Cruizer Diana

Hi Linda, I’d heard about tea at the Ciragan Palace Hotel Kempinski and wanted to know if others had done this and would recommend it. I noticed that Shoreexcursions Group offers this as a private tour (with Dolmabahce Palace for $358/pp for two… $158/pp for a group of 12. This seems a bit pricey if we can’t get a large group together. Did you do this as a private tour or did you make a reservation and take a taxi to the hotel? If you booked yourself, what did the hotel charge? Thank you for any suggestions! Diana

We are just about ready to book a 2025 river cruise with AMA, embarking the ship in Nuremberg. However, we would like to spend time in Prague on our own and book our own hotel. We would like to take the transfer to the ship from Prague, along with those booking the Prague pre-cruise package. I've read posts in the past indicating that this can be done, but can't find any confirmation on the AMA site that a "transfer-only" can be booked....and at what price. Any recent experience or a pointer to this information? Thank you for any help you can offer. --Diana

Sorry for the bad weather. Hopefully the weather improves. We leave for Auckland tomorrow morning. See you all on the 15th. Diana

Thank you. I guess I should have remembered that! Diana

White Night for Segment #4? Does anyone know when the White Night will be held for the Auckland-Sydney leg (segment #4)? Thank you. Diana

Jumping into the water is the best cure for the heat there. We were initially a bit hesitant to swim with the sting rays and especially the sharks. We loved the experience. The black-tips sharks are not dangerous. They seemed very curious and swam around us in swarms. We hope to repeat French Polynesia and swimming with the sharks.

Sorry your swim didn't work out. We visited Fakarava in 2019 and had a wonderful snorkel and picnic. It does get hot, though!

Thank you for the security update suggestion. I just updated a few days ago. I checked again for updates just now. My Mac says it is up-to-date and I can't upgrade to a newer OS. It wasn't the newest model available at the time. I preferred the ports offered on this model of MacBook over the newer version and so now need to decide when to bite the bullet and get a new Mac. Love this Mac and it hasn't given me a lick of trouble....unlike the replace-every-two years HP laptops (and awful Windows) I've had in the past. The spellcheck on Safari was the culprit. Don't know what turned it back on recently, because I always set preferences to suggest--not change spelling. But, thanks to you on this forum, the problem is resolved. Thank you. Diana

I think the auto spellcheck in Safari got turned back on--perhaps through an update. I had it turned off. Still odd that it only became a problem with Cc. Hopefully, this fixes the problem.

MacBook Pro, Monterey 12.7.3, Safari. However, I never have spell check automatically change text as I type on any online or offline situation--just CC.

It is turned off in MS Word and Excel. I only have this happen with CC.

How do I turn off the automatic spellcheck (auto change spelling) feature when typing a reply? Words have been automatically changed up to three times after i changed them back to what I wanted. Diana

Excellent. Thank you for the info. Counting down.... Diana

So glad to hear that you are enjoying a perfect cruise! We are sooo looking forward to segment 4!! Will Martin and Roy be on segment 4? Is dress onboard the usual or a bit more dressy? Thank you for the update.

We are sailing on the Onward on 11/30/23 from Ft Lauderdale and have a few questions. Has the M&M still been happening in the card room/living room at about 5pm at sailaway and posted in the daily newsletter? Is the patio open in the evening? We've had open/closed at random in the past. Is Windows, in the evening, a buffet or served? Is the menu similar to the dining room or themed? How are the included cocktails? Last few cruises we've been on, the cocktails were a "bit off" in flavor. Do the "virgin" cocktails taste better than those with alcohol? Any word on how many passengers will be aboard on the 11/30/23 sailing? Thank you for any information you can share! Diana