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They could have just made the overall change effective for cruises starting in May 2021 since  those itineraries aren't even available to book yet and avoided this whole debacle. I am assuming I will ha e an email tonight or tomorrow showing that they are giving me an option for my BW balcony on Symphony in April 2021.

Harmony is definitely going into dry dock April 2021. We were originally booked on it. We were notified in mid to late June that our cruise was cancelled and given options on what we wanted to do. We are now booked on Symphony for April 2021. I do know Symphony will not be replacing Harmony (at least in April 2021) since the Harmony cruise was out of Port Canaveral and the Symphony cruise is out of Miami.

You also can't use the %discount and OBC rewards together, only one or the other. My husband and I just added the $100 OBC for each of us today to the cruise I just booked last night for May 2020. Since we could each redeem one, that gives us an extra $200 OBC for our next cruise.

The app does work but I wouldn't rely on it too much for the schedule everyday. When we were on in June it was not showing everything the cruise compass did and it showed some things that weren't in the cruise compass and weren't actually available on the ship. No chat feature using it on Enchantment. 

4 hours ago, Ferry_Watcher said:

If you have a cash account (i.e., a true cash acc't), how does RCI 'charge' you for your daily gratuities? Is it charged to the credit card that you used to book the cruise?  Or do they expect you to pay the daily gratuity with cash before you disembark?

We always opt to prepay daily gratuities when we book our cruise. They just add it to our cruise fare and it is already paid for when we go on the cruise. If you haven't done this, you can contact royal or your TA and have them add it on for you.

We do cash account when we cruise. If your cruise is shorter one, less than 7 nights, you will only be able to charge $300 before having to pay on your account. We have had no issues doing a cash account. Our last cruise, I ended up paying with a card on the last night. They charges my card for what was charged and I had them leave it on my account in case we decided to get specialty coffee or something along those lines the last night. I didn't have any extra holds put on my card. The cruise before that one, I just paid the bill with cash at gs on the last night. It's easy to use a cash account and it helps my husband and I stay within our budget for vacation. 

Just to update:

We decided on the April 17, 2021 sailing on Symphony. They did price protect our reservation and give us the extra $200 OBC as stated in the email they sent when they cancelled our Harmony cruise. Thanks for all the help and suggestions. You guys are great!

Royal just called a few minutes ago to make sure I had seen the email and to see if I had any questions. The agent I spoke with did confirm that Harmony will be going to dry dock April 2021. Thanks for the help and suggestions everyone. We have narrowed done our choices to 3 that they are offering and will be making a final decision about which one tonight. 

We aren't picky about what day of the week departure is. I don't work at the this time. We are raising our grandbabies (who will not be going). My husband's job is pretty flexible with scheduling so we go places we want to go or ships we want to try. I'm just trying to make sure what we pick to replace the original sailing isn't going to run into cancellation for maintenance like this one did. I do know emergencies happen and it's a little under 2 years so anything can happen but I like to be fully prepared for our cruises ahead of time so that once I board the ship, all I have to do is relax. 

Our original sailing was St. Thomas, St. Kitts and Cococay. We are leaning towards the April 4th with that itenarery for the replacement but may still pick another one. 

They did not state dry dock in the email, only routine maintenance. I am wondering if I can find a dry dock/maintenance schedule or anyone knows where I might be able to get this information. 

Just got an email that our Apr. 25, 2021 on Harmony is cancelled. How can I find out the maintenance schedule for the ships and dates they offered. I want to try to make sure I don't keep running into this problem. They also said our original stateroom category will be price protected at the original cruise fare rate and since we have a balcony we will also get an additional $200 OBC. Below are the ships and dates they are offering as replacements. 

Allure of the Seas departing from Miami, Florida on:

• April 4^thsailing to Labadee, Haiti | Falmouth, Jamaica | Cozumel Mexico.
• April 11^thsailing to Nassau, Bahamas | Charlotte, Amalie, St. Thomas | San Juan, Puerto | Labadee, Haiti.
• April 18^thsailing to Cozumel, Mexico | Roatan, Honduras | Puerto Costa Maya, Mexico | Perfect Day at CocoCay, Bahamas.
• April 25^thsailing to Philipsburg, St. Maarten | San Juan, Puerto Rico| Perfect Day at CocoCay, Bahamas.

Oasis of the Seas departing from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on:

• April 4^thsailing to Basseterre, St. Kitts & Nevis | Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas | Perfect Day at CocoCay, Bahamas.
• April 11^thsailing to Cozumel, Mexico | Roatan, Honduras | Puerto Costa Maya, Mexico | Perfect Day at CocoCay, Bahamas.
• April 18^thsailing to Philipsburg, St. Maarten | San Juan, Puerto Rico| Labadee, Haiti.
• April 25^thsailing to Labadee, Haiti | Falmouth, Jamaica | Cozumel Mexico.

Symphony of the Seas departing from Miami, Florida on:

• April 10^thsailing to Cozumel, Mexico | Roatan, Honduras | Puerto Costa Maya, Mexico | Perfect Day at CocoCay, Bahamas.
• April 17^thsailing to Labadee, Haiti | San Juan, Puerto Rico| Charlotte, Amalie, St. Thomas | Perfect Day at CocoCay, Bahamas.
• April 24^thsailing to Cozumel, Mexico | Roatan, Honduras | Puerto Costa Maya, Mexico | Perfect Day at CocoCay, Bahamas.

Call club royale and ask since they are the ones who actually redeem these for you. The number is 1-888-561-2234. They will know all of the details for the obc and the 10% discount. I do know that you can't use the discount and obc from myvegas together. You can only use one or the other but beyond that I'm not sure what the restrictions are.

I had booked through c&a at the end of June. I called today to get our c&a #s added to the reservation. When I booked, we were less than 2 weeks back from our first cruise and our numbers hadn't been issued yet. I asked about the myvegas offer and they transferred me to club royale, who answered my questions. I then redeemed my points and had hubby redeem his points. Called club royale back and they added to my reservation with no problems. Said it will take a day or two to show up but I will get an email showing it when it does.

Trying to understand this, can I add to a cruise I booked 2 weeks ago to a cruise that already has obc? Thanks

Yes

Has anyone used myVegas rewards from a husband and wife on the same cruise? Thanks

I just used 2 today. One was from my husband's myvegas account and the other was from mine. We are in the same cabin. That gives us $200 obc. The club royale desk was very helpful and knowledgeable.

My husband and I both play myvegas slots on our phones. We were just able to redeem points and each get $100 obc. I was able to talk to club royale and they added it on no problem. Since it had been less than 30 days since I booked our next cruise, they didn't even have to cancel the reservation and rebook it. Can't beat getting a total of $200 obc just for playing a game on the phone for a few minutes each day. Just thought I would let you guys know how you can get some extra obc for future cruises.

My husband flies on a regular basis for work. He has TSA pre and says it is hit and miss to take his iPad out. He never has to take liquids or food/candy out. He says some airports do it and others don't. He travels to different airports all over the eastern half of the country.

I wasn't trying to get everyone riled up. Just wanted to give a heads up that they seem to be cracking down on this. My husband has several multi USB port cube chargers because he travels extensively that we were able to use. These were not being confiscated at all, just power strips and extension cords. Probably irons as well but I wasn't paying attention to that. In the future, we will just take his charging cubes. Everything we needed to plug in is USB anyway, so now we won't have to worry about it and won't have to waste time with security at the beginning and end of the cruise.

I was on Enchantment June 11-15. They confiscated all power strips and extension cords. It made no difference if it had surge protection or not or if it was 2 or 3 pronged. If it was in your bags, you had to hand it over and pick it up back at the terminal upon disembarking.

I was Enchantment June 11-15. Security was confiscating all power strips and extension cords. It made no difference if it was grounded or not. It also made no difference if it was cruise approved. They were confiscating them all with no exceptions. Just wanted to give a heads up. I got to go get my bag from security the first day. Had to open my bag, show that was the only power strip I had and hand it over. I was able to get it back at the cruise terminal when we got back. I'm guessing they are cracking down on this since, like I said, they were confiscating all of them with no exceptions.

Going on my first cruise in June on Enchantment of the seas. Got an email the other day asking if I want on the upgrade waitlist. We will be in an ocean view and they are offering an ocean view balcony for $450. I doubt my hubby and I will upgrade. 1) this is half the price we paid for the cruise and 2) balconies were sold out when the cruise was booked several months ago. Iwe could really care less about the upgrade. We’re just excited to go our first cruise and a true vacation with no kids.