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Dress code in Carnival MDR?
arxcards replied to Bellies5's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
You need that editing software that finds the best image and adds stilettos. -
I am also already in MS, and there is no reserve collection or suites available.
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For ours, the price has come down as well - sort of. At face value, we can change from a selected mini to a mini guarantee, save around $300 and also lose $200 OBC. If we wanted to rebook with a chosen cabin, the fare is more expensive and we would also lose the OBC. Here is the rub though - mini guarantee, standard fare shows as: When instigating a booking, it changes to this - same standard mini guarantee. $4400 to $5200 just from a click is showing something wrong.
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Dress code in Carnival MDR?
arxcards replied to Bellies5's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
My dad, the public servant, wore that as his summer uniform for years - although more of a long socks and sandles kind of person. -
Dress code in Carnival MDR?
arxcards replied to Bellies5's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
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Grand Princess Gastro And Covid Outbreak
arxcards replied to Zanny's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Some people are more prone to getting the ships that others are. By that, I mean a recent bout of a similar gastro bug will give you some degree of resistance. Those that can stay out of the buffet have better odds, Those that use the stairs have better odds, Those that can stay out of pools and the insides of tenders, Those that wash their hands regularly and properly etc. 300 is a big number in any terms, which requires something very contagious, and likely a few that have forgotten how this all gets shared. -
P & O Australia/Pacific Adventure in the news
arxcards replied to aussielozzie18's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
The last time we were on Mt Wellington, we took the advice of the tour operator to change the order of our tour. We were planning for it to be after returning from Richmond, but we were taken up the mountain directly from the ship. Local knowledge paid off, as it was shrouded in cloud the rest of the day. -
Grand Princess Gastro And Covid Outbreak
arxcards replied to Zanny's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Yeah, what storm. It is going to get a bit windy on Wednesday, but Bass Strait doesn't look nasty at all. Then, they aren't about to do a "deep clean" just for the sake of an opportunity of poor weather. -
Grand Princess Gastro And Covid Outbreak
arxcards replied to Zanny's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Whichever way, it does appear that Grand Princess is cranking it (21 kn) with the aim of getting in early. -
Grand Princess Gastro And Covid Outbreak
arxcards replied to Zanny's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
A lot of those trackers lock in early based purely on port entries of the time. On some lists they also have UTC clock times, which will place them a day earlier. Whichever way, those times will rarely adjust to match any late schedule changes. Take a look at Pacific Adventure on those tracking sites, and it will still list NZ ports. These are purely based on an advertised itinerary. Luminosa was in Cairns today because Rabaul was skipped for operational reasons - it still shows their intended itinerary. The most accurate is to look at the relevant port daily movement pages. -
P & O Australia/Pacific Adventure in the news
arxcards replied to aussielozzie18's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
I thought they were all being held hostage, so it is great that they can leave the ship at all. 😉 -
P & O Australia/Pacific Adventure in the news
arxcards replied to aussielozzie18's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Only if you Escape Completely. -
P & O Australia/Pacific Adventure in the news
arxcards replied to aussielozzie18's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Take me away, P&O! -
P & O Australia/Pacific Adventure in the news
arxcards replied to aussielozzie18's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
But a P&O cruise? 😉 🤣 -
OBC via the Stockperks app - my experience
arxcards replied to mum and son's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
We have just slipped within 3 months on another Coral Princess cruise. Time to do exactly the same. -
I finally scored a real Black Friday deal on Cyber Monday. Alas, no ship deals to suit. 30% off the usual rate at North Sydney View, which is a bonus now we have decided to spend Christmas Night in Sydney for our Boxing Day cruise.
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Now for something completely different
arxcards replied to Blackduck59's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
After not giving Vicky much thought between the late 80's and this conversation .... Vicky O'Keefe boarded Majestic Princess today as an entertainer. I don't know how long that will be for, but I am guessing there will be a disembark pre-Christmas. -
Grand Princess Gastro And Covid Outbreak
arxcards replied to Zanny's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
There really isn't a magic deep clean that happens. It is ongoing CDC enhanced cleaning protocols that are conducted continually. These include the higher concentration & frequency of cleaning of touch points, and others mentioned such as no buffet self-service, salt & pepper sachets, individual condiment portions, supervised washing & sanititising stations and much more. Sad thing is though that the ship doesn't catch it, and they don't deep clean the next batch of passengers. I would think Grand must be more affected than the other ships because there are higher levels of gastro in Melbourne than is currently in Sydney. There is also the potential of it running through the crew, literally, and that means sanitised surfaces don't stay that way very long. -
Dress code in Carnival MDR?
arxcards replied to Bellies5's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
I would recommend walking backwards. -
Dress code in Carnival MDR?
arxcards replied to Bellies5's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
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Dress code in Carnival MDR?
arxcards replied to Bellies5's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Open toed sandles are OK per the dress code. Crocs are debatable, but crocs n socks wearers should be required to walk the plank.