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Host Kat replied to talkorpi's topic in Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here!
@talkorpi You are most welcome! In October 2018 the Cruise Critic message board software was changed from vBulletin to Invision Community and has been tweaked often since then. Also, we moved to new servers in May 2019. Soooo, changes happen! 😀 Again, from the Guidelines: "Question: Why don't you allow us to post about other cruise sites? My post contains *** and then you removed it! Answer: Actually, we do allow the legitimate linking to information at another cruise site, as long as that link isn't posted in an attempt to drive traffic to that site (in the sole discretion of Cruise Critic), or if the posting of such site is meant to cause disruption within the community. If a website's url or name is replaced by a series of *****, it may mean that particular website had spammed our community with advertisements for their site, or that member(s) may have posted in a way that we consider self-promotion or advertising." Please remember the Hosts are non-paid volunteers, not Management, working the boards when their real life permits. Most Management & Administrators work regular weekday business hours. Please be patient for your post to be reviewed. Glad to be of service, Host Kat -
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Host Kat replied to talkorpi's topic in Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here!
@talkorpi Howdy from a fellow Texan! Here is one of the 2021 threads in this forum that addresses the issue: Hidden posts -
@BobbiWest Bobbi, Welcome back to the Cruise Critic message boards! I see it has been a while since you have posted. Thank you for your new topic on the Cruise Blogs & Websites forum! However, it is off-topic here since the forum is for our members to post links to their personal travelogue-type of cruise-related blogs or websites. To research your ports of call for information regarding private tours, excursions or transportation, please go to the Ports of Call - Europe forums. Browse through the thread titles there 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. To find your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you, you need to post on the specific Roll Call thread for your cruise. 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. The specific Roll Call thread for your cruise is the ONLY place on the Cruise Critic message boards where you and your fellow Roll Call thread members are allowed to post personal ads about sharing private tours, excursions or transportation with each other. There is a "captive audience" there 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. Once you locate the Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship and sail date, read through the whole thread to get to know the others sailing with you. Use the blue Reply to this topic button to post an introductory post about yourself on the Roll Call. If you want to address a particular post already in the thread, be sure to use the Quote feature on that post so all will be aware of what your post concerns. 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 again! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list for the various 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. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you back aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat
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Hello @windermere Thank you for your new topic on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns a specific cruise line ship and is off topic there. To help you out I have moved your topic to the Celebrity Cruises forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed on Solstice in Alaska 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
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Now they have been split out of the 2016 thread & merged into this new thread. The 2016 thread has been locked.
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@ontheweb There are previous threads on this forum from last year when badges for "LIVE" and/or "Just Back" Trip Report threads first started being awarded. In the Announcements section, see Live Cruise Reports Page. Note it states the following information: If you have a Trip Report you would like to see on this page, please send us a message to let us know: community@cruisecritic.com That would be the first thing to do to nominate a "LIVE" and/or "Just Back" Trip Report thread to appear on the Live Cruise Reports page. As LauraS states in her post #84 on one of those previous threads from last year mentioned above, that will start the wheels rolling for the badge to be awarded to the member for their "LIVE" and/or "Just Back" Trip Report being on the Live Cruise Report page. We've seen over 490 members attain this badge, many of those more than once. It looks something like this but with a little oval icon on top saying Rare: Now this year, in an attempt encourage members to upload their reviews they post on the boards for publication by Cruise Critic at Write a Review, there is a new badge. It looks something like this and is known as the "Great Review" badge: Since discussion of the management of this Community, including post removals, member suspensions, or any rule of participation is not allowed on the boards, re any further questions/comments/feedback note the following from the Guidelines: "... If you have any questions or comments regarding our posting guidelines or any content found on our message boards please be sure and let me know. I'll be happy to discuss them with you.LauraSSenior Manager, Communitycommunity@cruisecritic.com ..." Please send your email to LauraS at community@cruisecritic.com. Also, please send the email from your Cruise Critic email address of record and be sure to mention your Cruise Critic user name. This is so your membership can be verified. 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 see the following: How to: Change your Cruise Critic Email Address or User Name Hope this will be helpful, Host Kat
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@bkrickles1 Your post and the replies have been split out of a 2016 thread to be a new thread. It now appears on the Ports of Call - Bermuda forum where it will be on topic, I suggest you use the Follow feature on this new 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 the replies 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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excursion to Vatican to and from the port
Host Kat replied to travel woman's topic in Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here!
Hello @travel woman Thank you for your new topic on the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum! However, your thread is off topic here. This forum is for technical assistance in using these message boards. To find fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you, you need to post on the specific Roll Call thread for your cruise. 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. The specific Roll Call thread for your cruise is the ONLY place on the Cruise Critic message boards where you and your fellow Roll Call thread members are allowed to post personal ads about sharing private tours, excursions or transportation with each other. There is a "captive audience" there since you are all sailing together! Perhaps someone there will want to share your private tours of the Vatican and St Peter's Basilica. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat -
Perhaps this will help: Trolleys | Galveston, TX - Official Website (galvestontx.gov) 🚎 🚎 🚎 🚎 🚎 And just like in the olden days... cannot use credit cards or bills! Please have exact change for the fare box since the drivers do not have the ability to make change for riders.
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Life at Sea 3 year cruise roll call.
Host Kat replied to DaveL00's topic in Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here!
@DaveL00 Already started. MV Gemini November 1, 2023 Miray International 3 Year Cruise -
Howdy @jcool To help you out I have moved your new topic to the Ports of Call - Caribbean - Roatan 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 on your thread because the replies 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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Medical Cannabis (Holland, Ft. Lauderdale, next week)
Host Kat replied to BostonBoy2's topic in First Time Cruisers
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Tour company for Gondola ride in Venice & Amalfi Coast tour.
Host Kat replied to Pittsburgh Pat's topic in Italy Ports
Howdy @Pittsburgh Pat Thank you for your new topic on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns specific Ports of Call and is off topic there. 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 satisfactory and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat -
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Info on Viking Journey to Antiuities and the Holy Lands Cruise
Host Kat replied to Mullet62's topic in Viking Ocean
Howdy @Mullet62 Thank you for your new topic on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns a specific cruise line and is off topic there. To help you out I have moved your topic to the Viking Ocean forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed on Viking 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 -
Howdy @sadtosas, welcome to Cruise Critic and the message boards! Thank you for your new topic 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 I have moved your thread to the Ask a Cruise Question forum where it will be on topic. It is the forum for general questions about cruising. If your question was about a specific cruise line, port of call, etc., your new topic would have been moved to the appropriate 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. BTW, uninformed cruise line reps & travel agents often say Jones Act when it is actually the PVSA. You are not alone in being told the wrong name. 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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Hello @jjrjohn and welcome to Cruise Critic and the message boards! To help you out I have moved your topic to the Cunard Line forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed QM2 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. Anytime you need to start a new thread/topic on a forum, first make sure you are in the correct forum for your topic. Word your new thread title in a way to help the members know exactly the information you seek. This greatly helps the members browsing through the thread titles and if they know the information, they will reply to you. Also, it is best to limit each inquiry to only one topic such as one cruise line, one ship, one port of call, etc. and of course, on the correct forum. You will get more replies that way. Be sure to mention your cruise line, ship, port or sail date in your message if that sort of information will help your fellow Cruise Critic members help you. Want to let you know the specific Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your line, ship and sail date will be the place for you to get to know the other Cruise Critic members sailing with you before your cruise. 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, there may be excursion or transportation share requests to save money posted in your Roll Call thread. Roll Call threads are the only place where share requests are allowed. There is a "captive audience" on your Roll Call thread since you are all sailing together! To explain our Roll Call threads, 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 agree 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 So sorry this is so long, but I sincerely hope all this information 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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Howdy @Canuker I see you are posting on the Silhouette, 13 night Bermuda & France Trans Cruise, April 20 2023 Roll Call thread. To help you out I have moved your thread to the Celebrity Cruises forum where it will be on topic. Hope this will be satisfactory and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat
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Howdy @Maggienc6009 and welcome to Cruise Critic and the message boards! Thank you for your new topic on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns a specific cruise line and is off topic there. To help you out I have moved your topic to the Norwegian Cruise Line forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed 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. Please remember the following stated in the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: Browse Before You Post Browse a topic first to see if your question has already been asked or answered by someone else. Also, many of the major cruise lines forums have a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) topic that has been created by our members. Give that a try first. Browsing is your #1 best resource! Please post your messages in an appropriate topic so that you'll receive the best possible response. It is very time consuming to move misplaced messages that are in the wrong topics. Anytime you need to start a new thread/topic on a forum, first make sure you are in the correct forum for your topic. Word your new thread title in a way to help the members know exactly the information you seek. This greatly helps the members browsing through the thread titles and if they know the information, they will reply to you. Also, it is best to limit each inquiry to only one topic such as one cruise line, one ship, one port of call, etc. and of course, on the correct forum. You will get more replies that way. Be sure to mention your cruise line, ship, port or sail date in your message if that sort of information will help your fellow Cruise Critic members help you. Want to let you know the specific Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your line, ship and sail date will be the place for you to get to know the other Cruise Critic members sailing with you before your cruise. 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, there may be excursion or transportation share requests to save money posted in your Roll Call thread. Roll Call threads are the only place where share requests are allowed. There is a "captive audience" on your Roll Call thread since you are all sailing together! To explain our Roll Call threads, 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 also have the following Cruise Critic article you might enjoy: 8 Reasons to Join a Cruise Critic Roll Call So sorry this is so long, but I sincerely hope all this information 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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And on that note... this thread is closed.
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Howdy @sshhllcruise Thank you for your new topic on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns a specific port and is off topic there. To help you out I have moved your new topic to the Ports of Call - Caribbean - San Juan, PR 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 satisfactory and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat
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@Essiesmom Yes, I know. That's why I suggested screen shots to make the situation clear.
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@Radio I suggest you contact LauraS so she can contact IT. If possible, be sure to include any screen shots that will be helpful. From the Guidelines: "... If you have any questions or comments regarding our posting guidelines or any content found on our message boards please be sure and let me know. I'll be happy to discuss them with you.LauraSSenior Manager, Communitycommunity@cruisecritic.com ..." Please send your email with any questions/comments/feedback to LauraS, Senior Manager, Community at community@cruisecritic.com. Also, please send the email from your Cruise Critic email address of record and be sure to mention your Cruise Critic user name. This is so your membership can be verified, and reply 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 see the following: How to: Change your Cruise Critic Email Address or User Name Hope this will be helpful and thanks in advance for your cooperation, Host Kat
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Ports of call on a Mediterranean cruise
Host Kat replied to WillowPond's topic in Ask a Cruise Question
Howdy @WillowPond and welcome to Cruise Critic and the message boards! Find your ports and research their forums. Click here Mediterranean - Eastern & Western The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been to your ports frequent the Ports of Call forums and provide feedback there. Browse through the thread titles on the forums 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. Please remember the following stated in the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: Browse Before You Post Browse a topic first to see if your question has already been asked or answered by someone else. Also, many of the major cruise lines forums have a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) topic that has been created by our members. Give that a try first. Browsing is your #1 best resource! Please post your messages in an appropriate topic so that you'll receive the best possible response. It is very time consuming to move misplaced messages that are in the wrong topics. Anytime you need to start a new thread/topic on a forum, first make sure you are in the correct forum for your topic. Word your new thread title in a way to help the members know exactly the information you seek. This greatly helps the members browsing through the thread titles and if they know the information, they will reply to you. Also, it is best to limit each inquiry to only one topic such as one cruise line, one ship, one port of call, etc. and of course, on the correct forum. You will get more replies that way. Be sure to mention your cruise line, ship, port or sail date in your message as that sort of information may help your fellow Cruise Critic members help you better. Want to let you know the specific Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your line, ship and sail date will be the place for you to get to know the other Cruise Critic members sailing with you before your cruise. 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, there may be excursion or transportation share requests to save money posted in your Roll Call thread. Roll Call threads are the only place where share requests are allowed. There is a "captive audience" on your Roll Call thread since you are all sailing together! To explain our Roll Call threads, 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 So sorry this is so long, but I sincerely hope all this information 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 -
Howdy @debbrilacy 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 to Rome 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 satisfactory and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat