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Luggage tags become available at 30 days prior to boarding.

The policy is that you lose any C&A discounts and I think OBC depends on where it came from. When I booked my first free pinnacle cruise I also applied it to an existing booking but managed to get the $2400 value. They let me keep the sale price in effect at the time, so the rate was essentially like a new cruiser booking under the 30% off offer. Since you are paying more out of pocket for the cruise fare (not the taxes) you will get the points for the sailing. Lately I’ve read that they are being stricter about things and at least one pinnacle recently posted in a social media forum that he only got $1800 in value out of the certificate. Going forward, for my 1050 point award I plan to use it strictly for the primary offer of a balcony cabin on a 7 night cruise and I’m going to pick the most expensive one I can find because if you use the certificate that way (instead of using the cash value) it doesn’t matter how expensive the cabin is. I won’t get points but they can keep them.

An Oasis Lagoon cabana was $383 last night for my Adventure cruise that leaves this Saturday. That is a great price relative to the norm these days. I think I paid $800 in 2019 while on Harmony when the Perfect Day was still exciting and new. A friend booked one and invited me. I'll pay the attendant's tip.

I've had bookings where I got the DP340 and shouldn't have. It flew through the system and I never had a problem. And of course, the revised blackout periods has the non-specific "Spring Break" which apparently is whenever they think it should be. Last year in a pinnacle group on another platform someone said he was told a specific week in March - for this year.

It was updated within the past year. #43 from the C&A Benefits grid: Single members must have at least 340 Cruise Points earned to receive the single cruise fare at 150%. This offer is based on availability with certain restrictions. Ocean Voyage Packages, Holiday sailings (Christmas, New Year’s, Thanksgiving, Easter/Spring break) and the peak summer months of June 15 thru August 15 are not included in this offer.

Luggage tags become available 30 days prior to the cruise. So yours should be issued early next week.

And in the app.

This is from the website under my list of bookings. It has the open date for check-in under "check in not available".

It always happens to me until I turn on my VPN and then I can check in for other cruises. But the VPN also disables some features in the Royal app so as soon as I am done checking in I turn VPN off.

You can find the location of beverage stations for any ship in the Royal app. After opening up the desired ship in the app, go to Dining, then go all the way to the right on the top of the screen to Beverage Stations. Here is the Allure:

It seems the age might vary based on the cruise. On my upcoming Adventure cruise, people over 55 are getting this deal. On some other cruises I have, it's 65 years old.

Check in on the website and you just have to type in the passport number and expiration date.

While Johnny Rockets debuted on Voyager it is no longer there. This restaurant was removed during the amplification in 2019. Note it it not listed under dining in the current Voyager info sheet from the Royal Caribbean press page.

More than once on a couple ships lately I’ve looked at the bartender and specifically said “don’t use my diamond drinks I want to pay for it” and they have gone right ahead and used one anyway.

How long you are off the ship between sailings is port and ship dependent. It's typical Royal Caribbean in that they have no standard process fleetwide, even in the same port. Some issue the new cruise cards onboard, some do it in the terminal. Some take the old cruise cards and some don't. It's usually a group walk off and either a visual inspection of passports by a CBP officer or a walk through the facial recognition scanners, and then you can walk back aboard if you don't want to go ashore. If you do go ashore you usually can't re-board until the new cruise guests have begun embarkation. They tell you in the B2B letter you get. In July I was pleasantly surprised on Voyager in Galveston when us B2B people didn't have to leave the ship at all. A CBP officer came aboard and cleared us in the Star Lounge, and security had a station set up at the door for us to card off the previous cruise and then card in for the new cruise after we had our new cruise cards. Once we carded aboard for the computer record, we were free to go and wait for everything to open. It was very slick.

I'm not saying this will work, but have your tried doing it from the website without logging in, using this link? https://www.royalcaribbean.com/reservation/lookup

There is only one internet speed option now that they have changed the whole fleet to Starlink.

Based on his X (twitter) feed it appears he is home in Norway on vacation.

The Grande is one of the main dining room decks as a vestige from the dynamic dining scheme. It would appear you were charged for drinks there.

I was on Wonder last week. Cabin attendant provided a paper copy when requested.

Yes. I always liked it. I've been on a lot of cruises in the past two years and don't recall seeing it on the buffet line lately.

Are you saying that you logged into your account on the website using a computer and there was no link in the reservation to begin check in? Or there was a link but it only allowed you to print the page of names?

RCI already trails the competition by a country mile when it comes to "free" food and snacks when the MDR and Windjammer are closed. It's pretty much just Sorrento's in most cases. So yes, let's start charging for mediocre pizza too.

Try this: go to your profile in the account and find your C&A number. Delete a number and then type it in again. Save and exit your profile. If the points aren't there again, log out and back in and see if that fixed it.

Yes. You have until 48 hours prior to the cruise to cancel any purchases for a refund.