teacherkim

Super excited to read this thread. We have a tour booked with Blexie on July 25th. He did tell us to check of SFTCP but I have read that RC has been insisting travelers check off #2, trying to decide if I want to fight with them or just check off what they want and get on the ship since I don't think anyone will ever look at the forms again anyway.

It was way back in March that I booked with Blexie. Jorge will be our guide. Does anyone who used him think I should confirm (don't want to cause him extra work since he doesn't have easy internet access) or should I trust that we are good to go?

This may seem stupid but, if you have leftover CUC's can you exchange them back or are you just stuck with them?

We will be on 7/23 cruise and have tour booked for 1st day but just planning on exploring old Havana and souvenir shopping on our own the second day. Read some other reviews that said people had no problem going off on their own. See that you toured both days. Did you every go on your own or talk to anyone else that did?

Just off of Serenade yesterday. At Donna's request on our roll call I can confirm that Mercedes Lafuente is the cruise director

We will be using Provence Connections (just google them) in July. Can't give you a review yet but the itinerary is nice, it is reasonably priced, and they responded promptly to emails.

We will be in Toulon in July off of Serenade and booked a very nice tour, reasonably priced, with Provence Connections (just google them) Obviously haven't taken it yet but they responded quickly to all emails and the deposit was reasonable.

We are going on our 3rd European cruise in June and we always get an oceanview. Totally worth it to get longer cruise, more itin., and more money for stuff. There are plenty of places on ship to watch coming into port and on Europe cruises you spend so much time off the ship that we don't miss the balcony.

Time of year and itin. We have done two Radiance class ships, Brilliance and Jewel, to Europe with a young child and were never bored. But it was summer with lots of kids and European itineraries are busy so not as much ship time

NOT just new sailings unless it says so. We booked our June Serenade Med cruise a year ahead of time and just saw a savings certificate a week ago. Called the travel agent and she was able to apply it within the hour with a quick phone call to RC. It did have an expiration of 3/31 or final payment whichever came first.

We are going with our two kids next month. Can you still push the lower beds together and make a queen when they are down?

Yes!

Our son slept in a pulldown for a 12 nighter just a few weeks after his 5th birthday. No problems whatsoever. Yes the bed was over about a third of our bed but the ladder is at the foot and there really is no way to "fall out" with the safety railing unless they climb over the top of it.