Essiesmom

It is the same as every cruise line sailing Alaska from Seattle. You will sail west of Vancouver Island, but you won’t be close enough to really see much. Until you get into the northern Inside Passage land will be starboard, once in the passage sights will be both sides. When you are glacier viewing the ship will rotate every 30 min. or so so that everyone who isn’t out on the promenade moving around can get a view. But remember, what goes up must come down…so views that were starboard going up will be port coming back. EM

They credit it back to your account. EM

Believe me, I know about green cards. I paid for the renewal of a long expired one for a friend who was German. With the lawyer fees it cost me $1450. My niece now tells me it is a requirement from Hallmark. Bull. EM

This has nothing to do with cruising, but I am desperate. I have living with me a niece with no sense. Not retarded or anything but poor judgment. She is basically a parasite, no job in 20 years, supported by her mother (my late sister) and I inherited her. She got scammed out of her income and inheritance earlier this year by someone claiming to be an actor in Hallmark channel movies. She finally has realized that was a scam. But now she says she contacted the real actor and he wants to come and give her money. But the first sum she needs from me to enable this was $10,000. Hard no, another scam. Tonight she needs $500 cash so she can get a green card for him so she can pick him up at the airport.??? What is this card? Why would she have to pay for it, but he will get it. Can someone tell me if it exists, what it is? He is Canadian, we are in the US. Thanks for listening to my rant. EM

It looks like someone bought the kit and put it together in their garage. Sort of like the Citroen 2CV that I always thought looked like a VW bug put together from a kit. EM

Home brew. EM

In December the only smoking was the side room off the Sports Bar. I will be on her again June 23 and will be sure to check. I’ll be doing another Live From…. EM

Yes, there will be one EU style outlet, so you will only be able to use one appliance at a time. Bring a plug adapter. EM

Back in 2005 I was on a professional group tour of Greece that involved a four day cruise. The line was Louis Lines, which later changed name to Celestyal. We visited six islands in 4 days. The ship was very small and basic, but the food and service were great. I certain,y would sail them again. EM

Well, apparently we have two facts: 1. The parents missed the ship 2. The son did not. the dynamics, from the parents point of view, are missing. Likely we will never get the point of view of the ship. Now, let the speculation begin. They sound like the people who make the tour bus wait…. EM

It can’t be a dead end, because SOLAS state there have to be two avenues of exit from every cabin. It’s one of the reasons some classic ships, particularly QE2, could not be updated to meet code in an economic manner. EM

Welcome to the VV board. Don’t worry about your meds. My sister traveled with Victoza and they never noticed. It is my understanding that they don’t book a slots in the restaurants online, and depending on when you want to dine, you might be able to just walk up. I have a feeling I will be taking most of my meals in the Galley. I have done many B2B cruises but not on Virgin. But my experience is if you have the same cabin you just leave it as is. You will have to leave the ship so it can zero out, and go through immigration. You will get a letter in your cabin telling you how they will do it. The message boards here are call ROLL CALLs, in a separate forum here. I just looked and didn’t see a roll call for your sailing, although I did discover there is now one for my cruise on July 14. EM

Perhaps you aren’t familiar with the bracelet. The bracelet does everything for you on the ship except ding you off and back on. You need your card for that. Bracelets are available at the photo kiosk and cost $10. Get one for someone in your cabin and have the boy in grandpa’s cabin wear it and he will be able to enter your cabin. Here are pictures. (Before someone butts in…they are automatically issued to all in Yaxht Club and are free to them).

MSC does not give out extra keys for cabins. What you will need to do is get the bracelets and give one of them to the child who needs access. Where is he going to sleep in your room? Will he be the 5th in the cabin? Or was he just booked with grandpa to save the solo supplement? EM

Check post #9. EM

If it rains, you get wet. Consider that if it didn’t rain, you would have been that wet from sweating. It depends on whether it looks to be a brief shower, or something more, like a thunderstorm. You can return to the ship any time, go back out when it stops. EM

@JamieLogicalto the white courtesy phone…. EM

I use cruisetimetables.com. You can use the end port of your chosen cruise as your ‘cruise from’ port and see who is sailing from there the day you get there. Maybe not the same cruise line or ship. EM

Maybe the itinerary from Kiel is so popular that they need the cabins that they had set aside to board in Copenhagen for people who want to board in Kiel. EM

Absolutely. And if you try to search for a solo cruiser, all the cabins disappear. Not because there are not solo cabins, but because they don’t want to book solos. EM

I travel carryon only unless I am driving to the port and have a specific reason for a slightly larger bag. I have spinners, but they are heck on carpet and steep ramps. The last time I sailed from JAX I checked my carryon because that is a steep ramp. Now, the ramp at terminal 10 in Port Canaveral is much gentler. Part of my problem is that I also have a backpack and it has a trolley sleeve to slip it over the handle of the spinner. Which makes it even more unwieldly. EM

Yes and yes. EM

I assume you mean an adapter, which is what you are showing, and your item is dual voltage. Those adapters will be fine in Portugal and Spain. EM

Also ask on the Florida Departures board, under North AmAmerican Homeports

Yes, I remember. We are on Seashore again June 23, and then a short one on Magnifica July 19. After that cruises on Carnival Vista and Venezia. I try not to plan too far ahead. I was impressed with the quality of participants in karaoke on Seashore, hoping they are as good this time. EM