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Sailing on Jewel again this summer, glad to hear she’s been spruced up! 

12 hours ago, mking8288 said:

Enjoy - tips: bring your own USB powerbank as finding an outlet for a quick boost/charge isn't always easy.  Have a great one - we simply love those mid-size ships, just right for us.

Thank you so much mking8288! Looking forward to this trip. 

5 minutes ago, mking8288 said:

(Classic) Skype video & audio calling, like Google's Duo/Meet/Voice, FB's Messenger, WhatsApp, WeChat and iOS Facetime all worked for us, just fine - you do NOT need the unlimited premium package as that's mainly "sold" to cruisers planning to live stream and hog up much of the bandwidth by gaining access to the http/ftp ports.  For optimal results if the connections lags and suffered from high latency & buffering, is to clear the cache & step down from HD/720p or 1080p to 480p or even 360p over video.  We actually only kept to and use the 250 free (and time/MB limited) plans + 60 minutes + extras while at sea for 14 days on the Escape 3 years ago, and did just fine - hi resolution pix uploaded & posted just fine, videos will take extra time (as expected)  

 

Whenever near/in range of and in non-domestic ports near land towers - we used 4G/LTE data to our advantage ... can't wait for that extra boost on 5G covered in our plans.  

Awesome, I think this covered all my questions. 

one final inquiry, does the wifi still work when we are docked? or only while at sea? I know there will be certain days where we will remain onboard and I would still like to be able to use wifi instead of paying extra international roaming fees. 

1 minute ago, firstimecruiseronncl said:

I don't have facetime but I have used Whatsapp (video calling), Snapchat and Wifi calling on my phone (I use Google Duo video calling) 

Was this on the unlimited package? or unlimited premium?

Hello everyone! I'm thinking of purchasing a wifi package for my cruise on the Jade in a couple of weeks and realized it was pretty expensive for what it says it offered. The only way I'd consider paying is if that price tag includes facetime calls. I tried asking Norwegian directly and didn't get a clear answer, so I thought I'd ask all you lovely people here. 

If not facetime, do you know of any other internet calling apps we could use on the wifi package? It's a long cruise and we would like to have at least one phone be able to contact family. Also, would facetime usability differ from the unlimited and the unlimited premium packages? 

I hope my questions are clear. Thanks in advance! 

I'm on this cruise as well and will be covering for my Blog live on Snapchat, semi-live on instagram, then launching the blog itself with posts in August. Flying out this Friday for a week in Stockholm beforehand! Can't wait to get onboard :)

Hi everyone! I wanted to ask about booking a private car with Royal Caribbean as a shore excursion for my upcoming cruise. The website says a certain price and I just wanted to know if the price is per person or per car when you book the excursion. Thanks!

 

As for Tallinn, we found (through TripAdvisor) a free walking tour. It was fabulous! The guide(s) are starting their own company and want groups to be small (no more than 12) in order to give individualized attention. The tour was about three hours and I believe we saw everything there is to see! Again, the guide was extremely knowledgeable and extremely well organized. We tipped the amount we would have paid if it were a trip offered by the cruise line. Well worth every cent!

 

Have a fantastic trip!

Caren

Thanks for the info on St. Petersburg! Also, do you have the name of this walking tour so I can search for them? Thanks in advance x

Regarding the SP Ballet, check to see if they are away on tour during July.

We booked our multi-city excursions with SPB tours. Highly rated on tripadvisor.

 

 

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From what I understand online, there is a Ballet and Opera festival running May through August of 2016, so I'll be okay with watching that if the official Saint Petersburg Ballet is away on tour! haha

And I'll check out SPB tours right now! thanks!

Wait, so is it a 3 hour drive or a 1 hour drive into town? cause that's a huge difference!

Thanks for all the tips! I'll check out all those places!

 

Berlin:

Be Aware you are not Docking in Berlin, as it´s nowhere Close to the sea. You will be most likely Docking in Warnemünde and it´s a several hour trip one way to Berlin. I would not visit Berlin on a cruise.

As for Berlin, the RCI site says Rostock is where we will be stopping, with "easy access" to Berlin and a couple other German cities, Do you still not recommend visiting if we were docking there?

Hi everyone!

I'm currently checking out the Ultimate Scandinavia-Russia 13 night cruise on the beautiful Serenade of the Seas for July of next year, and since this is a completely new trip for me, I thought to ask about excursions to these beautiful ports!

I'm looking for absolute must-sees and don't want to miss anything big! This is the itinerary:

Day 1-2: Stockholm, Sweden

Day 3: Helsinki, Finland

Day 4-6: St. Petersburg, Russia (I know I want to see the St.P Ballet one day, but what about the other two? suggestions?)

Day 7: Tallinn, Estonia

Day 8: Riga, Latvia

Day 9: Klaipeda, Lithuania

Day 10: At sea

Day 11: Berlin, Germany

Day 12: Fredericia, Denmark

Day 13-14: Copenhagen, Denmark

I'd love to hear about your experiences! Thanks in advance!

I just checked the website and it said exactly what you said! Thank you!

Hi! I was just looking for cruises that I haven't done before and came across one that goes to Russia and it had me asking myself a couple questions so I thought I'd enquire here!

I saw they said you needed to have a "Russian approved" tour booked to be able to go ashore on the days we are in Russia or get a visa, so I guess I was wondering if the RC Excursions count as approved tours? if I book them I don't need to get a visa?

Also, one quick question, you said the night club was being removed after the drydock, do you know what it would be instead?

Your love for the Explorer has got me excited to be sailing on it next July from Southampton. Any tips for a first-time 'adult' cruiser on this beauty? (My other two trips were very teen based, and I'm sorta worried as to what I have available to do now! haha)

Oh hello! I recognized your channel name from youtube! hahah I just watched all your videos of this cruise yesterday, and now I'm even more excited to check this one out!

Thanks for the quick reply, sweetheart! Great to know there's some familiarity through this whole thing on a new ship!

First time on this lovely class of ships, and I have a few questions?

First off, I would like to know what sets off this ship that other on the fleet, what am I going to see here that's unique to this ship?

Second, I would love to know what sort of entertainment on this ship is the same as others, like the piano players at schooners (spelling?) or the quest like on the indy?

and third and finally, I would love to know who the cruise director on this beauty is?

Thanks in advance to anyone who replies xxx

Thank you!

I have cruised with Joff before, so hopefully I will get to do this again! However, I've heard that on these new Quantum Class ships, it's harder to see the cruise director as a lot of the signature events like the farewell party and the quest and the 70s party are not available? is that true? or has Joff changed that? because interaction with him was definitely one of the best parts of our cruise on the indy back in 2012

Does anyone have any idea who the cruise director for Anthem Of The Seas will be during the summer 2015 season?

Much thanks in advance.