It is my personal opinion that "it doesn't suck being me." I feel this way because I have come to learn and appreciate that my numerous failures were just temporary set-backs. In fact and in truth, they all played pivotal roles in my development over the years. (And I have more than my share of goof-ups.)

"Failure is in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true." - John…

When cruise lines make a change, like introducing a new type of cruise fare or changing their group policy, etc. it’s not easy to predict how the change will be received. Four months ago Royal Caribbean changed their onboard rebooking policy. In a nutshell, they did away with the $100 per person reduced deposit, and the only onboard credit offer is now tied to the new nonrefundable deposit cruise fare.

My educated guess was that this may have been a result of passengers taking advantage of the previous low deposit amount, and booking multiple cruises only to cancel the bulk of them right before final payment. If you can’t decide which cruise you want, or don’t know if your vacation…