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54 minutes ago, cured said:

Sorry I misunderstood.  

That's ok, no need to apologise. 

1 hour ago, cured said:

I believe the bubble excursions rule for unvaccinated children has been in place since August 15th. It is nothing new for your cruise.  This is from the Healthy Sail Center for sailings from Southhampton. The same rules are in place for pretty much every port except Port Canaveral and Coco Cay.

 

At Ports of Call

From 15th August 2021, fully vaccinated parties have the choice of booking a shore excursion or visiting freely. Parties that wish to go ashore and include any unvaccinated guests, must book a shore excursion through Royal Caribbean that is provided by an independent local tour operator that has agreed to comply with recommended health protocols.

Vaccinated parents wishing to go ashore freely can visit our youth facilities once onboard to learn about drop off program hours and availability, and reserve time for their child on the day they wish to go in port. Drop off facilities will only be available for children aged 6 months to 11 years of age. Children aged 12 – 17 will not be permitted to stay onboard without their parents and will need to accompany their parents if they decide to go ashore.

I didn't say it was new for this cruise. My point is more that I fail to see how a "Manchester on your own" trip is any safer than a stroll around the port. 

6 minutes ago, Mapleleafforever said:

If you cancel do you get a full refund or FCC? Hope it's a refund......

They've given the option of 125% FCC or a 100% refund. Or $50 OBC if you still sail.

I wonder how many will take the option to cancel. This will have a big impact for lots of people, but of course the late announcement means it's virtually impossible to book an alternative for this week. 

We're also impacted by the same thing on Anthem next week. Does anybody know if the kids club was open on the last cruise? I do wonder how this can have only just become apparent. The other thing that has only recently come out for this cruise is that kids will only be let off the ship with a shore excursion. I'm not really sure how a wherever "on your own" trip can be any safer than walking around the port, but apparently it is 🤔