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Carnival is offering a transatlantic out of New Orleans I think next year 2025 on the Valor. And they will be offering a return transatlantic directly to New Orleans. Not really into Carnival having tried it but thinking these sailings are tempting.

Thanks that did not help.

Looking for a car/driver to drive us around to Portofino area and bring us back to the pier after some time. Any suggestions?

Thanks again. I usually book forward facing balconies but the island doesn't have them. I'll be delighted if I can go out there and feel the wind.

Thank you!

I'm a big fan of the bow view. Specific to IP, looking at the pictures, am I seeing public spaces on the Island Princess on the bow and on the 3 cabin decks above the bow? Are those areas open to passengers?

Yes it’s possible. But I would not book a flight too early; it is not like the Caribbean. The airport is not near the cruise port. Definitely prebook a transfer.

https://www.istanbultourstudio.com/ Used this company in Istanbul last May. Licensed and very engaging guide with driver.

Spent 21 nights in L101 in the Med Sea this spring. The people next door keep their balcony light on for 2 weeks at night. Exactly no one cared. No one told us to close our balcony curtains and no one told us we couldn’t go on the balcony when the ship was underway. In fact the radar-looking device in the front was wrapped in canvas and unused. It’s possible that in 2022 this is no longer a thing. I loved this cabin.

This Spring we went on a 21 night Med Sea cruise. I expected it to count as 1 cruise because that is what we booked. I expected to be Gold after its completion. To my surprise I am showing as Ruby as apparently the 21 night cruise counted as 3 cruises completed. Now I'm looking at a 14 day Transatlantic. Will that count as 1 cruise or 2 as it's 2 x 7 days? Not sure of Princess math.

May 28th Regal disembarkation experience: if flight out of Rome was earlier than 12:30pm then you got a letter to get a test between 6am and 7am the day before. We tested on the 27th at about 6:30am then went on about our day in Florence from Livorno. We got the hard copy of our negative results after 6pm and scrambled to complete the BA check in requirements for Verifly. Due to the terrible internet we didn’t make it. Showed up at Rome airport on the 28th morning and was not asked for test results but our docs were approved by Verifly by that time. No problem.