Literary Lynne

Thank you so much for keeping us all in the picture. The hotel looks wonderful, especially the oysters! We are on Infinity on 28 November, so will be following your reports with great interest.

Hope you have a wonderful time.

Lynne 🙂

On 10/18/2023 at 9:57 PM, Jim_Iain said:

While I regularly use Zoom with little problem,  I think I would really be nervous if I was the sole Teacher (presenter) to a classroom without a designated backup that can take over if the OP were to loose connectivity.  I would definitely have a backup plan in place even if it is a per-recored presentation someone could flip on. 

 

I had a problem once when my boss was anxiously waiting for my final financial consolidation for the Board of Directors meeting that was an hour away.   The Internet went down and I had no way to contact them.   Luckily it came back up with 5 minutes to spare -  I almost had a heart attack.

I rang Celebrity yesterday and was advised that once on board we should contact the IT team and they would help by telling us the most effective place (presumably close to a router). But, we have taken your advice and pre-recorded the lecture, just in case!  Thank you for all your help.

Lynne  

Thank you for your replies. All very useful information. We are not in a suite Jim_Ian, just a concierge room. We will do as you suggest, John, and set up a test call early on and go from there. Infinity does have Starlink, which should really help.

Lynne 🙂

Hi All,

My DH is due to give a Zoom lecture to UK participants whilst we are on board Infinity at the end of November. It is due to take place on a sea day, off the Spanish coast. Does anyone have experience of using the premium wi-fi on board for business use please?

Thank you

Lynne 🙂

5 hours ago, Szt said:

I don’t think you can bring either in a carryon on the plane. 

From the UK for certain, if you buy the wine in the Duty Free shop at the airport, after going through security, you can carry it onto the plane. Or you could buy the wine after you arrive in the departure port, before embarking.

Interesting question!

I've often wondered if it depends on how full the ship is and therefore what the income to X for that sailing amounts to. Once when we were on an Azamara sailing, most of the other guests were part of an organised group - 600 or so and only 50 or so independent guests. We noticed a definite downturn in the quality of the food, compared with a 'normal' sailing when the food quality is wonderful. Also once on X we had a similar experience when the ship was only half full. Does the Food and Beverage Manager/Director have a budget to work to depending on these factors, I wonder?  

Hi Anchor Banker, We are sailing on Infinity on November 28th this year from Barcelona, two sea days, then Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, sea day, Casablanca in Morocco, Cadiz, sea day, Valencia and back to Barcelona. So 11 nights. We thought it was a great mix of different, interesting ports and sea days. Expecting it to be rainy in mainland Spain but hoping for some sunshine in the Canaries and Morocco before winter. Barcelona has so much to offer. We have stayed there many times and are always happy to revisit. Cadiz and Valencia are wonderful.

Happy Birthday! 🥂 What a wonderful way to spend it. Loving your posts. Thank you so much for 'taking us along' with you.

11 hours ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

Same. I always use a TA. Wonder if that’s why…

Not a physical paper letter, but I received an email. I book through my TA.

Thank you so much for taking the time to 'take us along with you'. We are on Infinity towards the end of November and have booked OV 3140, which is, I believe, in the same area as your stateroom and has the large window. When I checked on the spreadsheet on CC relating to stateroom info, several people said their rooms in that area were noisy. Have you experienced a lot of noise?

Love your info and photos. 🙂

Corinne - I was so shocked and saddened to hear your awful news of John's death and the terrible problems you were encountering with receiving your refund. At least the latter has now been resolved but you really didn't need to go through all of that in addition to your devastating loss.

Sending my heartfelt sympathy.

Lynne x

Understand from friends currently on Oceana that they are heading straight back to Southampton, arriving Wednesday 18th March. They have been given a full 100% credit.

Lynne

On 11/7/2019 at 9:13 PM, hiccups said:

The original itinerary had a stop in Tarragona, but it was cancelled because of protests in Tarragona (there were protests in Barcelona as well, of course).  I meant my suggestion for this itinerary in the future would just be to skip Tarragona altogether and sail directly to  Barcelona for that last day of the cruise.  Many of the Azamara shore excursions for Tarragona actually involved a trip to Barcelona.

Hi Hiccups

I actually chose this cruise because of the stop in Tarragona as I wanted to follow the Roman trail, but I was more than happy to be safe and away from the protestors.

It was good to meet you on board - just pleasant memories now. Here's to the next time.

Lynne 😀

Thank you so much for posting your experiences here. The photos are stunning. I'm enjoying following along with you on this wonderful journey.

Lynne😀

On 10/25/2019 at 7:32 PM, Host Grandma Cruising said:

Thanks, PirateWife. I’ve added the information about fruit baskets and how to use your LCV laundry benefit on to the spreadsheet.

Think maybe that the process differs between ships as we have just returned from Pursuit (19 Oct). We weren't given information sheets on embarkation that included info about fruit baskets and we did receive LCV laundry coupons.  Have to say that the laundry was perfect. Wish I could iron shirts as well as they did!

Loving your report and all the wonderful photos. It is like reliving the cruise all over again, with the addition of places that we didn't visit, meals that we missed out on etc., although I'm sure we were doing something equally fantastic at the same time. I've written a review, without all the pics, but I know it can take a few days to be uploaded to the Review section. 

Missing you already, as they say!

Lynne 🤩

Ah, thank you for clarifying. I hadn't realised that for suite guests speciality dining is complementary but doesn't mean that they can dine there any time.

No discounted deals for first night speciality dining on our Pursuit cruise 12-19 October 19. We booked the three dinner package for $70 each as soon as we boarded around 12noon and had our choice of times and restaurant. Both Aqualina and Prime C dinners were excellent.

We did talk to other guests who arrived at 1pm and staying in a suite who said that they were unable to book the times they wanted in the speciality restaurants and we also talked to another couple staying in a suite who were unable to make reservations in either speciality restaurant on several evenings, despite the fact that suite guests are entitled to dine there any evening. Not sure how the system works for suite guests but it didn't seem to be working well for both these couples.

Lynne 

Cabin number: 4040 (Oceanview)

Ship: Pursuit

Date of travel: 12-19 October 2019

Any Noise?: No noise at all

Would you choose again: NO, but only because the dark grey decor make the room so gloomy that we needed the lights on all the time. Also, the air con cannot be turned off (or balcony door open to let in some natural fresh air as it is an ocean view room) resulted in sore, dry throats for us, which spoilt the holiday rather. In the past have been happy with oceanview rooms on deck 4 on Quest and Journey but they were lighter in decor and the air con has not been as fierce. 

Hi Hiccups

Great to meet you on board. Hope that you are safely home, as we are. We were in an oceanview and, as you said, we received $100 on board credit for missing Tarragona.

We debarked in Barcelona around 7am, which was much earlier than we had intended originally, but due to the protests and the fact that the protestors had marched on the port during Friday evening and occupied the airport earlier in the week which resulted in a lot of flight cancellations, we followed the captain's advice and left early. There was no trouble in getting to the airport by taxi and our flight on Easyjet to Gatwick, although an hour late but not due to protests, was fine.

A fantastic cruise, once again.

Lynne

Thanks Sleep 7

We are on this cruise and really looking forward to it. For us, there is so much to see in Tarragona that interests us - the Roman trail is what we are going to be following. Will have to be up early though as the ship leaves at 2pm for Barcelona. https://www.tarragonaturisme.cat/en/routes/roman-route

Can understand why you want to spend more time in Barcelona though and glad that you will have the opportunity now. Look forward to meeting you at the Meet and Mingle on board.

Lynne 😀

Looks fabulous, but so expensive, at the moment!

Lynne🤔

So happy to have your thoughts on your cruise nodski and more than pleased that you are having a great time. We are on Pursuit in a couple of weeks so every morsel of information is of interest.

Look forward to hearing more but in the meantime I hope you enjoy every minute.

Thank you.

Lynne 😀

I'm in the UK and a regular Azamara customer - next cruise in a couple of week's time, but didn't receive this survey. Have never booked a hotel through Azamara though.

I agree that on port intensive cruises it probably isn't an important issue for guests or economical for Azamara but on cruises with a number of sea days I think it is vitally important and would be a deal-breaker for me if I knew that there were some good lecturers on board. 

Lynne 🙂