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7 minutes ago, Russ Lomas said:

The Covid shutdown was announced on February 13th,

I think you meant March. RCL announced the shutdown the second week of March 2020 (the 8th or 9th if I remember correctly)

3 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

That wasn't the point; that's why I added the note. Based on your post about losing $12K, your payout was 0%.

It’s not about losing $12,000, but risking $12,000 in the hope that your return will be sufficient to warrant the chance to get a “free”cruise. Unless you walk out of the casino with every $ you walked in with, that “free” cruise becomes quite costly.

What happens to people who were scheduled to board in Dubai for the entire third quarter of the WC? Are they getting a vote?  Are they even going to be able to do that leg?

1 minute ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

You don't lose $12000 when you cycle it through. If the payout is say 80% you would expect to get back $9600 and only lose $2400.

 

NOTE: I just threw out 80% as a round number, I know very little about slot payouts and don't gamble on cruises but I'm aware of the general concept.

Never seen that high a payout on any slot I’ve ever played.

36 minutes ago, mike45orlando said:

The magic question, starting at 1,200 pts on a single cruise gets you an offer. 2,500 pts combined in a year 1 Apr to 1 Apr gets you a free 7 day interior.

 

The secret is to keep using your original money by winning and putting it back through the slot machine over and over.

 

You get 1 point for every $5 put into the machine.

 

When you start earning more points, you start getting other random offers.

So i would have to cycle $12,000 through the slots in one tear to get a free interior, or I could cycle $0 through the slots and take that $12,000 to book six interiors a year instead? What am I missing???

1 hour ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Utopia will move.  There will not be 2 Oasis class ships sailing from PC.  It won't work as Oasis class needs to use T1 and they both can't dock there the same day.

Typically the 4/3 rotation out of PC is Monday/Friday and Friday/Monday departure, and the 7 nights out of T1 are always a Sunday departure. Currently, Allure is doing a 4/3 Monday/Friday and Wonder is doing 7 night Eastern/Western Sunday/Sunday rotation out of T1.

2 hours ago, blueslily said:

 

Oh, I'm considering trying Utopia out of PC. I'm not familiar with the phrase you posted above. What does that mean? Whatever it means, do you think sailing on the Utopia will be like that also. I too, only like 7+ day sailings, but that's not an option for the start of Utopia. 

 

Thanks 

Tractor Pull:

More than likely that short "ultimate" weekend cruises on Utopia will be populated largely by a demographic that believes wearing a shirt with sleeves is considered "formal wear; begins downing whatever booze is available long before the sun comes up - and continuing all day long into the night; have never found a four letter word that can't be inserted into every sentence; only speak with "outside" voices regardless of where they are; and shovel food in their mouths like there will never be another meal so fast that their mouths never actually come close to closing while they chew. 

Other than that, the only other "plus" is that you can get a "contact" high just by sitting on your balcony down wind from the THC vape coming from the balconies around yours.

1 hour ago, blueslily said:

I just sailed on Celebrity Ascent for less than some of these Royal ship prices.

We have a Retreat Sky Suite booked on Equinox for next January that was about $2,000 less than a JS on Star (and about the same price as a balcony cabin) sailing the same week, and on Equinox everything is included - on Star you get nada.

2 minutes ago, blueslily said:

 

Great. Now the question is just pricing which is still high for the Wonder. 

 

Thanks 

Pricing is currently quite (obscenely) high fleetwide - all the way through April 2026.😱

9 minutes ago, not-enough-cruising said:

This post is the exact reason I refuse to book anything shorter than a 7 day cruise

Unfortunately, on our B2B's out of PC on Adventure, one leg is always a 6 nighter, and about 50% of those are more like tractor pull conventions.

3 minutes ago, NancyIL said:

Will Serenade resume it's European itinerary in Istanbul on June 7?

Probably best to wait until Laura channels her inner John with actual details from what he received onboard the ship.

7 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

Nope, don't know nothing, not sure why you posted that. Guess you still aren't reading my posts.🤣

Not sure anyone actually reads your posts, other than to get their morning ckuckle😅

1 hour ago, Jimbo said:

Yes, we know the Royal Ups are done by  the third party  and not by Royal but no one knows for sure 100% that the company does not have access to know if you are a crown and anchor member or not.

 

So they are always going to take the highest bidder and if bids are tied most likely taking the earliest tied bid anyway.

But surely you know how they do it for sure😇

BTW, all 7 of the upgrade bids we have won were the minimum bid permitted, and two of those were won within a week of the sail date, so your second 100% sure statements simply have no basis in fact.

10 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

Does any of this have an effect on batteries when charging devices or is this limited to things that have motors?

Just motors and devices that use 60Hz as a pacing function (like plug in clocks). Typically charging devices convert incoming AC current to a low voltage, low amperage DC current. 

13 hours ago, mo&fran said:

I believe the ships electric system is 50 Hz., both 110 and 220.   That frequency is a function of generator speed.

 

Absolutely true, and that is why US devices that are all designed to run at 60Hz have issues on board.

2 minutes ago, CSHS1979 said:

Town hall meeting tomorrow at 9am (1pm EST)

 

I wonder how many folks will be broadcasting live on YouTube, FB live, or TicToc

 

John was surprised with the timing, he thought it would be 1pm to coincide with markets closing

Have they changed time zones since leaving LA yet? They are geographically at least two removed from Pacific time by now

1 hour ago, island lady said:

On a side note...speaking of hair dryers.   If you use the adaptor on the 220 to 110....with your hair dryer...you will notice it is very..very powerful.   Just before it burns up.  🥵

 

Those 220 plug ins are not compatible with a lot of things with an adaptor.  

1 hour ago, doghog said:

Did you experience this on your  UWC? Thanks for confirming that. Kathy has asked me before if she should use the adaptor. I don't claim to be an electrical engineer and advised her not to and just use the standard outlet.  She'd be PO if her hair dryer got fried as she hates the ones the cruise lines provide. Then we'd be out shopping for a replacement hair dryer while in port. Kinda like shopping for  a replacement suite case. 😂

16 minutes ago, lovesthebeach2 said:

I burned an adapter only once, then never did that again. It ruined my appliance.

The only devices that can withstand 220 to 110 conversion are those that have the capability built into them. (Usually clearly marked 110/220V 50/60Hz on the UL certification label) The problem with using an after market adaptor (unless you spend a lot of $$$ on it) is that the ship’s 220 is 50 Hz and our 110 is 60 Hz, and what you are buying is merely a step down transformer - us old folk used to call that a rheostat). The inability of the adaptor to change from 50/60 cycles per second will generate additional heat on the motor, and increased load on the heating element. In short, the motor runs slower, the elements run hotter, and the device can’t handle that for long before the thermocouple safety overheats and shorts out the device.

12 hours ago, Jimbo said:

Like your new avatar😇

9 minutes ago, firefly333 said:

We want to know how the cruiser died on the world cruise.

They died doing what they loved.

18 minutes ago, lovesthebeach2 said:

I won’t live in a used house…every one of our homes have been brand new. 

The only used house we ever lived in had a codicil in the deed that specifically prohibited it from being used as a “sporting” house. 😱 after that we have only bought new builds😇

24 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

Drats is right.  😞   Oh well, will run into you again sometime in the future.  Have a fantabulous (set) of cruises!  

I would add a fourth leg, but my wife would kill me - three weeks seems to be her limit on RCL ships.

1 hour ago, lovesthebeach2 said:

We were on Allure in early August 2021, it was amazing, and even better that we did a Royal Up to a GS for pennies. The ship was eerily quiet though.

On ours they upgraded us from a JS to a CLS for $100 each. Our last cruise before the shutdown was in an upgrade from a balcony to a CLS on Harmony the week before everything went south. Nice way to bookend the pandemic. Now DW won’t sail in anything less than a GS😇

11 hours ago, CSHS1979 said:

 

We were 2 of 600 on Allure for her post covid tryout.

 

What was odd is we were also on her last voyage pre covid. It was like we never left

We were on Allure the week after yours, and it was still quite empty (maybe 900 pax). The vibe on the ship was very downbeat - the ship felt dead.

2 hours ago, Russ Lomas said:

Thought I may see you on one, but from your list a few posts back, it looks like you avoid high pricing times when there are tons of kids on board.  As a teacher, that is the only time I can travel

We always book on board as soon as the new itineraries come out, and always book the same weeks each year, then salt in a few unique one offs that look interesting as we go.

We are currently on Adventure (2nd leg of a B2B) and the food in the WJ has been consistently outstanding. We only tried the MDR one night, and have had all our meals in the WJ ever since.