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Good luck! Hope your airport experience goes well for you. Safe travels!

Could be. Thanks!

Thank you very much for your suggestion, but my problem has been solved! I popped over to the trip advisor forum board and found several people had the same problem I did—booking date was showing 1 day early. It was suggested to download the app and booking was a cinch after that. No problems at all. Thank you again for taking the time to respond.

Finally decided to book the Premier Inn Southwark Station. Am trying to book a Monday-Wednesday (May 13-15). It shows me the rates, but then when I actually try to reserve it says I’m checking in May12 to May 15. (If I look for dates 14th-16th—which I don’t want—-it shows check in as 13 but with higher rates!) Has this happened to anyone?

Wow! Thank you for all this information, John. Not as simple as I had hoped. Thought the tube would be the way to go, but perhaps the train is best. Or will look into a car service that is not super pricey for 2. Once again, thank you for taking the time to write. I truly appreciate it.

First timers for London! We’ve been leaning toward the Premier Inns for a couple of nights based on recommendations on CC. Wow! There are a lot of locations, but it seems County Hall and Waterloo are mentioned the most as being in great spots and close to the metro. Also saw the London Victoria on Eccleston Square which looks to be in an ok area? County Hall has Premier Plus rooms for our stay, but the Waterloo only has standards. (Victoria has both). Besides having a fridge, are the premier plus that much better? Oh, and one other thing—-would we be able to get to these hotels fairly easily from Heathrow Airport using the metro/ tube/whatever? We’re a little timid, but would give it the ol’ college try. Thanks for any thoughts.

I think the food does vary ship to ship. We were on Odyssey a couple of weeks ago and found the prime rib as well as the steaks to be wonderful. They were perfectly cooked (medium rare), tasty and tender. Our experience regarding the side vegetables matches others though. Other than a few spears of asparagus one night, broccoli and carrots made an appearance just about every night. Not a green bean, corn, pea, Brussel sprout to be found. I love broccoli and carrots, but it got to be a real joke amongst our table mates on our 13 day trip. Ridiculous that Royal can’t be a bit more creative.

They must have been pretty desperate for seats as they were very generous in their offer. Enough for my husband and I to make two separate visits to Austin to see our grandbaby who will be arriving in March! 😊 We have a year to use them. Good luck with your travels!

Hoping that our experience at FCO will help others. We were a little nervous about our 11 am flight out having read so many things about such a tight time frame from leaving the port and getting to the airport. But it worked fine for us and we had plenty of time!! We were booked on flight from Rome to IAD on Sun Oct 15. We took our luggage and disembarked at 6:45 am. Our 7 am pickup with CabRoma was already waiting for us. We got to the airport around 8:15 (?) and used the kiosks to print our boarding passes/luggage tags. Went to the United desk to check our bags and the woman asked if we would like to volunteer to give up our seats. (We were originally booked for 11 am to Newark with an arrival time of 9 pm). She said we could be on a Lufthansa flight leaving at 10:15 am and get home at 4:30 pm but we would have to walk about 7 min to another terminal. She assured us we could make the flight. They offered hefty compensation travel vouchers as well so we said yes! Win-win! Walked to the other terminal, checked in with Lufthansa and then used our fast track pass for security (we had a printed copy with a QR code). It was a breeze and we were still at our gate by 9:15 am. Great day and we got back 4+ hours than originally planned.

I’m back to report on my FCO experience for an 11 am flight. We were a little nervous having read so many things about such a tight time frame. But it worked fine for us and we had plenty of time!! We were booked on flight from Rome to IAD on Sun Oct 15. We took our luggage and disembarked at 6:45 am. Our 7 am pickup with CabRoma was already waiting for us. We got to the airport around 8:15 (?) and used the kiosks to print our boarding passes/luggage tags. Went to the United desk to check our bags and the woman asked if we would like to volunteer to give up our seats. (We were originally booked for 11 am to Newark with an arrival time of 9 pm). She said we could be on a Lufthansa flight leaving at 10:15 am and get home at 4:30 pm but we would have to walk about 7 min to another terminal. She assured us we could make the flight. They offered hefty compensation travel vouchers as well so we said yes! Win-win! Walked to the other terminal, checked in with Lufthansa and then used our fast track pass for security (we had a printed copy with a QR code). It was a breeze and we were still at our gate by 9:15 am. Great day and we got back 4+ hours than originally planned.

We requested a medical fridge prior to our last cruise and it wasn’t in the cabin upon arrival. Luckily our attendant was nearby and was able to help us out. We are sailing again in early October and have made the same request. Hopefully we’ll get one without having to bother our attendant when they’re so busy that first day but we shall see

So glad you posted this information! This eases my mind a bit! Thank you. We have booked with CabRoma for a 7 am pickup as well for our 11 am flight and we had gotten a fast track pass just in case.

Thank you. I think I will keep our guided tour!

Thank you for your thoughts!

Trying to figure out if it’s best to get the combo ticket from the website or whether to keep the tour that we already booked. If you just get the combo ticket I assume that there is no guide involved. Is it best to book with a guide or is there enough signage and information at the Acropolis that you can really do it on your own? Also would there be a place there to rent an audio guide?

Trying to figure out if it’s best to get the combo ticket from the website or whether to keep the tour that we already booked. If you just get the combo ticket I assume that there is no guide involved. Is it best to book with a guide or is there enough signage and information at the Acropolis that you can really do it on your own? Also would there be a place there to rent an audio guide?

We just received our Radiance colored crystal block by FedEx today. We have been waiting since September 2022. Filled out paperwork on board, visited the loyalty ambassador on 2 subsequent cruises and made 3 phone calls. Seems like they could do a little better, but at least it arrived!

In a good way I hope?

Hi Neighbor! No, have never been on the Odyssey, but will be in October!

Just for interest-Where are you headed? We have an 11am direct flight to Dulles on United on Oct 15

You have been so helpful and I truly appreciate all the tips and the time you spent explaining things. You headed me in the right direction and I will certainly do some more research, but I think we can forgo the somewhat pricey tour and venture out on our own. Thank you once again. Rita

Thank you for the wealth of information you provided. May I ask if you actually took organized tours or went on your own? I read that you don’t really need a tour guide, but since the catacombs are outside Rome and we will be without a car, I thought it might be the simplest way.

I am looking at two tours: one does the Capuchin Crypt and museum, catacombs of Santa Domitilla, and the Basilica of San Martino ai Monti (3 1/2 hours) and the other does the Capuchin Crypts, St Callixtus catacombs, Appian Way/Aurelian Walls (3 hours) Does anyone have any thoughts or experiences regarding which is the better example of catacombs? Thank you

This happened to us! Those darn shower curtain!

We had actually sent a request to special needs and then right before the cruise got the above list via email, (but maybe it was the app) so we filled that out as well. However, a request for a medical refrigerator and a sharps container never materialized. We had to ask our room steward for them. Although we never mentioned that we did not receive them, we got home and received an apology email for not fulfilling the request and for any inconvenience it caused. It also included a suggestion to place requests at least 30 days out -although their request list appeared far closer to sail date. 🤪