yosemiteSam

On 6/27/2020 at 11:42 AM, aly7859 said:

Love travelling in Costa Rica due the variety from beaches to volcanoes and rain forest but only central Costa Rica & Western part of the country.  There is so much to do in the country from zip lining, beaching, hiking, white water rafting, & the lush beauty is amazing but the roads can be treacherous.

And great Dentists - 1/3 the U S $

10 hours ago, Stew1966 said:

Does anyone have any concrete information on the possibility of my August 16th cruise out of NJ still happening?  We already lost out on a cruise in March.  Have a November cruise out of Florida planned.   Fingers crossed on that 1 as well.

 

Thanks for any information you can provide that is fact and not speculation. 

If it is one that calls on Canadian ports NO go

10 hours ago, SRV FAN said:

So, our July cruise was cancelled yesterday. My husband got an email from Royal telling him that. I didn't get an email however. MY email is the contact email for our account.

 

We are going to opt for the 125% FCC, but since they sent my husband an email and not me... will the FCC be for BOTH of us or just him? 

 

TIA! 

Both been there done that.

2 hours ago, Thechamp555 said:

I just heard recently that you can ask to have the gratuities cancelled so you can decide yourself to whom these tips will be assigned.

 

Is it really the case ?

Yes always has been

Take responsibility for your own selves ! We have enough B S warnings on stuff Geez

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I just looked up the Mardis Gras. I can't believe it ran aground on it's maiden voyage!

Carnival > still going strong in that department, engine out off Baja last year, Rocks off Italy last month, engine quit off Africa early this year, Carnival tour robbed early this year in Mex.. Maybe more to come without me !.

The Norway is beached at Alang in India. It is not scrapped - yet. Although our DD who was on the last cruise contends it was a floating scrap heap before the boiler explosion.

 

Doc

My first cruise was on the Norway ! Did 3 on her still love that ship, was not in my opinion, in bad shape a few months before the end. I was booked and getting ready to go on her again when the boiler blew, the week after ! NCL told me they might get her fixed in time LOL

Both our first solo cruises, my 27th cruise, I am retired my friend is close, both small business owners. We would enjoy the company of females !

Anyone remember cruising on the Southward. We sailed her on our very first cruise (March 88) and have many fond memories. Anyone want to share any Southward stories we would love to hear them.

Yes I sailed on the Southward 3 times all out of San Pedro, One time I had heard that if you show up at the dock and they have room you could offer $100.00 ! I did - they took it off I went ! Can't do that now days 2 day security thing. Liked that little cruiser. Yosemite Sam

Well all I know is Jan. 6 I booked an air/cruise package with Celebrity through Crucon for 9 adults and I figured to since it was the first time I had ever booked the air/cruise I would not have to worry about getting to the boat on time. I have always gone a day early. Needless to say Delta flight in Cinn. had mechanical problems which delayed the plane. I did ask Delta if we could go through another city and they said no. When we got to the horrible Los Angles airport that flight had left. Delta did put us up in a hotel however the flight only go at night so we did not fly out until the next night and therefore Celebrity cruise ship had left. Not to mention when we arrived in Auckland, NZ our luggage was lost, Celebrity had no one there to greet us or anyone to contact. A fellow cruiser had there cell phone and after many calls somehow got a bus to take us to the ship and another day not to mention the best tour had been lost. The clothes finally arrived a week into the cruise-wet, apparently they had been left out in the rain in Los Angelos.

Many lessons learned by me, Celebrity could have cared less and although they did provide $125 on board credit that did not near cover the cost of standing in line ups at the guest relations desk everyday not to mention 2 days of the cruise. Crucon did and still is providing an ear to talk to to at least make it better for future travellers. Delta within l day after coming home and me sending a letter send a $100 air travel voucher to be used within the year.

Moral of the story-book your own flight, go in l day ahead, take the least amount of luggage and pack in each others where possible and have wonderful travel insurance if you can find any. We had Mastercard coverage and so far have had no satisfaction. Apparently for the luggage lost we would have needed to purchase extremely expensive replacement clothing on the ship, which by the time we got there, so many people had lost there luggage everything was sold out and the trip delay insurance well nothing there either since Delta covered the cost of the hotel, but who cared that we had no makeup or clothing to sleep in or for the next day. We missed the ships Great Ocean Road Tour as apparently the ship arrived into port to late but the tour desk was closed in the morning for us to book anything else. When we arrived home Air Canada had lost our luggage. So needless to say it was a very stressful trip and I am still writing many letters to at least give them some suggestions so future travellers wont have to go through that.

If anyone has any great travel & medical insurance that they have had a great experience please let me know.

I have found a great site for us to find Travel Insurance and want to pass the site on to help.[ insuremy trip.com ] you pick out what you want and compare prices, I have used the insurance a couple of times and had good results ! Happy travels, Sam