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Hello we are looking forward to the 17 Day Canada & Greenland cruise aboard the Emerald Princess. Does anyone know of a restaurant in the port of St.Johns that serves a traditional Newfoundland meal of salt meat and cabbage ? The ship will be in on Sunday August 25 2024. Thanks Russ

NCL has us booked on a 1215pm flight from Houston to Toronto. We have the transfer with NCL booked back to the airport on January 26 2024. Would we be better to take a cab to the airport ? How much will it cost for 4 people ? This is for the January 19 2024 cruise on the Prima from Galveston.

We are booked on the Emerald Princess for August 11 2024. Our main concern would be the bugs in August. We have driven to Churchill Falls Labrador and in the summer you need to wear a bug screen to protect your head as they are very plentiful at that time of year. We travel to Newfoundland once a year and looking at ship tours you would be better to hire a local cab to see places like St. Johns NL. I rec0mmend seeing Signal Hill and doing a self walk tour of George Street  as they are close to the ship.

I talked to the NCL flight dept and they cant change the flight since it was booked thru the special 1 flies free offer. What I had to do was cancel the return flight and book one myself  . I only get 50% of the return flight cost back  from NCL and paid for return flight myself. I still managed to save $300. off the normal return flight cost. If I booked myself both flights  cost $1500. return on Air Canada. Now I just hope there are no weather issues like last year in Toronto when hundreds of flights had been cancelled at the same time. I am so jealous of people that can drive to a cruise in a few hours. Oh we had a light dusting of snow yesterday here north of Toronto.

Hello I am booked on the January 19 2024 cruise on the NCL Prima. 2 people in our group of 10 got their flight times today . they leave Toronto at 825am arrive Houston 1115am . On the return flight they are booked 1215am from Houston arriving 415pm in Toronto. Last time we sailed we were told return flights must be 2pm or later . For an international flight you need to check in 3 hours ahead and be cleared thru customs an hour before your flight. Can anyone let me know how their travel experience by ship bus to Houston airport was. Thanks Russ

I will be celebrating my 70th Birthday onboard the Celebrity Equinox sailing January 19th 2024. So far 10 people are coming with us on the same cruise. I hope to be able to have dinner seating together for all of us. Has anyone else been able to get group seating in restaurants on ship ?

On 7/4/2023 at 11:52 AM, WrittenOnYourHeart said:

Exactly the response I got.

 

The reply I sent back...

 

Thank you for your response.

However, based on first hand reports from people on board - including pictures of the signs - there is nothing stating that those vaping in the casino must be gambling. In fact, the first hand report from the Equinox is that high top tables have been added to the edge of the casino and they have been filled with people vaping and not gambling.

 

I'm curious what is being done to ensure that the vapers are not using THC or worse in their devices. Even without that danger, there are second-hand from breathing and even third-hand from touching where the residue has landed effects. Allowing it is certainly not prioritizing the health of your cruisers.

I am a non smoker so I stay the hell away from any of them. I dont even take a shortcut thru the casino to get other places on the ship.

On 6/13/2023 at 4:51 PM, UKstages said:

so, wrapping up here… is 21 days too long to spend on one ship?

 

normally, i’d say no… but with many canceled ports on this itinerary and the transatlantic nature of the first cruise, this meant there were 10 or 11 sea days, depending on how you calculate. and most of those were with bad weather and colder temperatures, and since the prima has so much outdoor space, it definitely put a damper on the trip.

 

would i do it again? yes, but not on the prima. perhaps never on the prima. for now, she’s a one and done. (or “two in one” and done).

 

would i try the viva?

 

sure. it will be interesting to see what corrective measures they take fixing some of the known problems. but i think we’re likely not to see real design improvements until the prima class ship after that.

 

my next cruise is on the joy in october.

 

i’ve been on the joy before.

 

and so i can say with certainty that there is no joy in prima-ville.

I will be sailing out of Galveston in January 2024. I booked the Tremont hotel myself at a lower cost than what NCL offers. I will be using the ships transfer service since it is similar in price to taking a cab. Any tips on sailing out of this port would be appreciated as it has been at least 10 years since we did. We are sailing with a group of about 20 so far to celebrate my 70th birthday. Thanks Russ

I booked dinner reservations for an upcoming cruise in October using onboard credit. Instead of charging to onboard credit they fully charged my credit card when they should have only charged the overage. I am not impressed at all. I decided to fly down ahead of the cruise and they charged a fee to do this. With my own airline there is no charge for changes. Lets see how long it takes them to credit back charges to my card and how long it takes. I will not travel with them again.

I did get a discount on both when I talked to Kiara the other day when I booked the second cruise.

Thanks so will I need cruise documents to reboard again ?

I will be doing our first B2B cruise in October. I understand we need to exit the ship so it can be cleaned. Can we just wait at the cruise port lounge then get back on board since we don't need to go in town. We are on the Equinox Oct 8-14th & Oct 14-22nd cruises. This cruise is for my Wife to celebrate her 70th birthday.

I submitted a request to cancel our cruise and received an email on March 17 2020 stating it would take 10-14 days . It is now April 30 2020 and I still have not received my money back. I sent the CEO an email today to see if I get a response. I am a regular cruiser of Carnival.

I have booked the 11 day Greek Isles & Italy from Rome cruise for Sept 23 2021 which includes unlimited bar & specialty dining package plus $50. shore excursion credit. Does the dining package give you 4 specialty dinners on a 11 day cruise ? I have had a dining specialty package of 3 days on a 7 day cruise which we really enjoyed. Thanks Russ.

I will try to book the New Motel later this year since the website would not let me book a room so far ahead. I am looking for October next year. 

Hello does anyone know of a motel/hotel that offers free shuttle to Miami cruise port ?

I am looking for drink prices as of July 2019 on carnival ships.

47 minutes ago, shipgeeks said:

We have used the hotel's transfer several times.  We requested the time we wanted when we checked in.  They have vans; sometimes we are the only ones aboard, sometimes others going to the port.  Several dollars each.  

I assume you are referring to the 17th Street location.

Yes we are staying at the 17th street location.

Thank you I did and it helped.

Hi again, I would like to know if there is a transfer service that anyone recommends to get from Extended Stay America hotel in Fort Lauderdale to The Celebrity Edge on April 21 2019. There will be just the 2 of us. We considered returning to the airport to use the ship transfer but since we are only 4 miles from the ship it seems better just to go directly from the hotel. Thanks Russ.

I would like to hear comments from anyone that has stayed in rooms 12261 to 12266 at the back of the Celebrity edge. Any problem with noise from above ? Any problems with soot on balcony. any other issues .  Thanks Russ

Both of the max aircraft 737-8 & 737-9 have been banned from Canadian air space by Transport Canada.

The current price would be $1500. CDN per person more to change from sv1 to c4

I was considering a room change ahead of our cruise in April. I have noticed the prices have gone up a lot. Has anyone been able to change a room for no extra cost ? We booked our room the first time it was announced for the Celebrity edge.

On ‎1‎/‎3‎/‎2019 at 9:46 PM, Silkroad said:

Thanks so much😊 Great photos! In addition to the cabins the others mentioned, it would be lovely to see photos of a Sunset Veranda Cabin.

My Wife and I are booked into a Sunset Veranda Cabin on the April 21 2019 sailing. We would like to see a photo also.