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We are wanting to upgrade our cabin and our TA is saying we will need to cancel and rebook. Does anyone know how long it takes to receive a refund for our FCC? We want to reuse them when we rebook so we will get the OBC. TIA

Any way to find out who the CD will be on the Emerald after drydock this fall? Would LOVE to see Gary Golding or Aaron Hawkins! 

15 minutes ago, Wheelhouse said:

I have a Feb 28 Enchantment cruise scheduled and am happy Princess is providing their policies this far in advance.  I have no problem with vaccination and testing but the masking requirement will result in an experience that to me will be far from pleasurable.  Today I will cancel.  

We have a 14-day Panama Canal booked in March, and will cancel as well. This will be our third cancellation. Princess canceled the first one, and we canceled the second after they played this game again last year. Wearing a mask on board is not an option. In addition, they have canceled all the things we do while on board (we never sit out by the pool).

It's just not worth the stress waiting to see what changes. We are Senior Nomads traveling the country and booked this cruise since we'll already be near FLL at the time. We can hop on a last minute cruise that meets our requirements, or we can get back on the road two weeks early.

Cruise ships should be a bubble. Require what you want to board and while in port, but on board should be mask optional with all previous recreational opportunities available. 

On 9/5/2020 at 1:21 PM, gottagocit said:

Some are told to stay in their cabins but I don’t know what percentage. Deactivating cruise cards/medallions etc would just be one more way to discourage the sick from spreading something around the ship. If they’re found violating it a future ban would be appropriate imo. 
 

If someone displays symptoms like coughing with obvious congestion or is found with a fever using a portable temp check device a trip to the medical facility would seem to be in order to have them looked at closer. At least it would reduce odds of catching something but granted it wouldn’t stop everything. Seems like common sense in such an environment after this. 

There are other reasons for cough and /or congestion.  My husband has allergies and is always sneezing it having to blow his nose.  I have had a cough for years (made worse by a mask) for other reasons. Neither of us have ever been quarantined to our cabin before because there was no need to. After 40 years of cruising, I don't plan on allowing that to happen now because someone thinks I should be. 

Our Baltic cruise scheduled for May was cancelled yesterday.  We only have $200 Future Cruise Deposit in it, so the money is no big deal. They want us to rebook another cruise out of Southampton (we were booked out of Copenhagen), and pay an additional $3500 because it is three days longer, or another date out of Copenhagen with an additional $1200.  Sure, we'd get $400 OBC, but we're already getting that.  I don't think we will rebook.  We're not going to wear a mask on a cruise ship, or be herded around doing ship excursions.  Maybe if things change in the future we'll come back to cruising. 

Today

18 minutes ago, polmcs said:

Anyone seeing an issue where the dinning info under “my journey” part of the Medallion app does not match what is showing under the online cruise personalizer?

 

My cruise personalizer shows late traditional which is correct, but the info under my journey shows anytime dinning which is incorrect. That leads to another question, with traditional dining ones cruise card would show which dining room and which table you had been assigned to. How is this done with the medallion cruises?

Following, as ours is showing the same. It won't hurt to confirm once on board, I guess. 

It's also on your OceanReady Pass

Okay. I'm so confused! How many apps do I need to download? I see Ocean Ready, Medallion Class, and Compass mentioned in threads. Do I need to download all of these? Are there others?  Am I going to have to carry my phone with me on the ship? 

Sorry, just a bit overwhelmed. 

Do the medallions have the current time on them, like a watch?

We really don't care about the free brewed coffee, but do like to have separate coffee cards as we're not attached by the hip on the ship. It was nice to know that we can bring our unused cards with us on the next cruise. If cards are going to have an expiration date, then we'll probably be drinking fewer lattes. :(:o

Anybody have one they'd let me take off their hands? Our original Ship on a Stick got tossed in the trash several years ago and I'd like to replace it.

So our very first Ship on a Stick got tossed several years ago, and now I need to replace it. Does anybody have a Carnival Valor Ship on a Stick they'd like to sell? :p

Just off the ecstasy yesterday. It was not much different than other ships. A little smaller is all. The service was not the best, but that is Carnival and not the ship.

 

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I was with him on this cruise, and he means the service was not the best due to obvious cutbacks by Carnival, at least compared to the others we have been on.

I, on the other hand, think the Ecstasy needs to be retired. She is worn out. I have a long list of reasons why, which I will let Carnival know.

Yes, this was our first Ecstacy cruise but my 4th cruise with carnival.

What deck were you on? Hopefully the wet carpet smell will be gone by the time we board next month!

Day 3 - Nassau

 

And this brings me to my proudest moment on a Carnival Cruise! The next event was the paper airplane contest, where the goal was distance. Competition was sparse with only four competitors total. I, however, have the advantage as I am employed by Lockheed Martin, the aeronautical company that makes the F-35 fighter jet! Never mind that my job is computer programming and has nothing to do with that. I still represented the company well and took first place, winning a coveted Ship on a Stick! Four cruises and I've been dying to win one of those puppies. My mother will be so proud.

You would be envious of our Ship-On-A-Stick collection, and we only keep one from each ship! In fact, on one cruise we were giving them away to our fellow cruisers! :D

I have over 15 years online experience with RCI. I have never had a single problem with the website. I think that the OP needs to check their own computers/tablets/smartphones. The problem seems to be their own equipment, NOT RCI!

Consider yourself lucky. It's the only site I am having problems with, and I've been unable to even get to the homepage for several days this time.

This is all I've been getting for several days now. Was hoping to look at excursions....

This is all I get on the homepage. Pretty sure royalcaribbean.com has been on a permanent vacation.....

 

Yes, O'Sheehan's has the great buffalo wings that Blue Lagoon had 24/7!

We used to use the packing tape method, but have found that folding and stapling as per the instructions works just fine. It's next to impossible to rip them off!

Shouldn't need to. On both our Getaway and Breakaway cruises, there was rarely anyone outside eating!:confused:

Yes, lobster was served in the Garden Cafe on the 2nd night last week.

I don't know if it's true, but our Cabin Steward on the Breakaway last week said that one of the changes on the Escape will be the return of a taller atrium.

Would love to book her transatlantic. What are all of those sea days like? Are there additional activities available during the day since there are no ports?

Starboard, but the the best place to be is AFT on Deck 8 where you get the best of every view!

Joel was Sinan's Assistant CD on the Getaway in April. It looks like, from his posts on FB, that he has been very sick. He is my all time favorite CD. I hope he is back soon. (He was "Bingo Boy" the first time I cruised with him on the Dawn!)