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Just now, Ourusualbeach said:

We will be there.  no concerns at all.  The biggest issue would be the ship denied access to a port and quite frankly I'd rather spend 3 days on Cococay and miss PC and Nassau.  Covered in case of quaranteene which I view as a low risk.  none of Royals ships have been affected.

one last question! I used an online TA and have not been able to access royal up. If there was an abundance of cabins available can you upgrade on the ship?

49 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

No.  Just the opposite.  Huge amounts of available cabins on our cruise departing this Sunday and the prices have not dropped.

Are you going on the anthem sailing? Do you have any concerns? and I notice a large availability of cabins but it is currently more expensive then when I originally booked.

Just now, not-enough-cruising said:

So don’t cancel, go and enjoy yourself. 

As a young person with no prior health concerns this is my train of thought. But I am concerned about being stuck and not able to disembark ect. I was also playing devils advocate and advocating for a position that I have not seen taken on this board. My question is simply is Royal doing enough? Is their policy good for someone who wants to cancel a cruise, but in essence would loose money doing so? Normally I agree that this would be on the consumer as they agreed to terms ect. But if we are actually trying to prevent the spread of this it would make some sense for the consumer to not bear the economic hardships brought on by doing the right thing and listening to the state department. 

Yes, but my bottom line determines if I as mid twenties first time cruiser decides to cruise with royal again 😉

I believe the notion of extension of a policy that is inherently designed to make you second guess  canceling is bad practice. Sure on the surface you extend the policy to 48hrs, but this has so many different variables. For example, I have a cruise that I booked almost a year ago this up coming weekend.  I can now get a future cruise credit or a no fee change to rebook in the future.  However, most of the cruises are significantly more currently then what I payed for my cruise.  This discourages me from canceling as I would have to pay a couple houndred dollars extra to reedem my future cruise credit. Which to some of you doesn't seem to be a problem, but for someone who saved up to go on this cruise(my first) it will be the difference between being able to go or not.  There is also the issue that the base fare for pp1 and pp2 will be different and thus making it even harder to find a cruise that fits. I believe that if Royal really wanted to qualm fears and give consumers an option they would offer a full refund, but that is not their purpose they are more worried about their bottom line. 

4 minutes ago, Host Clarea said:

They supposedly hold back a certain percentage of slots for onboard booking.

That Is good to hear the activities were one of the main draws to this particular sailing. 

I am a first time cruiser who will be sailing on Anthem in March. I have been lurking on here for awhile trying to gather as much insight as I can. I missed the time period to book activities like Ifly on the cruise planner and was wondering if I would still be able to book on board/walk on?