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Howdy from a fellow Texan, To help you out I have moved your thread to the Princess Cruises forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed Princess frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. Happy sails, Host Kat

Howdy and thank you for your new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns a specific North American homeport and is off topic there. To help you out I have moved your thread to the Florida Departures forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that live in or sailed out of Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard the Cruise Critic message boards! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello and welcome to Cruise Critic & the message boards! To help you out, your new topic regarding Silversea has been moved to the Silversea Cruises forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed Silversea frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are a great resource for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you found us! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list for the various message board forums. Read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. I sincerely hope this will be helpful to someone new to posting on our message boards. We are glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

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@Songchiesmum Thank you for your new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum. It is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. However, your thread is off topic there since your topic concerns specific cruise line. To help you out, your new topic regarding Princess has been moved to the Princess Cruises forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed Princess provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

@jerry obean Hello Jerry and Elaine! Thank you for starting the Roll Call thread! However, I had to edit the Roll Call thread title to the format mentioned in How To: Create A New Roll Call as follows: When you create a new ROLL CALL topic, you MUST include the sail date in the subject line, and here's the suggested format: Example: January 1, 2016 Please note the suggested date format with the month first and spelled out completely will ensure your new Roll Call topic appear in search results The Roll Call thread is now 12 N Celebrity Solstice , departs HK November 16, 2023. That way future Roll Call members will be able to find the Roll Call thread when using the Roll Call Finder Tool that appears at the top of the Celebrity Solstice Roll Calls forum. Here is a clip: I sincerely hope this will be satisfactory! Happy sails. Host Kat

@spearmint Howdy again Bill! Please note what CC Help Michell states in my post #12 above, especially the part I have in bold: I wanted to give you a head's up that over the next few weeks we are transitioning to a system requiring everyone to log into the boards using the email address in their profile, rather than their user name. This is for log in only; posts will still carry the user name and no email is visible onsite to the public unless a member chooses to post their email address (which we do strongly discourage). You are not alone. Other members experienced the same thing last summer. Perhaps the pinned thread by LauraS, Senior Manager Community, toward the top of the first page of this forum will be helpful: Hope this additional information will be helpful! Host Kat

@Marylebone37 Please note the following portion of the Who are Community Hosts? The Community Manager? section in the Guidelines: "... The Community Manager has overall control of everything that happens within the Community. The Community Manager oversees how the board is styled, what forums to create and how to organize them, is responsible for our Rules of Participation, what information to require from members and who to appoint as Community Hosts. You may contact the Community Manager at: community@cruisecritic.com..." Send an email regarding your suggestion to LauraS, Senior Manager Community, at community@cruisecritic.com. She can then contact the Editorial Dept. Note the following from the About Us page of the Cruise Critic website: Editorial Mission At Cruise Critic we aim to provide balanced, unbiased reporting and take our journalistic credibility seriously. It is central to the aim of the site to provide you, the reader, with an accurate and reliable resource on all aspects of cruising, and we do so by pairing our editorial content with thousands of reviews from our members of the site. Cruise Critic accepts advertising, but it remains strictly impartial from an editorial standpoint – something which is made clear to all advertisers. Please send the email from your Cruise Critic email address of record and mention your Cruise Critic user name. This is so your membership can be verified and any reply will be sent to your Cruise Critic email address of record. If your current Cruise Critic email address of record is not correct and needs to be updated before you send your email, please click the following: How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address Happy sails, Host Kat

@Sea Legs There are numerous June Roll Call threads on the Symphony of the Seas Roll Calls forum at this time. Click here for the results by the Roll Call Finder Tool at the top of the forum. In fact, there were three Roll Call threads for your cruise that I recently merged into one thread. Click here June 11, 2023 Symphony of the Seas - Barcelona for your Roll Call thread where you have posted before. I notice you did not Follow this new thread of yours or your Roll Call thread. I suggest you use the Follow feature on any threads where you are interested in the new posts. That way you will not have to go looking to see if there are new posts because they will come looking for you as notifications when new posts are posted. If you need more info on how to do it, please click here How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info). Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @Georgia65a and welcome to Cruise Critic & the message boards! To help you out, your new topic regarding Gibraltar guides has been moved to the Ports of Call - Europe - Other Mediterranean Ports forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are a great resource for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you found us! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list for the various message board forums. Read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Be sure to find & post on the Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your cruise if one has been started. That is where you will find your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you before the cruise. Your Roll Call thread is the only place on the boards where share requests are allowed for your cruise. There is a "captive audience" here since you are all sailing together! Your fellow Roll Call thread members may have important information posted in your Roll Call thread. Especially those that have sailed your line, ship or itinerary before. Also, they may already have posted share requests that may interest you. For information about our Roll Calls, please read What is a Roll Call? Everything you Need to Know and How To: Create A New Roll Call. For more information about our famous Roll Calls, please read the Roll Calls and Our Policy Regarding Facebook and Roll Calls sections in the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships. We also have the following Cruise Critic article you might enjoy: 8 Reasons to Join a Cruise Critic Roll Call I sincerely hope this will be helpful to someone new to posting on our message boards. We are glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

@texasatty Howdy from a fellow Texan! You can also hover your cursor over their user name or avatar (Profile Photo) on one of their posts. A small screen will appear. On the bottom of the screen click Ignore in the small light blue button. You will not see the ignored member's posts in the future. However, if anyone quotes any of the ignored member's posts you will see the quotes. If you use the Follow feature for any threads or forums, when the ignored member posts on the followed thread or forum you will not get a notification of their post. Your Notifications will screen out your ignored members. Also, I notice you did not use the Follow feature on this thread. I suggest you use the Follow feature on any threads or forums where you are interested in the new posts. That way you will not have to go looking to see if there are new posts because they will come looking for you as Notifications! If you need more info on how to do it, please click the following: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) Hope this additional information will be helpful! Happy sails, Host Kat

Well folks, hopefully the following will be helpful. It is what we Hosts rec'd 4/18/23: Good morning everyone! I hope wherever you are spring has sprung and you are enjoying lovely weather! I wanted to give you a head's up that over the next few weeks we are transitioning to a system requiring everyone to log into the boards using the email address in their profile, rather than their user name. This is for log in only; posts will still carry the user name and no email is visible onsite to the public unless a member chooses to post their email address (which we do strongly discourage). Right now we have an announcement running on the right side of forum pages (in green), and when folks log in they are notified that in the next several weeks email log in rather than user name will be required. Eventually that will change to a prompt to log in with their email and user names won't work. This change is due to some transitions on our site to a SSO system. So all members, including all of us, will be logging in with the email attached to our user names. We've asked via announcements for all members to check their emails in their profiles and to update them if needed. The big news on that is that updating email addresses is now a self-serve thing! Here is Laura's post about how to check your email address, and update it if needed: If you have any problems with this or need help from me, please let me know! As always, thanks again for all you do! Michell You can reach CC Help Michell, Community Support Assistant, at help@cruisecritic.com. Send the email from your current Cruise Critic email address of record and mention your user name. Happy sails, Host Kat

So sorry about my previous post in this thread. No one gave me notice regarding the future change utilizing email address instead of member name to log into Cruise Critic. To all reading this thread, CC Help Jenn now has other job duties & is no longer using help@cruisecritic.com. That email address is now for @CC Help Michell Community Support Assistant.

@gullcruiser Thank you for your new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum. It is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. However, your thread is off topic there since your topic concerns specific ports of call. To help you out I have moved your thread to the British Isles/Western Europe forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there or live there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

@Djptcp Click here Leaving New Orleans. It is an oldie but goodie thread on the Ports of Call - New Orleans forum. Members have posted various times in the thread. I notice you did not Follow this new thread of yours. I suggest you use the Follow feature on any threads where you are interested in the new posts. That way you will not have to go looking to see if there are new posts because they will come looking for you as notifications. If you need more info on how to do it, please click here How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info). Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

@spearmint Bill, I'm with Essiesmom, sounds like spam or malware. Cruise Critic has always tried to protect member privacy. The instructions for the registration process clearly states Do not use email address as user name. Everyone starts out on a level playing field on Cruise Critic. Anonymous user names only. To verify, send an email to help@cruisecritic.com from your Cruise Critic email address of record and mention your user name. This is so your membership can be verified, and any reply will be sent to your Cruise Critic email address of record. If your current Cruise Critic email address of record is not correct and needs to be updated before you send your email, please click the following: How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address Happy sails, Host Kat

@HHI Cruiser1 Please note the following portion of the Who are Community Hosts? The Community Manager? section in the Guidelines: "... The Community Manager has overall control of everything that happens within the Community. The Community Manager oversees how the board is styled, what forums to create and how to organize them, is responsible for our Rules of Participation, what information to require from members and who to appoint as Community Hosts. You may contact the Community Manager at: community@cruisecritic.com..." Send an email regarding your suggestion to LauraS, Senior Manager Community, at community@cruisecritic.com. Please send the email from your Cruise Critic email address of record and mention your Cruise Critic user name. This is so your membership can be verified and any reply will be sent to your Cruise Critic email address of record. If your current Cruise Critic email address of record is not correct and needs to be updated before you send your email, please click the following: How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address Happy sails, Host Kat

@JCrewz Your two threads on the Carnival Liberty Roll Calls forum have been removed. They should not be left to "die on the vine". Your fellow members using the Roll Call Finder Tool at the top of the Roll Calls forum would be confused when your two threads would appear in their search findings. Please click here Carnival Luminosa Roll Calls to start your Roll Call thread on the correct forum. Also, I notice you did not Follow the two Roll Call threads as well as this thread. I suggest you use the Follow feature on any threads where you are interested in the new posts. That way you will not have to go looking to see if there are new posts because they will come looking for you as notifications! If you need more info on how to do it, please click the following: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

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@Lisa86 To help you out I have moved your new topic to the Ports of Call - Europe - Eastern & Western - Italy Ports forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. I suggest you use the Follow feature on this thread or any other thread where you are interested in the replies. That way you will not have to go looking to see if there are new replies because they will come looking for you as notifications! If you need more info on how to do it, please click the following: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @HellyBells and welcome to Cruise Critic & the message boards! Thank you for your new thread on the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum! However, your thread was off topic there. That forum is for technical assistance in using these message boards. To help you out, your new topic has been moved to the Norwegian Cruise Line forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed on Norwegian Prima frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are a great resource for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you found us! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list for the various message board forums. Read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Once you book your cruise, be sure to find & post on the Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your cruise if one has been started. For information about our Roll Calls, please read What is a Roll Call? Everything you Need to Know and How To: Create A New Roll Call. For more information about our famous Roll Calls, please read the Roll Calls and Our Policy Regarding Facebook and Roll Calls sections in the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships. We also have the following Cruise Critic article you might enjoy: 8 Reasons to Join a Cruise Critic Roll Call I sincerely hope this will be helpful to someone new to posting on our message boards. We are glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

@hinterlandboyz2 Thank you for your new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum. It is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. However, your thread is off topic there since your topic concerns a specific cruise line shuttle bus route. To help you out, your new thread has been moved to the Princess Cruises forum where it will be on topic as cruisemom42 mentions. Also, I have edited your thread title to Princess Hong Kong cruise shuttle bus. That way, your fellow Princess cruisers that have used the shuttle will be aware of your inquiry as they browse the thread titles in the forum. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @Bigdaddy209 and welcome to Cruise Critic & the message boards! Thank you for your new topic on the Cruise Blogs & Websites forum! However, it is off-topic there since the forum is for our members to post links to their personal travelogue-type of cruise-related blogs or websites. To help you out your new topic has been moved to the West Coast Departures forum. The forum is for information concerning hotel, transportation, dining & embarkation. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. Be sure to find the Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your cruise. For information about our Roll Calls, please read What is a Roll Call? Everything you Need to Know and How To: Create A New Roll Call. For more information about our famous Roll Calls, please read the Roll Calls and Our Policy Regarding Facebook and Roll Calls sections in the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships. We also have the following Cruise Critic article you might enjoy: 8 Reasons to Join a Cruise Critic Roll Call The Cruise Critic website and message boards are a great resource for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you found us! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list for the various message board forums. Read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. I sincerely hope this will be helpful to someone new to posting on our message boards. We are glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

@Travelicious Your test post has been split out of this thread and moved to the TEST FORUM where it belongs. That is where all test posts should be. For your post, click here: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2930178-test/

@envy4u To help you out your new topic titled Israel has been moved to the correct forum. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. Happy sails, Host Kat