kathynorth

We took the Iceland to Boston cruise and spent 6 nights precruise touring the south shore and Golden Circle. It was a wow trip for us. Your cruise itinerary skips over the south shore where there is so much to see. Have you considered renting a car to DIY or taking day trips via a tour company during precruise? IMO the more precruise days you can manage the better. There's lots to see and do outside of Reykjavik. We spent our first day touring the Reykjane peninsula, where there has been recent volcanic activity. We were able to see lots of geothermal activity in this area, even when the volcano was quiet. Then we headed toward Vik for a few nights and visited Inside the Volcano, The Lava Center, Seljanlanfoss Waterfall, Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach, Jokulsarlon Lagoon, Diamond Beach, and Skogafoss Waterfall. As we headed back to Reykjavik we visited all the Golden Circle sites. Instead of visiting Blue Lagoon, we spent a wonderful evening at the Secret Lagoon and also visited the Mynath Baths when the ship stopped in Akureyri.

In answer to my question, we called Hollywood glass and asked this question. They indicated they don't have a minimum or maximum age limit in their land-based studio and don't have a formal policy for the ship-side program. However, ships may institute their own rules so we'll need to get our answer when we are onboard.

You won't know for sure until you are there, but my guess would be that there isn't enough room for two people in the work space. Making a piece requires lots of movement and safety is a major concern. I suppose it's possible for the instructors to identify a point in time where one of you leaves the area and the other joins, but the pause in production might have an impact on the integrity of the product. Making my fish while on the Equinox last Feb was lots of fun and I'm looking forward to making another one when we cruise on the Eclipse this June.

If you use one of these cruise rewards certificates on a future cruise does this need to be booked onboard? Do you have to book the future cruise via Blue Chip or can you gain the $off booking through any TA like you can when you book onboard and transfer to a TA for additional OBC?

We really enjoy eating in Murano with our most recent visit this pas Feb. It’s way better than Blu. We both had the lobster Murano and chateaubrianne with no extra charge. Also had delicious GranMarnier soufflés for desert

We had a package on the Equinox in Feb. We were lucky enough to be in the 11:30 boarding group, dropped our bags in our cabin, then headed straight to Murano to book our reservations. I came prepared with a list of which restaurants we wanted for each date and told the attendant we wanted reserved times for 6:30, 7:00, or 7:30 each night. He set everything up for us and we were happy with the outcome. This was the first time we didn’t need to haggle over dining times since eating very late doesn’t work for us.

Congratulations! Maybe there is a family who needed an inside across from a veranda? At any rate, lucky you! Have a great cruise.

Another possibly stupid question. When you purchase cruiseline insurance, can you insure just 1 person in the cabin or do you need to purchase for both occupants?

Does anyone know if there is a minimum age limit to the glass blowing class?

Maybe I used the wrong term. This is the cruise line insurance and it covers trip reimbursement as well as medical and evacuation. I understand the limits of ship sponsored insurance is a bit low, but we do have reimbursement through our regular insurance. Because the price of the cruise is so low the insurance rate is also low. I’m wondering if we will still be covered if there is an emergency because the price is so low.

We have a comped cruise with a cost of $60pp due to a room upgrade. We just need the emergency medical and evac backup, so we purchased through the cruiseline for $78. Does this seem legit?

Here's the link to the webinar. I hope it works. They said it was OK to share with others, so here goes.

I watched this webinar today and it was an excellent northern lights history lesson! We were told that a link to the recording will be emailed to us. I'll post the link if I'm able to figure out how to do that.

Thanks for the suggestion!

OP, so sorry this happened to your DH. I'm not sure how I'd react if in the same situation, but I know it would be some level of upset. There does seem to be a lack understanding of how serious of a potential medical problem this could be for your DH. My suggestion is to stay as calm as possible and revisit GR and medical with a pen and paper in hand. Begin asking everyone for their names and official titles. Be sure to say, "Please be so kind as to spell your last name for me." You'll be surprised at how responsive staff become when they realize their name might be mentioned. I agree with the other posters who say compensation is warranted. At the least I'd be looking for complimentary laundry, the equivalent of 2 days FCC for the 2 days disrupted trying to address the situation, the requested paperwork within 24hrs, and a pampered dinner at Murano to help you both feel better.