nolesrule

Other than call to see if you can move your cabin, not much you can do. It's possible they were going to be doing these moves anyway, as there have been reports of cabin changes on August cruises to promote social distancing. So maybe they took the switch as an opportunity to do that... but just a guess.

I do get why you would be upset though. We are fortunate enough to retain the same cabin on our Brilliance to Serenade switcheroo.

The Brilliance to Serenade switch is price protected. At least it said as much in the email I received for our switch.

• Your original stateroom category price will either be protected at your original cruise fare rate or reduced to the current cruise fare rate (whichever is lower). This excludes taxes, fees, gratuities, and other non-cruise fare items.
  • If you were already paid in full and your cruise fare rate decreases, we'll provide you with a refund for any difference in pricing. You can expect to receive your refund to your original form of payment 30 business days after we move you. Kindly note, refund times may vary depending on your financial institution.

Just now, ONECRUISER said:

My Oct21-Nov27 Sailings were moved during nite, all reassigned Cabins and show Serenade on Royal Site

That includes Nov 22?

I'll be patient.

I got the letter from Royal that my Nov 22 was moved to Serenade. But right now it's showing up as a Canceled cruise on my account and doesn't exist on the booking engine. It's showing 4th, 8th, 13th, 18th and 27th, but not the 22nd.

I'll be patient, because it said the transition could take a couple of weeks.

9 minutes ago, CruisinNole said:

We're the Brilliance sailings moved to Serenade all 4 nighters? We just found out that our 5 night, 11 Dec 21 Brilliance cruise was canceled but no notice of a move to Serenade. 

No. But the last cruise being moved from Brilliance to Serenade is supposedly the Dec 6 sailing, and it's been changed from a 5 to a 4 nighter. So you unfortunately got the one Brilliance cruise after mid-October that got canceled in the transition.

 

12 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

I'm not sure.  I didn't see a list.  Individual notices were sent out and I didn't have clients on those sailings

So in what I would call an unusual move... Serenade is replacing both ships out of Tampa at different times.

Brilliance sailings before Oct 16 are canceled and sailings  from October 16 through December 6 are moving to Serenade.

When Brilliance returns to active sailing December 16,  Serenade will then take over the Rhapsody sailings. Rhapsody sailings out of Tampa before Serenade takes over are canceled.

2 minutes ago, ONECRUISER said:

Good Luck. All the Passengers on Brilliance were also put on Serenade Oct-Dec. Had B8B all in same Aft/Corner Cabin. Same Cabin # on both Ships should be easy, Nope! Was all my Bookings have different cabins now. And I mean different as in change Cabins between each leg. Close to Canceling before this decided for me.

Hmmm.... that's a shame. I would have expected them to be able to keep cabins the same given the ships are more or less identical.

13 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

If the OP is the one doing the move, then why can't that person pick the cabin RIGHT NOW.

It's an automatic switch, which means people behind the scenes are having to move every single booking en masse from one ship to another. Having the front line cs staff also doing it could cause issues with the bulk move. And to make matters more complex it's a different ship class so the layout is not going to be nearly identical.

Our kids needed new ones. Took a month from when we turned in the applications at USPS to when they showed up in the system, and it's been about 9 weeks since then with no status update. Fortunately I have extra certified birth certificate copies we can use for our upcoming cruise, because I don't think we're going to be seeing the passports in the next 3.5 weeks.

39 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

And there's usually about 6 or more on a ship.

 

We have a couple of them booked next year

Must be a partnership. A single owner would only need one. 😆

My kid has been masking in public and at school for quite awhile and still does it when we go out. She can handle the cruise ship limitations for a week. They aren't any worse than any other restrictions we've dealt with. Kids are far more adaptable than adults.

Right now it seems the only whole party limitations are on shore excursions and certain venues when together on the ship.

We're also in Star Class on our cruise in August, so we're already in our own little bubble for the most part.

4 minutes ago, nonnie&dgd said:

Does anyone know when Jersey week is in 2021?

It's always the first full school week of November. So Nov 1-5 2021.

Which reminds me. I need to update my profile since I no longer live in NJ.

2 minutes ago, little britain said:

So the whole family have to dine early? It isn’t possible for the kids to eat and then the parents go and have dinner later?

If you're wanting to do that, just take the kids to Windjammer, then drop them off at Adventure ocean and plan your own dining for later.

The least complicated way of handling it would send each kid a check in the amount you want to cover.

Money is fungible. It doesn't matter if you give them some money or reduce the money in their onboard account. Either way they end up with the same amount of money in the end.

What they brought us for 2 people was plenty for 4 people and that was with them not serving us one of the entrees (upon request). Almost all of the appetizer types are served per person anyway, so it's not like you'll be fighting over them.

1 minute ago, garrahyd1 said:

I understand, but then charge reasonable amounts for the "extras".  I am spending so much time researching because the amounts are so high that it's ridiculous.  $360 for a family of 4 to have baseline internet is too much!  That's almost 3 months of my monthly Verizon bill for LTE.

While I'm sure they make a profit on the internet costs (considering internet is a want for most except those whose paycheck continuing relies on them being able to connect), the ships have to use a more expensive internet system than a series of cell towers because they are in the middle of the ocean and must rely on satellites.

They cannot take advantage of economies of scale like other systems do with hundreds of thousands of users. A ship has a few thousand passengers and crew, not all of which are going to subscribe.

Your LTE has millions of people sharing the costs of infrastructure and connection, not a few thousand.

2 hours ago, garrahyd1 said:

Still outrageous right?  They should just offer different levels of prices all inclusive. I hate the nickel and dime stuff. Takes away from the excitement before the cruise. 

Different people want different things included, so ala carte makes more sense.

Data point: My last cruise planner cancellation was August 26th and the refund posted August 29th.

And they obviously did not run this thing through accessibility and color contrast testing software:

http://wave.webaim.org/report#/https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2595067-new-and-improved-cc/?page=11

The content on short posts gets lost among all the other content in the post box. They need to add some background contrast to actually be able to distinguish the post from the rest.

Just asking for my friend again.

 

When Pineapple is out of season in the supermarket can one just put a can of pineapple upside down.

No. It has to be the whole cake.

I used mine mainly to unlock doors (cabin, DL, CL). it was especially helpful when hands were full going back to the cabin not having to juggle to dig out a card.

For purchases, I found it was generally easier to hand over the card.

There is nothing the definition of the word "upgrade" that implies that it must be without additional cost. It is "an increase or improvement in one's service, accommodations, privileges, or the like".

It seems to me that the advantage of paying early would mostly relate to not facing an unexpected expenditure that requires you to use the money, but I don't see any other reasons.

This argument does not make any sense. If you have the unexpected expenditure you'd have to pay it whether you have already paid for the cruise or not. You either have the money for both or you do not.

I charge my final payment any point before the final payment date during the credit card billing cycle in which final payment is due. For my next cruise that's between Sept 26th and Oct 3rd.

We're low maintenance, so I'll take the price discount off the cabin compared to the RCI site going through the online-only TA for my set it and forget it booking and make sure to trigger my final payment about a week early. They've been good for $350 or more off the price of the cruise our last 3 cruises we booked with them. They have been responsive to price drops and changes to the bookings.