SophieM

Absolutely! If you haven’t already, there is also a roll call.

If you are sailing on 1/21, we’ll look forward to meeting you on board. Only slightly jealous of your expedition cruise, but we’ll buck up. 😊 Jane & Ed

We’re at Mercy.

Hi, Orv. I was able to get Paxlovid for our April cruise. I think there’s been a change in the last few months. Jane

I think you’re probably right. Only way that I know that it might have made a difference would be if you’d done an on board booking. Enjoy!!!

Did you book on board?

Forgot to turn on follow. 🤓

We were successful in moving one of our cruises over to the Summer Sale with very nice savings so, now, a new question. We have a second booked cruise, also in the Summer Sale. For this one, we have a “free” pre-cruise package. Have any of you been able to take advantage of the sale and keep your free land package?

I have a request into my TA now to see about repricing a cruise we booked on board. Have any of you had success repricing a previously booked on board cruise, even though the t’s & c’s say new bookings only? If so, what did you lose or keep by going to the summer sale pricing? I feel like I’m getting conflicting answers. Also appreciate your thoughts on how the best price guarantee should work. Thanks much!

Thanks, all, for the suggestions. Sadly, it is nowhere to be found. I will try again.

Nope.

Well, that’s weird. I just tried to send an email and not only did it not bounce back, it went off into email never never land. And I didn’t get it saved, so now I need to start over. It was a good email, too. Dang! I’m assuming you saw that it is resolutions(plural)desk?

I spoke with a very nice O rep this morning on another matter, and while I had her, I asked about Simply More. She confirmed that there will no longer be a pure cruise only fare. When I told her we weren’t too happy about that and could she pass that along, she suggested that I contact resolutionsdesk at oceaniacruises dot com to share my thoughts. It appeared that I wasn’t the first person she’d heard that from.

Based on what we think we know right now and on what you wrote, I would book now. It’s possible you could convert after July 1, if that looks like a better deal. Just me.

It will be really interesting get the details on July 1. Given so much hullabaloo (at least on this board, anyway), I think they’re not doing themselves any big favors by waiting two weeks to make the details available, although it is kind of fun to see everyone’s reaction. We are pretty firmly in the cruise only camp, but we still spend money on board on drinks, the cooking classes, and, yes, even the occasional ship tour. If the rumors from knowledgeable sources are true about the demise of cruise only, we’ll be pretty disappointed. Depending on the cost difference between the current cruise only and the new simply more, which those of us who already have cruises booked will be able to get a good feel for, it may mean for us that we take fewer cruises in a year. That would make me very sad.

There is no additional charge for non-alcoholic drinks. As for taking the OBC option, you pay $400 to get $400.

If that is really the case, I can’t say that it’s making my socks go up and down. Maybe they’re hoping to make money from people like us who normally only do happy hour and none of their excursions. Must confess we have been known to eat the lobster.

At this point, it’s a bit silly that O is waiting until July 1 to release details. The kitty cat is basically out of the litter box.

Yaaaasssss!

With this much action prior to the formal announcement, I can’t wait to see the reactions when we have the facts. I am waiting with “bageled” breath, as my late husband used to say. 😊

We took a half day tour of Papeete when we disembarked and checked in after normal checkin time, which I think was 11 am— pretty early anyway. Our flight was at 11:30 pm, so we only used it to nap and shower.

We booked a room at Fare Suisse. It wasn’t a day rate, but it was affordable. We stayed there before the cruise, too. It’s not a resort with pool, rtc

Thanks!

I’ll do that right now! Did you stay inValparaiso then?

Thank you! I’ll check them out.