Oceansaway17

I ask steward to not take and at the end of the cruise I line them all up and take a photo

I agree so I looked at Princess and got a great cruise out of UK to European capitals. It is May 22 on Emerald Princess. So when RCI. Is boring, look around

She just looks so pretty and I can’t wait to see all of it. Especially the new version of promenade.

The Central Park balconies are below the pools and loud music. I think boardwalk is better and about halfway up and towards the back whatever you do don’t get forward ocean view because you’ll hear loud crew bar party from the bow. It happened on Allure, Anthem, and Oasis.

Wow well might have go through new locks soon

sure am sad he won't get to do a blog. oh well. 274 days is a long time. But Serenade WC itinerary looks a lot better than HAL Zuideram did last year. I was supposed to do Copenhagen to Amsterdam but it would involve two 1 way flights so I changed to the Jewel and will just sail Norway, I hope RCI gives good gifts and perks and the weather is good too.

wow that is going to need re painting. Could you feel the ship bumping

Good luck. They want to keep your money too.

That is a shame. Just like my deposit Hall love to take money but not refund. sorry you had a medical emergency as one would think they would refund you. just not good business practice

Good to know. I have yacht is great

I would not have picked it either.

yes and that is why I canceled my cruise for next year as I think a lot of devastation will occur.

apparently the agent tells me insurance would not get my $300 back. All cruise lines are into the nickel and diming business these days but some more than others. My core issue is I did not ask for a refund but to transfer deposit to another sailing on the same damn ship. Other cruise lines will do this thus keeping same reservation number. HAL decides by cancelling a reservation and starting all over again it becomes a semantics game. In the end non refundable deposits should come with a warning "kiss the money goodbye if you want to change or cancel". I guess enough rich older folks on longer cruises is what they want not us under 14 day solo interior folks. And most definitely not kids or party people. HAL is very clearly sending a subtle message for the clientele they want. but those clientele have burned bridges with deposits on large suites and on longer cruises so a newer policy has come out. I got caught up in that web. It is bad business practice and some if just recently changed. HALs promos and policies is like an obstacle course and very cloudy. Sister companies do a better job. I guess most of you do not mind the fact that a solo person just wanted to make a change and lost $300 dollars. How unkind all of you are and you all deserve HAL who in my opinion need to be more diverse and have better management. Back to lovely Carnival I go - a cruiseline most of you would never consider.

oh my goodness. thanks looks good.

and do not forget if you can't get ahead of time, go onto the app once on ship and more will be available. And standby lines also work too. Comedy club fills up but then again, they also do shows in the big theatre too.

most folks who like MSC do so by going yacht club. Now I wonder what it would be like if I did not go yacht club.

Sorry you had bad experience on NCL. might have been a one off thing as usually they are good. Disney is a fair comparison if talking about money issues and customer experience as they are better than HAL.

What is HIA?

Careful with deposits and ask lots of questions up front

Ok you won me back and I say both sorry and then thanks. will you be on the WC?

Will do thanks

Yea my experience with Royal goes downhill when I am in an Oceanview room in front of ship. on Allure, Anthem, and recently on Oasis I could hear loud thumping bass from bow of ship where steps go down to crew bar. Was a nightmare dealing with guest services. One of these days I might get brave and try MSC

Can take up to 3 weeks but 10days is average

Never heard of this but hoping someone does reply to you good luck

Nice and I am glad they are well. I enjoyed his threads but he did tangle with a couple of folks. So whatever it was must have been serious.