New round of cancellations and new cruises list

[Captain Billy Bob]

This is ridiculous. Make final payment, have cruise canceled, wait for refund. 

No more cruising for us until they get straight or the CSO is canceled.

There are other options that are less stressful.

[BSocial]

5 hours ago, Love2cruise77 said:

While we are thrilled about our long-awaited return to service in the U.S., we regrettably must cancel the following sailings as we prepare:

• Allure of the Seas^®departing Port Canaveral: July 4-August 1, 2021
• Brilliance of the Seas^® departing Tampa: July 3-August 28, 2021
• Enchantment of the Seas^® departing Baltimore: July 1-August 26, 2021
• Explorer of the Seas^® departing Galveston: July 5-Sept 22 & October 25, 2021
• Freedom of the Seas^® departing Bayonne: July 3-October 23, 2021
• Harmony of the Seas^® departing Barcelona & Rome: July 4-August 12, 2021
• Harmony of the Seas^® departing Rome: August 19 & 26, 2021
• Liberty of the Seas^® departing Galveston: July 4-August 8, 2021
• Mariner of the Seas^® departing Port Canaveral: July 2-August 20, 2021
• Oasis of the Seas^® departing Bayonne: July 2-August 29, 2021
• Rhapsody of the Seas^® departing Ravenna/Venice: July 3-November 30, 2021
• Symphony of the Seas^® departing Miami: July 3-August 7, 2021

 

 

Interesting they are canceling the Explorer Galveston-San Juan repo October 25.   But they didn’t mention San Juan cancelations. 
wonder how long Explorer will stay in Galveston ?

[Jimbo]

2 hours ago, Preziosa said:

We are on the first Harmony sailing, 15 th of August from Barcelona. Strange to Be on that trip. It s nearly the same as a Virgin sailing after so many month witout passengers.

Doesn't sound like to much fun does it?

[Tree_skier]

43 minutes ago, Iamcruzin said:

I can understand cash being held up because they don't have any but I just don't understand the delay for FCCs.

Yeah, it's an administrative thing.  This FCC was from a cancelled Hawaii cruise which was from a previous years cancelled Hawaii cruise which I took the 125%.  That was before they offered the L and S program.  So apparently it has to be traced back to the original booking or some such thing I can't remember.  I'm not worried I've got a good TA and he is on it.

[nelblu]

4 hours ago, Iamcruzin said:

Do yourself a favor and forgo the 25% and take the cash and apply it to your winter cruise. All these FCC's do is complicate matters.

You can say that again.  I'm still waiting for my TA to give me a reconciliation of FCCs from the cancelled Harmony April, '20 cruise that was applied (+deposits) to the Anthem April '21 which was L&S to Anthem April '22.

 

This involves 4 cabins.   Along the way, I've received credits to my CC and I can identify some of them as being reimbursements of T&F.

 

 

[coldflame]

FYI I called to cancel our cruise we had scheduled for September out of PC on the Allure. Agent on the phone was "in full agreement" with my rationale. Quite frankly I don't even know Royal really knows what the heck it is doing right now.  It's moving ships, itineraries, crews, etc. in a game of musical chairs and things changing every other week some due to external forces, some of their own making. I'm opting for certainty and rather plan a family vacay to some all-inclusive in the Caribbean, than to be up in the air not only whether it'll happen or not, but how and what restrictions therein. Hopefully by the end of the year cruises will be back to mostly normal and all the "bugs" worked out.

 

[Iamcruzin]

8 minutes ago, nelblu said:

You can say that again.  I'm still waiting for my TA to give me a reconciliation of FCCs from the cancelled Harmony April, '20 cruise that was applied (+deposits) to the Anthem April '21 which was L&S to Anthem April '22.

 

This involves 4 cabins.   Along the way, I've received credits to my CC and I can identify some of them as being reimbursements of T&F.

 

 

Oh boy, what a mess, sorry to hear that.  I have been reading comments like this since last year which is why at this point it's time to throw in the towel and take the cash. How many times can people lift a shift? We are talking about postponing the same cruise another year.

[Iamcruzin]

18 minutes ago, Tree_skier said:

Yeah, it's an administrative thing.  This FCC was from a cancelled Hawaii cruise which was from a previous years cancelled Hawaii cruise which I took the 125%.  That was before they offered the L and S program.  So apparently it has to be traced back to the original booking or some such thing I can't remember.  I'm not worried I've got a good TA and he is on it.

And this is what I was referring to when I made the statement that FCCs get complicated.

[sandebeach]

1 hour ago, rockmom said:

SAME!  We were in JS 9638 on Indy. It's the fact that they won't move the Cruise Planner stuff over that will kill me though.  We had the Beach Club for $38.99 per person! Wifi surf & stream for $8.99 per person per day.  Prices for my other cruises are showing Wifi is double that--now that the Memorial Day 'sale' is over.  

 

What a shame, that is an Incredible price for the Beach Club and also for WiFi. 

[JessyCruises]

4 hours ago, Vera/Lee said:

I'm wondering why Independence is not on the list. We're booked on her for August. What does that mean?

I think all the August Indy cruises are moved to

Odyssey

[JLvacation]

9 hours ago, yanks23 said:

I am talking to our Travel Agent and he is being told that the Independence of the Seas for July 3rd is being moved to the Odyssey of the Seas  for July 6th on the same itinerary.  I was more then glad to shift and lift to a brand new ship with the same itinerary.  Until I see it on my account I will not believe it.  Please let me know if this is the case.

~ Just got off another call with RCCL , 

So our July 25 out of Miami / is now on the Odyssey out of Fort Lauderdale . 

Which is a bit of a ??? Inconvenience being We have a flight and hotel coming into Miami a day early ! As well as their unable to tell us yet if our Excursions are being carried over ! 

 

I'm sure people are excited to be cruising again . 

Guess you could say We are just waiting to see where we end up , one way or another ! 

 

Hope everyone's having a  nice night ! 

J.L. 

[HalifaxYorksCruiser]

I called Royal this morning as soon as the lines opened at 9am U.K. time and did a L&S on our August Rhapsody cruise to August 2022. I got through quickly but the L&S took much longer than last year . The problem in my case was sorting out the £1pp promo flights . It wasn’t a problem last year when I did the L&S.  Still waiting for a correct invoice ( have had 3 so far and all wrong) but have had e mail confirmation that the flight promo will be honoured. The taxes and fees remained unchanged.

[jean87510]

7 hours ago, JLvacation said:

~ Just got off another call with RCCL , 

So our July 25 out of Miami / is now on the Odyssey out of Fort Lauderdale . 

Which is a bit of a ??? Inconvenience being We have a flight and hotel coming into Miami a day early ! As well as their unable to tell us yet if our Excursions are being carried over ! 

 

I'm sure people are excited to be cruising again . 

Guess you could say We are just waiting to see where we end up , one way or another ! 

 

Hope everyone's having a  nice night ! 

J.L. 

Miami and Ft Lauderdale are not far from each other.  Just be thankful it isnt Tampa or Galveston.

[Jimbo]

7 hours ago, JLvacation said:

~ Just got off another call with RCCL , 

So our July 25 out of Miami / is now on the Odyssey out of Fort Lauderdale . 

Which is a bit of a ??? Inconvenience being We have a flight and hotel coming into Miami a day early ! As well as their unable to tell us yet if our Excursions are being carried over ! 

 

I'm sure people are excited to be cruising again . 

Guess you could say We are just waiting to see where we end up , one way or another ! 

 

Hope everyone's having a  nice night ! 

J.L. 

Not that far from each other, keep your flight and hotel, download Uber into your cell phone and just call an Uber.

[LXA350]

Has RCL mentioned if there are capscity restrictions on the newly announced sailings?

[mek]

13 hours ago, Captain Billy Bob said:

This is ridiculous. Make final payment, have cruise canceled, wait for refund. 

No more cruising for us until they get straight or the CSO is canceled.

There are other options that are less stressful.

Yep - that's exactly what I plan to do with my November Oasis L&S cruise.  I will make final payment in August and then not even worry about what happens.  If they cancel, I will get my money back and have a nice Florida vacation and go see a Miami Dolphins game.

[coldflame]

More details from Royal's official page:

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Ships returning to service:

• Adventure of the Seas: June 12, 2021 departing from Nassau, Bahamas

• Allure of the Seas: August 8, 2021 departing from Port Canaveral, Florida

• Anthem of the Seas: July 7, 2021 departing from Southampton, United Kingdom

• Freedom of the Seas: July 2, 2021 departing from Miami, Florida

• Harmony of the Seas: August 15, 2021 departing from Barcelona, Spain & Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

• Independence of the Seas: August 15, 2021 departing from Galveston, Texas

• Jewel of the Seas: July 10, 2021 departing from Limassol, Cyprus

• Mariner of the Seas: August 23, 2021 departing from Port Canaveral, Florida

• Navigator of the Seas: November 19, 2021 departing from Los Angeles, California

• Odyssey of the Seas: July 3, 2021 departing from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

• Ovation of the Seas: August 13, 2021 departing from Seattle, Washington

• Quantum of the Seas: December 1, 2020 departing from Singapore

• Serenade of the Seas: July 19, 2021 departing from Seattle, Washington

• Symphony of the Seas: August 14, 2021 departing from Miami, Florida

The following ships have been suspended through the end of August 2021. We are looking forward to announcing their return to service dates soon.

• Brilliance of the Seas

• Enchantment of the Seas

• Explorer of the Seas

• Liberty of the Seas

• Grandeur of the Seas

• Oasis of the Seas

• Radiance of the Seas

• Rhapsody of the Seas

• Spectrum of the Seas

• Vision of the Seas

• Voyager of the Seas

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[zpdw484]

15 hours ago, BSocial said:

Interesting they are canceling the Explorer Galveston-San Juan repo October 25.   But they didn’t mention San Juan cancelations. 
wonder how long Explorer will stay in Galveston ?

Interested in this also as we have explorer booked for December and also vision for October, both out of San Juan.  Could this possibly indicate that explorer will stay in Galveston and take over the adventure sailings that are supposed to start end of October? The dates seem to line up. Maybe adventure will end up in San Juan after the Nassau sailings... Who knows at this point

[Preziosa]

Hello Jimbo, We are also on the first sailing, We are making History....

[flyerbrp]

I was booked on Freedom out of Port Liberty on July 22 to Bermuda. RCL cancelled it yesterday. If you can believe a full 6 hours (that is correct 6 wasted hours on hold although I did multi task) to be bounced around from reservations to Casino Royale back to reservations back to Casino, I was finally able to talk to someone and in 5 minutes my lift and shift was done. Next July 2022 same trip only on Adventure. 

[JAMIELUKE]

Does anybody know why all the cancellations ? Is it a shortage of vaccinated employees ?

[Blauelini]

21 hours ago, sandebeach said:

I am so excited! We had a JS on Indy, so if we get moved to same category on Odyssey, that is a great ship change for us, at a great price savings.  

Same for us.  We did a JS because they had the double points promotion going. So we get 4 points per night now. So now we are on a JS on Odyssey. 

[BSocial]

Just saw on my profile my 5-day Explorer out of Galveston in October has been canceled.    TA can’t assist yet, as Indy will be taking the Explorer place in October 2021.   Yet they are still working to cancel the old Indy itineraries,  

Edited June 5, 2021 by BSocial

[lovelife]

Has the link to L&S yourself gone away?  Can't find it and I've tried calling twice - waiting an hour each time - and they don't answer.

[rockmom]

58 minutes ago, JAMIELUKE said:

Does anybody know why all the cancellations ? Is it a shortage of vaccinated employees ?

Probably partially and the cruise line is working on it, but probably the main issue is that CDC is only allowing test cruises for a limited number of ships at a time.  And to sail from the U.S. the cruise lines must conduct test cruises.  So the ships that have permission for the earliest test cruises are the ones that will sail with passengers first from U.S. ports (Indy, Odyssey, Symphony, Mariner, Freedom).  Other ships will slowly be given permission to do their test cruises and then be able to sail with paying passengers.  Also, they are starting with limited ports--so Miami/Ft Lauderdale, Galveston.