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Hi Pam ... On all of our RCI cruises we have never heard anything about the hole in the card thing! and as Greg does look under 21 i would not have served him either LOL ..... :D

I think the only time we have done ships tours was on the Queen Victoria and only because we had a very large OBC that we used to pay for them with, sadly with tours you miss lots of other things that is one reason we prefer to travel to places by Train knowing of course that if you are late back then its your own fault. At least with Private tours you also see more than with a ships tour.

With the itinery you had at least if the ship sails its not too far to the next port and can use the Trains to get you there unlike in the Caribbean!

A few years ago we travelled from Miami by Train to Fort Lauderdale and back so that we could take a trip on the Carrie B that goes around the inland waterway and into the port.

We know it can be daunting doing things on your own but if its well planned and researched it can save you money and allow you to see things that many others on the cruise will not see, plus it helps to have a plan B for each stop ..... :)

Hi Pam ... good to see you enjoyed the places you visited, it is a shame that RCI chose Villafranche over Cannes as Cannes is a much nicer place,the last time we were there the Film awards were taking place.

We did the opposite with our trips and took the Train from Cannes to Monaco which goes through Villafranche and the following year we went to Nice, make sure the next time you visit Pisa to go up the tower because the view is really good but in general the waiting time can be the 2 hours you mentioned. The one place we were not overkeen on was Florence! a case of Venice without water for us.

Again we took the Train into Rome and did the HoHo bus there, due to time we decided not to go up the Spanish steps and decided to buy some Pizza instead close to the Trevi Fountain lol.

Look forward to the rest of your review.

Dave.

Hi Pam .... Good to hear you enjoyed the cruise and visited some of the places we told you about, along with Venice.. Barcelona is one of our favourite cities having been about 4 times now. I see you got a picture of Christopher Columbus at the bottom of Las ramblas pointing out to sea, there is an elevator inside so that you can go up to the top.

Dave and Kerry.

For those of you who often look for cheap flights here is a light hearted look at a certain airline .... :D So funny.

I know cruisers from the USA get points (credits previously) for 3 and 4 night short trips, does this apply to everyone in the C & A Society including Europe does anyone know ? tried to find the answer on the RCI site but no luck so far!!

Amelia ..... when you have got off the Tender at Pc walk around to the opposite side of the small harbour over the small wooden bridge and head towards the toilet area following the footpath, from here you can either follow the beach until you reach the graves or go across the vollyball court behind the toilet blcok and follow the track. .... :)

The shoes you mention would be ok for this short hike.

Perky .... past the Cabana`s .... :)

Grego .... the pictures on Google Earth are in the wrong place, the graves are a little further South of where the picture has been posted.

Dave.

Did anyone find any interesting information regarding the people in the Graves ?

Jumbo 70 .... the Pink sand is on the beach nearest to Lighthouse point.

Melissa .... your E mail address no longer works!

Grego .. .good luck with your trip.

Melissa ... you could probably do the walk one way in around 1 hour 20 minutes....the distance is about 3 miles ..... we took around 1 hour 40 ish minutes due to taking photographs.... it is a great walk but be sure to take plenty of water in a backpack or something similar..... :)

Also if you can .... print out a map from Google Earth to take with you, that way you can see where you are by the beach you are on. Maybe let somone know where you are headed as well.

Ulcard99 ... the best way would be to follow the Beach route ....:D there is very little to see following the track/roadway back.

Here are a few pics of the Beaches on the way to Lighthouse point at the end of Eleuthera.

Just our Footprints

The End of Eleuthera

We found the Graves last year on our visit to Princess Cays, there is an unmade road that you can also follow to the Graves that can be found to the rear of the volleyball court which is to the Right and behind the Toilet block as you look at the Cays.... however the photo`s on Google earth that show the Graves are in the wrong place! the Graves are a little further South of where the picture is posted.

Around 2 weeks ago we once again passed by the Graves on our way down to Lighthouse point at the end of Eleuthera which is a 3 mile walk along the many beaches and involves some minor climbing for which decent footwear is needed.... the effort to get there is worth it to see the Pink sand and only your own footprints all the way along the last beach.

We took a map printed from Google Earth and followed the unmade road back to Princess Cays, again this walk requires decent footwear.... do not attempt this walk either way in Sandals.

Karen and Ziggy ..... thanks for your replies ...... :D

Ziggy .... looks like the first 3 on your list are the same as last year ...:)

No James Lay though! ... is Lisa still the assistant CD ?

Ziggy and Janice ..... make sure you leave the Ruby nice and clean next weekend ..... :D

By the way is Tony Yeomans still the Captain ?

Dave.

Donna ... Thanks for starting such a Great Thread and your patience is outstanding with those people who cannot be bothered to look through all the pages as i did for the info they want! despite so many reminders. I personally would have asked the Moderators to remove those posts had it been me who started the thread.

HeinBloed .... thanks for your pictures and the explanation ....:D

Heinbloed .... thanks for the picture ..... :)

I think i have it now! .. Frihavn is Freeport ? and the nearest station is Nordhavn where you took your photographs from which is in reasonable walking distance.

So if we took a Train to Osterport it would be further to walk to Frihavn ?

HeinBloed ... is the station in your photographs Nordhavn ? is this also where the Freeport is? .... do you know if Osterport is the same place?

Dave.

Here is a pic of the outside of L101 to L104!..... If you look at the Brown part (Top of the Bridge wherepeople are standing) there are 2 Brown Doors 1 Left and 1 Right....inbetween are the Four cabins L101 to L104 and as you can see its hardly a Restricted view!! apart from the bit in the middle....and you are only 2 doors away from getting out onto the Bridge Deck....

Dave.

For All of you Visual people out there here is a Rear pic of the Ruby showing the New Balcony cabins at the side of the Aft Pool.....previously they were Window cabins on the Crown and Emerald......:D

Serene, we booked the cabin ourselves not an agent! we are on the 3rd cruise on the 29th of November, cabin L106 is a PS Suite and is on the Lido deck above the Bridge on the Port side of the ship at the Front!

D and K.

Hey guys we will be on our first cruise on 29th November on the Ruby princess, we have booked L106 on the Port side so apart from the Wind ? has anyone any other good/ bad points regarding this cabin? we would appreciate any points that you may have about it as it is the same as the other 3 ships in the class.

Dave and Kerry.