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Toofarfromthesea

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  1. There is a searchable database called CruisePlum that, among many other things, lets you specify what ports you wish to visit and then searches out itineraries that include those ports. It also lets you specify starting and ending ports, length of cruise, time of year, and many other parameters.
  2. Add me to the list. It was for a 14 day day cruise out of Miami on Seascape. Never booked it in the first place. I went on the MSC site and entered the bookingnumber from the 'offer' and got a message that said 'It seems that your booking is not valid.' This sounds like a classic phishing attempt.
  3. There is a cruise database called CruisePlum, which is NOT a travel agent site, that has a searchable database, and one of the things you search on are cruise itineraries that have solo cabins and cruise itineraries that have minimal solo surcharges. You might find some useful info there.
  4. I'd still bring the email and a printout of the email just in case. I got the same confirmation but when I got onboard it wasn't showing in my account. A quick trip to guest relations and I showed them the email. They had me forward to email to their account and shortly thereafter it showed up.
  5. It's also good manners to let your tablemates, if you have any, whenever you won't be at your regular fixed dining.
  6. I don't know what port you are leaving from, but I also have difficulty walking so I requested boarding assistance. I boarded in San Diego and when I got to the terminal area there was a podium with a big red umbrella. I went up to it and whisked me into the terminal to a seated holding area. 10 minutes later a port employee came with a wheelchair and took me through the check-in process and then put me in a different holding area. As soon as the ship was cleared for boarding a bunch of HAL employees came and got us, with wheelchairs, and we ended up being among the first to board. None of this was predicated on having priority boarding. It all happened because I got there early and had boarding assistance. That was in San Diego in January, and no other ships were in the port embarking.
  7. You can get a free upgrade to any available cabin in the category of the cabin you are nominally booked in. You can get it as soon as you pay for Club Orange. You cannot upgrade to a better category, it has to be the same broad category. Oceanview to Oceanview, Balcony to Balcony. You can't cross to a higher category but you CAN move up to a better sub-category. And yes, you pick your upgraded cabin from any available cabin. In my case I booked one of the few Oceanview solo cabins. Then I used CO to upgrade to a much larger Oceanview cabin which would have cost nearly $1,000 more to book originally. It was a 17 day cruise so CO cost me 17 x $15 = 255. The $15 is per person but I was sailing solo. I suspect my deal was close the extreme because of sailing solo.
  8. Mine never did but I had no trouble getting it added to my account once I was onboard.
  9. Re: Club Orange - depending on the cabin you booked the 'free' cabin upgrade is definitely worth looking into if you haven't already. I booked the cheapest Oceanview cabin and was then able to use CO to upgrade to a larger Oceanview cabin that would have cost nearly 1,000 more if I had booked it originally.
  10. What we did was get a travel debit card to use for ATM withdrawals. It was safer than using a regular debit card or a credit card because we pre-loaded it with a set amount so it couldn't be used to fraudulently access our credit line or checking account. We could transfer more money in, if necessary, but the travel card could not initiate the transaction. Plus there were no foreign currency fees and gave a good exchange rate. Then follow the advice to select the local currency at the ATM so your bank does the exchange, which will be a better rate than the ATM.
  11. You've had good answers on some of your question but I'll throw in the thought that kid avoidance is largely a matter of length of cruise and time of cruise. Cruises longer than 7 days tend to have fewer kids, as do cruises that are not in the July/August summer vacation period.
  12. I was at a shared table of 6 and we had no trouble getting extra stuff. It was no more difficult than getting extras of certain items when I had tea at the Ritz in London.
  13. I had all day and all evening to look at the sea so I didn't really care about not being able to see the sea while eating dinner.
  14. Last January it was port employee 'pushers' who whisked me through HAL check-in, and then they deposited me in a holding area until the ship was cleared for boarding, at which time HAL pushers got us on board.
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