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Thinking you might not be able to bring food on to the island. I guess the ship will know.

Note that Odyssey is 32,000 tonnes and Ovation is 40,300 tonnes per Seabourn website.

Will there be any baggo prizes left for those of us boarding on the 18th??🤣

We also board on the 18th. Third on Seabourn. First on Ovation. Can’t wait.

We board Feb 18. Would be interested to know what you think of the islands as there are a few which will be new to us. We were booked on this itinerary on Odyssey in March 2020 but was cancelled so giving it another go. Incidentally Fudge, we have friends who live in Letymbou and have visited Cyprus a few times (from Toronto).

Our first stop on Ovation departing Feb 18 will be Bequia. We would really like to spend time on a beach. For those of you who have visited here, is Princess Margaret beach easy to get to from the dock or would you take the ship excursion over to Mustique? We don’t want to spend a lot on excursions over the two weeks. Any ideas for the remainder of the itinerary would be welcome.

Santorini is a pretty island. We stayed there a few years ago for three nights as part of an island hopping trip. Because you get off at the ferry dock this cuts out the need for cable car. Not busy at all and loved it. We were there for a day last June with Azamara. Did not have a good time. Line for cable car was ridiculous so we took the local boat straight to Oia. Then by bus to Fira. This was very badly organized. Both towns were absolute zoos. Unable to take photos with the crowds. This meant a return by cable car to the ship. Queue to get down was two and a half hours in searing heat. We decided to walk down the donkey path. I fell on the slippy cobblestones and ended up at the ship medical centre and spent two days in a wheelchair and missed the following two ports. Three other people on our ship did the same. Can’t comment on a day trip by plane. Our ferry back from Santorini to Piraeus was 8 hours. If I was going to do this I personally would arrive three days pre cruise. Just my thoughts and comments.

Ha ha. Actually I do like to spend some time in the gym. Honestly!

Anyone have info on classes in the gym?

Just found out March 4 is the Gold Cup racing event at the Garrison in Bridgetown. Not sure how this will affect traffic.

We will be leaving Ovation in Barbados on March 4. What time do you have to leave by?

We did the Onward B2B in June. Athens / Ravenna/ Venice. No covid testing for second week.

Boarded in Piraeus June 4. Wasn’t given specific boarding time. Our paperwork just said checkin from 2.00 pm. No one boarded the ship until after 2.00 pm. With checking covid paperwork in one tent then registration in another it took about 45 mins from arrival to actual boarding.

We visited Argostoli, on the island of Kefalonia, last month. Lovely place and you dock in town. We got a taxi to a lovely beach where we spent a few hours. A very inexpensive day.

Love it! That Royal whatever is awful. “We want Fevertree”.