Castaway Cowgirl

Just wondering?  I know they have this on DCL.

Just now, ugagal07 said:

It does look like a great itinerary!  We booked in Jan 2019 and snagged an aft balcony on the promenade, our first one. 
 

I have a list of other sailings that weeK, just in case. Fingers crossed for good news all around though. Breeze out of FLL is also an 8 day and was cheaper than what we booked for last time I looked. That would be my 1st back up. 

We almost booked the Breeze 8 night (also a great itinerary) but opted for the Radiance last minute.  Of course we are really regretting the decision!  I think the Breeze is more likely to sail.   We have been on the Breeze once and, even though we loved it, we like to try different ships. That was the deciding factor at the time.  

6 hours ago, MsTabbyKats said:

I wish NY would close to the other 49 states.

Me too.  Dh has to travel to NY for work a fair amount and he hates it.  We would love for him to be locked out.  Lol

10 hours ago, ugagal07 said:

No news on Radiance. It’s been asked on John Healds Facebook page a few times and he keeps saying no updates right now. 😞

 

For what it’s worth, we are booked on her for Thanksgiving and will be making final payment. Would rather have options if it’s not ready than nothing. We booked refundable deposit so I will lose nothing by cancelling. Prefer to be hopeful than cynical, much to people on this boards dismay I’m sure. 

This is the cruise on which we are booked also.  Awesome 8 night cruise!

12 hours ago, firefly333 said:

For me would depend on if I could cancel without a penalty 

 

I doubt my oct cruise will go but made final payment rather than get cancelled for non payment and lose the money. I made final payment for my oct 4th, will let them cancel me.

I thought I responded to this earlier but must not have submitted.  Yes, unfortunately we are booked easy saver so would take a $250 hit for 5 people (2 cabins).  The entire cruise is about $4500.  We are waiting for a refund from a Princess cruise for about $5500 from March (!) so are a bit scared to put more money down if the Radiance is not going to sail.  We are not worried about the Covid hysteria and just worry about whether it will sail or not.  We booked the cruise 2 years ago, so it is really sad to think about cancelling.  I remember the day we booked it.  We were very excited.  Almost all new ports for us.  

Not sure if we should pay off our November trip. If it will be cancelled, we definitely do not want to pay it off.

Still no refund on our end.  We were on the March 14 Regal cruise cancelled by Princess.  We have not talked to our credit card company yet.  We have called princess 2xs and they said both times you are close.  This is a very strange situation.  This was to be our first Princess cruise.  I so wish we had chosen another line.  Big mistake.  A $5500 mistake.

We still have not received a refund on our March 14 cruise.  We picked option one and received the cruise credit about 2 weeks ago but no refund of fees, taxes or prepaid grats and services.  I finally called them today and they said they are really close.  I kind of felt like I was just being put on.

We have a no mask policy.  We don’t like junk science.

Hard no for our family.  Our doctor advised us that masks actually spread germs because you end up touching your face all the time.  He recommended just practicing smart hygiene.  He also said continuous use contributes to breathing problems.  Plus, we have kids and I am not interested in trying to force them to wear masks.  I have enough to deal with.  At most 20% of the population is sporting masks where we live.  From what we have read, we have come to the conclusion that they just are not necessary in the current situation.  We have not worn one yet and will not go anywhere that tries to require us to wear a mask.

How can this be?  I thought CCL didn’t employ any Americans?  

15 minutes ago, mbglib said:

Sorry to start another refund thread, but I am specifically interested in Princess gift cards.  I searched and did not find a thread dedicated to this.

 

Has anyone received a Princess gift card refund?

 

The reason I am asking today is I am awaiting a refund of $500 (I know many/most are awaiting much more) that is supposed to be returned on a new gift card, and in reading the Carnival board, I see that several received gift cards today by FedEx.  This made me think/hope that Princess might be sending out some as well.

 

I would appreciate no snarky remarks as I see on so many other threads, but just factual info on if you have received a Princess gift card refund.

 

Thank you.

We are waiting on a GC refund also.  Since Princess cancelled our cruise in March.

We received the FCC but nothing for anything else.  Nothing for prepaid gratuities or anything.

I finally called Princess today for the first time since our booking was cancelled by the cruise line on March 15.  I spoke to someone who was nice but seemed stressed out and sounded like a temporary employee.  She could not answer any questions I asked but assured me that the refund would be processed within 60 days.  She asked if I had received a refund for gratuities and shore excursions and I said no.  She said, “Oh, it just hasn’t been processed yet.”  Didn’t inspire a lot of confidence, but I really feel for the company and can only imagine how everything is falling apart for them.  I am just hoping for the best and I have real faith in CCL as a corporation.  I think they will pull through and we will be sailing before you know it.  I am in the camp that sees the entire reaction to the virus as an over reaction, so for me this will all be in the rear view mirror as soon as we are allowed to hit the road again.  Hopefully everything starts to open up by May 1.  Everyone I know is ready to go.

We were supposed to be on regal on March 15 and chose option one, still nothing.  I even went in immediately and cancelled one person’s prepaid gratuity to see if that would be refunded immediately as some people reported— nothing.  
 

Forgot to mention.  The cruise shows completed in our accounts as though we took it.  One person in our family even received  an offer to take another cruise based on the imaginary one we just “took.”  

That is so strange, then.  Initially our cruise was listed as an upcoming cruise, normal, right?  Then a couple of days after what should have been the sail date, they removed all evidence of the cruise, which didn’t surprise me.  But then when I noticed it back on there as a completed cruise 2 days ago, it seemed strange, especially since we have not received or heard anything else from Princess at all.  Anyway, thanks for the feedback.

I keep checking the Captain’s Circle account and no FCC, but I did notice 2 days ago that our cruise is now listed as a completed cruise in the account.  This was a cancelled March 15 cruise. I did not know we would get loyalty credit for this cruise.  Does anyone know if this is correct?  Does that mean they have processed our cancellation?  Because we haven’t received anything else.

3 hours ago, antsp said:

The more I read up on Princess, and the more news stories about the Brand I don’t think Princess will survive this.  

Just wondering if you have any links to articles. I am curious about this too.  We do not have any experience with Princess.  Our first cruise with them was supposed to be on March 15.  We filled out the form with option 1 on March 14 but have received no information at all except for the confirm.

Is it in your captain’s circle account?  
 

Do you have to call in to apply it?

Option 1.  Rooting for the cruise lines.

7 hours ago, Ella2 said:

 

Yes, that is the sending email address.  It's just an overactive spam filter from your mail server.  No personal information (that they don't already have) is being stolen.  

Thanks for this information.  At first I ignored the warning, but then I went back and looked at it and realized that the email address did not have the word “Princess” in it.  I also noticed the misspellings and my active imagination started to go wild.

We received it in the spam folder, but it also had a warning on the message to be careful that the message may be used to steal personal information.  Did other people receive their reply from this email:  no reply@qemailserver.com?

Do you still get price drops with future cruise credit?  If I book with FCC and the price drops before final payment, can I get some of the FCC put back onto my account?

When you have a future cruise credit can you see it online?  We are supposed to have one from about 6 months ago.