LobsterStalker Posted March 20 #251 Share Posted March 20 15 minutes ago, Bethorama said: Just an FYI. RCCL isn’t offering any upgrades, reduced cruise price or even port fees back for changing to another cruising day. We’ll be cruising more than actually going anywhere. Not impressed. For those who got an alternate port, feel lucky. Some people got just more time at sea. 😡 Where did you receive this information ? This has historically been a ship-ship decision (which makes no sense to me) , but curious where you have learned that this has changed to a fleetwide decision ? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethorama Posted March 20 #252 Share Posted March 20 We only get Jamaica and Nassau for stops now. We were not planning on going to Falmouth due to no interest due to all the crime and thinking it’d be nice to catch the pools quiet on a shore day. We get to go to Nassau which is nice. I’ve been there a few times. Nothing new but at least we did have plans to walk around and site see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not-enough-cruising Posted March 20 #253 Share Posted March 20 19 minutes ago, Bethorama said: Just an FYI. RCCL isn’t offering any upgrades, reduced cruise price or even port fees back for changing to another cruising day. We’ll be cruising more than actually going anywhere. Not impressed. For those who got an alternate port that you aren’t happy with, you should just feel lucky. Some of us only got more time at sea for the same cost. 😡 Why would they offer you a reduced cruise rate? I can’t imagine what type of upgrade you may be talking about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethorama Posted March 20 #254 Share Posted March 20 2 minutes ago, LobsterStalker said: Where did you receive this information ? This has historically been a ship-ship decision (which makes no sense to me) , but curious where you have learned that this has changed to a fleetwide decision ? Cheers Just saying that’s what they told me on the phone when I called. They said they are not. They even read the policy over the phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethorama Posted March 20 #255 Share Posted March 20 2 minutes ago, not-enough-cruising said: Why would they offer you a reduced cruise rate? I can’t imagine what type of upgrade you may be talking about. They could have at least offered reduced port fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Engineroom Snipe Posted March 20 #256 Share Posted March 20 6 minutes ago, LobsterStalker said: Where did you receive this information ? This has historically been a ship-ship decision (which makes no sense to me) , but curious where you have learned that this has changed to a fleetwide decision ? Cheers https://www.cruisehive.com/royal-caribbean-cancels-at-least-another-month-of-labadee-visits/126459 Just out, one month fleet-wide. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare xpcdoojk Posted March 20 #257 Share Posted March 20 5 minutes ago, Bethorama said: We only get Jamaica and Nassau for stops now. We were not planning on going to Falmouth due to no interest due to all the crime and thinking it’d be nice to catch the pools quiet on a shore day. We get to go to Nassau which is nice. I’ve been there a few times. Nothing new but at least we did have plans to walk around and site see. I would not hesitate to take a ships tour in Falmouth. Far safer and nicer than Nassau. IMHO jc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethorama Posted March 20 #258 Share Posted March 20 4 minutes ago, xpcdoojk said: I would not hesitate to take a ships tour in Falmouth. Far safer and nicer than Nassau. IMHO jc Well I’m sure after two whole days of cruising at the beginning of our cruise we’ll now be getting off the ship to do something in Falmouth before cruising another day after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare colesc15 Posted March 20 #259 Share Posted March 20 Up to this point, we're on Wonder in a lite over a week and April 1st, cruise mapper still has Wonder as the only ship in Coco cay. I assume cruise mapper doesn't update with all these ships being shuffled around, but is there anyway to tell if one of the other ships swapped out Labadee for the Coco cay day since it's rare for only 1 ship to be there lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockmom Posted March 20 #260 Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, colesc15 said: Up to this point, we're on Wonder in a lite over a week and April 1st, cruise mapper still has Wonder as the only ship in Coco cay. I assume cruise mapper doesn't update with all these ships being shuffled around, but is there anyway to tell if one of the other ships swapped out Labadee for the Coco cay day since it's rare for only 1 ship to be there lately? Cruisemapper isn't updating all these changes so you can't depend on it to be correct during all these cancelations and re-routing to different ports. Will they eventually catch up? No idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starry Eyes Posted March 20 #261 Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, Bethorama said: They could have at least offered reduced port fees. No promises, of course, but there’s still a chance customer service is playing it safe by saying that now. Sometimes port fee refunds are made to the on board accounts during the sailing. Honestly though when we have received such adjustments it has usually been a rather small amount of money. Symphony is a great ship and I hope you enjoy your time on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fla33023 Posted March 20 #262 Share Posted March 20 3 hours ago, Bethorama said: Well I’m sure after two whole days of cruising at the beginning of our cruise we’ll now be getting off the ship to do something in Falmouth before cruising another day after that. We went to Chukka Estates. The roads are a little bumpy, but the place was very nice, clean and not crowded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pghcrews Posted March 20 #263 Share Posted March 20 9 hours ago, Bromma16872 said: Today we got an email about our cruise on Oasis the last of march. CocoCay TWO days, becouse Labadee will be canceled. My question is: Will they "close" CocoCay on the evening/night? We will be docked all night i think... I cant think that the ship will leave and come back again the following morning. App is showing "gangway up" at 6pm for the first day at CocoCay, moved from 5pm. I suspect they don't want to stay open late at night because of employee issues perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LobsterStalker Posted March 21 #264 Share Posted March 21 6 hours ago, Engineroom Snipe said: https://www.cruisehive.com/royal-caribbean-cancels-at-least-another-month-of-labadee-visits/126459 Just out, one month fleet-wide. 6 hours ago, Engineroom Snipe said: https://www.cruisehive.com/royal-caribbean-cancels-at-least-another-month-of-labadee-visits/126459 Just out, one month fleet-wide. This is not relevant to what I posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LobsterStalker Posted March 21 #265 Share Posted March 21 6 hours ago, Bethorama said: Just saying that’s what they told me on the phone when I called. They said they are not. They even read the policy over the phone. Listening to an agent on the phone and reporting it here as fact is not the best idea as it is common knowledge that they are full of misinformation ! Cheers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethorama Posted March 21 #266 Share Posted March 21 10 hours ago, LobsterStalker said: Listening to an agent on the phone and reporting it here as fact is not the best idea as it is common knowledge that they are full of misinformation ! Cheers It was RCCL I spoke to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare xpcdoojk Posted March 21 #267 Share Posted March 21 27 minutes ago, Bethorama said: It was RCCL I spoke to. RCCL is a large corporation with a large call center. Many of those employees know less about Royal than my dog. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethorama Posted March 21 #268 Share Posted March 21 47 minutes ago, xpcdoojk said: RCCL is a large corporation with a large call center. Many of those employees know less about Royal than my dog. I had her speak with her manager and she came back with the policy in changed ports. Yes, they are probably dumb like you said but that doesn’t change the fact that they are not giving any reduction in price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poleman88 Posted March 21 #269 Share Posted March 21 When will they change the cruise planner to show excursions for Falmouth now that Labadee is cancelled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theycallmedp Posted March 21 #270 Share Posted March 21 Just now, poleman88 said: When will they change the cruise planner to show excursions for Falmouth now that Labadee is cancelled? Wondering the same for St Maarten. A lot to do there but nothing listed yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare xpcdoojk Posted March 21 #271 Share Posted March 21 25 minutes ago, Bethorama said: I had her speak with her manager and she came back with the policy in changed ports. Yes, they are probably dumb like you said but that doesn’t change the fact that they are not giving any reduction in price. I don’t believe a single person expects them to change pricing after final payment. Obviously if you have a cruise booked months and months away prices are always dynamic and they could drop, but only if lots of people cancel or new bookings slow down. I didn’t realize that was why you called RCCL. Waste of time that. 🤪 I was just commenting on calling RCCL in general is not a good way to learn anything at all. 😂 jc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethorama Posted March 21 #272 Share Posted March 21 11 minutes ago, xpcdoojk said: I don’t believe a single person expects them to change pricing after final payment. Obviously if you have a cruise booked months and months away prices are always dynamic and they could drop, but only if lots of people cancel or new bookings slow down. I didn’t realize that was why you called RCCL. Waste of time that. 🤪 I was just commenting on calling RCCL in general is not a good way to learn anything at all. 😂 jc No worries buddy. I’ve been on many cruises and know how a cruise company can treat people. It’s about perceived value. They should’ve offered a small discount, at least port fees returned. I’m over it. I’ve decided I’ll just book on a different line next time and for this cruise I’ll be sure to get my monies worth on food and drinks. 😂😂😂😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95south Posted March 21 #273 Share Posted March 21 From how Haiti is going, I don't see RCI returning to normal port stops at Labadee in the near future. By near future, I would say the next 6 months. I said a decade ago, RCI should have divested in Labedee and put their efforts elsewhere. Haiti has been unstable since the 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted March 21 #274 Share Posted March 21 3 hours ago, poleman88 said: When will they change the cruise planner to show excursions for Falmouth now that Labadee is cancelled? Royal tends to be very slow to update the cruise planner in situations like this. It's same in hurricane season when ports change unexpectedly. All you can do is check back often. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles4515 Posted March 21 #275 Share Posted March 21 10 minutes ago, 95south said: From how Haiti is going, I don't see RCI returning to normal port stops at Labadee in the near future. By near future, I would say the next 6 months. I said a decade ago, RCI should have divested in Labedee and put their efforts elsewhere. Haiti has been unstable since the 90s. RCI has stopped there for the last 30 years and last decade so your advice would have been wrong. They will suspend operations for a while and then resume. Eventually there will be a new government. Has happened in the past. Also who would they divest to? RCI has a lease until 2050. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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