laumicmah

On 6/3/2020 at 6:03 AM, KirkNC said:

I am happy to say we have finally received all refunds for our five cruises we cancelled in mid March.  The last and biggest came in last night from Silverseas.  I will say everyone was equally slow.  We had four vendors HAL, Hurtengruten, Oceania and Silverseas.  None of them took less then 60 days.

I had 2 canceeles cruises...one HAL and one Celebrity. Celebrity refunded within a week. Still haven't gotten HAL refund and we cancelled on March 30. I filed claim with Citi Card and they put in temp refund but stated that the vendor has 2 months to respond to their inquiry. 

Oh crap. Filed dispute today with my CC....Citi. It's an Expedia Citi too and that's who I booked the cruise with. I guess they will deny my claim. Paid this deposit and travel insurance in April 2019. Cancelled on March 30, 2020. Cruise was for July 11, 2020. They owe me $510. 

Cancelled my Celebrity cruise for March 2021 on May 11th and have been refunded the $900 deposit as well as the $114 travel insurance. That was booked through Vacations to go. Will ALWAYS book with them from now on and NEVER Expedia again. And will be cancelling that Citi card too if they deny my claim. Also won't ever cruise HAL. 

Just realized we also paid for travel insurance and it seems Expedia did not cancel that. So they owe us $510. Tried to do online chat with Expedia and they kept saying they couldn't help and would transfer me to someone who could. Then said they did not see any cruises on my account. Kept going around in circles. Nothing resolved. 

On 5/16/2020 at 4:36 PM, laumicmah said:

I cancelled our July 11 cruise on March 30. It had a few specialty dinners and/or excursion things on it that I had booked and forgot about. Those were just refunded to me ($272 worth in total). My $350 deposit has not yet refunded. But I also just cancelled a Celebrity cruise and was told 60 days for refund of deposit. So 60 days for the HAL cruise refund will be May 30th ish. And today is the 16th. So I will wait. I only just cancelled my Celebrity cruise so I have a lot longer to wait for that refund. 

So, the $350 deposit has not been refunded yet I just cancelled my March Celebrity cruise last week and my $900 deposit with them WAS refunded already. What the heck HAL!!!!! 

I cancelled our July 11 cruise on March 30. It had a few specialty dinners and/or excursion things on it that I had booked and forgot about. Those were just refunded to me ($272 worth in total). My $350 deposit has not yet refunded. But I also just cancelled a Celebrity cruise and was told 60 days for refund of deposit. So 60 days for the HAL cruise refund will be May 30th ish. And today is the 16th. So I will wait. I only just cancelled my Celebrity cruise so I have a lot longer to wait for that refund. 

Any refunds yet?

Have a Carnival cruise on 10/31. Would rather cancel for more reasons than one. But it's paid in full and was some sale or another. So we shall trudge on. Also have a X cruise booked for next April and can cancel it. Like that one and don't really want to cancel but we have or had other trips (like Disney World, Hilton Head, Canada cruise) that have been or will be cancelled and some are timeshares where we need to use or lose so I'd rather bump things to next spring and then cancel that X cruise too. I don't know. Just trying to sort it all out. Plus still haven't gotten our refund from cancelled HAL Canada cruise. Not real hopeful we'd get refund on this Carnival cruise either or the X cruise. 

Oh boy. Just, yesterday, cancelled our  2 cabins on a July cruise to Canada. Final payment was approaching. I booked via an online travel company that begins with Ex. They told me typically 7-10 days but might take longer. Uh... but he did not say 60 days. Also, I forgot to cancel our 2 specialty dining for 4 people I booked. I suppose that auto cancels when cruise booking is cancelled and normally refunds fairly quickly (I guess that might take time too)????

2 hours ago, kira5 said:

Okay, it is for July (Canada/New England) but doing so made me feel optimistic that this too (the present situation) shall come to an end.   

I have July 11th Canada cruise booked. Not to burst your bubble but Canada closed it's ports through July 1st. Hoping they don't extend that.

18 hours ago, 0106 said:

Italian place would not be my choice for a birthday dinner.  It is connected to Lido and nothing special.

Yeah, I know. I wanted the Rudi's thing but that is another night. We'd prefer to do the steakhouse earlier in the trip too. Last 2 cruises we did it at the end and were feeling too gross by the end to really enjoy it. Too gross from eating so much all week and trying to drink our moneys worth of the drink package, LOL. This time our drink package was another free perk for booking early with the online travel company we used. So we won't feel hard pressed to use it full tilt. I suppose we could switch once we get on board and have our Pinnacle date/time.

4 hours ago, mamaofami said:

We cancelled our plane reservations from Florida under doctors orders and had a choice of driving 17hours with overnight stops and restaurant meals or taking the auto train. We opted for the train and hope we’ll be safe taking all precautions we can. We have Roometts.

 

My daughter and grandsons live in   New Rochelle, Westchester county, ground zero for thee NY virus.His school is closed and he’s been in quarantine all week.

 

Not planning on any other travel by sea or air for a while.

We took autotrain once and had a roomette and it was unbearable. No sleep for us. Also, would think the germ factor would be the same as on an airplane. If not worse since you are captive in close  quarters way longer than a flight. Plus you have to eat meals on there. 

1 minute ago, *Miss G* said:

 

It will be on your booking confirmation.  First page.

Booked through online travel company. They sent me confirmation and it's not on it. I probably need to call them to ask.

So this cruise is:

Sat- embark

Sun- port

Mon- port 

Tue- port

Wed- port- booked Rudi's 

Thur- seaday- ASSUME THIS IS GALA

Fri- port- booked Italian place

Sat- disembark

I assume 2nd gala (and lobster) is that Thur- seaday near the end. And maybe Mon is 1st Gala, or Tue. I hope Sat or Sun or even Mon will be the night they assign us the steakhouse. I'd like Sat/embark day. But DH would rather not beause we will have to be sure to get luggage in time to dress nice. 

Thank you all. I will book the Italian place now for the last night as it is my birthday. And will book the one night at Rudi's. And will go with whatever night they book our Pinnacle but try to add our 2 DDs to the resie when we get on the ship. 

Another question...how do I find, on HAL site, what dining time I chose? I don't see it and cannot remember. Either traditional early or the anytime (if HAL has that).

First time HAL cruiser here! Thanks in advance for any help!!

1) Can you tell me what nights will be gala? Specifically when lobster might be served.

2) Also, are the specialty venues tough to get reservations for once on the ship? And would we have to make them day 1 on the ship? Any we should make before we cruise? Cruise is in July.

3) Any not to miss nights in the MDR? Can I find the MDR menus online somewhere?

4) And why does Rudi's say it's one night only?

5) Also, we got a free dinner in Pinnacle through booking early via a certain online website (not sure I can name, not directly through HAL). E-mail states that they will place a card in our cabin with our reservation date and time. Any idea what day they might book us? And how easy is it to add 2 more guests? 

10 hours ago, mahdnc said:

 

You may have 2 ABC options.  Although she is an older ship, but still a favorite among many CC-ers, Constellation is doing 11 night ABC itineraries out of Tampa (alternates with 10 night E Carib sailings).  You may want to look at that as well when the 2021/22 sailings are released late this year.  She undergoes a Revolution makeover during her drydock in May 2020 so I would think she would be quite attractive afterward.

I booked Reflection 11 day for March 2021. Looks like a nice ship. Very excited!!!

2 hours ago, ChuckL said:

We were on the 11 night Reflection ABC cruise this past April. It sailed to Grand Cayman, Cartagena, Aruba (1-1/2 days), Curacao and Bonaire. Had a wonderful time on this itinerary. 

Same itin as I booked. What cabin did you have? We got one of the obstructed balconies on deck 6 and wonder how they are. 

Actually went ahead and booked the 3/2021 Reflection ABC cruise. Looks like a good one!

Thanks for sharing. I just booked this ship last night for March 2021 (but ABC itin). We have not cruised Celebrity before but my mom swears by them. What cabin are you in? We booked 6199 and obstructed view balcony. It's above the art gallery and should be relatively quiet...I'm hoping. Can't wait to read more!

Thanks everyone. Hoping they offer this cruise for Sept 2021.

2 hours ago, cruisestitch said:

No one knows what the new itineraries will be.  They will be released in November and December, so you will just have to wait until then to find out what is being offered.

Nov/Dec isn't that far off so I can wait for then. Thanks!

Never cruised Celebrity before but we are interested in the 10 day ABC cruise on Equinox. But are wanting Sept 2021. When will they release those itins? And will they def do that 10 day itin (ABC plus Key West and Grand Cayman) in Sept? Looking to switch out our NCL Hawaii for this cruise instead. See the 9 day ABC without Key West is more prevalent and we could do that one. So will there be either option definitely in Sept 2021?

How would the Amsterdam to Canada be for two 21 year old girls?

Huh....my June 2020 Carnival cruise to Cuba got changed about 2 weeks ago to Nassau. We cancelled and booked a July 2020 HAL cruise to NE and Canada in it's place. Now I wonder if this had anything to do with it. Maybe they wanted to change some to fill in other ports before all these other ships got in the fray. SIL was also booked and had to cancel and they gave her a hard time getting her deposit back (she booked early saver).

So $7 a day. That's $49 for my 7 night cruise. Just DH and I. If we do 3 bags during the week it is cheaper to pay the daily rate. If we just want to do 1-2 bags, then the $20/bag is the way to go.