Mary229

I have sailed the K twice and the NS once and never have I seen the freestyle machine working. Ditto the beer taps

Why aren’t there more berries?!😄. I love my berries, my waiter tired of me last cruise asking if I ever ate any other dessert except berries - I told him if it made him happy to please add a dollop of whipped cream. So now I have a new favorite dessert.

Not always does the ship get stuck. We had a Chinese national/ US green card on our ship last year. When they reached Argentina the Argentines would not accept her digital visa, they required a physical paper copy for Chinese nationals. She was taken off the ship, escorted to the airport and boarded on a flight back to the US. I do not know who covered her expenses. We know the story as her husband, who stayed onboard, befriended us and told us the entire story.

I agree with checking the Princess board. Princess operates its own shuttle and if it is like HAL’s you gather your luggage and step onto the bus right at the terminal. If you call Princess they will tell you how early your flight can be to play it safe.

No, I am talking a basic Allianz travel insurance. It only covers a very bare amount of medical; is mainly trip delay, trip cancellation and such. That is why I use the annual medical policy which does have evacuation. Chase does have some basic medical coverage which would cover small issues like getting an antibiotic or antihistamine from the ship doctor. I think it has a very amount of evacuation but not enough to rely on. The annual medical policy can be bought with large evacuation limits. I use the one Steve Dasseos @iamtrustworthy recommended. It is a geoblue annual health policy.

I buy a packet 30 and transfer the slim packets out of the box into a ziploc. Each packet is a full daily dose. There is one variety that is like a fizzy tablet.

Google “park sleep fly” and “park cruise hotel”. There are websites that specialize in those hotels

This is one variety but there are many.

For the vitamin carriers - I now carry those powdered drink packets with a full dose of vitamins. It is much easier than carrying all of those pills and doubles as a beverage. There are a lot of formulation options these days

The Chase insurance is fine for basic travel coverage and is similar to any base level policy you can buy. I also buy an annual medical policy which is a fairly cheap insurance.

It would be a good idea if you could leave a review for excursions immediately in the app and have those published with the post cruise excursions reviews by email. The info would be fresh in your mind and likely more accurate

The brunch was perfect for us since as non-breakfast eaters we are always looking for nourishment around 11-11:30. The hours are 9-1 if I recall correctly. We enjoyed it every time we dined

I have been there 4 or 5 times and in every post cruise survey I ask HAL - why, why do you make me go back? I think it was one of the ports that HAL originally sailed to in North America when they were transporting immigrants so they maintain their historic relationship. You are right the Graham Bell museum is quite a drive and if the weather is bad it is not a pleasant visit. As much as you, like me, are not a military person the fort does have demonstrations, shopping and restaurants. It is by far the best day I spent in Sydney and I have done most things.

The entertainment director had a shirt on his. I think it was an infant sized shirt

Sign up on the website. It is called Today’s 10 or some such catchy name.

They will sell you plenty of orange accessories to dress him😉

The $49 program seems to have issues so the weekly deals are always worth a look. I am buying refundable airline tickets today in anticipation of a price drop of a cruise I want to take.

The lion and book were for sale on ship at half price. $20 for the lion and maybe? $30 for the book

Regent may be different but when I have sailed “luxury “ lines with included excursions the excursions which were included were a waste of time and cattle herders. After a few of those I started touring independently at my own expense

His first position was at Disney. Disney has a unique and rigorous training program. I don’t know if you know pre-lockdowns HAL had a training school also. Almost all of their new Filipino and Indonesian hires went through that program that is why there was a uniformity of excellence in service and attitude. That program needs to be brought back up to prelockdown levels.

My TA uses them. She gets a commission and the price is the same to me, just like cruise lines operate. She makes sure everything is moving along according to plan and provides the extra layer of advocacy if needed.

I don’t really get the hardbody cases. Many of them are simply too wide to qualify as a true carryon and if you ever flight intercontinental in Europe they won’t be considered carryon.

My short legs love a fat case to rest on during flight. This is a nice case, where did you get it?

I have become totally spoiled booking hotels with the cruise line when going overseas on an all night flight. Sure they charge too much but walking out of baggage claim bleary eyed and handing your luggage to someone who is going to deliver it to your waiting hotel room is priceless. Who likes it more is DH, no muss, no fuss, no hailing taxis, looking for train stations, so easy.

I do that quite often when people start preaching loudly.