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Are the mega ships really keeping prices down? As I understand it the prices on the new Royal Caribbean monstrosities of the seas are sky high.

Nice pictures. Definitely the prom night show.

We had a one day deviation before our cruise from London (actually Southampton) in August 2023. The transfer was NOT removed. Our TA did warn us though that it was only good from the airport (Heathrow).

We actually were not on a tour. It was a do it yourself. We were there in August 2023.

I had that also yesterday and could not post or quote even though I had proved that I was a human once I did get back on.

Now that is funny. The question I guess becomes are you really human? 🤣 Or maybe you need to just see an optometrist.

I don't know about Rome, but for London the transfers were only good from the airport. Our strategy with a one day pre-cruise stay was to book a hotel at the airport. Doing that we did not have to either schlep our luggage into London or get back to the airport to get our transfers.

We did not do that excursion, but did visit that botanical garden. It was impressive. There was a lot of walking, both to get there and within the garden.

Good to know I am not alone. Maybe we can keep score and see what wins, hats, bags, or curtains. Or maybe there is one that we don't even know about yet.

My tee shirts really did work out well for me. The first night I laid out a Bob Marley tee shirt, and the next day one of the bands played a Bob Marley tribute. And I wore a tie dye Grateful Dead tee shirt to Syd Norman's Pour House and one of the singers came over to talk to me and said it was her favorite band. And our conversation went on from there as I told her it was a present from my wife who bought it at Bethel Woods, the site of the original Woodstock Festival and that I had attended that festival.

Did everyone else who got this have to click on the hats?

It's not only dinner, but the whole ship. No one cares what you wear. On our 2023 Prima cruise at one point on the first day, I said to someone that my wife was about to change into her bathing suit when we heard an announcement suggesting it was a good time to fulfill your muster obligation, so she did not change at that point. His reply was it's Norwegian, no one ever cares what you are wearing.

We did enjoy Bergen. The only problem was we did not have enough time to see everything we wanted to see. Actually, it would have been a better use of the time in Bergen with the same amount of time if the ship had docked and left later as some things were not yet open when we first disembarked.

No one on NCL cares what you wear to dinner (except for a few rules in some of the extra charge restaurants).

I felt not at all self-conscious wearing tie dye tee shirts at dinners on the Prima the summer of 2023. The only down side was when we went on a river cruise earlier this year, I was somewhat bummed out that I had to wear collared shirts to dinners.

They are not the only ones who like to hold onto money. Bethel Woods (the former site of the original Woodstock concert) cancelled a concert we had tickets for earlier this month. They said get the refund from where you purchased tickets or the box office if that is where you purchased the tickets. DW went back to the box office, and they said you have to wait 30 days. I think the next time I purchase tickets, I will hand over my credit card and say please wait 30 days before processing. I think I know what they will say.

I do hope you make sure the person is not really in the pool swimming. But I do understand what you are saying.

The ports were fine, though not as exciting as European ports. But the onboard experience was what stood out. It was if not the most fun cruise we ever had definitely very close.

We were on the Prima the summer of 2023, and IIRC that is where we entered the theater.

We last renewed our passports in 2019 to do a land trip to Peru. So, we still have many years left and would not consider renewing for a long time. When it gets closer to that date, we will have to consider whether we are still able to travel long distances at the ages we will be then.

We once had a wonderful cruise on the Fascination out of San Juan. Our TA tried to warn us off because the old ship lacked "bells and whistles". But as I said, we had a wonderful time with fine ports, great other passengers, and lots and lots of dancing which especially made DW happy.

Not happening. We are both walkers, but that is just not happening. I guess I should have been more specific and said for NYC we take the bus and walk from the Port Authority to the cruise terminal in MANHATTAN.

Yes, weird things are happening on the site today, but I did get to give you a like on one post and a thank you on the other, 🤣

You never know with weather. In 2014, we had the remnants of a hurricane when we sailed out of Dover.

We will be mid ship on deck 13. Are you advising that we take the forward elevators?