for GS and $1000 in for GS2BDRM. I skipped the JS as I like our over sized aft balcony and location better than any JS location. However, I’m willing to go up for the GS. Would you? Is it worth it to have the suite perks plus the extra room (and bedroom). They way I’m looking at it is that the opportunity for a suite is probably as low as we will ever see it but at the same time, the $1600 max on the GS2 is almost another cruise. 
 

Thoughts? 

On 10/8/2019 at 10:17 AM, CruisingJoe09 said:

AD seems to be his regular ship and he returned late Aug/early September so is likely on until the New Year.

Gah. I’ll give him benefit of the doubt that he was on a long run and had some negative remarks made about him because of that. His early reviewers had great feedback. 

We have re-fared a few times on the cruise price. We ended up with a really nice deal on the Balcony. 

I got a smidge excited to see the BOGO 50% on the Deluxe, but again, it just wasn't super clear and you can't price it when you already have one purchased. I now know what to look for in the wording. Lesson learned. oh well. I guess the "Price reflects discount" should be larger than the BOGO 50% -- seeing that the actual 50% is so ambiguous anyways. No one knows the actual price of the package because it changes. Would be different if it was originally X so that it is more transparent to consumers. The whole 50% off is ambiguous and deceiving with no baseline. 

I just noticed some of the banners now say "X% off Onboard prices" which is what the Beverage Package should say too, not to mention list the onboard price. 

5 hours ago, IRMO12HD said:

I don't have any specific experience with Black Friday sales, but I will say that checking on these forums, your roll call, or other places you exchange information with other passengers will serve you well.  As an example, I check about every other day on Cruise Planner for prices of things I'm interested in (shore excursions, Voom, beverage packages), and post if I find a good deal.  Just yesterday I saw Voom 1 Device for $11.99/day (down from 17.59 / day) on my Cruise Planner -- with no banners, no nothing -- just a price change.  I posted it in my Roll Call here on CC, and one other location.  Today, it shows up as a "40% Off" promotion, for the same price.  Stay vigilant, and stay in touch with others on your cruise!

Thanks. I joined roll call. I’m merely disappointed they didn’t learn from the $18/day fiasco. They should really have someone proofing their marketing. 

11 hours ago, Host Clarea said:

 

Whatever they pull out of you know where.

Exactly why I called out their deceptive marketing. The highest I have ever seen ours is $52/day.