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Heartfelttraveler

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    Oceania, NCL, Hurtigruten
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    Galápagos Islands, Mediterranean, French Polynesia

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  1. We are doing this in April. We are spending two nights in the Kawaguchiko Lake area.
  2. We booked the Fuji Excursion train each way through klook.com. It is a direct train (with stops but not change trains) from Shinjuku Station to Kawaguchiko Station. It stops at Shinjuku-Tachikawa-Hachioji-Otsuki-Tsurubunkadaigakumae-Shimoyoshida-Mt. Fuji-Fujikyu Highland-Kawaguchiko. It takes about 2 hours. Our prepurchase tickets were $30 USD for reserved seats each way including the small fee that Klook charges. The key to the tickets/train we chose is that we get on the train in Shinjuku and do not have to change trains, cars or seats. Also, the train does not have to deal with traffic.
  3. We pre purchased our Fuji Excursion Express train tickets on klook website. Shinjuku to Kawaguchiko. One month before the reservation the tickets are confirmed and you get a QR code to pick the tickets up at the station. You purchase the to and from tickets separately. https://www.klook.com/en-US/rails-32/1012-japan/route-1372/kawaguchiko-to-shinjuku-trains/ They do sell out fast.
  4. A day or two before you arrive check the hotel website to see availability of your chosen room for the night before you arrive. If there is availability the night before you arrive it means they have rooms that don’t need to be cleaned and may let you check in early.
  5. They were originally going to do it in 26 days going through the Suez Canal with 15 days of ports stops of which 4 were overnight. I am in no way an expert, or even a novice, but looking at the map, taking into account that they will only port to take on supplies etc., those extra 15 days of sailing should get them to Greece in time for the May 29 itinerary. This is the original itinerary on cruise mapper.
  6. Just showing that the ship has 26 days to go around Africa and make it to Greece for the May 29 trip.
  7. Were you sick onboard the Pursuit? Did you see the onboard medical team? Were you quarantined? If you were quarantined, did Azamara compensate you? On our January 3 cruise our friend was quarantined for 24 hours which caused him to miss an Azamara excursion. His wife was not quarantined, but opted to not go on the excursion alone. Azamara refunded the cost of the excursion. He (and only he) was also given a future cruise credit for the two days he was confined to his cabin. (Pretty generous considering it was actually only two half days.) He also had extensive testing (even his poop) and all came back negative.
  8. We were on the January 3 cruise. We spent one night at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel. I wiped everything down with Lysol wipes, we only drank bottled water and even brushed our teeth with it, lots of hand washing and sanitizing. Boarded the Pursuit the next day. Same drill with Lysol wipes and bottled water and hand sanitizing. We had stomach issues. Our friend was about seven post major surgery, so he went to the ship doctor. They did Covid, flu and RSV tests, as well as analyzing his poop sample. All negative. He was given antibiotics because of his surgery history. We all took Imodium when needed. We then had eight nights in Victoria Falls, Kruger and Johannesburg. Our stomach issues persisted. Finally, after 24 nights, we boarded our Delta flight home, and after my first bottle of Disani water, magically my stomach issues subsided. (Same for all of us.) I did notice on the ship and at the resorts that if I drank ginger ale my stomach was better. If you go on the NCL, MSC, National Geographic (other cruise lines) and Silver Sea CC boards you will find that they have the same complaint. The bottled water we had the whole trip in SA was from SA. I think that it has something to do with the purification system used to produce the bottled water.
  9. I was on the Azamara Pursuit South Africa Cruise the beginning of January - Our first Azamara cruise. I used the Azamara OBC to pre-book excursions. I called them and they took care of it very quickly. I had a sizeable amount of refundable OBC from our web-based travel agency. About two months before our cruise, I emailed the travel agent (paper trail) to request a check after the cruise instead of OBC. They agreed. With all the complaints about mix-ups with OBC I decided to go that route. Even though we used a Travel Agent, Azamara were very quick to answer any non-booking/financial questions pre-cruise. Our excursion reservations were made directly with Azamara. Our cruise was wonderful. Great service and food. All our excursions through Azamara were excellent. We liked the size of the ship and the wonderful travelers we met from all over the world.
  10. We were on the January 3, 2024 sailing with another couple. All four of us had stomach issues. One of the men went to the medical doctor on board and had extensive testing. Even a poop sample. It showed no sign of norovirus, flu or covid. Imodium helped. If I drank ginger ale my stomach was ok. We continued with stomach problems for the following eight days after the cruise in Zimbabwe, Kruger NP, and Johannesburg. We only used and drank bottled water. Once on our Delta flight home, and the first bottle of Disani Water, our stomach problems disappeared. I have come to the conclusion that the bottled water filtration and treatment if SA was the cause. Not Azamara. Now I am trying to find out if the Journey is having the same problems.
  11. We want to explore the Singapore Airport the day of our departure. We will be flying to LAX from terminal 3. We want to explore the beautiful terminal 1 Jewel. How early can we check our luggage if flying Singapore Airlines? How much time should we allow for transit between terminals and exploring? Is terminal 3 special in any way? Thanks.
  12. Where are you seeing 5% per month. That would be 60% per year!😜
  13. I am not on Maude. (I am tucked safely in bed in the USA.) I saw these photos from someone who is onboard and shared them here.
  14. I got this from the site that may not be named. For those asking about MS Maud… On our way to Bremerhaven currently under our own steam but we’ve been told it’ll be a tow as of tomorrow morning. We had Danish coastguard and rescue boat support for much of last night and were hooked up to a tug this morning but the tow rope snapped after about 45 mins. Didn’t seem to be a deal breaker as we’ve been under our own power since, but the ESVAGT ship has been with us since late last night. What we were told: Bridge windows were blown out by a rogue wave, all navigation instruments lost and steerage being performed manually in the engine room as of last night. Spent a pretty anxious 4h in survival suits and life vests last night with high seas and minimal sleep, but the entire crew has been phenomenal throughout and I cannot praise them enough. For those asking about the likelihood of their own trips on MS Maud going ahead, I offer some visual aids. Somehow the crew has managed to create a temporary bridge in what used to be the “expedition lounge”…
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