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Thanks everyone for your responses!

25 minutes ago, SummerBeee said:

You could just pay for their pre-cruise planner purchase with your credit card. 

That's what I'm going to do.  Thanks!

I would like to add OBC to my son and daughter-in-law's upcoming cruise.  When I called to purchase, the C&A rep first told me that it would be available immediately, then changed his mind and said that it would not be available until after they board.  Does anyone have experience with purchasing OBC (not gift certificates) for someone else's reservation or know the best way I should go about this?  We would like for them to be able to use the OBC for pre-cruise purchases.  

9 minutes ago, Joseph2017China said:

After 20 months, I'm still amazed people want to cancel......why book in the first place?  This is a long term issue, which will last at least another 3 years. Getting tests are now super easy, doing it at home, and wearing a mask is very limited on the ship.  I think maybe only 10% of my time I had it on. 

This cruise was booked a year prior to Covid.

Does anyone know how this works when only 1 person in your cabin wants to cancel due to protocol?  We have a cabin for 3 for a March cruise that has been lifted and shifted twice.  The third person is not comfortable with the protocols.  Will they give her a refund of her deposit?  We are not at final payment since they moved that to 30 days.  Will they reprice the cabin for the remaining 2?  Just trying to get an idea of what to expect when I call.

Has anyone been on Freedom or Indy since the restart and can confirm that the suite perks are still offered for this room?  We have it on Indy for an upcoming trip. Thanks!

Thanks @EmilyJay.  I'm enjoying following along. We do the same itinerary (in our first suite!) on the 15th.

@EmilyJay Can you confirm that there is no longer a designated reserved sunbed area for suite guests?

Enjoy your trip.  We are on the March 15 cruise.  If you get a chance can you find out where the suite sundeck was moved to?

I would be interested to know where they moved the suite sundeck to.

Just reporting back.  Yes, I was able to add prepaid gratuities just for those that wanted to prepay.  The new booking confirmation just shows $0.00 on the prepaid gratuity line for those that did not want to prepay.  Final payment done!  Now just wait for 90 some more days...

Can you use Facetime with just the "surf" option? 

Thanks.  We booked through Royal.  I will call them.

Thanks Bob.  Anyone have experience with the prepaid gratuities question?

We have a 2 bedroom suite for a spring cruise on the Navigator.  Within our group, some would like to prepay gratuities and some would like to pay them daily and have them charged to their folio at the end of the cruise.  Is that possible, or do we all need to do the same thing?  Also, we have a large amount of OBC that we received when booking onboard a year ago.  How do we go about splitting that up so that everyone gets their fair share?  One more question...some of us have OBC from the Royal Caribbean Visa card.  When we redeem that OBC, how will we designate who that goes to within the reservation?  Thanks in advance!

Thank you!

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We have reserved the Woodwind snorkeling tour for March 2019. Two questions - 1) so that we take enough cash, approximately how much are the photos that the photographer takes, and 2) did you need water shoes?

We had the new menus on Freedom in February. I was disappointed in the entree choices. I noticed that the chicken and the steak on the menu each day were the same ones that were served in the warmers during lunch in the MDR. Since I do not each fish, my choices were limited, but I did manage to find something to eat. One night I ordered the braised short rib and couldn't cut it, even with a steak knife! Our waiter immediately saw I was struggling and quickly brought me something else. I really missed the sticky bread and butter pudding for dessert! The banana bread pudding was not good. The prime rib was good. Another thing I noticed was the new presentation of the caesar salad. I did not mind ordering dessert with dinner, but the whole process made us feel like we were being rushed. All in all, I did not go hungry, but I am not a fan of the new, more limited, menu.

Try Cruise Control Transportation. https://www.cruisecontrol-transportation.com/. They usually try to accommodate late runs.

Thank you!

Does anyone know if the NextCruise desk is open on embarkation day? We board on Sunday and the current WOW sale ends that day.

I repriced awhile back during the BOGO60 "sale" and received $100 OBC with that promo which is showing in the OBC section. The R100-IOBC RESOLTN is showing in the Booking Charges section. Just have never noticed it before.

There is a line on the guest copy of my Booking Confirmation that reads: R100-IOBC RESOLTN. There is no charge associated with it. Does anyone know what that means?

Thanks!

Getting ready to cruise and thinking of booking our next cruise while onboard. Can we use a different credit card for the deposit or do we need to use the one linked to our current onboard account?