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1 hour ago, Biker19 said:

There are still places where there are no flights in/out of a country - hard to get folks home in such a situation.

Still, I think the cruise lines should be feeding the staff that are stuck on the ship without charging them

There are still people stuck on ships off coast off Florida.  I do not get it.  Mostly Africans.    At least on RCC.   And I heard they are charging the crew for food.   These people probably have no money to being with, work on cruises for their livelihood and then forced to give all their money to the major cruise lines who will likely get handouts from governments

1 hour ago, heatherb1958 said:

yesterday at Coco Cay Explorer and Anthem ‘traded’ crew then Navigator arrived and they swapped more crew . They are waiting on the rest of the fleet including from Celebrity to have all the relevant nationalities on individual ships to start the repatriation sailings. One ship is going to Barbados to off load crew who are picking up charter flights. Anthem is going to sail to India , one ship is coming to Southampton etc etc etc . 
One logistical nightmare getting each crew nationality on the correct ship but all done with professionalism and aplomb

Is this not the most mind boggling, thing one could ever imagine happening?

5 minutes ago, Baron Barracuda said:

If only Asian Indians onboard who stays with ship once they reach India?  What then becomes of Anthem, does she reposition elsewhere  or remain near India for easier crew up when cruising eventually resumes (whenever that is)?

No idea.  I am guessing the entire cruise industry is on hold for now anyway.

I heard it will take from May 9 to June 22.    Almost a month and a half.

I wonder about the rest of the crew.   I know a lot are from the Philippines

I heard from a crew member friend that on May 9th the Anthem will transfer all non-Indians stuck on ships off South Florida to other ships and all Asian Indians will board the Anthem to journey home to India.   I guess they will include other RCL brands but perhaps even non-RCL brands .  

Seems strange - must be a long journey

NCL is showing $99 for 5 days Bahamas out of Miami for next week in search results, crazy if its real

Looking in December though so Sail Aways are still good $200-300 on Pearl (Mia) or Sun (Orl) (or Sky to Bahamas)

Problem is they get you with not including any promos, you want the promos, a few hundred more

I feel they are also misleading, even on more expensive cruise , where it shows the green bar for take two free offers on studios, once you click its only one free offer

Looking for 2nd week of December out of Florida.  Please post if you know of anything

36 minutes ago, TwizzlersAddict said:

Hopefully it's not a pricing error.  Just booked my first Cunard cruise. Queen Elizabeth November 8-23,2020 Singapore to Sydney.

Price and itinerary below for an inside cabin. 

1325 all in. 

 

 

Nice, as long as getting to/from Singapore/Sydney is not an issue for you

5 hours ago, perditax said:

Keep an eye on the NCL Escape Bermuda sailings, the one leaving tomorrow went as low as $349 before taxes fees, one guest no supplement/7 days, before they closed it down. Next week has balcony GTY under $1000 already. 

Thats from NY ?

1 hour ago, mef_57 said:

I would encourage you to remove your email address as soon as you can, or alter it to remove the @ sign and replace with 'at' .  Spambots love to troll on line forums to collect and spam people who post valid email addresses.  People have different comfort zones as to how to deal with spam or letting the world know your email address, but I wanted to just forewarn you of the hazards.  Cruise Critic hasn't activated its private message function, which is a shame. That would allow people to communicate behind the scenes securely an anonymously.

At the very least, when/if Nancy gets in touch,  try to delete your email.

I would also advise for you to remove their email address from your quoted reply

20 hours ago, titansrobin said:

A suggestion to the one a little uneasy going from airport to hotel to cruise port alone. I just downloaded the app on my phone called Noonlight. Once you put your finger on the button it’s tracking you in real time by gps. If you take your finger off you have 10 seconds to enter your code if you don’t need help. If you don’t enter the code the police and your emergency contact is called. Sounds good to me. 

Wow, what if your battery goes dead....

What country again is this uneasiness taking place in? 

I snooze I lose....   Seriously trying to find something out of Florida for March 10-17 and cant seem to find anything decent for solo

It could be a considerable difference at $22 per day.    Parking off site in an indoor lot with an established company will cost at least half that.   I do understand the convenience of not needing a shuttle.

Fortunately for me I can take Uber which will cost $30-$40 each way and my car will remain home, saving gas and being dropped off at the entrance to the port.

6 minutes ago, graphicguy said:

Drinks average about $10/ea (not including tips).  Likely a bit more.  So, if you’re saying you’ll drink only 3 drinks during the entire cruise, then it’s not worth it.  If you’re saying you will drink 3 drinks/day, then yes...the drink package is worth it.

It has to be worth $150.  ($50 value of excursion credit  + gratuity) Are drinks like jack/coke $10 ?  I remember them being less but I have not been on a cruise in years without the package - so I guess if I do spend $30 a day , its a breakeven.  I could also use my rum runners to offset the cost but thats inconvenient. I probably will anyway just to have some alcohol in my room. The drink package includes fountain soda but not bottled water, right? If it included bottled water , that would be a no brainer

About to book a solo cabin with one free offer on a 5 day.   The drink package adds $99 gratuities so it makes me think twice as I am not a day drinker and do not want to get sloshed every night.    I will probably have 3 drinks, so not sure average price of drinks but I was also thinking of doing the wifi package.   Is it worth the $50 excursion  or drinks and the gratuity cost ???

I keep seeing the Studio appear and disappear for Saturday on NCL from Orlando 5 day leaving this Saturday.    It always go to sold out while in process of booking

On 2/24/2019 at 8:30 AM, bones774 said:

11 day south Caribbean from ny ncl gem dropped $699 leaves tomorrow. Seen this a couple of times now, holding out on discount till last day.

So you think it is still ok to book day before ?

2 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

The problem is that when you select a balcony cabin without entering a C&A number it comes up with a BW balcony at $1499pp but this is not available.  An Oceanview Balcony is also listed at $1679pp.

 

when I put in my C&A number the BW does not show up but the Oceanview Balcony does at $1579pp

 

the OP was not comparing apples to apples.

I just checked again and seems to come up the same but I ambelieve your explanation as to why I was seeing different prices is correct,  the problem is that right after you enter theC&A number (or leave it blank) and hit continue you see the 4 main category boxes with the prices , so it looked different , which should not be the case, drilling down further of course explains it

1 hour ago, Mythbuster said:

Is it possible the $3358 included taxes and fees and the $2997 did not?

Negative, both were before taxes 

1 hour ago, ldubs said:

 

Still waiting for a definition of  "fajizille?"    

Just a made up word to avoid using the more naturally flowing f word

1 minute ago, bouhunter said:

RCI website

Yes

I was searching RCCL website for a last minute cruise on HarmonyOTS from FLL for next week.

Balcony cabin is now $1499 for 2 guests and twice that if you are solo ($2997),   however if I enter my Crown & Anchor for exclusive savings the price goes up to $3358.......????  What the fajizille!!!!

Uggh, just missed out on something - NCL Epic 5 night from Orlando (3 hour drive from where I live) for next Saturday, 3/2 , Studio/$599 before taxes, put a courtesy hold like 2am.....   woke up and it was gone, email said hold expired at 7:49am

2 hours ago, bones774 said:

Senior AND Florida res? Or one or the other?

I see $998 with just Florida