Pencruise

9 hours ago, scottraveller said:

Does anyone know if RCI are offering transfers to Trieste from Ravenna. They have a responsibility to transfer guests who are already in Ravenna I would have thought. 

No it’s up to us to get to Venice unless you have organized flights/transfers through Royal, they are providing a transfer to Trieste from Venice though for everyone. There was me thinking how clever I was flying into Bologna too as it is closer to Ravenna 🤣🤣🤣

We are at LHR right now on our way to Bologna then Ravenna tonight, what a nightmare for us all.  Have managed to get a taxi to take us to Venice tomorrow as our bags are already gone and checked through to Bologna so can’t even attempt to change our flight. Tomorrow will be a long long day of taxis and buses !! 

We had ours on Brilliance in the Med.  It was a wonderful presentation and party, even had dinner with the HD in Chops (this was pre-Covid).

9 hours ago, zebra said:

As D+ we would like to use the BOGO on the first night of the cruise in Chops.  But when booking the 3 night dining package online it made me put in a time on the first night.  I dont want to use the package on the 1st night.  I would like to use the BOGO first and then the three night package sometime during the rest of the cruise.  Is this doable ...... combining the BOGO and the 3 night package?  Am I making sense 😄 😄 

We did this recently on Harmony, checked that we had a reservation when we boarded, then told our server at dinner that we would be using our BOGO that night - it wasn’t a problem at all. 

On 7/23/2022 at 4:31 AM, jp2746 said:

I looked online and it looks like a lot of   the food at Wonderland is small.  How do you order?  If you order several items is that a problem?  The menu is kind of confusing.  

Your server will normally bring you a variety of appetizers and if there is one you particularly love he/she will bring more.  We have only had to choose our main course, which recently on Harmony was the pork - absolutely delicious.  Basically just ignore the menu and let your server guide you. 

21 hours ago, cruisemom2 said:

You can look online for both CVS and Walgreens locations to see which ones are offering testing (and what types - all don't have rapid, just some).  Of course this is for right now not February, but it will give you an idea.  Right now CVS is booking about 2 weeks in advance and Walgreens is booking 2-4 days in advance.

CVS in SW FL is only taking same day appointments for Antigen tests, had to wake up at 1am to log in and get appointment for that day !

23 hours ago, Notts1964 said:

I have been trying to research pre embarkation COVID testing for our Harmony cruise from Port Canaveral in November. We will be in Orlando for a week prior to the cruise. Our travel agent sent a query to RCI and she sent me the following “guests do need to source, book, and pay for their own PCR tests 2 days prior to departure - I asked if they are recommending any provider but they are not able to assist and advised it has to be down to guest to research”.  Not helpful at all, and incorrect, as I know we are able to have a lateral flow antigen test.
A lot of US COVID test websites don’t allow access from the UK. Additionally others don’t give prices and/or mention insurance etc. Our travel insurance won’t cover tests in the US.

For our two recent cruises in Europe, RCI just gave everyone free antigen tests, at the port before boarding. It was very slick. So accessing a test in a foreign country gives us something else to worry about. I’m sorry if these appear stupid questions, but I need to know we can access tests in the US before we travel there.

If we buy the Royal Caribbean supervised Abbot Binax tests, will we be able to download the Navica APP on UK devices once in the US? We are not able to download the APP in the UK. Also is it normal to have things like the COVID tests, delivered to a hotel? (Rosen Plaza, International Drive).

I see there is testing at MCO airport, can you access the test site without going through security? If so, we could have the test at the airport before catching the GoPort bus to Port Canaveral.

Does anyone have any other good advice please.

Thanks

 

Try finding a CVS pharmacy near your hotel (google it) and give them a call.  We have UK friends who managed to get theirs done there for return to the UK and I believe it was free. 

10 hours ago, PEBBarney said:

 

Not a problem at all.  We cruise on the Oasis on Nov 28th.

 

My wife's vaccination card is handwritten and mine has stickers that show the date, manufacturer and batch.

Same here except my husbands first one is written and second one is the sticker !

On 10/14/2021 at 3:00 PM, Oxo said:

We have not cruised RCI since C-19. Just booked Oasis OTS for Feb 6 & 13 2022. Final Payments 

are being shown as being due on Oct 29, 2021 and Nov5, 2021.

Has RCI increased the Final Payment Dates? It use to be 60 days. Now that is over 90 days.

Anyone else notice this? Thanks in advance.

We have 3 staterooms booked for Dec, 2 of them showed a final due date of two weeks ago and the other one is mid November, makes no sense but our TA advised us just to pay it !!!

4 hours ago, misslottie said:

Hoping someone can please help with this question - just wondering if you are having a photo taken by the ship photographers (formal night or embarkation photo for example), can you take your mask off for a few moments while it is taken?

 

Many thanks in advance.

Yes you can, just take it off, no one is going to stop you. 

4 hours ago, coaster said:

Hope Royal gives me credit somehow if I am correct... Seems like a riddle thrown out there for someone to figure out.

I also think it is a World Cruise with all those photos.  Hope it is as we would book in a heartbeat !! 

7 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Looks like Pin lounge is Teen disco on Radiance class if I had to guess

John, I thought it said Deck 12 Centrum Loyalty Lounge or something ?  Guess we will find out on Jewel in 3 days !!

16 hours ago, little britain said:

Quite frankly their site is doing my head in, I’m sorry I booked! It’s so badly written….and very confusing. 
 

I “think” that UK is still on the permitted list (https://cyprusflightpass.gov.cy/en/vaccinated-passengers) so we don’t have to do the test 72hrs before departure because that is on one section of the website, but I know we are on their Red list as per this update….who knows! 

No pre-travel test required from U.K. as long as double vaccinated. Royal will do antigen test at terminal pre-boarding.

On 8/6/2021 at 11:39 AM, mrpie90 said:

 

 

Hi.

We have had the same e-mail for our September18th cruise.

just have to see how we go. 

We are on the 18th too and haven’t received any notifications at all !

Our cancelled cruise for 5/11 only received partial refund, still owed $650 and cents, similarly 5/27 cruise, received partial refund still owed $850 and cents - last credits received 4 weeks ago nothing since despite assurances would be on my cc 10 days ago.  Also due a refund of an FCC for $2095 which was used as partial payment for the 5/11 cruise with an expiration date of 10/31 - doubt they will extend that.  Wish they would stop playing these games and complete a refund on one cruise before they move to another. 

8 hours ago, NanciRDH said:

Explorer is also about to head over to Spain for her drydock after they complete this weeks cruise.  No guests aboard for the crossing.  Biggest concen I've heard is the majority of the contractors are from Italy, so that may confound things for a while, and drydock may take longer than expected.  I'm supposed to cruise on her, from Rome, in July.  (And yes, I know its not actually in Rome, it's just easier to spell)

Us too cruising from Civitavechia in May and again in July !

10 hours ago, daviebarr said:

We are doing a RCCL cruise in September and  after the cruise plan to visit Nice for a week.  There is a direct flight from Venice to Nice at 10.30 am but I am concerned that this is too early for us to disembark , get to airport, check luggage and board plane for the 10,30 am flight.   There are no more direct flights Venice to Nice as far as I can find

 

QUESTION................ is it likely that another direct flight will become available over the next few months or am I stuck with today's schedule?   Thanks in advance for your advice

 

Dave

I would try and arrange a private transfer to the airport for 7.30 that way you would be at the airport in plenty of time.  Not sure if Royal would do a transfer that early, but worth enquiring with them also, they will want to know your flight details, then if they say the timing is ok I would go with them.

On 11/30/2019 at 1:09 PM, OBRN1 said:

We have never been on a European cruise. We will be flying in from Florida to Barcelona two days before cruise departure. We have two boys with us 20/18 year old. We have done many Caribbean cruises. Any advice on where to stay in Barcelona and what to do while there would be great. We always like to book our tours in advance with a private guide not a royal caribbean package. If anyone has any advice who to book excursions through at the different ports would be great. Thanks in advance. These are our ports of call Nice, France, Florence, Italy, Rome, Italy, Naples, Italy, Kotor, Montenegro, Venice Italy for two days arrive at @2pm Zadar, Croatia. Not sure where they dock in Venice maybe take a water taxi to the main city. Thanks again for all the help.

Melissa 

The ship offered a 2 day water shuttle ticket when we were on Vision this year.  We actually walked, about 30 mins to Rialto Bridge and 40 to St. Marks - Venice is fabulous you will love it.  We are doing the same cruise again next year in Aug and Sept. 

We have purchased the dining package 3 times on different ships this summer and never once was a reservation made for us in advance for the first night - we just made reservations when and where we wanted and never had a problem adding on our adult kids in other staterooms also. 

On 10/1/2019 at 11:54 AM, wolfcathorse said:

rotation on Symphony, what was the date for the beginning of Oasis' dry dock?

 

Adventure OTS - Capt Carl Graucob (started rotation 9-16-19)

Adventure OTS - Capt Krzyszthof Szymkarczuk

Allure OTS - Capt Tore Grimstad (started rotation 8-18-19)

Allure OTS - Capt Ron Holmes

Anthem OTS - Capt Felix Srecko Ban (started rotation 8-14-19)

Anthem OTS - Capt Henrik Loft Sørensen

Brilliance OTS - Capt Ante Cavala (started rotation 8-28-19)

Brilliance OTS - Capt Ole-Johan Gronhaug

Empress OTS - Capt Shawn McDuff (started rotation 9-15-19)

Empress OTS - Capt Diego Lombardic

Enchantment OTS - Capt Toni Tomljanovic (started rotation 8-2-19)

Enchantment OTS - Capt Nils-Petter Hoeydal

Explorer OTS - Capt Kjetil Gjerstad (started rotation 9-8-19)

Explorer OTS - Capt Malvin Bardsnes

Freedom OTS - Capt Thomas Busto (started rotation 8-11-19)

Freedom OTS - Capt Frank Martinsen

Grandeur OTS - Capt Patrik Jukes (started rotation 9-14-19)

Grandeur OTS - Capt Thordur Thorsson

Harmony OTS - Capt Johnny Faevelen (started rotation 8-18-19)

Harmony OTS - Capt Gus Andersson

Independence OTS - Capt Teo Strazicic (started rotation 8-30-19)

Independence OTS - Capt Iv Vidos

Jewel OTS - Capt Trym Selvag (started rotation 8-18-19)

Jewel OTS - Capt Anders Ingebrigtsen

Liberty OTS - Capt James MacDonald (started rotation 8-11-19)

Liberty OTS - Capt Dustin Catelsky

Majesty OTS - Capt Daniel Budzelewskiis (started rotation 9-16-19)

Majesty OTS - Capt Per Kristoffersen

Mariner OTS - Capt Tobias Oster (started rotation 8-12-19)

Mariner OTS - Capt Toni Calne

Navigator OTS - Capt Angel Oviol (started rotation 8-5-19)

Navigator OTS - Capt Mattias Persson

Oasis OTS - Capt Göran Peterson  in dry dock

Oasis OTS - Capt Claus Andersen

Ovation OTS - Capt Henrik W Loy (started rotation 9-20-19)

Ovation OTS - Capt Sverre Ryan

Quantum OTS - Capt Sindre Borsheim (started rotation 9-6-19)

Quantum OTS - Capt Erik Standahl

Radiance OTS - Capt Espen Been (started rotation 8-9-19)

Radiance OTS - Capt Marek Slaby

Rhapsody OTS - Capt Trond Holm (started rotation 8-10-19)

Rhapsody OTS - Capt Kjell Nordmo

Serenade OTS - Capt Stig Nilsen (started rotation 8-11-19)

Serenade OTS - Capt Aris Medina

Spectrum OTS - Capt Charles Teige (started rotation 9-5-19)

Spectrum OTS - Capt Flemming Nielsen

Symphony OTS - Capt Rick Sullivan (started rotation 9-29-19)

Symphony OTS - Capt Rob Hempstead

Vision OTS - Capt Michael Lindberg (started rotation 8-24-19)

Vision OTS - Capt Juan Luis Caranti

Voyager OTS - Capt Pehr Pehrsson (started rotation 7-28-19)

Voyager OTS - Capt Huimin Wu

Oasis last cruise before dry-dock finished in Barcelona on Sunday 9/22

We are on Jewel 9/5 and not at all happy - the Port Authorities should have known how many ships are in port before taking the bookings.  We don’t even have the option of canceling and getting our deposit refunded or swapped to another cruise. 

14 hours ago, Edwardnave said:

Hello all I am new on this forum.

 

We are non-us citizen booked with RCCL US office and we are taking a transatlantic cruise to USA with RCCL.

I've already did the online checkin for the setsail pass but do non-us citizen need to fill up the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) form? 

I've called the US office call center but the agent was like what do you mean by APIS, what's that? And after a long hold to contact the relevant department, they said we only require a passport but they sound like they were skeptical about it. Can anyone please advise us on what to do? Thanks!

To enter the USA, depending on your country of Citizenship you will either need an ESTA (which you can apply for online) or a visa.  You cannot board an aircraft without either of these flying to the US so doubt you could board a ship bound for the US. 

On 8/9/2019 at 3:01 PM, golfpccc said:

Liberty of the Seas:

SL - Eliana Garcia

DL - Nadja Djurdjevic

MJ on vacation

 

Anis left Liberty last Feb.,  he was on the Anthem and heard he’s on the Jewell .

 

Carla

Yes - Anis is on Jewel.

Recently on Rhapsody and 3 night dining package dropped to $59, Vision for next month is $79 and Jewel earlier this month also $79

On 7/12/2019 at 5:55 PM, minnie00 said:

 

that is not what I wanted to hear 😂😂😂 I am such a planner. I like to "know" now. lol

14 hours ago, island lady said:

My last JS guarantee was not assigned until 5 days before the sail date.  I was most anxiously waiting to see what I would get, as the JS cabins had been sold out (per website) for weeks.  Which was why I booked the guarantee in the first place, was only thing available when I booked late.  

 

I didn't get a JS...had to settle for a GS instead.  😉 Got very lucky, and worth the wait.  🙂 

Wow that’s wonderful. We have a JS guarantee on Brilliance for Sept in the Med, no stateroom assignment yet and cruise is completely sold out !