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Hello @Aloha2023 and welcome to the Cruise Critic message boards! Thank you for your new thread on the Cruise Blogs & Websites forum. However, it is off-topic there since that 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 thread has been moved to the Ports of Call - Italy Ports forum where it will be on the correct forum and 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 both great resources 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 forums. Please 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 portion from 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. To find your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you on your cruise, you need to post on the specific Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your cruise line, ship and sail date. Since you did not mention your RCI ship name, I cannot refer you to the Roll Call thread for your cruise if one has already been created. 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 from last year you might enjoy: 8 Reasons to Join a Cruise Critic Roll Call 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 to save money. 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 may have sailed your line, ship or itinerary before. Also, they may have already posted share requests that may interest you. Roll Calls are for people to get to know one another before their cruise. Therefore, there will be all kinds of discussion! Once you locate the Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship and sail date if one is already created, first read through the whole thread to get to know the other Cruise Critic members sailing with you. Then use the dark blue Reply to this topic button to post an introductory post about yourself on the Roll Call thread. When done with your message, click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If you want to address a particular post already in the thread, click the Reply to this topic button and then be sure to click the Quote feature on that particular post as I did yours so all will be aware of what your post concerns. You type your message UNDER the light blue quote box then click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If the member has used the Follow feature on the thread, they will get a notification that you have quoted their post. If a Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship & sail date has NOT been created, please feel free to create it! Just follow the directions in How To: Create A New Roll Call. Then sit back and wait for your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you to join in with posts. They will appreciate you starting the Roll Call! And don't worry about any responsibilities in starting a Roll Call thread. Roll Calls belong to everyone on the Roll Call thread. There is no designated leader or owner. It does not matter who started the thread. If you ever need technical help in regard to using the Cruise Critic message board software, go to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. You will see a large amount of "How to..." pinned threads toward the top of the forum's first page. Also, browse through the threads in the forum looking for threads of interest. Again, you will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. So sorry this is so long, but I sincerely hope 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

Hello @westbaysheri Your new thread posted on an incorrect forum has been moved to the Florida Departures forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed from 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 any new threads you start or any other threads where you are interested in the new replies. 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 information 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

@SelectSys Please feel free to research the Special Interest Cruising - Freighter and Other Non-Traditional Cruise Travel forum.

Hello @splinkaone IIRC for tablets, phones & iPads, they need to be held in landscape orientation to see the Search feature. If using a laptop or desktop, the Search oval is located in the upper right below your user name. Be sure you have used the correct location in the drop-down menu for your search. Here is a clip of my choices: And sometimes you need to enter multiple words surrounded by quotation marks - like, "Miami hotels" - you will get different results than if you entered just the two words. This is because quotation marks are used for phrase searching. That way your results will just be posts containing the phrase "Miami hotels" and not ALL the posts containing the word Miami as well as ALL the posts containing the word hotels. Also, I know you know what you are looking for... but sometimes I try to think in the way someone else would have posted the information. Then use word phrases with quotation marks as mentioned above. And when you see the list of results, the first thing I do is to change the SORT BY from Relevancy to Date so the newer results will be at the top of the list. Here is another clip. Hope this will be helpful! Host Kat

@TravelingMr.Bill Your info is safe. However I have removed it for you. Next time, please use the Report feature. Click here: How To: Report a Post A User Reported Content list of reports will be generated for review to all volunteer Hosts and paid Administrators. The reports will automatically show the important information they MUST have such as the forum name, thread title or post in addition to your message of what you want edited. Only Hosts or Administrators are able to edit existing threads at any time. Members have only about 15 minutes after a thread appears on the board to edit. Please note, only personal information can be removed. Please click here: Can I Have My Post(s) Edited/Deleted? The volunteer Hosts or paid Administrators will review your Report post report when they can. I say "when they can" because all e-mails and Report post reports to Cruise Critic are answered in order of receipt. With almost two million members and some sending e-mails and reports 24/7 from all over the world, please be patient for any action. Also, please remember the Hosts are non-paid volunteers and work the boards when their real life permits. Most Administrators work regular weekday business hours. Note this is what others see when clicking the info in the red My Viking Journey that was in your post:

Asking on the boards does no good as it will not be seen by LauraS, Senior Manager, Community. Please note the following from the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: "... 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. LauraS Senior Manager, Community community@cruisecritic.com ..." Please send your email with your questions/comments/feedback to LauraS, Senior Manager, Community at community@cruisecritic.com. Also, please send the email from your current 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. Hope this information will be helpful. Host Kat

Regarding the Cruise Critic message board Message feature, it is available for use by Administrators & Hosts ONLY. We can use it with each other and to members. If one of us contacts a member via the feature, the member cannot reply back. The Message feature is disabled for members and has been I think since Cruise Critic was part of AOL over twenty-five years ago. I do know for sure it was that way when I joined Cruise Critic in 2005. However in the olden days when the Cruise Critic message board used vBulletin software, if you and another member had your own registered identities for certain instant messaging networks and placed the info in your Cruise Critic profiles, you would then be able to contact each other via those networks. Waaaay back then you could click on User CP or Quick Links then Edit Profile and then scroll down to the Optional Information - All information will be viewable by other forum members section. There you would see the following: Instant Messaging You may enter your registered identity for the instant messaging networks if you would like other visitors to be able to contact you using that medium. ICQ Number AIM Screen Name MSN Messenger Handle Yahoo! Messenger Handle Skype Name Once you entered your registered identity info of one of those networks and clicked the Save Changes button back then, your instant messaging network logo would then appear in all your Cruise Critic posts with your join date & post count. You and other Cruise Critic members with the same instant messaging network would be able to click the logos appearing on Cruise Critic posts to contact each other via the network. However, those days are loooong gone now that Invision Community software has been used by the Cruise Critic message board since October 2018. Hope this information (and a little history lesson from down Memory Lane 😀) will be helpful! Host Kat

Hello @11704 and welcome to the Cruise Critic message boards! To help you out, your new thread has been moved to the correct forum MSC Cruises where it will be on topic. Browse through the thread titles on the 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 the message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are glad you found us! Please feel free to browse the message board categories list for all our various forums. Click here: Cruise Critic Community. Please 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 portion from 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. If you ever need technical help in regard to using the Cruise Critic message board software, go to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. You will see a large amount of "How to..." pinned threads toward the top of the forum's first page. Also, browse through the threads in the forum looking for threads of interest. Again, 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

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Hello @Cbnsteve and welcome back to the message boards! I see it has been a while since you have posted. To go directly to the first page of your Roll Call thread, click here: Celebrity Millenium. 16 January 2024. 12 night Bali,Thailand and Malaysia After you read the first page, then click the word Next at the bottom. It will take you to the next page. Here is a clip so you can see how it appears: And then do the same when you finish reading each page. After you complete your reading of the whole thread, use the dark blue Reply to this topic button to post an introductory post about yourself on the Roll Call thread. When done with your message, click the dark blue Submit Reply button. After reading the whole thread and you want to address a particular post already in the thread, click the Reply to this topic button and then be sure to click the word Quote on that particular post as I did both of yours in this thread. That way all reading the thread will be aware of what your post concerns. You type your message UNDER the light blue quote box in the message box. When done with your message, click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If the member you quote has used the Follow feature on the thread, they will get a notification that you have quoted their post as well as all new posts on the thread. The Cruise Critic website and the message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are glad you are posting again! Please feel free to browse the message board categories list for all our various forums. Click here: Cruise Critic Community. Please 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

Again, numerous off topic/thread drift posts and quotes of removed posts had to be removed. Please see one of my previous posts in this thread quoted above that reminds everyone what is to be posted in this thread titled Post CRUISE LINE Single Supplement/Solo Bargains HERE. Host Kat

Hello @Stupet and welcome to Cruise Critic and the message boards! I see you have a UK IP Address. (Don't worry, only Hosts & Administrators can see the information. It is not available to members.) Therefore, I'm guessing your dad booked a P&O Cruises ( UK ) cruise. And yes, the contract your dad agreed to when booking the cruise states it is up to the passenger to verify what documents are needed and then obtain them. That is standard for most cruise lines, not just P&O. To help you out your new thread has been moved to the World Cruising forum where it will be on topic. It is the place for world and extended length cruisers to share advice and experiences. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. @Essiesmom is correct about the Roll Call for your dad's cruise. To find Cruise Critic members sailing the same cruise, you need to post on the specific Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for the cruise line, ship and sail date. Since you did not mention the ship or sail date, I cannot refer you to the Roll Call thread for the cruise if one has already been created. 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 from last year you might enjoy: 8 Reasons to Join a Cruise Critic Roll Call There is a "captive audience" there since the posters on the Roll Call thread for his cruise are all sailing together! The Roll Call thread members may have important information posted in the Roll Call thread. Especially those that may have sailed the line, ship or itinerary before. Roll Calls are for people to get to know one another before their cruise. Therefore, there will be all kinds of discussion. And I feel sure visas are part of the discussion for his cruise. The Cruise Critic website and the message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are glad you found us! Please feel free to browse the message board categories list for all our various forums. Click here Cruise Critic Community. Please 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. If you ever need technical help in regard to using the Cruise Critic message board software, go to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. You will see a large amount of "How to..." pinned threads toward the top of the forum's first page. Also, browse through the threads in the forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. So sorry this is so long, but I sincerely hope this information will be helpful to someone new to posting on our message boards. We are glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Host Kat

Hello @DieselMartini and welcome to the Cruise Critic message board! To research the port in question, click here: Ports of Call - Mexican Riviera. The forum is for Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas, Loreto, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Pichilingue/La Paz, Puerto Vallarta, Topolobampo & Zihuatanejo/Ixtapa, Mexico. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been to those ports frequent that forum and provide feedback there. Browse through the thread titles on the 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 the message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are glad you found us! Please feel free to browse the message board categories list for all our various forums. Click here: Cruise Critic Community. Please 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. To find your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you on your cruise, you need to post on the specific Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your cruise line, ship and sail date. Since you did not mention your sail date, I cannot refer you to the Roll Call thread for your cruise if one has already been created. 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 from last year you might enjoy: 8 Reasons to Join a Cruise Critic Roll Call 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 to save money. 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 may have sailed your line, ship or itinerary before. Also, they may have already posted share requests that may interest you. Roll Calls are for people to get to know one another before their cruise. Therefore, there will be all kinds of discussion! Once you locate the Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship and sail date if one is already created, first read through the whole thread to get to know the other Cruise Critic members sailing with you. Then use the dark blue Reply to this topic button to post an introductory post about yourself on the Roll Call thread. When done with your message, click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If you want to address a particular post already in the thread, click the Reply to this topic button and then be sure to use the Quote feature on that particular post as I did yours so all will be aware of what your post concerns. You type your message UNDER the light blue quote box then click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If the member has used the Follow feature on the thread, they will get a notification that you have quoted their post. If a Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship & sail date has NOT been created, please feel free to create it! Just follow the directions in How To: Create A New Roll Call. Then sit back and wait for your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you to join in with posts. They will appreciate you starting the Roll Call! And don't worry about any responsibilities in starting a Roll Call thread. Roll Calls belong to everyone on the Roll Call thread. There is no designated leader or owner. It does not matter who started the thread. If you ever need technical help in regard to using the Cruise Critic message board software, go to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. You will see a large amount of "How to..." pinned threads toward the top of the forum's first page. Also, browse through the threads in the forum looking for threads of interest. Again, you will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. So sorry this is so long, but I sincerely hope 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

Hello @splinkaone and welcome back to Cruise Critic! I see it has been a while since you have posted. 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 cruising out of LA and is off topic there. To help you out your new thread has been moved to the West Coast Departures forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed from 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 the message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are glad to see you posting again! Please feel free to browse the message board categories list for all our various forums. Click here Cruise Critic Community. Please 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

Hello @Davet2016 Thank you for your new topic on the Cruise Blogs & Websites forum. However, it is off-topic there. The forum is for Cruise Critic members to post links to their personal travelogue-type of cruise-related blogs or websites. To help you out, your new thread has been moved to the Florida Departures forum where it will be on the correct forum. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed from Florida 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 will be of interest to you. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources 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 all the various forums. Please 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. Glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

@Csrrolemodel Please use the Report feature on the first post in the Roll Call thread. For more info, click here: How To: Report a Post A User Reported Content list of reports will be generated for review to all volunteer Hosts and paid Administrators. The reports will automatically show the important information they MUST have such as the forum name, thread title or post in addition to your message of what you want the edited title to be. Only Hosts or Administrators are able to edit existing thread titles at any time. Members have only about 15 minutes after a thread appears on the board to edit the title. The volunteer Hosts or paid Administrators will review your Report post report when they can. I say "when they can" because all e-mails and Report post reports to Cruise Critic are answered in order of receipt. With almost two million members and some sending e-mails and reports 24/7 from all over the world, please be patient for any action. Also, please remember the Hosts are non-paid volunteers and work the boards when their real life permits. Most Administrators work regular weekday business hours.

Hello @wanda1125 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 thread has been moved to the Celebrity Cruises forum where it will be on topic. You might also want to research the Disabled Cruise Travel forum too. That is where your fellow Cruise Critic members with physical limitations share their advice & experiences. I suggest you use the Follow feature on any new threads you start or any other threads where you are interested in the new replies. 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 information on how to do it, please click here: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) Happy sails, Host Kat

@SPacificbound Nope, not at this time. As stated, Cruise Critic will let us know when it is fixed. And then any member can change their email address if needed. But until then, all we can do is wait. Hang in there!

@CruiserNovice123 Your new thread on an incorrect forum has been merged into your other thread that is on the correct forum for tests. I see you successfully posted a new thread on the Hurtigruten board. Are you referring to the following Announcements in the upper right corner of some of the Cruise Critic pages? Click the little white arrow and you will see the following: Also, please read the pinned & edited thread toward the top of the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum titled NOT CURRENTLY WORKING -- How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address. Happy sails, Host Kat

@SPacificbound Are you referring to the following Announcements in the upper right corner of some of the Cruise Critic pages? Click the little white arrow and you will see the following: Also, please read the pinned & edited thread toward the top of this Help forum titled NOT CURRENTLY WORKING -- How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address.

Hello @sea-jay Your thread has been moved from an incorrect forum to the correct forum. This is the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. Please note the edited pinned thread toward the top of this forum titled NOT CURRENTLY WORKING -- How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address. LauraS, Senior Manager, Community states Cruise Critic will advise when the Update Email function is back online. If you want any further information, please note the following from the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: "... 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. LauraS Senior Manager, Community community@cruisecritic.com ..." Please send your email with your questions/comments/feedback to LauraS, Senior Manager, Community at community@cruisecritic.com. Also, please send the email from your current Cruise Critic email address of record and be sure to mention your Cruise Critic user name. This is so your membership can be verified, Hope this information will be helpful. Host Kat

Hello @alaskaalaska Thank you for your posts. However, your numerous new threads regarding the same topic Carnival Elation November 2023 have been merged into this one thread. If you have more posts to make regarding the same topic, please post them in this merged thread. Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @flowingwater and welcome to the Cruise Critic message boards! I suggest you also research our Disabled Cruise Travel forum. It is where your fellow Cruise Critic members with physical limitations share their advice & experiences. Hope this will be helpful! Happy sails, Host Kat

Just a friendly reminder to all... Please remember the following from the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: Travel Agent Recommendations This means no posts naming travel agents/agencies (online or brick & mortar), cruise line "personal cruise consultants", promoters of hosted group cruises for singles/solos or any other sources/venues for cruise purchase are allowed. Or even cryptic hints. Please note, hosted dedicated singles/solos cruises are most often group cruises through a travel agency or promoter and have their own links to cruise-related material or message boards. Posting their names or links is not permitted either. Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @jakarta4104 and welcome to the Cruise Critic message board! Your new thread has been posted on an incorrect forum where it is not on topic. To help you out I have merged your new thread into an existing thread regarding your topic. It is Diamond (Crown Lounge) Access and is located on the Royal Caribbean International forum. Start at page 1 to read all the posts from your fellow Cruise Critic members. The Cruise Critic website and the message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are glad you found us! Please feel free to browse the message board categories list for our various forums. Click here Cruise Critic Community. Please 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 portion from 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 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. If you want to address a particular post already in a thread, be sure to use the Quote feature on that post as I did yours so all will be aware of what your post concerns. You type your message UNDER the light blue quote box then click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If the member has used the Follow feature on the thread, they will get a notification that you have quoted their post. If you ever need technical help in regard to using the Cruise Critic message board software, go to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. You will see a large amount of "How to..." pinned threads toward the top of the forum's first page. Also, browse through the threads in the 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 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