steveandjen

45 minutes ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

What's up with Explorer after her last sailing in the Med September 2025?🤔

Agreed, would like to know on Voyager as well.  We REALLY want to see those Jan Panama cruises and nothing so far.  Was supposed to release long caribbean but nothing so far.

Do we thing those are a no-go in 2026?

54 minutes ago, ONECRUISER said:

"Might" get some more today, I'm hoping. Still have a couple Ships unaccounted for as where/what doing. 

Holding out but do not want to wait too long as the pricing for other cruises released are all pretty high and waiting usually means higher pricing and as we are in Canada... the pricing is all a lot higher than what our US friends are paying in US dollars.

Hi Everyone!  Do you think RC will be offering those 10/11 night cruises from Miami down to Panama like Jan 2025?  I thought those would have been released last night and want to book.

15 minutes ago, Newcruiser215 said:

I used an iPhone. It wasn’t perfect by any means but we got it to work. I did find that it worked better with the Hulu app than Netflix. 

Good to know you used an iPhone.  Did you have to download anything extra?  Google Home?  Or did you just share like you would with AirPlay and pick the TV?

3 hours ago, Newcruiser215 said:

Worked great for our cruise this past week. We even streamed from our phones to the tv. 

Can you please elaborate on this?  Were you using Apple or Android devices?  We were on Odyssey of the Seas this past February (they have the same casting feature on tv's) and I could not get it to work from our Apple devices.

5 hours ago, Jay Bee said:

Does anyone have any idea when the Panama Canal itineraries (besides Rhapsody) might be posted?

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3 hours ago, lovesthebeach2 said:

Are your cruises from Australia to Hawaii? I can’t get hubby to commit to that distance yet, I’m slowly getting him used to longer and longer trips.  We have a B2B on Odyssey for holy Land/TA next October.
I’m interested in Alaska to Vancouver to Hawaii.

Unfortunately PVSA says this is a no-go... You can start in OZ and finish in the US but you cannot start in the US and finish in the US without a foreign port and the stop in VAN does not count unless there was a full day in between.  We tried to book that exact trip (SEA>AK>VAN>HNL) but were told it was a no-go.  :o(

1 hour ago, Tree_skier said:

We will be staying on the ship. I’m former Vancouver resident. I’ve been to Victoria 1000 times. Our time there is right over the dinner period. I will be treating tomorrow like a sea day. 
 

If we had a whole day there we would do something. Just an evening stop isn’t enough to do anything I want to do. 

We are from Vancouver as well and also been to Victoria too many times.  That being said, we found a really good place for dinner called Steamship Bar & Grill.  It's in the old Wax Museum building across from the Parliament Buildings (well... almost across from them).  Will be doing a short walk from the ship to dinner to Beavertails downtown (OMG SO GOOD), back to ship.

1 minute ago, DaKahuna said:

We are having a wonderful time on Quantum this week and will be staying next week as well.

 

@Tree_skier 0post have given us a lot of wonderful ideas on what to do and see. 

Is the internet as crappy as everyone says?  (I kind of need to work a couple hours each day unfortunately)

On 8/27/2022 at 11:07 PM, Tree_skier said:

One of my favorite entertainment options when DW crashes early and I’m in my own us to sit near random people and listen to their conversation. You might find it creepy and I’m sorry but it’s absolutely hilarious. The amount of BS you hear is over whelming. Dude next to me is regaling a couple of young guys with stories  of his glory days at playing football at UO. Sometimes I just can’t help myself, I’m just a jerk. All I can smell is BS so I ask the guy how he liked living in Lincoln.
 

So he replies “oh wow Lincoln is awesome. Total party town!” and starts telling stories about life in Lincoln. 
 

I let him go in for about 5 minutes until I broke it to his new friends that Lincoln I in Nebraska. 

You are the man.  This is one the funniest things I have seen here.  It is also something I will be doing on Quantum next week and the week after lolololol.

Unfortunately there are no US based Pharmacies here in Vancouver.  100%... you should use the proctored test you can get from RC.  Us Canadians can use a proctored test via Switch Health kits but unfortunately, to my knowledge, they are not available to people in the US.   There are private clinics here in Vancouver, but they are very expensive.

For those wondering about the 42 day requirement in regard to the same manufacturer, and being +42 days on your 2nd dose, rest assured, it looks like you are ok.  (IE: 2 Moderna or 2 Phizer and you get your 2nd dose >42 days, you are ok)

For those people with mixed doses, not the best news.

It also looks like this link from RC was recently updated: https://www.royalcaribbean.com/the-healthy-sail-center

I just finished a FB messenger chat.  Please see below.

Hmm, I think this was just updated:https://www.royalcaribbean.com/the-healthy-sail-center/getting-ready-to-cruise?country=CAN 

Also, I know this is for Seattle, but check out the pics.

So, we are based in Vancouver Canada.  I just called the Royal 1-800 and spoke to a rep who then called his "health contact person".  We have a cruise that departs New Jersey on Dec 12.  I told the person on the phone the wife and I were both double vaxxed with Pfizer. (yes... we feel very lucky on this) 

I told them we are both at the 49 & 50 day mark from dose 1.  They said no protocols for NJ have been released yet.  I then said, ok, what if we were sailing from Seattle instead.  The person on the phone, after checking with the health person then said we would not be able to sail as the max interval is 42 days.  I told them there would be a lot of Canadians, along with people from the UK calling to cancel cruises if this is the case. 

So... we had Brilliance of the Seas booked for Boston to Tampa in November 2021.  I take it that will not be happening?

Thx for the help.  Changed it to 12pm.

Hi!  We are on on Ovation of the Seas this Sept arriving into Honolulu on Sun Sep 27.  The ship says it gets in at 8am.  We had a flight booked at 12pm.  Google maps says 15-20 min drive to the airport.  The airline just changed our flight to leave at 10:35am.  That being said, we could get up early and self disembark.  
 

For those that have flown out from Honolulu after a cruise, do you think we will be ok?

11 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

 

It is a bit of a haul. 

 

 

Not that I have seen.  

 

 

Makes sense. Also Royal doesn’t do tax donations. 

 

 

Either there os is the Sandals Royal Bahamian main building. 

 

 

Lots of hard work and sweat. I took my palette. 

 

No really. Go into messages on your iPhone and open the camera. Press this button. 

 

 

 

select what you style you want and click the “X”.

 

 

 

Take your pic and boom.  You have to save it to your device to reuse it. 

 

 

Thanks!!!!!!   Outstanding.

3 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

Hi fellow Canuck.  How did you do this?  This is unreal and needs to be framed.

Steve & Jen  (Vancouver BC btw)

18 hours ago, JohninDC said:

The farther away from Miami the more reasonable the hotel prices will be.  Have you looked at flights into PBI?  Even Orlando is only a 3.5-4 hour drive away. 

Might be the way to go.

So... Super Bowl is Feb 2 2020 in Miami.  We booked the cruise 1.5 years ago for Symphony of the Seas and cannot change the date.  Looking at hotels for Fri Jan 31 in either FLL or MIA is insane.  Days Inns are $500 plus.

Has anyone attempted to book for that time frame and have you had success?

He had been doing an improv game show on the Oasis, too.

 

 

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That improv show, based on Who's Line is it anyways, was the funniest thing on a cruise ship we have ever seen. It was held in Studio B and was unreal. We are on Harmony at the end of January and boy that would be great if they brought that back... especially with Simeon.

Quick question please... with the 3 night package, what restaurants are included please? Thanks!

Hey there. Thank you for doing this. If you can please still post those compasses, that would be awesome!! Thank you in advance. (I zoomed in on day 1 & 2 to help plan and it was ok)