LindaAndBillTravel

We were on the March 16th sailing and everything seemed to have cleared up by then

Thanks!

How far in advance of sailing time does Azamara require passengers to be back onboard when docked in ports?

I recommend taking one of the free walking tours of the Gothic area. You’ll get much more out of it.

Check WelcomePickups.com. We used them in Greece for this and it looks like they off service in Lisbon too

Thanks all. We do have what seems like an obscene amount of OBC we need to find a way to spend. Our other option would be to book the existing DIY excursion and get a taxi or Uber back instead of joining the return bus.

Thank you for the quick response. Do you think there would be any difficulty with this port being 2 days after embarkation? I'm not sure how much time is needed to make this kind of arrangement

I've read posts on this board that say you can use OBC for private transfers at the end of your cruise by talking to the concierge to arrange this. This has me wondering if you can use OBC for a private transfer during the cruise. Specifically, we would be interested in a private transfer from Cadiz to Seville and back. There is a 7 hour DIY excursion, but given we are in port 12 hours, we would like a bit more time in Seville than the group excursion allows. And we have a lot of OBC. Has anyone ever been able to arrange this?

We only came across one bathroom that required payment and the only option was credit card. Iceland is very close to a cashless society.

Viking is already not requiring vaccination. We just returned from sailing on Saturn, departing May 23, and no proof of vaccination was ever asking for. And many people had COVID by the end of our cruise from what I gathered.

Having just returned from the May 23rd Iceland/Greenland sailing on Saturn where 5 of 9 ports where cancelled, I would vote 100% for renting a car and driving the ring road. We had a car for a couple of days ahead of the cruise and found driving in Iceland to be very easy.