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I just want to know when they are adding Explorer.  Sure would help me.

On 4/26/2018 at 3:31 AM, Jammu2 said:

I had it explained that my vegas is not combinable with any other offer. Including a casino offer, a free upgrade offer, a $xxx shipboard credit offer, etc. Also not available if booked by a travel agent.

 

This was last year.

 

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I have a cruise coming up in Nov, booked around 90 days out.  By a TA.  i used myvegas and got $200 obc.

i didnt get a casino deal, and it wasnt a superspecial offer, just one of those ones they have from time to time ie 50% off second person etc.  Also had FL resident and over 55.

So you can use a TA (but i didnt do it thru the AT) and i did it around one week after booking, within the 90 day window.

2 hours ago, Samanthac25 said:

Who remembers the drink package price mistake several weeks back where many people were able to purchase their unlimited deluxe beverage package for $18? I think it's great that RC owned their mistake and let everyone who purchased at that price keep it (I wish I were one of them 😕) ...BUT I am wondering if this mistake is causing some fallout on drink packages now? I've sailed on numerous RC cruises and have always been able to purchase the drink packages on sale, typically around $42-48/day. I've been checking the cruise planner every day and the price hasn't budged from $65/day since that $18 deal-of-a-lifetime mistake that RC made. I am wondering if everyone else will end up paying for that deal of a lifetime by the drink packages not going on sale like the usually do? Of course, this is just a theory, I hope it's way wrong 😆.

It moved for many, mine dropped from $61 to $52.  Labor Day Weekend

"This is not a third world country. It is a luxury island owned by a billion dollar company. All the problems can be fixed very quickly if you spend the money. "

It is a luxury island IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.  With a workforce, many who live/d on a hurricane devastated island.  Many who have lost everything they owned and perhaps family members.  Maybe their staff numbers are down?  Maybe some of them died?

Sure you can throw money at it, but a lot of that is staff centric- ie labor costs.  And hard to find extra labor at the moment when many of the potential workforce are refugees.

So just get over yourself, and be a little patient.

On 9/2/2019 at 2:36 PM, OSUZorba said:

There are many land based vacations in the US that would also put you pretty far away from high quality hospitals, such as most national parks. But on a cruise ship you are always only minutes away from emergency care that is pretty capable as opposed to maybe an hour or more on land.

I'd look into this more.

They arent capable of a lot of things, and there have been recent reports that put me off- incl a woman who had a stroke just after leaving FL.  Instead of choppering her back to the usa and good hospitals, they choppered her to Nassau- where the hospital couldnt deal with her well enough due to lack of equipment and they transferred her to the USA.   She therefore went several days w/o proper medical attention that meant her outcome was poor.

I used to Live in Nassau and wouldnt go into hospital there.

PS 'they' was NCL i think

Looks at bit crowded out there lol

I agree, well done Royal.

But if their profits are truly $5Million per day, maybe a days worth?

Anyway, as it is tax deductible i am thinking, wont cost them all of it, whatever they give.

contact post cruise customer service, and send them the pics of your request to pay in USD.

If you dont hear back, try twitter.

16 hours ago, mayleeman said:

No more germs on a 2200 passenger ship than in daycare...  hee hee hee!

Well maybe a little, just because of the larger number of people (from all over).

You are right though, daycare is full of germs but i forget this as mine didnt go there.  they did go to nursery school a few days a week at 2 and brought home all sorts.

23 minutes ago, SeaHunt said:

I know this is the Dorian thread, but just FYI ahead that there is another system they are now watching (Invest 91L) BUT so far most forecasters think it will just head out to sea and not affect anyone. I'm sooo hoping that's right  Still something future cruisers might want to watch.

 

 

We call this a fish storm.  Heading out to sea

9 hours ago, chipsdog said:

We are booked on the RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS next May.  I am thinking of paying for my son and his wife and their baby who will be 6 months at the time to come with us.  However, would you take a 6 month baby on a cruise?  There will be 4 adults in total to help

 

what do you think?

 

As a mother of 3 incl twins, and a former NIH biologist i'd say a beach based break in a condo would be more suitable for a child that age.

One, you need to fix lots of food/bottles etc.  Not easy in a cabin.  Better with a kitchen of some kind.  Second, they are not fully immunized so the baby may not be able to take on all the germs they will be exposed to.  Lastly, as a scientific mother, i might not want to be that far from proper medical care if something went wrong.  but maybe we mothers are different creatures.

Make sure the cruise you pick has a nursery and has available slots for a baby of that age.  Some do some dont and those that do have a set number of babies they can accept.

3 hours ago, Host Clarea said:

 

Not that I know of.  The only option on their website is a full day, all inclusive.

Yeah thats what i thought.  But then i saw the prices on a photo which meant it might not be true.

5 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

 

All their food is amazing there. A few spelling mistakes in the menu, but the food is perfect. 🙂

Can you go there non AI?  Given there are prices on the menu was thinking there might be a possibility?

Dont want AI as i will only be there for a few hours.

5 hours ago, ransrider said:

I've only seen one video showing the cabin. Are there more that I am missing? 

Yes there is a link to his page on page one here.  Click it and look at the other videos.

For practical purposes (i have the key for my next cruise but havent used it yet) they say on TRs that The key board with Diamond/D+.  Not before?

28 minutes ago, red devil said:

Any word regarding cocoCay? Are they in the middle of the storm?

As far as i can see, hasnt gotten to them yet.

It will get hit but if the track stays as it is now, the eye will pass north so they wont be on the 'dirty' side of the storm

Well done bosco

I just did this the other day using the cruise planner online.  It was easy.

But you need space on your card as it takes them about a week to refund the first purchase.

I just hope they deflated it and locked it away somewhere

Nothing to say then

1 minute ago, thrifty99 said:

Speeds definitely took a hit as would be expected with that many more users. 

 

Did they offer free for remainder of cruise or just certain times?

Geez, i live int he middle of nowhere and get better.

Not as much as i pay for though.

1 hour ago, boscobeans said:

This is a serious question..

 

If you went out to a nice restaurant on par with an MDR or specialty shipboard restaurant,

 

or to a club that had very nice seating, table service, live music and maybe dancing,

 

or to an entertainment venue with comedians, singers, dancers or other types of stage shows where you were served at your seat

 

or to a pool where you had bar service at your lounge chair,

 

what do places like the above charge for drinks in your area???

 

 

Simple.  I dont live in NYC with table service /vip cr*p.  No pools with service at your chair- even at my house in France.  Too cold for pools here where i live most months of the year.  Warm enough at my house in FL but am generally cutting back tropical vegetation so am drinking pool service on my lanai (we take turns serving each other).

So i cant say.  I've paid for a deluxe beverage package though so i dont have to worry about all your trials to spend a load of dosh in NYC or what my bar bill be on my next cruise lol

5 hours ago, Host Clarea said:

 

How about the modern adaptation for Royal:  A sale by any other name is still fake.

IMHO this one isnt a fake.

The drinks package history of my cruise (i only booked in august 3 weeks ago) $61, $57, $61, and now $52 as of yesterday afternoon.  So yes, this one is the lowest I have seen, but some on my sailing who booked earlier (cruise in Nov) got it for $48 during the july 4th sale period.

I have, but just wanted to say mine just appeared an hour ago, wasnt there this morning.  Which is why i was telling others here to check.

Lots of people on Harmony and Allure are sending laundry out today as they will probably be longer on the ship than expected.  One has remarked about it on their live TR.