Chip and Dale

On 2/7/2024 at 3:24 PM, tanderine said:

Would you kindly tell me where in the app it addresses Diamond access to Crown Lounge?  We leave on Symphony on 2/24 and are wondering if we will have restricted access. Just trying to manage expectations!

I was on Symphony b2b January 7 to 21.  They limited 30 top Pinnacles to the Suite Lounge and no Diamonds in the Crown Lounge. 
 

The Crown lounge had someone at the door checking cards almost every night. It was full of Pinnacles, especially the 2nd cruise. 

On 3/1/2023 at 2:23 PM, Preziosa said:

Cruise timetabel is a fantastic website

Thank you! I will check it out!

2 minutes ago, Rusty_lock said:

Type in the port name in the search box in left corner of the Map. It will bring you to page dedicated to that port.  There will be a link about 1/3 of the way down that is titled Schedules.  Click that and select the month you want.

Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks so much!

10 minutes ago, robmtx said:

Cruise Mapper is a good source. Google that for their website.

Thank you for replying! I’m finding ships on that app. But I’m not finding what I need for future port stops. 

Hi everyone,

I have seen people stating which ships are in ports on the days they will dock. It hasn’t really been an issue before, however, we will have two wee ones (3 and 5) on our Harmony cruise March 11 and we are trying to figure things out for port stops. 
 

Is there an app or a website where we can find this information?

Thanks so much in advance! 😁

Dee

On 2/5/2023 at 8:25 PM, Ocean Boy said:

Interesting, thanks for your perspective. As far as disembarkment today, I did self assist. I left the cabin at 7:30 and was outside waiting for transportation to FLL at 7:45. It could not have been much smoother. 

Self Assist was incredibly chaotic on the cruise I’m speaking of as well. 
 

Glad that you had a good experience!

3 minutes ago, Valchie said:

Hi there! I'll  ask again what someone else asked. Why are you not a fan? We will be on Odyssey in November. Although we love the Oasis class ships we will be sailing this ship for the 8nt Southern itinerary.  Just wondering your thoughts. We just saw a 60 minute tour on You Tube and it looks quite interesting...

Thank you.

And to the OP looks like the deep balconies provide best of both worlds. Sun & shade. I would, tho, be concerned if it was too deep which would make the room darker while dressing and prepping for the evening.

 

Happy sailings to all!

I just posted a response. I will add that I have severe allergies and found that the dining room staff were poorly trained to deal with it. I’ve done enough cruises to be well versed in how dining rooms handle severe allergies. 
 

I found many crew members were rude and impatient. Every area seemed to be congested on Odyssey. Another thing that drove those of us nuts who walk/run the track was the soot on our clothes! My shirts were covered with spots of black soot after every time I was on the track. 
 

I did this cruise because I wanted a cruise out of Fort Lauderdale for NYE. You may like this ship, it may be that I’m just more comfortable with the smaller ships like Radiance, Explorer etc. This is just my personal experience and opinion. 

On 2/3/2023 at 7:40 PM, Ocean Boy said:

What did you not like about the ship? 

I felt it was an oversized Vision class. It was incredibly congested and sea days were horrible! Many crew members were not happy working that ship and were quite vocal about it at times. 
 

Disembarkation was chaos. Soooooo many people and it was like being herded. One of the ports was Grand Cayman with tenders. Just a really bad idea with that many passengers. 

On 2/3/2023 at 7:19 PM, rockmom said:

That is one of the rare cabins that has sort of a double balcony, width-wise, versus depth-wise.  Those seem pretty cool, but it's a hike from back there, isn't it?  I had an aft Jr suite back there last summer, I certainly got my steps in.   Most of the 'large' balconies are extra deep versus extra wide like 11720, so they can be sort of like a cave.  

Definitely a very long walk! It took me a few days to figure out a direct route 🤣🤣🤣. 

I was on Odyssey December 30th. The cabin was ok since I was alone. The balcony was HUGE! I was in 11720. Two chairs with footstools and two tables. 
 

I’m not a fan of the ship but the balcony was incredible!

Hope this helps

Dee

I have really bad motion sickness and cannot use the meds. 
 

I put my sea bands on prior to my flight and they stay on (except for showering) till two weeks after I arrive home (prevents the problem with getting my land legs back). 
 

I bring peppermint lifesavers, chewable ginger, gravol ginger, ginger tea and peppermint tea. I eat the green apples if I’m feeling a bit nauseous. I’ve been on pretty rough seas and only one time did the motion impact me so much that I was knocked down a bit. 

On 5/23/2020 at 6:57 AM, jojo1966 said:

genuine question - do people really think that you can catch the virus just  by walking past someone in the space of 2 seconds?????

The answer is that it is possible. If there are respiratory droplets and they are inhaled or get into the eyes. If they land on something that someone touches and later that same person touches their face also possible. 
 

This is a dangerous unpredictable virus. The medical professionals and scientists are learning more daily.

It may not impact the majority of people, however, you can unwittingly  bring it home to someone that it does impact. 

2 hours ago, Welly9 said:

Georgian bay?> Parry Sound? Midland? Owen Sound?

Meaford 😁

We used to live in Woodstock when dinosaurs 🦖  🦕 roamed the earth!

Our darling oldest son gave us use of his Crave and Netflix subscriptions. Very sweet boy, glad we had him 🤪. 
 

Friday nights we watch Magnum PI and Hawaii 5 0 just for the scenery!

I have been sewing cushions, table runners and whatever else I feel like. Next up a quilt for the new grandson due in September. 
 

Normally I have a very tight schedule! Preparing/packing for travel, returning....doing laundry....then re-packing for the next cruise/trip.  Sometimes I shop for new luggage, try to find better carryon bags, search for great travel purses. Nanny misses Marshals and Winners!!!  I enjoy matching up clothing, shoes, handbags and jewelry 🥰. NOW I realized that some of the masks I had made were clashing with clothes so I will spend some time making an assortment of other coloured masks because OMG 😱 not to match your mask 😷 to your outfit!!! 🤦‍♀️ Honestly my world has come to this 🙄

We have binge watched Grace and Frankie, Bosch, Ozark......by the way....we felt it was really violent and distressing when we started watching Ozark in March.....then by April it seemed less upsetting than the news 🤷‍♀️. We have watched Succession and they damn well better put the next season on in August!!! Billions was good BUT now we are tortured with the new season posting only one episode per freakin week every Sunday at 9:05 p.m......yah the exact time seems really important to me now for some reason. I just started watching Hollywood on Netflix and YIKES I need to rinse my brain and my eyes after each episode!!! It’s kind of like a train wreck......you don’t want to watch but can’t look away. I started Dead to Me, not sure on that one yet. I have a list of series to watch, that took a few hours to make. 
 

RCI and Celebrity email me a lot .......cruise offers.....Celebrity recipes. Really. 
 

By the way I was up at 4:00 a.m. I dreamt I was on a cruise and was seriously #@$&%/ when I woke up and realized I wasn’t. My mask matched my outfit and everything 🤪

But I’m sure I’m fine. Pretty sure. 
Dee
 

On 4/22/2020 at 7:08 PM, Cafedumonde said:

Yes in very small amounts to get over your allergy.  

Unfortunately for someone with a severe allergy causing anaphylaxis, that is a deadly suggestion. 
 

I speak from tremendous experience. I have many deadly allergies. At one point an allergist thinking he was a genius tried a minute trace injection of one allergen to see if I would gradually become immune. I went into anaphylactic shock! 
 

He decided it was best to stop trying and make sure that I avoided those allergens and carry Epipens. 

7 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

 

Very interesting read. With the guidelines/rules/limitations for Vegas I can only wonder what ships will be like. 
 

This is what they do with guests who come on with COVID symptoms... makes me wonder what they do with guests on a ship. Leave them on a port of call or let them stay on quarantine.  Better make sure you have travel and health insurance going forward. 
 

 

Well, there will be many many changes to coverages going forward. I’m a 🇨🇦 Insurance Broker. We already have Covid19 questionnaires for most new policy applications. 
 

It could be a whole new world for Out of Country coverage when travel resumes. 
Dee

A duck goes into a store to buy lipstick. 
 

Clerk: what colour would you like?

Duck: Red

Clerk: Here is your lipstick.....how would you like to pay?

Duck: Just put it on my BILL 😜

12 minutes ago, Sail n Snow said:

I think it’s more that this isn’t really news.  From what I’ve read the local govt didn’t want the ship to dock out of fear so they head to Port Everglades instead.  No one is sick so it’s just a reroute and their is a lot more issues in the US right now. 

A Canadian woman tested positive when she returned home to Waterloo Ontario on March 8. Her husband has now tested positive. 
 

A male passenger from Waterloo tested positive when he returned home from his celebrity sillouette cruise out of Fort Lauderdale on March 6. He started feeling unwell March 1st. 

Loved it!!! 
 

NOW we need anyone and everyone to keep posting jokes! Laughter truly is the BEST medicine especially in these trying times. 
 

Who has another one?

Dee

I’m an Insurance Advisor dealing predominantly in group benefits. 
 

I receive daily updates from insurers. Some have stated that they will cover individuals on plans should they travel. HOWEVER!!! Please be sure if you decide to travel outside of Canada that you get it in writing that you are definitely covered for emergency medical PLUS any expense that could potentially arise from being quarantined, and the possible need for medical evacuation or repatriation. 
 

When calling your insurers you are typically speaking with a service rep in a call centre who is hopefully updated on what could potentially be covered should you or your family contract Covid19 or if you become quarantined. 
 

We have canceled our travel to San Juan for a cruise March 22. The medical people in my family reinforced the danger of traveling through conversations we had this week. We listened!
 

A dr who is a family member stated “this is just for now, it is not forever”. We all need to be smart!

The Region of Waterloo is posting positive cases of Covid19. A woman who cruised on the Celebrity Summit out of SAN Juan was diagnosed when she returned home March 8 and is in home quarantine. The Governor of Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency while they await results of tests for Covid19.  The results are NOT coming quickly!

The Region of Waterloo has named Celebrity Summit as the source for a woman who has tested positive for Covid19! She is over 60. She is in quarantine at home. 

NOTE:

A Canadian passenger repatriated to Trenton from the Grand Princess has tested positive for Covid19!

1 minute ago, Ourusualbeach said:

As long as the trip and or insurance was booked prior to any warnings.

It all hinges on what your medical history is and what illness you develop. I’m talking about Group Benefits with Emergency Travel Medical coverage. 
 

This could be potentially very interesting. You seem to be talking about Individual travel insurance. I am not. 

12 minutes ago, Tree_skier said:

The Canadian government isnt even restricting travel from China or Iran. They certainly not going to restrict you coming back to Canada from United States. 

You are most likely correct! HOWEVER, when will the concern and generosity wear off for those who have purposely travelled on a cruise ship knowing full well that they could potentially need to be repatriated from a US or other foreign port? 
 

Will emergency travel insurance continue to cover those who suffer medical emergencies traveling on cruise ships when the government has issued specific warnings?

On 3/2/2020 at 1:11 PM, spangnash said:

We just returned from sailing Adventure of the Seas.  While sailing, my 8 year old son woke in the middle of the night (midnight) vomiting, all over his pull-down pullman bed.  We immediately called down to guest services to ask for fresh bedding.  It took us 1.5 hours to get fresh bedding to our room (after multiple calls, and multiple visits to our room from staff without fresh bedding - there seemed to be a great deal of confusion, which confused us since we had simply asked for fresh bedding).  They took the soiled bedding away (which we had removed from the bed ourselves immediately, and tried to wrap up as much as possible to keep the vomit contained).  The vomit had soaked through to the mattress, so they had to take the mattress away, and didn't have any spares, so we made a make-shift bed for our son on the floor.  He had a small trash can next to him, but as he continued to vomit consistently for the next 8 hours, we were not 100% successful in getting him to get 100% percent of it in the bucket, so some if it landed on his 'new' bedding.  We also realized in the morning that some of the vomit from his pull-down pullman bed had gotten on the bed below him (we had 2 adjoining balcony rooms - both with pull-down pullman beds).  Again, we tried to wrap up all of the soiled bedding to contain it as much as possible.  There were no attendants in the hall at 8/8:30am, so I headed down to guest services to ask someone to please remove the soiled bedding and provide fresh linens as quickly as possible as we were running very low on clean bedding and towels.  Again, it took 1.5 hours for someone to arrive, and when they did, they proceeded to pull apart our 'wrapped' mess of bedding (with random vomit all over it), on our state room floor, and proceeded to remove the duvet from the duvet cover, and place a new cover on it.  We were floored that they would take this mess apart on our carpeted floor (if I were home, I would deal with the mess in a tiled area), and that they wouldn't wash the entire duvet (given that the vomit most certainly leaked through the cover).  We had to insist to our state room attendant that a new duvet be provided (something he agreed to, but was clearly annoyed).  He also removed the blue decorative runner from the mess, and folded it up to place back on the bed later (again, without inspecting it for any vomit).  Not surprisingly, my husband fell ill the next day, and me the day after that (we washed our hands as often as physically possible, but I think we would have needed Hazmat suits to avoid the germs throughout the room).  Obviously, our cruise was drastically affected by these events.  We understand that illnesses happen, but we were greatly disappointed by the lack of urgency/priority our situation was treated with, and were shocked that there isn't better protocol/processes to handle soiled bedding - we were made to feel as though we were just a huge inconvenience.  

 

I submitted this information via the post-trip survey I was sent yesterday, but does it pay to submit a 'formal complaint' via email somehow?  If so, should I send it to the CEO?  It seems they really need to come up with a better way to handle this situations.

 

Thank you.

I have not read all responses. But I am going to weigh in with a suggestion. 
 

We cruise frequently and have seen ships where cabin stewards pay very close attention to anyone vomiting and also have seen a lack of concern by crew regarding germs and illness. 
 

if it had happened to my family I would definitely send an email to the CEO or whomever at the top. If you don’t tell them they  may not know and better practices will NOT be put in place!

Airplanes, resorts and cruise ships are living Petrie dishes! An example........the tablecloths at lunch or dinner being used by two or more seatings. I have insisted many times that a dirty tablecloth is replaced. 
 

In light of the Coronavirus and ongoing issues with norovirus, it is imperative that protocols are out in place and followed to keep all of us and our families safe and healthy!  They cannot resolve a situation that they are unaware of. 
 

If the situation had occurred with my family I would DEFINITELY contact management and provide details. 
Dee