Moxiefurball

Smart and necessary move by princess cruises. And all other lines must follow this lead.  No one should be on a cruise ship now.

Bravo P😍rincess, we still love you.  

12 hours ago, erby2283 said:

I have him booked for Aug and am excited! But now am worried after hearinf horror stories about the Vision and tendering. They did change the time of our arrival from 11am to 9am so that makes us the first ship in port that day. Hoping that makes it a little better in getting us off faster. 

I would NOT  worry about the tender.

On the Emerald princess we also tendered at Kotor, and the tender took barely only around 5-  minutes to shore, once tender took off.  Im sure once you tell Mlladen of Montenegro M tours your schedule, he will be at port when you need him.

Do you know when your ship departs Kotor later in day?  The tour I spoke about is 6 hrs so you need to be able to fit that into ships port times.  Otherwise he can tailor another tour. 

Recommend using a company called Montenegro M, owner is Madden a great guy.

they have a 6 hr tour that leaves at 8 am from cruise ship port, that takes you to Perast, Our Lady of the Rocks, Budvah, and Kotor.  In Budvah try lunch at the National Restaurant worth the time to stop. They can tailor your stops to your needs.  Mlladen or Sasha should be the tour guides you ask for. We had Sasha , he was marvelous. 

http://mtours.me/

Be up at around 5:30 am. Beautiful sail in into Kotor. Well worth the early rise from bed. 

We stayed at the Rialto Hotel just last month ( June 2019) and I can’t recommend a better option. It’s a vintage hotel right on grand canal next to Rialto Bridge. So you are right in the thick of things , close to all attractions.  A private water taxi or a vaporetto from airport will bring you right to hotels dock area so you won’t be dragging luggage. And the hotel staff were great.  Great place to stay fo4 a few nights to see the magic of Venice 

Looking towards summer/ fall 2021 to cruise  Princess on a British isles itinerary. Any idea when princess puts  Europe 2021 for sale?

We just returned from Athens and climbing up to the Acropolis. We did it on June 22 and late afternoon around 99 degrees. Everyone in 60,s and  one 70. The key is to do it in stages,no need to rush yourself, as there are benches to rest and  take breaks along the way up.  Since the Acropolis and Parthenon are a once in a lifetime, omg moment, be smart about it and be determined and you will make it. Bring plenty of water, don’t eat a big breakfast or heavy lunches beforehand though, especially in dead of summer.  Just do It ,because being on the Acropolis is worth every step and climb.  I have Keen walking shoes and they did great with some of the slippery paths. So an excellent pair of sneakers or walking shoes that grip well is essential. 

I’m wondering when this sale will start. Also , is princess no longer offering $100 pp deposits on Europe cruises?

I know the voltage is 220. 

Are iPhones and iPads really dual voltage which means they can be used in Italy just with the normal adapters?  

if you plug in a dual voltage appliance into a converter would it hurt the device?

I did buy a converter and now I’m thinking all I really needed it for was for my DW hairdryer which is not dual voltage for sure.

all responses greatly appreciated 

10 hours ago, oskidunker said:

What difference does it make?. You are captive on the ship everyone knows the formal nights are on sea days.otherwise when ship leaves early.  Don’t mean to be rude but just curious why people keep asking this.  

I want to  pre - book the Crown Grill for nights other than formal.  

Any thoughts from anyone which 2 days could be the formal nights. I called princess and they said they don’t know this at this time.  To me they are usually 2nd night and 6 night on a 7 day cruise. But since there is only one sea day which will be the third night , I would think that’s the first formal, and perhaps  Crete which is 6 night is second formal ?  Thoughts?

Actually I’m on the June 15 out of Rome , and the cruise shows 2 formal nights but doesn’t specify which night. Just trying to figure out what nights to possibly reserve one of the  specialty restaurants. 

Leaving on a 7 day cruise from Rome to Athens.  The cruise leaves on a Saturday and has one sea day , . Anyone know what nights of the cruise are two formal nights. 

When going straight to the Acropolis museum ticket purchase site, it shows tickets are sold in window blocks of 2 hrs.  For example from 12:00-1400 , 1400-1600  and so on as an example ..  It mentions having to be there at the exact start time for entrance but then you can stay as long as you like. So if I buy the 14:00-16:00 time are they saying I must be there at 14;00 or can arrive anytime within that window? Could I arrive at 15:30 and get in ?

Thank you Nicagal. Actually I booked  the same company https://www.motoscafivenezia.it/en/ about 2 weeks ago for our upcoming June trip.  So glad to hear your experience with them and the decision to spend the money will be worth it as we arrive in Venice!

Ok thank you very much 

11 minutes ago, akahoser said:

@MoxiefurballI just booked with venicelink.com. I had been emailing them for information since my group will have 2 wheelchairs. They were very prompt with their replies and were happy to explain anything that confused me on the website. I ran into the issue with the international phone number. I finally realized that I needed to put +1 in front of the number to make it into international format.

So i tried the 1 in front of my seven digit number several times but it wouldnt accept.  Ill try again.  Thanks. Ill try again. Perhaps instead of from  my ipad ill try from my computer.

We will be on Jun 15 cruise out of Citteveccia port.  Ship leaves at 7 pm. 

What is the absolute earliest passengers can board ?  We want to book The Sanctuary as soon as we board, there is only one seaday so don’t want to get there and see a sell out .

anyone know ?

bennybear,

Do you remember what company you used for private water taxi ?

We've decided we would rather use a shared or private water taxi from Marco Polo Airport to our hotel.

I tried booking on venicelink.com, but the site required an international phone number  and I couldn't proceed with the booking.   Very strange.

I could use Viator,  their rate is higher than venicelInk but at least I think the booking will go through.

or should we just book  either a shared or private water taxi  when we arrive at airport?  We will be arriving in mid June on a Monday morning at 9:05Am.  Is it not that busy at that time , so its ok to wait and just negotiate for a taxi then?  And if we wait will we get too high a rate.?

All experiences and thoughts welcome.

Has anyone use withlocals.com for any tours on Athens.  We can take an Acropolis and museum tour with them or another company called Athenswalkingtours.

has anyone used either company and any recommendations or thoughts?

On June 22 we will be disembarking from emerald princess and have hotel for 2 nights.

we can do an 11:30 tour of Acropolis and The new museum at 11:30 or do a 3:30 tour?

im thinking the 3:30 may be preferable since the museum is first and then the Acropolis which means later in day for Acropolis, perhaps less heat and less crowded.

any thoughts on which time you would recommend ?

Yes typo , meant dropping bags. 

We will be disembarking on Sat  June 22, ship gets int Piraeus at 4 am and I’m assuming ship starts letting you off around 7 or 8. Can we make an 11:30 tour after dropping backs and or checking into centrally located hotel ?