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I was on Dawn in March. South Africa. Internet was horrible! Plenty of cokkies though. 😄

Yeah. That's why I quoted the particular section about prebooking and adressed that part and that part only.

I book my excursions online and my latitude gets applied when paying. The price i see when just looking at the excursion description is the price after my $50 is deducted. When paying 10% is then deducted on that posted price. Works well for me.

My thoughts as well! 😄

I'm guessing they want to encourage people to try different restaurants. Widen their horizons.

Maybe they'll add an overnight in Le Havre to give people a better chance of going to Paris.

I'm sceptical.

Most (all?) ships have a room where you can leave your luggage. On my recent Bliss cruise it was Q Smokehouse, on other ships it has been the Bliss lounge. I have seen others mentioning the casino. When I have used this service it has been manned and it's like leaving your coat in a manned wardrobe where you get a numbered ticket.

I had only started watching it very recently. We don't have the same price drop guarantee/free cancellation you guys have so I try to wait for a good price. I thought it was a good price now. I hope you find a nice cruise or other vacation, Iberia or elsewhere!

You can take it onboard yourself. That¨s what I do.

You have to ask that once onboard since they don't do things exactly the same on all ships. How stricyt they are can vary as well. If you can't use your priority status for someone else, there is always the option of standing in line for tender tickets. Only one person needs to go there and pick up the tickets. All this, as has been mentioned, only necessary if your excursion isn't an NCL one.

I was planning to. But I'll probably do a short landbased trip to Lisbon in February instead to get a break from Swedish winter. I was there in February this year and it was wonderful! My arthritic joints thanked me. 😄

Thanks for the update! (Surely it's March, not May?) I suspected it had something to do with the drydock. Fingers crossed for a good alternative! (I do use that site you mentioned to check for price drops.)

Agree! Unless the gangway was already pulled when the relative was notified, why on earth didn't they try to help more? Or did they? Didn't they miss the couple when all aboard came? That part is very unclear. I have lots of sympathy for the elderly couple and it's good to see that things seem to have worked out relatively well in the end.

This story is a great reminder to - Don't leave without your medication or other necessary aids. - Make sure that the ways to contact you and/or your emergency contact that you give during checkin are ones that actually work! (I know that I myself have been guilty of giving out my regular cell phone number, but then had my phone in flight mode in international locations. I do however also, if possible, give my email that I can access as long as I have internet connection. Hopefully I'd be smart enough to put my phone off flight mode in a situation like this and eat the roaming charges. But I can't swear I would be that together if really stressed out.)

At least this is a little bit less of a sob story that the recent Dawn/Africa one.

Not that I noticed a couple of weeks ago. But maybe they do Icons now? I think they were in rehearsals when I travelled.

Remenber the people left in Africa by Dawn a couple of months ago. Their guide assured them they'd be back in good time. Yet they were late. And a lot late.

Thanks for the update! Let's hope Vigo will be replaced with something nice, but I suspect it will be a sea day. I like sea days though. 😄

I was on Spirit a year ago. They had more than one table. Two? I prebooked through the app, but don't remember how far ahead.

They don't want to leave passengers behind and TRY to get everyone aboard. Waiting for as long as humanly possible to pull the gangway. It bugs me to no end when I see people leisurely stroll towards the ship after all aboard time and not even have the decency to at least walk fast! Like many others I would not make plans that means a small mishap will risk being late. Yes, things can happen and no matter how careful you are and how much margin you have it can turn out bad. But if you're looking at your plans and think "hmmm... looks tight..." from the start, DON'T DO IT!

It's all on Jet Blue. And the passenger should get information (from Jet Blue) that "necessary purchases" can be done and reimbursed later. Hygien articles, underwear, basic clothing.

Ok. I guess that's why they fly out so early. Still it should be all right, even though it sounds really tight.

Tromsö is a very small airport and I'm guessing it's not an international flight (Oslo?) so airport timing isn't as crucial as on a big airport and/or international flight.

Please update here when you find out what's going on! It could be that they have pulled it temporarily from the site for some reason or other connected to the drydock preceding it..