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Royal Caribbean didn't even know you had insurance when you upgraded. How would they automatically increase it or contact you when you upgraded when you didn't buy the insurance with them? You want to blame someone, it's 100% your TA's fault for not informing you that your current insurance would not cover your increased cruise cost. I think you should have known it anyway.

You're kidding?

do you sign up before your first cruise or after?

I remember when my brother in law took a bad fall years ago hurting his ankle. Had to be stretchered to med office on the ship. Nurse that came to the fall asked him to move his ankle and after he did proclaimed not broken if you can move it. Happened to be an orthopedic doctor on board and when Xrays were read they showed broken in 2 places and eventually need surgey after getting home.

wow, I wish I knew all you know about ship doctors on all ships in the world

Does the Wonder have a place where you can see the show schedule? I remember in the past there was a pretty accurate schedule you could find ahead of time How far out until available for reserving?

Yes, of course. Did I say you could?

no, the TA has to have existing group space in inventory to add you

You're just going to upset them and they'll deny that was ever possible

No, I'm not a TA even though you may think I am. Kind of hard quoting you anything without your cruise date, LOL. As you say, the best deals are often had by booking early. Not likely there are accessible cabins left to quote anyway

you're not getting group rates booking direct. You'll NEVER pay the least you could and will never get the perks a TA can give you by booking your way, but that's your choice.

Yes normal fares are the same either with booking direct with the cruise or with an agent. What you're misssing is finding an agent that has group bookings and all the big online ones have many. And many of those agents will give you some pretty significant OBC as well as their group rates.

the last time I received a rate refund was 2009

hasn't been the case in a long time