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  1. mousefan73

    Maui

    Interesting as if our boat docks on October 10th I believe in Kahlauni, I have a car rental booked at that hotel down the street. I hope I have a car.. unless a local needs it. but I hope it's just not shipped off.. for the record we rented a small sedan cheap, not a mustang or Jeep ( my mom coudnt even get in one)
  2. mousefan73

    Maui

    What you described would totally change the landscape of the Hawaiian islands. Would the Hawaiian people want this? Would Kaui, Hilo be able to handle let’s say two or three large ships a day, every day? Even countries like Norway and Croatia, who have towns, depending on tourist money, are starting to say no
  3. mousefan73

    Maui

    How can hawaii be a major cruise destination based on the current law ( POA model) and simply the distance ( number of sea days ) from the mainland?
  4. My mom wont go in and I would only go into my knees, though rough waves will knock one over or pull out.. but thanks for that tip. Let's see what Disney decides we are scheduled to arrive I think Oct 11th. If ships come in I think it would be great if they somehow organized a thing where cruise passengers could bring whatever supplies we could bring in.. I know money is what is really needed, but if there are things from the mainland that are hard to come by. I' be happy to bring a sheet set, personal products etc...
  5. How about the beaches on the coast by Paia? I’ll checked it out Google maps and seems like there’s quite a few east of the airport. Maybe we could just do those and then do the road to Hana a little bit and then turn around? My mom is 72 so we need a beach. That’s a quick in and out and we wouldnt be more than one hour. Ideally more like a park with benches.
  6. Oh My! that is not good.. yuck... most likely the cockroaches survied.. they survive everything. had to google up country.. Can you recommend any beaches nice and calm we could tie in to up an up country drive? Wailea and Kaanapali Beach is on our list as a possibility .. We feel road to Hana to stressful for a one day.. though we might go the first miles in. Cant decide. now.
  7. We are scheduled on the Disney Wonder. We are scheduled to arrive mid October this year in Kahuili. Last year we were also on the same selling, and we drove over to Lahaina and discovered Betty’s Café on front Street. Our plan was to go there again. 😞. So far we’ve heard nothing from Disney on what changes they’re gonna make it funny but I really don’t see us docking. I have a car rented down the road from the port and I honeslty just can’t see rental sitting around waiting for tourists when thousands of locals don’t have anything. I mean, I don’t know if the east side of the island like road to Hana seems totally unaffected from the fires . One one handI just can’t see the island taking any additional people on, tourist or not, but yet they depend on tourist dollars
  8. Been google mapping and i realized that the distance from port to Ionali Palace is not that far. Has anyone walked this? is it a safe walk with stops on the way? We are doing Pearl Harbor in the morning and might have cab drop us off there vs port.. and then we walk back. Thanks
  9. Hello! So I went ahead and booked Turo for our stops at Nawiliwili and Hilo. I am just frustrated on how car rentals don't seem to cater to cruise pax ( getting them from port to rental place) I had heard that shuttles are coming back at Lihue but nobody answers to confirm. So I went and booked Turo as many owners will be within walking distance of port. I booked only cars with owners with good ratings and also many rentals... There really isnt anything else to do right? Any tips or things I need to know?
  10. Good tip on “throwaway” underwear/ socks. I have been known to save basically “trash” underwear for random trips use once and toss. Makes sense for these laundry pricing.
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    Tips

    Just to clarify, I think there’s some confusion because I’m not referring to the typical per person per day gratuity that’s part of the hotel service fee thing. I am referring to that if I sit and eat dinner in the MDR and I order a beer I am being charged about nine €, 1euros which is the 15% gratuity. So who gets the one euro? My server told me he does not get that so that’s being put into the pool for the entire ship?
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    Tips

    Can anyone confirm if it’s true that the gratuity that’s automatically added to any type of drink bill does not go to the servers? We do not have a drink package and pay for drinks at dinner. I brought up the issue gratuity because I was just curious how they make tips on those that have the drink package vs “cash” people that pay per dink. Then he explained to me that actually he doesn’t even get that 15% on my bill and that it goes to some type of pool that goes main lead to supervising staff and they don’t get anything. Which is sad and wrong IMO.
  13. No sorry sparking wine. “Champagne “ for me is like “kleenexl
  14. OP here! Well we are on day three now and this is our first port day after embarkation and 1C day. We just got back to the room from being out and about and we had our bottle of champagne, macaroons and chocolate bar don’t care about the bag I just wanted the alcohol lol. ( too cheap for the drink packages lol )
  15. I’m diamond status and currently on the Msc Fantasia. We are on day two now and I haven’t received my free gifts like the chocolate and the macaroons. Should I say something or will they still come later? But in my past experience they were basically they’re on embarkation day. Or did they get rid of these?? on my last ceiling they also brought us a bottle of sparkling wine. Was this a fluke? Or also standard? I asked all these questions because I was just recently status match the diamond.
  16. Thanks I seem to have LTE again yes just to clarify Olden was changed to Alesund.. I’m trying to figure out if it’s possible to do Alesund to Godoy on own.
  17. Sorry it was a typo. Voice to text I did not mean meet YOU on the way. Don’t panic I don’t want to meet up with you personally lol.
  18. Well, guess what our stop in olden got canceled switchedm to Alesund in so now I’ve rented a car in Norrdfjordreid. Our briksthal Glacier tour was from Olden. So now I’ve rented a car from Nordfjordreid I hate to bother you much but we want to do the glacier from there. I looked at Google Maps and it’s about an hour and a half I believe so any recommendations on getting there or when we can see you on the way? I really appreciate your help here.
  19. Hello everyone, I’m currently on the Msc Fantasia and I just found out this morning that our Olden stop in two days has been changed to Allesund. we were there last year so we’ve done the lookout and we walked around town and I was just looking at Godoy island has anyone done this on their own? A quick Google shows that there’s a public bus that goes there and it’s only 21 km away. Can anyone give me some advice here in short term notice? Thanks so much my Internet is about to die, but I hope to be checking online in the morning we arrive. I’m so mad Olden got changed so last minute. Rumor on the ship is that other cruise lines were willing to pay more in, so they got the slots. But why can’t Cruise lanes have this figured out already ahead of time
  20. well by us we use Tempos and they come in individual packets that are usually in our bags/purses or junk drawers. But boxes of tissues throughout the house is rare, unless one is going through an allergy or cold phase.
  21. no tissue. somewhat.. most major hotel chains in EUR have them.. no local places I honestly maybe see this as a sustainability thing.
  22. I have often called the german line in Munich and was always a great experience. Yesterday the lady seemed indifferent and didnt really want to chat with me, but then I was also a bit out of it myself. but she took care of the issue and that was it. The website though is a painful experience. Why can't I stay logged in, why do I have to always know my booking number ( I have an account) and why does it not show what add-ons I book? instead they keep sending me 14 page emails for every purchase. just give me an account overview- listing all bookings and then I click a booking and see what additional stuff I have booked.. Ex. port parking. it's part of the email but I had to call to confirm they showed it booked and paid as online it is nowwhere to be found.
  23. Disney cruise line has one MDR open for embarkation day lunch.
  24. In some countries they use primarilycream in the DACH markets, germany, austria etc.. more half and half. can get it from 8%-15% which was odd seeing we sailed from Hamburg.
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