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I set up my ArriveCan account yesterday by using the App on my cell phone. It was extremely frustrating and took an hour to enter data for the two of us. The biggest problem was scanning our passport data. Mine went through the first time , but it took four attempts to have the data show correctly for my husband. His last name was misspelled three times (different spelling each time) and an error notice that his passport number was wrong (said it had to be an alphanumeric sequence with the first two places being letters - not on a US passport). Can't wait to try to enter the data seventy two hours before our flight to Canada. What could possibly screw up? 🙄

In my case, I am flying into Vancouver to board my ship the next day. Your post is good to know for those boarding in the US.

It might have been because there was damage to our cabin wall that needed to be repaired on turn around day (no idea of damage to their cabin or the one on the other side of them). Locking their balcony was probably a preemptive measure to avoid addition damage by more SLAMS.

The ArriveCan app can be a problem. I spend an hour yesterday trying to get the information into the App to set up the account for my husband and I. I scanned our passports into the App. Mine went through without a problem but my husband's kept showing up with misspellings of his last name (different spelling on each attempt). For those of you that haven't tried to set up an account, there is also a verification process by which once the email is entered and a password is chosen, a verification code is sent to your email that must be entered into the ArriveCan account before you can proceed. I can't wait for the pleasure of entering the required information within seventy two hours of my scheduled arrival in Canada. 😣

Did you know that having the balcony door open and letting the door to the hallway slam can cause damage to the next door cabin because of the change in air pressure? I learned this the hard way (I was in the next door cabin). Our last cruise we were in a balcony cabin. The idiots next door left their balcony door open (even when not in the cabin). SLAM! SLAM! SLAM! SLAM! This was after repeated statements in the daily paper and by staff that balcony doors were not to be left open. Came the day we had an apparent wind speed of 37 MPH that was hitting the starboard side of the ship at a 45 degree angle (we were port side). (As per TV Navigation Channel) The fools slammed the door into the hall. I watched our cabin wall next to their cabin bow inward. I thought the mirrored panels on the wall were coming down. They didn't, but the cabins on that wall had three doors that were knocked crooked and one shelf in a cabinet fell from its mounts. I immediately went to Guest Services and reported the damage (I was hoping that they wouldn't assume that we, a couple in our seventies, had been indulging in wild monkey sex). A crew member responsible for all cabinetry on board ship was at the cabin within ten minutes. He rehung the doors, remounted the shelf , and carefully inspected the other cabinets and the cabin wall. He also entered the cabin on the other side of the problem cabin to checked for damage. Guest Services called after he made his report of the damage. The wall had damage but was not an immediately hazard. It would be fixed on turn around day. The balcony door next door was permanently locked for the remainder of the cruise (Head of Housekeeping and Head of Security visited the cabin next door to speak to the occupants and lock the door). The damage to our cabin was caused by the rapid change in air pressure in the cabin next door . In addition to the normal problem of the higher air pressure in the cabin compared to the hall that causes the problem when the balcony door is left open even in calm conditions, the problem was exacerbated by the high wind condition and the fact that the wind was hitting and moving along the opposite side of the ship, thus lowering the air pressure on the outside of our side of the ship (physics - think air moving over and under an airplane wing). The explosive change in pressure was transmitted through the walls.

Let's hope it is not because of Simone Biles' ability to go upside down and right herself....😟

Do you remember when the Carnival Cruise Brochures were kept in the backroom or in a cabinet and not on the rack with the real cruise lines (that's if the travel agent would even handle Carnival). If you even asked about Carnival, the agent who knew you and your travel standards, would tell you that Carnival was not a recommended line and only if one insisted, would he book the line.

Welcome to the reality of cruising on any cruise line, at any time, in any area of the world. Published itineraries (ports, days times) are placeholders for what will be the actual conditions during the cruise. Ports can be switched or cancelled, and times will sometimes vary due to local port conditions. Kudos to NCL letting you know the new placeholder plans twelve days before your cruise. Of course, those times could still change the day of the port call.

There may be ships that will use tenders to disembark passengers.

For all of you so in love with Tamiflu, here is an inside view of the drug when it was approved by FDA: It was a snicker fest and the source of inside jokes. Flu lasts for a week. Treat with OTC medications as Tylenol and cough medication or take Tamiflu (along with the OTC medications). Tamiflu is prescribed for those within the first two days of being ill with the flu. The course of treatment is five days (with possible side effects and contraindications). Tamiflu shortened the time of being ill by 1 day for adults, 1.3 days for geriatric patients and 1.5 for children. So: Flu equals one week of illness. Taking Tamiflu equals up to two days of illness before being prescribed plus 5 days of treatment (still sick) to equal 5.5 - six days of days of flu plus the possibility of adverse evets. It was approved because maybe some people would consider the one day reduction of flu to be an advantage.

Not sure what the problem is. One of them books the cabin and includes the other as passenger #2. Use a travel agent. They should be able to enter all required information for both passengers (name, birth date, address, use of passport, etc. I don't know if it is easier to use a US or UK agent. If you are talking about two different reservation numbers in the same cabin, this probably would not be possible.