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Just got off Quantum yesterday and I hear about 50 were quarantined on board and many others are now testing positive.  
 

I tested negative today. Will test again in a few days.  My husband and I wore kn94 at all times except while eating.  Hoping for the best but knowing we were exposed and maybe will test positive.  Had a balcony and spent most of the sea days in our cabin, ate breakfast in the cabin. Only went to one show and did one excursion.  Still had a enjoyable trip but it was very different because we stayed very vigilant.

I didn’t work with a TA and haven’t heard anything from RCCL.  We board in 11 days 

I’m happy to see they have adjusted the OBC for the August sailings.  
 

Im on the July 18th sailing and our itinerary has been adjusted to show no glacier days when I look on the RCCL ap but they have not reached out to us at all about the changes or if we will be compensated for the changes. I’m disappointed about the lack of communication from them.

honestly, the only place I got info about what is actually going on is here on the boards.  

I’m booked on this trip 7/18, no word from RCCL for us yet.  
i only have one excursion booked (in Victoria) and now our stop there might be super short.  Will see how this pans out but missing the glaciers will be very disappointing 

Will be interesting to see if anyone got video of this.  Sounds terrifying.  Ive been there and can picture that rock wall since Ive walked by it many times.  Supposed to port there in a month on the Quantium, will see if that happens.

On 4/5/2022 at 8:15 AM, Glaciers said:

Check this site to see if you qualify for Port Valet. After setting your bags out in the evening before disembarking, the next time you will see them is at your final destination.

https://www.portseattle.org/page/port-valet-enjoy-seattle-luggage-free

 

I had NO idea Port Valet existed!  Thank you so much for sharing that info.  Saves me a big baggage headache for a cruise in July where I don't fly home till after 5pm.  Now I can wander baggage free and just take the transit train to SeaTac (which I have done many times, super easy and cheap)

I dont have a cabin number yet since I booked a balcony guarantee cabin but hopefully that will figure itself out in time.  I mentioned it in my port valet reservation and it still went through.

1 minute ago, yogimax said:

So happy you got this resolved.   One wonders if they were hoping you (and others in the same situation) would simply agree to the price increase.

This is pretty much how it felt to me too.  They were going to cancel FCC I had from a cruise cancelled due to covid and not let me use it.  My account still states i'm not paid in full but I was told it will take a few days for them to credit me for the FCC.

On a lighter note, I managed to get my excursion re-booked and saved $20.  So I guess I got "paid" $10 a hour for my stressful morning on the phone.  lol

Ok after 90 minutes on hold I got someone to talk to.

My cruise was cancelled because payment was due yesterday.  They stated they sent reminders, I never received them.  My original receipt shows total due but no date of when it was due.

Initially they would not reinstate my reservation without an additional $600 in charges to basically re-book.   I pretty much flipped out and got my price back and made final payment.

I did lose my excursion I had booked.  She gave me some tips on how to contact someone and try to get that fixed.  So now I am off to write a email to hopefully get that back.

Ive cruised a lot, never had this happen.  Really pretty surprised they would just cancel my cruise without a phone call to me.

Booked directly with RCCL a few months ago.

Sitting on hold now.  Been about 20 minutes so far.....

Posted here thinking maybe it was a website issue everyone was having.  Now I have the feeling they dropped me because of a payment I didnt know was due.  Crossing fingers they get me back on the ship.

Received nothing that said when my payment was due.  Looking at my booking receipt and there isn't a date it is due either.   In the past I always got reminders, like LOTS of reminders. 

Of course I just booked my flights yesterday so this is going to be super frustrating if they dropped my res.

I woke up to a email stating my excursion for my 7/18/22 cruise was cancelled.  I thought no big deal, it happens.  Decided to log on to RCCL's website to see if there was any explanation and pick something else.  I go to my personal page and it states I have no cruises booked.  Ok again, maybe its a web issue so I look up my booking number and plug that in to see it still thinks I dont have a reservation.  hmmmmmm.  So I call the 800 number and guess what, they state I may have a hour wait to talk to someone.

ANyone else having issues with a existing reservation with RCCL this morning?

Still wondering if my Alaska cruise is happening, final payment due this week.  Im hoping to have a option to bail on it because I am feeling uncomfortable for many reasons.  My husband and i have both been out of work since February and I have sme health issues.  While I am itching to travel again, I am broke and dont want to take too many chances.  Ugh

UPDATE: I just cancelled.  Deposit will go to future cruise credit.  Just cant make the risks make sense right now.  We will cruise again!

yep just got into Twitter feed.  Ugh.  I feel for everyone aboard.  Hopefully this ends well for everyone and is just a story to tell the grandkids some day.  Very scary!

Cant wait to hear the stories from those who are aboard.  I am going on a similar itinerary in October and this sounds terrifying!

Thanks guys. So basically if I have a $15 buy in for the slot pull it will work on either the $3 or the $5 max bet machines. That is what I was trying to figure out. Would have totally screwed me up if the max bet was $2 or $4 (which I have seen at Indian casinos)

I have a large group I am cruising with next February on the Oasis and I want to put together a slot pull. I have looked up youtube videos of the casino but they are too blurry to answer my question. I want to know if there is a $1 Wheel of Fortune Machine (pretty common to have a few of these) and if so, what is the max bet? Some are $3 and some are $5.

Any gamblers been on the ship recently that can answer my question?

I have a friend who is supposed to fly home from Kauai today but I just heard on my local news that Kauai is getting 1-2" a hour of rain. Yikes. I think I would have to extend my vacation rather than fly anywhere in those conditions.

I have never been impressed by the onboard entertainment on any of the cruise ships i have been on. I am especially bored with the big production shows and I usually avoid them. The comedians are usually pretty good and the small bands out by the pool are hit or miss. the "Broadway Shows" usually suck.

I live on the west coast so I have done quite a few Mexican cruises. I have to say I am done with Mexico. The last 2 times i was down there on cruises I no longer felt safe. With the drug wars going on things have happened to tourists and it has gone downhill. I live 40 minutes from Mexico and I wont set foot across the border ever again.