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It's also a post Covid change, I suppose the possibility of having speakers cancel at short notice makes it easier not to publish the details at all. If you weren't expecting someone you can't complain when they aren't there.

It looks like it's going to be a stunning sunrise

Thanks for the cat information, we hear about dogs occasionally here so it's nice to hear about a cat.

Thanks for your first hand report, it's good to hear that gala nights were well observed.

Not yet, I have started getting some clothes together and trying things on. Highlight of the day was getting my new work laptop ! I remember the days when someone from the IT department would bring your new PC, transfer your files and set it up for you. Now you get to collect a set of boxes and told to get on with it 😂

@cruiselovingbears did you decide what to do? Love the user name btw ! If you do decide to go ahead please come back and let us know what you thought.

I'm not sure anyone here is going to be able to answer that. Is it something that all the other Carnival brands already do or is Princess the first ? I've used a similar system on planes and trains but as you say the Grills tend to sell out so I'm not sure how it would work. Bid to upgrade from inside to balcony perhaps?

We've had more rain but the ducks are still short of water and there is a hose pipe ban where our holiday let is. It's a month to our cruise today, is it time to start getting excited?!

I guess it's too late to ask now but how was the cat during the crossing? Was the owner happy with the kennels ?

Let's wait until we actually have some news before we start speculating. Thank you

Shorts at dinner ? That's not good

It's certainly possible and some people do travel that way, particularly on Queen Mary 2 if they want to cross the Atlantic without flying. You will be restricted to the casual areas of the ship on formal nights so you won't be able to eat in your main dining room or go to the theatre or the more formal bars. To get the best out of a Cunard cruise without any evening restrictions you would need at least a dark suit.

I'm impressed that the wifi was good enough for a Zoom call ....

I think we can count that as a team effort @sfred !

I think that's Queen Victoria sailing from Ísafjörður and the town is Hnífsdal

Current rules are that the test doesn't need to be supervised when sailing from Southampton. There is plenty of time for things to change again before December.

Iceland somewhere?

Have you got a kettle in your cabin? Can you use the steam from that ?

Can you hang them in the bathroom and run the shower with the light off ? That should help a little.

Well done @bluemarble, apologies to everyone else but I haven't actually been to Fuerteventura so it was the best I could do from my own photographs

No, the missing port is on the island in the distance. The photograph was taken from another island in the same group. I think I contributed that port earlier in the thread.

Maybe by the time the in transit passengers staying "on board" are called, the terminal is supposed to be empty enough that there's no need for a separate fast track. Seems an unpleasant experience and reminds me why we only did it once

Thanks for coming back with an update and it's good to hear that overall you've had a good time.

It's an Island but not Scotland.

This is definitely stretching the definition but at least it's my own photograph