Ken at the beach Posted March 1, 2021 #1 Share Posted March 1, 2021 With Royal announcing the Odyssey sailing from Israel for the entire season and for Israeli citizens only I am thinking that this spells the end of the entire European season...or at least most of it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted March 1, 2021 #2 Share Posted March 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: I am thinking that this spells the end of the entire European season. Maybe, but RCI will only tell you that one cancellation at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottraveller Posted March 1, 2021 #3 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I’ve got a b2b booked from Barcelona in September and I’m of the view the whole itinerary starting in May will be kicked in to touch. My full payment is due in June so hopefully this is announced soon so I can make alternative arrangements for 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted March 1, 2021 Author #4 Share Posted March 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Biker19 said: Maybe, but RCI will only tell you that one cancellation at a time. Depending on what European countries dictate. We could see a repeat of the Alaska announcement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgmn Posted March 1, 2021 #5 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Sounds like they are confident the ports in Cyprus and Greece will be open 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgmn Posted March 1, 2021 #6 Share Posted March 1, 2021 UK is meant to be open from June, depending on four criteria, according to the roadmap announced last week 🤞 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted March 1, 2021 #7 Share Posted March 1, 2021 9 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: Depending on what European countries dictate. We could see a repeat of the Alaska announcement. Right, but that would likely be one country at a time, not all of Europe at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FionaMG Posted March 1, 2021 #8 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Having managed to do so for Singapore and now Israel, I could see Royal potentially coming to agreements with other European governments to have localised sailings. If it can be done safely, it would be good all round. Obviously though, it would depend on both the virus situation and political will, so I suppose it's anybody's guess really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottraveller Posted March 1, 2021 #9 Share Posted March 1, 2021 If the sailings out of Barcelona are cancelled is it possible to transfer the FCC’s and deposits that I have going on to these September cruises, to a cruise in 2022 that I’ve already booked. Does ourusualbeach know please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted March 1, 2021 #10 Share Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, FionaMG said: Having managed to do so for Singapore and now Israel, I could see Royal potentially coming to agreements with other European governments to have localised sailings. If it can be done safely, it would be good all round. Obviously though, it would depend on both the virus situation and political will, so I suppose it's anybody's guess really. Won't work for Americans though, only going to be for local passengers as it has been for both Singapore and Israel. Edited March 1, 2021 by Jimbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted March 1, 2021 Author #11 Share Posted March 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, scottraveller said: If the sailings out of Barcelona are cancelled is it possible to transfer the FCC’s and deposits that I have going on to these September cruises, to a cruise in 2022 that I’ve already booked. Does ourusualbeach know please. Once a sailing is cancelled you cannot transfer deposits to another booked sailing. You can get a new FCC and apply that to a booked sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FionaMG Posted March 1, 2021 #12 Share Posted March 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, Jimbo said: Won't work for Americans though, only going to be for local passengers as it has been for both Singapore and Israel. Yes, you're right, that's what I was thinking. My finger pressed "post" before my brain had time to catch up! 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted March 1, 2021 #13 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I think no matter how you shake it, the European Season is Toast for the American People. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FionaMG Posted March 1, 2021 #14 Share Posted March 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, Jimbo said: I think no matter how you shake it, the European Season is Toast for the American People. We need a sad emoji. 😞 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottraveller Posted March 1, 2021 #15 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Just to apply some context to this, the b2b I have currently has just under £3000 and $1200 OBC going in to it. This is down to all the cancellations RCI have made over the last 18 months. I have a cruise booked for September 2022 and would want to apply this money to that. Does this mean I’ll lose all of that through no fault of mine please. It’s not happened yet but I fully expect the cancellation of Adventure out of Barcelona for the full season. I’ve checked the number of grand suites booked from May and there are none booked. The same applies to our cruise in September, mine is the only grand suite booked. Don’t know if this is indicative of the rest of the cabins but it doesn’t look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted March 1, 2021 Author #16 Share Posted March 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, scottraveller said: Does this mean I’ll lose all of that through no fault of mine please. If the sailing is cancelled you will get the option to move existing OBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgmn Posted March 1, 2021 #17 Share Posted March 1, 2021 50 minutes ago, Biker19 said: Right, but that would likely be one country at a time, not all of Europe at once. EU have open borders, though there has been some limited closures due covid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottraveller Posted March 1, 2021 #18 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Thanks Ken, do you think that would include the FCC and lost deposits (£3000) as well please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted March 1, 2021 Author #19 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 minute ago, scottraveller said: Thanks Ken, do you think that would include the FCC and lost deposits (£3000) as well please. Absolutely it would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBSteelerfan Posted March 1, 2021 #20 Share Posted March 1, 2021 So at one time Royal was also offering 125% credit on cruise planner purchases....is that still being offered? And if it is, how do you go about taking advantage of that? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Baltic Posted March 1, 2021 #21 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Have they offered L&S to those booked on impacted sailings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted March 1, 2021 Author #22 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 minute ago, JBSteelerfan said: So at one time Royal was also offering 125% credit on cruise planner purchases....is that still being offered? And if it is, how do you go about taking advantage of that? Thanks! Yes it is. You will receive instructions in your letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted March 1, 2021 Author #23 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Just now, Billy Baltic said: Have they offered L&S to those booked on impacted sailings? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Baltic Posted March 1, 2021 #24 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Thank you. That’s good to see. I might look for 2021 bargains after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBSteelerfan Posted March 1, 2021 #25 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Ourusualbeach said: Yes it is. You will receive instructions in your letter. Thanks Ken! So, I guess there will be a separate letter coming for CP purchases, different from the one we received about the cruise cancellation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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