GillCC

Thanks - we are saying there with Princess. Is it walking distance?

Does anyone know if there is anywhere nearby to buy a crate of soda (bottles) before we leave for our cruise?

Thanks

Thank you for your snarky reply. Hardy was really helpful when I had contacted him! He as had the same experience in Beijing himself. He is going to put a list on the website of the airports people have found problematic.

Beware!! Do not try to take the Li-ion batteries through a Chinese airport...they have different regulations to what seems like the rest of the world! They would not allow my batteries through security even though the airline was happy to carry them. It took 3.5 stressful hours ( with our bags offloaded) to get them to seek special security clearance. They originally said I would have to leave the batteries behind.

I will be writing to Hardy about it.

Thanks - just what I was looking for... I searched everywhere too!

Hiya - p,ease can someone help me out with the link for the travelscoot battery info for airlines? I can't find my copy or the link and I fly on Saturday! Thanks in advance

Gill

Deb and I will be travelling on the Cunard Q Mary from Dubai to Southampton is anyone joining us?

Scampi - not what I would call quintessentially British and yes it is found in pub lunches but mainly those that haven't changed their menus since the 1970's!! IMHO it is an evil concoction of minute pieces of scampi wrapped in yucky breadcrumbs and deep fried it is then served with equally horrible frozen chips (french fries) yuck yuck. But hey...don't knock the mushy peas they are fabby and lower the GI of the meal lol

going on Grand Princess on 29th August (Scandinavia) yipeeee - long shot but isthere anyone else joining us????

hello again folks....I'm really excited just booked TWO cruises! lol one is 7 nights Grand Princess Southampton - Scandinavia - Southampton at the end of August beginning of September. The other is 14 nights San Juan B2B in January next year - both bargains....anyone joining us?

having looked at that photo of E624 on the Golden I am seriously worried about E625 on the Grand - can anyone reassure me???

15 nights - 10 sea days so plenty of restand relaxation either side of the islands

only 6 more weeks ...and we'll be sailing San Diego - Hawaii RT on Celebrity Mercury - yippee. On the off chance - will anyone from this thread be joining us?

I have never seen the service there and I have checked their website ....nothing there. But one of the posters may have knowledge of it.

thanks for replying - someone on my roll call thread reminded me about the enhanced security ...so its unlikely that the secure wrapping will be available! ah well!!! lol

silly question time - I'm afraid....

does anyone know if there is a "suitcase" wrapping service at Vancouver airport - I may be buying some new luggage!

thanks

The “Entertainment Book” is a book of coupons for 2 for 1 meals, discounts in hotels & attractions etc. The books tend to city specific and are often sold as a fund raiser by clubs and charitable organizations but can be purchased on line and in some retail establishments. They can save a person a lot of money if they use them. Here is the link to the Vancouver one. http://vancouver.entertainment.com/discount/browse.shtml?overrideLocation=N

thanks can't you tell I am a brit! lol

what is the "Vancouver Entertainment Book"? - thanks for all your help

http://www.makingmemorieswithscrapbooking.com/page/page/1657990.htm

http://www.scrapbookwarehouse.com/

 

http://www.myscrapbookshop.com/

 

The first two are in vancouver, the last one is in Langley, an hour outside of the city.

 

I use to scrapbook, but now I do it all digitally.

thanks vickie-bernie

that is brill info!! shhh don't tell her! lol

ok my gf will "kill" me for this but are there any good scrapbooking shops in Vancouver/Richmond please

excuse me if i am being a big kid....but sooo excited - Deb and I will be going on our first "holiday" together in April. Sailing San Francisco to Vancouver on X (anyone else doing that one)?

Dollfan-- Thank you for the wonderful tips!! What is the deal with the free salmon bake? I was looking at going to Thane Ore House, but is there something else we should be doing? We are booked on Capt. Larry's whale-watching tour (accessible! woohoo!) and then I was hoping to hit the Mendenhall Glacier and the Thane Ore House dinner before we have to be back at the ship. I am a little worried about the accessible taxi situation, but will go to work on that a little closer to cruise date. But tell us about FREE salmon!

We visited the Butchart Gardens 20-ump years ago when we were a newish couple with teen boys on vacation in a 4wd-Harvester-and-teardrop-trailer (everyone survived). I think I discovered I do not have a gardening gene in my entire body, whatsoever, nada. The museum in Victoria was another story--loved it totally. And there was a women's bookstore that we visited; the women there were so wonderful... We later thought the store in "Better Than Chocolate" must have been modeled after them.

We got to get up close enough to the glacier on the Regal Princess a few years ago--I'm satisfied...

 

GillCC --wah! we'll miss you by a week! no fair! we're May 5th from SF.

 

Kristen

that IS bad timing would have been nice to meet up lol - we will still be there when you sail - we have 14 nights! (a first for me) - I notice you are doing Captain Larry is that becvause it is accessible? - I use a wheelchair and am told that this is a great excursion - unfortunately we are in Juneau on a Monday and the first trip on mondays gets back at 4.30 - our ship sails at 5pm so I am worried we would be cutting it too fine!

well last time I posted on here I was a poor lonely "single" travelling with mother RCCL 11/10 -bu yay have just booked cruise in april 08 with my wonderful g/f - I can't wait!

anyone else travelling celebrity April 27 (san francisco-vancouver)

hi

can i hop onto this thread - my name is Gill and following a nasty split with my partner of 9 years (a year ago) I will be cruising with my (straight) mum on RCCL.

It would be really nice to meet up with other lesbians - for some younger company lol. Do RCCL have FOD meets? Does anyone actually go to them? Do women go to them?