Never heard of port fees and taxes not being refunded. I have had many clients where this has happened to without issue. The double points seems to be on what rep you get
On Freedom class the balcony is the same. It is the inside that is bigger.
As you can see in the image the cabins are the same width but the spacious (middle 2 cabins is longer)
There may be ports where you are not allowed to disembark
or you may be required to test but personally I would not go ashore rather than subject myself to midweek testing on the ship
These standards apply to all guests age 12 and up (or 6 and up for Italy stops). Those who do not meet these standards will require additional testing onboard prior to going ashore in certain ports.
Must be ship dependent.
On Oasis it has been converted to a music hall and they had cover bands in there that changed every 2 weeks as well as the house band. On Symphony it is still Dazzles but they had a great house band playing in there nearly every night
Work related. It took forever for government agencies to drop Blackberry and switch to Android and having that meant I only had to carry one phone around instead of 2
The confirmation I believe is normal whether it is applied immediately or not.
There are many FCC's, like the one you have that are goodwill FCC's that have to be applied manually. I would give it 2 weeks before calling
I had that issue a couple of years ago when I had a blackberry. Unfortuanately at the time there were no workarounds. I had to install the app on the ipad and use that instead of my phone. Hopefully there is a workaround for your situation.
Do you still have your old phone? you could swap sim cards for the cruise so you would have the app
It is immediate once it is applied. Some FCC's are applied immediately when you submit while others have to be applied manually. Sounds like yours was one of the manual ones so a request for someone to actually apply it will be generated. It can take days to weeks to get it applied.
I'm not familiar with the different excursions I just know that in the FAQ's for this cruise it stated that guests would be allowed to disembark and reboard the ship at a later port.