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Thanks for another great live review. I was late to the party as we were away in Hurghada Egypt. I binge read it all in one day. Loved it as always.

We are thinking of doing a 14 night Ncl prima cruise from Galveston next January.

Thanks for another great live.

Hope you had a safe flight & a smooth journey home.

Hope you have a smooth journey home.

Thanks for sharing your vacation with us.

Good morning, although it’s afternoon here in Turkey. Have a safe non eventful journey. Don’t forget your public transport cards.

Ooh loving all these lives, to capture all the fun. 

I’m following & waiting on the edge of my seat. 

Looking forward to following along. Shenanigans commence. 

Just found your review & we’re already on day 3! Just binge read it all. Sorry you are still having trouble with your webpage.

Merry Christmas to you & all the family.

Enjoy your final afternoon at the pool.

Thanks for a fun packed live review.

Thanks for another great review. Just binge read all 78 pages over the last 2 days.

We were on a bus tour of the Black Sea In Turkey all last week so unfortunately couldn’t follow live.

Loved this review. Thanks for taking time to do it.

Looking forward to following along on your next one.

Thanks again for doing a live, Loved following along. So sorry it wasn’t all you hoped & more.

Enjoy being home with your family.

On the app if you click on dining it should give you a list of the restaurants.

click on each individual restaurant & it should say sample menu. Click on this it should show the menu.

45 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

I don’t think the additional tip cultural that carnival has exists here. They don’t have receipts for write-ins which is kind of nice not having to sign..but..I haven’t personally seen any cash come out. That said we did pay double the drink gratuities that we would have on carnival. But we didn’t have to buy a drink package. I did do that $300 upgrade that got me more expensive liquors I won’t order..mostly for the Wi-Fi and and specialty dinners. Which I think turns out to be 1 specialty dinner since I lost one on the free at sea by purchasing it. I think that got me my Starbucks coffees as well but maybe someone else may be able to confirm that.

 

 

Your upgrade did get you the Starbucks coffees & you can order water (still & fizzy) which is not included in the normal free at sea.

You can also order bottles of wine & champagne & the more expensive liquors.

You only get 1 dining with an inside or ocean view room with the original free at sea (2 dinings is for balcony room & above) so you did get an additional 2 with the plus package.

We normally tip 1 or 2 dollars cash when ordering drinks.

Have you booked your speciality dining as these get booked up & you can’t always do walk ups?

Greyline sightseeing lists a luggage storage facility at the cruise terminal
https://westcoastsightseeing.com/services/all-day-baggage-storage/

just saw this on another site.

Not sure if you are sorted.

Looking forward to seeing what you think of Ncl.

Have a fabulous cruise.

Love your reviews.

Have an amazing time. I hope you manage to tick off everything on your list.

Im from the Uk originally but have lived in Turkey for 21 years. My daughter & I just got back last week from the Uk. (We hadn’t visited for 9 years)

We ate a penguin biscuit.

Thanks for a fabulous review as always. Your flights were like our normal travelling as we fly from Turkey so know your pain. We always have an extra internal flight to & from Istanbul too.

I always get Samosas, but maybe you should try the Fish tikka too.

Lamb Biryani for entree.

Sorry can’t help with desserts.

Loving the review as always.

A transatlantic is on my bucket list.

The Azores looked amazing.

Enjoy your sea days, I hope you get chance to relax & don’t  get too bored.

Uk cadburys chocolate is so much nicer than American chocolate.

9 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said:

I’ve all ready checked into it and since our layover will now be longer at Heathrow, I’ll be submitting my pub bill. I’ll let ya know what they say. And if there ends up being an issue with Hotel Thissio, I’ll submit that as well. 

We got compensation as well as being reimbursed for our meal at Miami.

@MeganGC1983

I’m not sure if you can claim compensation on your cancelled flight.

We booked direct with British airways for our January cruise from New Orleans. 

Our return flight from Miami to Heathrow was cancelled & we were put on a flight 6 hours later, we then missed our connection from Heathrow to Istanbul so was put on another later flight.

I claimed compensation through their website & got €600 euros each.

We only paid $650 each for our return flights total so basically all our flights ended up being free.

• If you are informed of the cancellation between thirteen and seven days before the scheduled time of departure and are offered re-routing, allowing you to depart no more than two hours before the scheduled time of departure and to reach your final destination less than four hours after the scheduled time of arrival; or

• If you are informed of the cancellation less than seven days before the scheduled time of departure and are offered re-routing, allowing you to depart no more than one hour before the scheduled time of departure and to reach your final destination less than two hours after the scheduled time of arrival.

• EUR 250 for flights of 1500 km or less

• EUR 400 for flights within the EU of more than 1500 km and for all other flights between 1500km and 3500 km

• EUR 600 for all other flights.

• Two hours for flights of 1500 km or less

• Three hours for all flights within the EU of more than 1500 km and for all other flights between 1500km and 3500 km

• Four hours for all other flights.

13 minutes ago, ceilidh1 said:

Sorry Tribe, I need to take a moment to vent and whine about US government bureaucracy. So both my kids are US citizens- both have US passports and official US report of birth abroad documents. My 16 year has never had a SSN as when we registered her birth at the consulate in Vancouver, we took her Canadian birth certificate instead of the report of live birth (no clue what the difference is). Learned our lesson and the 11 year old got his SSN with his report of birth abroad.

 

For 16 years I’ve been trying to get a SSN for the oldest. It’s tricky as it must be done in person at an office in the US. I have spent many hours researching and n their website, emailing, and calling and each time I’ve tried to do it or spoken to someone I get different information. Today we tried to get one at the office in Seattle. The plus side is that we were first in line so mo wait. The downside is that, yet again, we were turned away and given different info. I felt confident that I had everything (and more) required this time. Passport, report of birth abroad, birth certificate, registration of live birth, Canadian care card. Today I was told I needed documentation proving her identity since birth! Huh? Nowhere does it say this on the website or the application. No one has ever told me this before. And how in the heck do I get this proof? Anyone know?

I would have thought a birth certificate is proof of identity from birth.

4 hours ago, Milly1966 said:

Hello all Tribe members, lurker here looking for some help.  We have a British Isles cruise on Azamara coming up in July.  We have never been to the UK and never sailed with Azamara. I am trying not to over pack, so I am looking for suggestions as to what type of clothing to bring for both excursions and on the ship.  Doing a Google search for weather in Ireland, England and Scotland in July lead me to expect rain and temps in the high 60s low 70s.  Do I even need to bring shorts/sandals?  Should I stick with long pants or capris.  I have a raincoat that I can layer something warmer underneath if needed.  And what about shoes....do I need in invest in a pair of waterproof/resistant shoes?  

 

And for those of you with experience on Azamara, any input is appreciated on how to dress for dinner in the main dining room. Or any thoughts in general regarding Azamara.  

 

We are just under 2 months away from this cruise and I am completely stressed about packing!  So thanks for ANY suggestions!!!

 

Sarah

I am from the Uk originally.

The Uk in July can have all 4 seasons in one day. It can start out spring like then get sunny & hot, then rain & wind  & end up with autumn.

Light weight long pants & capris are good with maybe 1 pair of shorts. (They do have hot days)

A rain coat with layers under is good. Short sleeve T-shirt or blouse with a cardigan or jumper.