rusty nut

Have an $18 packaged booked for Oct, 2020. Not looking good.

To all service members out there, men and women, past and present. Thank you! I can't say it loud enough, or proud enough. THANK YOU!! Our nation's flag flies high and proud because of you. If I haven't said it already, thank you.

My best memory was our cruise on Monarch of the Seas. I don't even know why, really. It was just a special ship, our most memorable cruise. Things were just done right, back then. The windjammer had this magnificent waterfall from that deck to the deck below, it was amazing. I also loved the alfresco Windjammer dining. I'll never forget that cruise, or that ship.

On 5/16/2020 at 1:06 PM, not-enough-cruising said:

Lift and shift- unprecedented generosity in this business.

Generous, yes, but I wouldn't go as far as saying "unprecedented". Lift and Shift could be better. It's disappointing that you lose all your pre-cruise purchases and then have to repurchase them at prevailing rates. "Lift and Shift" should bring those purchases with you. I was lucky enough to get in on the $18 drink package, but if I lift and shifted my cruise, I lose that benefit. I know, wa wa, poor me. But all your pre-cruise purchases should be lifted, as well. 

Wow!! I mean WOW!!. I cant tell you how many times I've checked cruise prices since turning 55, probably in the thousands. I always click on "senior", "state of residence" and enter my C&A number. I've never, ever seen a senior discount.

This is all I get.

19 hours ago, soloadventurer said:

From another site an interview with Mr Baley

 

"I think in the beginning, there will not be a buffet in the beginning, that's how I see it. It depends again upon the timing. We will utilize the space, we will utilize the Windjammer, but in all probability it won't be a classical buffet. It will be something more akin to a restaurant."

Source of the interview, please, or he never said it. Seriously, though, anybody can say anything they want on the internet and people just run with it. I'm sorry, but if it comes from the internet, I have to see ironclad proof, or it's just nonsense.

Don't panic when you board and see long lines at the specialty restaurants. You can make all your reservations for any specialty restaurant, virtually anywhere on the ship.

1. Pick up any phone on the ship and press customer service.

2. Main dining room podium.

3. Any specialty restaurant.

4. Customer service desk.

5. If you are Diamond, the DLC can book your reservations.

6. The specialty restaurant podium in the promenade.

7. Heck, I think even a bartender at any bar can make your reservations.

8. This might be a stretch, but I think even your room steward can do it. 

If I were to think of a non-essential business, I couldn't think of anything more non-essential than cruising. That's why my answer is a resounding "no".

19 hours ago, flyguyjake said:

No publicly traded company should ever get a tax payer bailout or grant. Loans at current market rates, sure. Many of our largest corporations pay ZERO in taxes. That should also be a requirement to qualify for a loan, the company must actually "pay" taxes. I'm sick and tired of bailing out corporations who just buy back their own stock and give executive raises.

 

Why haven't we passed a federal $15 min wage? Haven't "essential" workers proved themselves yet? Its disgusting how we crap on our most needed workers.

Don't know where you get your info but corporate America pays more taxes than you could possibly imagine.

21 hours ago, njkruzer said:

Likely for civil matter.  Your passenger contract requires mediation/arbitration prior to any trial.  

 

The. Criminal matter is totally separate and is in Puerto Rico.  If he's pleading then no trial just appearance before court and putting plea on the record and agreement on sentence.  I can't recall what the plea agreement is but I'm sure someone will find it!  

There will be no criminal trial, he already plead guilty to a lesser charge and will serve no time. The criminal aspect of this case is behind him now.

1 hour ago, PhillyFan33579 said:

If cruising resumed tomorrow, I don’t think you would see anything close to ships sailing close to full capacity across the board. 

I agree. We're sailing in Oct, 2020, and we're not expecting a full ship.

6 hours ago, Iamcruzin said:

Not by July 4th.

Too funny. July 4th isn't "never", now, is it?

50 minutes ago, Dinglebert said:

Can't leave that one.  Ignoring the past, ignoring facts because they don't suit an agenda is dangerous and gets people killed.

No argument, there! By all means, action must be taken. But that's not what were discussing, is it? You made a prediction based on what has happened in the past. A fools game. 

"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future"

-Yogi Berra

1 hour ago, Dinglebert said:

Its based on the current scientific facts and the history of vacinnes, not fortune telling.

Trying to predict the future based on previous events is a fools game. The past is not prologue, you would still need a crystal ball.

1 minute ago, Dinglebert said:

A vaccine is at least a year away.  This virus is going nowhere in the near future.

I'd sure like to have your crystal ball.

I see this all the time. It's the same category. Even mid-ship vs. aft or forward makes a difference, sometimes.

Not always. You have to be careful with this. Sometimes the deck you're on does matter.

19 hours ago, teecee60 said:

 

The fact that in the US alone, deaths from Covid19 just exceeded 1,000 PER DAY.

 

Do you REALLY think this is all going to just blow away in the wind in less than three months?

Absolutely! They're already testing vaccines, which is what will get life back to normal. A vaccine has not been mentioned once in this thread. Do you REALLY think this will never go away?

We're booked on Symphony in Oct. 2020. We're not cancelling. As a matter of fact, we just took advantage of a $370 price drop!

2 hours ago, drsel said:

 

Booked on Symphony in Oct, 2020. No problem here.

16 minutes ago, MalteseMama2 said:

I’m on Freedom right now and the window the poor child fell from appears to be completely gone. El Loco Fresh is in that corner and there are less windows than before. I’m sure that was planned BEFORE the incident. I also saw a man open one of the windows on that side and I’m pretty sure I heard him say to his friends, “How can you not tell it’s open?!”

 

They took out Squeeze?

7 hours ago, BillOh said:

I was a bit beyond final pay off.   I checked my invoice, I paid about $3000 total for a 9 day, a year ago, that is coming in late May. In late January all suites  were shown as unavailable on their website. When I checked last night a JUNIOR SUITE GUARANTEE came up that wasn't there the last time I checked.  It showed  $999pp if they pick the room and $2495 if I pick the room.  I let them pick the room.  I guess the question will be, do I lose the $18/day drink package?

They let you cancel and re-book beyond final payment?

Just checked our Oct, 2020 on Symphony. Same. Price hasn't moved in a long time.

If I remember correctly, on other Oasis ships, your entree is table service, everything else is buffet.

On 3/2/2020 at 5:24 PM, voyager70 said:

 

 

Ruined it for me as well.  Glad I'm not a big ice cream fan - that looks discusting.

 

What's disgusting? It's a couple of bags of ice cream mix!