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To all mums out there, Happy Mothers Day. VID-20240310-WA0007.mp4

Dementia is such an awful disease and so difficult for family to deal with. My older brother very rarely visited mum. I was lucky that Gary was very supportive, once he retired he use to take Molly and visit every day. Our blessing was that she still knew Gary and I till the end.

Graham @grapau27 , my sincere condolences to Sarah, Pauline and you for the loss of Sarah's dad. Loss within the family is so final and hard to deal with even when you are estranged from each other.

Bon Voyage and Happy Cruising Andrew, Lisa and Owen. Your blogs are always such good fun. So happy you're doing another

Last May we were off the ship shortly after 6.30 (self carried bags). Was at the airline counter around 7am. They asked us if we wanted an earlier flight (to LHR) and put us on the 7.45 am flight. We were home by 1030. I wouldn't book a flight this early but shows it can be done

Last May we had a flight after 9am to LHR from Barcelona. We self carried our bags and got off ASAP. Big queue of taxis waiting, no wait for us. We were at the airport so early the airline asked us if we wanted an earlier flight at 0745. We arrived at our home by 1030 UK time (11.30 Spanish time).

Ah-ha, that may be a reason. There's just a tiny handful of 15 and over. Thought about the Singapore to Dubai Serenade in April but can't face the thought of a long flight to Singapore again. Its a good price though. We will never get to Pinnacle. Too old now and we only cruise 2 or 3 times a year, and I want to start trying other lines.

Loved those middle East cruises in our winter, wish they would still have them

Home safe and sound. Bit of a mission getting home. We both got on the flights we tried for but flights were very full so we ended up seating separately in middle seats for both sin-dxb and dxb-lon sectors. Went to see Dr about the fainting episode and upshot is he's scheduled me for further tests and in the meantime I've had to legally notify DVLA (car licensing authority) and can't drive until they tell me I can. Probably until after results of tests are in. Big change as I'm so use to the freedom of driving 🚗

I'll just be 15 points away from D+ after my summer cruise on Serenade. Looking to see if I can get it in one cruise but most seem to be around 09-14 nights

Happy Holidays Debbie, wishing you an amazing cruise and good weather

Happy Birthday Mark 🎂 🥳

So sorry to hear about the continuing medical issues for Charlie. Don't forget to take time out to look after yourself if you can, I know easier said than done 😕

Wishing you happy memories of a much loved father

No, but as stated in post 31 and 35 you can get a 40% discount (on bottles up to $100) by using ONE voucher

You don't have to have their Internet package to use the app on board. And you can 'chat' to others in your party using the app. Make sure everyone downloads the app. Only problem is you can't just pack away the phone in the safe but need to keep it on you. The daily cruise compass is on the app too

Make sure you have the Royal Caribbean app. So much info on there. You can access it on board even if you don't have an Internet package. Paper copies of the daily cruise compass are only available if you specifically ask your room steward for one, otherwise all the information is on the app.

It can be a bit of a process. We got help at the customer services desk, though the Internet desk can also talk you through the sign up process

I thought of you when I took the pictures. They had a whole area of them

I felt the same, good but not as good as season 1. Great twist in the final seconds of the last scene

I was on Spectrum last week. We had booked all our MTD slots in the planner months ago to fit in with port excursions. On board we were told we had a specific table at 6.45 each night . The time and table number was printed on our sea pass. The evenings we didn't make their time we were given another table with little or no wait .

We were on two cruises after you. Just home today so recovering from the grueling flight and doing laundry! Our four night was full with over 5000 and nearly 1000 children on board. School holidays in Malaysia and lots of multi generational families. Entertainment was good. Loved 'Silk Road' Agree ship is stunning with great art. Happy with the food in MDR. I had prebooked 'my time' to fit around our port plans but once on board there was a letter stating they had booked us a set time of 6.45 and the table number and time was printed on our stateroom card 🤷‍♀️ Focus seems to be on 'extras' . Seemed to be more 'pay for' restaurants which seemed mostly empty. Had to pay for North Star and I-fly even the shorter version of North Star was $20. Casino always busy, the two times we visited we came out on top so all good 👍 Found the bars to be quiet. Missed that there wasn't an available to all Solarium restaurant (it was the silver lounge/restaurant for suites and Pinnacles). Thanks for your info on what is a not often reviewed ship

We had a good time as always. Ship was packed though, over 5000 with nearly 1000 kids. Lots of large intergenerational families, apparently it is school holidays in Malaysia. Speaking to people who had done a B2B the previous 9 night cruise was a lot quieter with only about 300 children. Missed not having use of the Solarium restaurant. In fact there seemed to be more specialised restaurants than included options. The specialised restaurants seemed almost empty when we walked by. Plenty of empty seats in the bars and upper level of pool deck. Great ports, really enjoyed Penang and Phuket

View from hotel room. MBS in the far distance

Direct BA flights is 12 hours, Emirates via DXB is 8 hrs each segment plus 2 hrs layover in DXB. Currently in Grand Copthorne in SIN at day room rate, extremely nice room/hotel. Flight is 9pm tonight. Will have a swim, maybe a walk along the Riverside, rest, late lunch shower and get taxi to airport around 6pm. Enjoyed Spectrum, though seemed crowded and noisy. Silk Road in 270 was amazing 20240229_131033.mp4