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22 hours ago, bucfan2 said:

Call it whatever you want....I couldn't care less. (oh ya...people buy drinks at the pool).

and you think there is no drinking involved at the quest 🍺

I love the quest, been on on the floor at the end for my "Team",  it was fun for me, not embarrassing at all.  Can't wait for it's return

On 11/19/2021 at 6:48 AM, barbeyg said:

 

What some will do for 5 minutes of fame....and a cheap medal.  🤣

Or just to have fun

On 11/16/2021 at 8:05 PM, matj2000 said:

 

Who goes on a cruise to buy bar-food and snacks??

Another question might be who goes on a cruise and wastes a day watching football... 😜

I hope this is true,  can't wait to meet new people!  One of the best parts of cruising for us

Thank TX for the update.  We are also currently on this cruise.  I agree with the assessment on the staff.  We heard the same number of 1500 passengers,  our experience e with the food has been it’s the same as pre-covid,  except chops,  I was disappointed in the food and I though it used to be white linen, but no longer.  
 

This is our first time on this class of ship and honestly not impressed,  everything seems so cramped and compartmentalized, but some venues are great like 270.  We must not be going to the same areas as TX since we have been seeing people everywhere,  in fact my wife and where commenting on how we wouldn’t want to be on this ship at full capacity based on how crowded it seems with this low capacity.  But we are still having a great time.  Back to oasis ships for us.   I get that’s why the have different ship types,  we each experience them differently and enjoy different things.

4 hours ago, pdawson30 said:

This is just a disaster, FWIW it doesn't say that on the website for the requirements for Southampton. I have spent 7 hours on the phone with RC.

I can't get them to send the email for the two British guests to take their test and I can't get a straight answer on the requirements as some of the reps told me what is on the website is incorrect?

I just don't know what to do?

If someone from RC is reading I need help.

This first one is just the requirement to enter the UK from overseas.  Has nothing to do with the cruise.  The second one is the requirement of Royal to board the ship.   Think of it like this.  Say I was going on a cruise out of southamption but I wanted to come to england for a little visit before the cruise.  I would need a Negative test within 3 days to enter the country.  If my cruise was a week after I enter the country I would need another test within 3 days of sailing.   So I'd have to get 2 tests.   If I entered the country and got on the cruise ship within a 3 day period 1 test would cover both requirements.  At least thats how I read this,  but I'd verify

1 hour ago, colesc15 said:

How do you take money off your seapass card and onto a slot? Not sure I've ever seen that before. 

put your card in the machine and follow the instructions on the little screen that shows you name.  

do this:  

Starting Wednesday, September 8th, fully vaccinated guests can order at-home test kits, shipped right to your door (anywhere in the U.S.) in two business days or less. Complete your pre-cruise test at home, with live video supervision by a Certified Guide. Get your results in 15 minutes.
Visit RoyalCaribbean.com/HomeTestKit.

14 minutes ago, ChipCarlton said:

Then I'm a bit confused - this is a screenshot of the RCCL site.  Link: https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/if-need-an-rt-pcr-test-before-i-cruise-where-should-i-go

What are you confused about?  You need to the the one the is monitor by an online proctor.  These are available for purchase online and RCL will be making them available to purchase starting on the 8th.

Going to be stopping in Sitka and Skagway the 3rd week of september and thinking about half day fishing.   which port would one recommend?  is fishing anygood this time of year?  charter suggestions?

I wear my tux on formal night.  If there are 2 of them on a cruise I tux up for the first one and do the long pants nice shirt for the second.

On 8/22/2021 at 1:37 PM, forgotmyCCname said:

 

We signed up at eMed and purchased the package of 6 tests. You MUST sign up each person who will be using a test when you order as they arrive with a prescription sticker specific to the individual. Each person using the test also must register and download the

Navica app.

We received ours yesterday and they didn't have prescription stickers on them.  We did both sign up as I have prescriptions in my on-line account for both of us.  do I have a problem?

On 8/21/2021 at 8:22 AM, mike123abc said:

 

 

I am on Ovation sailing out of Seattle.  They checked to be sure everyone was vaccinated during boarding and gave out white wristbands.  They did not say what the bands were (the bands say "The Royal Comeback" on them).  I thought it was just that they were promoting the return to sailing.  Then then give you a contact tracing watch like band and tell you to wear it everywhere but the pool since they are not water proof.

 

So, with all the wrist action I take off the white band and leave it in my room.  Well they denied my entry to the theater since they said I has to be vaccinated.  They then told me the white band was a vaccination status band.  I asked the obvious question is if all adults are vaccinated why are they doing the bands?  Of course the door guys do not have an answer (I know they are just doing what they were told to do).

 

Again why are they forcing the wearing of 2 bands?  I understand the contact tracing one and they were in multiple colors,  Why not make one color for unvaccinated?  Why not only use bands for those under 18, I doubt many 11 year olds could pass for 18 and try to sneak into vaccinated only parts of the ship.

 

I am happy to be cruising, and I will put up with 2 plastic bands on my wrists for a week.  Maybe I should start wearing them a week or two before the next cruise to get used to them so they will not be as annoying (well not really annoying, just something different that gets your attention over and over).

 

Hopefully they will figure out that 2 bands is a waste of money and RCL will make a cutback on plastic waste in the near future and only have the contract tracing one (color coded if needed).

My guess is if your the parents of child under 12 that child and the party traveling with that child will all be treated and un-vaxxed even if the parents are vaxxed since the are in close proximity of the un-vaxxed passenger

the royal caribbean blog guy did one you can check out that story

21 hours ago, Harrylinden said:

We are cruising in December and we are worried we won't be able to find a place to even get the test? My husband hasn't felt well for a week now and we want to get a covid test for him and there is NO WHERE open to even get the test!  We both are vaccinated.(All appointments are taken) With covid ramping up and the new Lamda variant and a new one yet to be named in the US people are gonna want tests and the strain on labs will probably be strained.I honestly think if cruiselines want us to get covid tests,they should be given at the pier! This is just a worry on everyone wanting to cruise!

Since you have some time go to emed.com and do a monitored at home test.  they are accepted at this time and is what we are doing because we will be traveling ahead of our cruise and don't want the hassle of looking for a local place to get a test.

With this change I may never set foot in a diamond lounge again..

Will wear a mask and probably for quite a while after they are required.

1 hour ago, toad455 said:

Navigator probably out of Miami & Mariner out of Port Canaveral? Crew have been slowly arriving back, so my guess if maybe these sailings start by mid-January. A month of trial cruising then maybe a slow restart by President's weekend?

I don't think Presidents weekend will work.  After the test cruises the CDC has 60 days to review the results and issue the permit to begin cruising if I remember right

Fact is with the new CDC announcement today that requires the cruise lines to get file to get approval for simulation cruises 30 days in advance and then after that reporting results results and then 60 days later they will get the OK to cruise it looks like there will be NO cruising until at least Feb.

5 hours ago, Tree_skier said:

One of the core rules of consumer relations is never communicate ambiguous or uncertain information. Everything the OP has asked is yet uncertain, irrespective of what date they actually start sailing.  Communicating that information now would be grossly irresponsible. I am sure that they have plans but those plans are subject to change by regulatory bodies and an examination of real world experiences currently happening in Europe.  If you want to know what RCL "might" look like when they restart, follow MSC live reviews.  What ships and itineraries is contingent of what length of voyages are permitted.  "Shorter voyages" is an ambiguous term.  If they announced that they hoped for 9 days and less and the decision was later made to only commence with voyages of 5 day's of less can you imagine the outcry here at CC about the "lying, swindling, deceptive corporation".  The first page of this forum would be entirely populated with grievances about what "they promised but failed to deliver".  It is entirely within their best interest to maintain certain "fog of war".  Providing you with explicit information about exactly how you will be served your pancakes in the windjammer on the first morning of the first cruise out of the gate is a completely unreasonable expectation.

 

Royal has been entirely reasonable with their cancellation policy. If you are unhappy you have three very fair options at your disposal.

 

That being said, I do think they should have announced November by now and those with cruises booked in November have reasonable cause to gripe.

This is the best written post I've read in a long time.  

As just reported on Royal Caribbean blog..

Carnival just cancelled all Nov/Dec cruises except for ones leaving Miami and Port Canaveral.  Will Royal follow?

Every time we are in Labadee we get an over-water cabanas.   They are the ones that are right one the ocean and sometimes have stairs that lead from the Cabana to the water and they are the most private.   The waterfront cabanas are the ones that are on the beach but sit back from the water and you have all the loungers in front of you so there are people walking by most of the time.

There is nothing in the report that would stop me.  The mask wearing doesn't bother me as we've been wearing one for so long now that its becoming second nature.  I kind of compare it to when wearing seat belts became the law,  it was a pain to start but became second nature after a while.

My first cruise was on this ship,  that trip I became a cruiser for life.