Dublin68

Hi

Did they offer any speciality dining packages on board as none available on the cruise planner

The speciality restaurants are offered on cruise planner are each one separately and really expensive 

I'm going on her on the 6th June the best of Japan cruise

Thank you

On 8/17/2018 at 10:15 PM, Miaminice said:

Hi,

 

since this is a confusing topic I thought I´d try to explain the visa exemption rules in simple terms.

Please note that this is no legal advice but rather the information I collected before travelling to Shanghai myself under the 144 hour visa exemption rule. Please doublecheck if you are citizen of a country to which the rule applies.

 

In simple terms the 144 hour visa exemption can be called the three country rule.

You need to travel from country A to country B (China) and leave to country C within the 144 hours.

 

Applied to cruises this translates as following:

The stop before China has to be another country than China. On many cruises that would be South Korea or Japan.

The country you are leaving to has to be a third country and can not be China or the country you arrived from. You need to leave on a direct flight or a flight with no stops within China. Hong Kong in this case is not considered China and would be OK.

 

Example:

Jeju, South Korea sailing to Shanghai, leave within 144 hours to the US or the UK = OK

 

The documents you need are copies of you cruise itinerary, hotel reservations and flight tickets as prove that you are leaving within the 144 hours.

 

Here is some further explanation of the procedure on the cruise. This is how it is done on Celebrity.

However, since this procedure fulfills the immigration requirements it should be of interest for passengers of other cruise lines as well.

 

Before the end of the cruise you will receive a blue transit immigration card. On Celebrity Millennium it came with the shown letter explaining which documents you need to present during immigration. The documents were already checked by Celebrity during embarkation.

 

 

 

 

Here´s also a link to a website giving understandable information:

https://www.traveltothemagic.net/visa-free-travel-shanghai-disney-resort/

 

Yes, it is not an official website. However, it puts into simple terms what can be found on official websites of Chinese immigration departments, Shanghai customs etc. like this one:

http://www.sh-immigration.gov.cn/listPageEn.aspx?lx=40&id=4414

 

BTW: we arrived in China/Shanghai two times - one time without visa, one time with a visa (because we had more stops in China).

Both times it took the same time to pass immigration, there were no shorter or longer lines.

Thank you for providing the information, most helpful, I really appreciate it

Hi Im new to asking questions! I love this CC group so much information.

Here goes: we are going on RC Asia 5 nights from Singapore one stop is Phuket, I have researched elephant sanctuarys and found this one PHUKET ELEPHANT SANCTUARY

100, Moo 2, Paklok, on the 4027 road in North East Phuket. has anyone been? how did you get there &back? should I pre book a driver? any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, thanking you in advance

Brilliant review, loved every minute of it. Im doing the same cruise next June/July, very excited. Was the elephant ride from a elephant sanctuary? unfortunately none your pictures are open on my mac laptop? They show up as a grey box with please update your account with 3rd party hosting, I have no clue what this means lol but thanks again for a great review, I now have some goals