tocanada

With the new travel advisories issued by the Canadian Government, will the travel insurance required by MSC be valid and will we be allowed to board the ship?

I am booked on Seashore for Feb 19.

Andrew

Feb 19

On 12/12/2021 at 8:21 PM, kj_connections said:

Thank you for the replies.  In my case, my credit card has trip interruption and cancellation insurance but I do not think it covers cruises.  If I go with the Tugo insurance can I just buy the emergency medical or do I need to buy the all inclusive package?

 

@tocanadawhen is your cruise departing?  I am still just outside my 90-day final payment for my March 20/22 cruise and I do not know what to do with the rising COVID cases here in Ontario...

Feb 19

46 minutes ago, lienf said:

We deal with a U.S. travel agent and she checked last week and we can buy MSC insurance at or before final payment for our May cruise. 

I was told by the agent that if I cancel, I lose my $200 deposit. Seems so unfair.

I also received this letter.

The extra cost for me to buy this insurance from Tugo is $270 and it does not appear to provide everything required by MSC ( such as quarantine costs).

It is unacceptable for them to have us incur extra costs after final payment is made. They should have said that any bookings made after Dec 17 require insurance .

This was to be my first MSC cruise and it has been a frustrating experience.

My only option is to cancel the cruise.

I will also be on this cruise. Looking forward to meeting you.

Andrew

A friend mentioned that the sauna and steam room on Navigator were removed during dry dock.

Anyone have information on this?

Hope you read some of the back posts ... we will be around here and there. and don't be a stranger ~ say hi :)

Yes I have!

Looking forward to getting together with all of you.

Andrew

I will also be on this cruise. Travelling solo so hoping to meet up with everyone.

Andrew

This photo was taken at Coco Cay. Congratulations to Super Mario - the top cruiser with Royal Caribbean

But the form itself states " This form must be completed by all persons except U.S. Citizens, returning resident aliens, aliens with immigrant visas, and Canadian Citizens visiting or in transit".

This is why I am confused.

Currently on Freedom transatlantic heading to Fort Lauderdale.

Just received a letter in our cabin stating that we have to complete this form.

I will be on this cruise as well. I booked it sometime ago directly through Royal Caribbean.

Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Congratulations to Super Mario for reaching 6,000 C&A points today on Navigator of the Seas.

Cost to purchase the ultimate drink package for my Explorer cruise from Sydney to Seattle is over $1,600 per person. Cruise is 24 nights long.

I wish there were other options available on these long cruises.

Andrew

Cindy is back with Royal Caribbean. On Allure at the moment.

Andrew

I was on Oasis Sept 5 & 12 and had a fantastic time.

Captain Per Kristoffersen and Hotel Director Kevin Thorogood were both amazing. They operate a fabulous ship.

Andrew

I just called and got $500 for $550. Would have cost $660 at current rate of exchange. Also get 1% back on my credit card!

It's a great deal. Thanks to everyone for letting us know.

Andrew

I have a 11.00am flight. If you do express departure, you should have no problem. Airport is about 30 minutes drive early in the morning.

Andrew

I am currently on Allure and there is no more smoked salmon in the Solarium or Park Cafe. In January, it was available in the Solarium from Day 4 and always available in Park Cafe.

Apparently, it is still available in the dining room.

Andrew

Interesting, pretty much how I thought it worked, but I am surprised that these units would be small enough to easily load and install and uninstall? :confused:

 

Anyway all seems right on board.:)

 

jc

I am from Toronto but am a retired insurance broker and not a firefighter. I do flowride a lot.

Andrew

Just got off Liberty. Everything on the ship was working fine including the Flowrider.

We missed Jamaica and had an extra sea day and $250 credit. Ship moving quite slowly.

No stand up surfing on this ship on first day. Only boogie boarding. Raining hard at the moment so probably the Flowrider is not that great right now.

Andrew

Did you mark your reservation as do not upgrade? If not, then they can move you to a higher category and not say a word. I always mark do not upgrade to avoid losing the room I carefully picked out.

 

I am down for an automatic upgrade but they just moved me to another B1 balcony in a worse location.

I was just lucky that I noticed the change and was able to move to an outside balcony while there was still one available.

Royal Caribbean can do whatever they like but I had hoped that as a Pinnacle member they would have at least shown the courtesy of making a phone call.

Andrew

How about 8321?

I prefer to be on a higher deck to be closer to the pools and sports area.

I ended up switching to a D2 balcony. Luckily, the price had come down so it did not cost any extra.

I just wish Royal Caribbean had contacted me first.

Andrew

Royal Caribbean just changed my cabin on the Allure transatlantic crossing on April 19.

About a year ago, I booked 11329 which is the last aft cabin on Boardwalk. From the cabin, you have a great view of the Aqua Shows.

They changed me to 11713 which has not nearly as good a view.

I suspect the reason for the change is that they are planning to start the construction of new aft suites during the crossing.

What upsets me is that they just make the change without even the courtesy of notifying either me or my travel agent. I only found out when checking my booking on-line.

I realiize they can do anything they want under the terms of the contract but I had hoped they would at least tell me first and let me select another cabin.

Andrew