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Did nobody know- thats the next step in the " Modern Luxury " concept- elevators are only for wheel chairs users and suite guests. Guest who are in lower class cabins- such as a balcony or below have to use the stairs! :D

Of course in due time they sell a nice elevator package. I heard it goes by day , week or the whole of the cruise- which of course would be the best valued package!

Yeah yeah they are clever aren´t they!

good post.

Not sure if they sell it there, but be prepared to pay at least double $$$$$$$$ if they do

Also sometimes it's an exchange rate thing.

Then all Eurozone countries should be much cheaper???

I agree, that they are hawking the Restaurant on X as well. Many nights there are few people early but maybe some later diners. We have found them not truly worth it, except for rare occasions.

However, if a cruiser lives in the woods with no nice restaurants around, they might be a special place to dine.

Luck of the draw. weather wise. I no longer book balcony cabins on TA.

IMHO, these young kids are professional photographers, if you let them do their job they can do good things with portraits etc. For us a photo package was not needed or wanted,

But for many cruisers with one time or special sailings, it would be priceless.

I, like many on this board are D to D+ or above, so we have done a lot of cruises. My experience, and I always cary a multitool and other things like camping eating combo tools since many of my trips are always extended. I have only had my "one" of my knifes confiscated but the other tools were given back to me in the naughty room and I got it back living the ship. I was called to the naughty room a year or so ago, and I nicely ask them what they were looking for since I had my usual tools, he nicely said, a knife, I opened the luggage for him and dug out the combo eating tools and he said NO problem just keep them in the room and luggage. My lady has the 2 inch knife from Swiss army and has forgotten to take it out of her carry on luggage both on airlines and ships, and only once did she lose it on a airline. It seems to be hit or miss.

I have tried to do the loyalty match with MSC each time I have failed and even talked to a Rep.

Now I get to the part to load a loyalty card from RC which includes some kind of dates for expiration??????

What is the RC loyalty card???? Never had one

Makes a big difference depending on what you want to do. We did the National park rain forest tour in December. It was dark before we got back to the bus after the hike through the forest, kinda unnerving LOL. But all is OK you will not be left on the trail, the park makes sure everyone is safe before closing.

and not up north or having to fly. I always have a anxiety over getting to a port on time, with out forgetting anything important and we have been on Many Many cruises out of Florida.

That darn Azamara web site where I tried and did register, but on first login, it wanted my Captains club/leClub number, I put it in and it did not work.

I did not get a new Azamara club number from them.

on our own or with a cruise line and always take at least 800 to 1000 euros, cash or other needed currency.

You do not have to worry about being robbed on the ship, just on the tours

Not to worry...there's a lot on our website, plus it's always being updated. I find the search box at the top to be very helpful.

Some times it is helpful if you know the exact wording that the web developer is using.

Again thanks for the info, I just had to revisit this thread to find that my Captains club # is the same for Azamara LOL

But on RC's web site just look for 3-4 day cruises.

I wonder if Googling it would find list of all cruise lines that stop in KW

Get the hepatitis A and B

Heck even in America it could be a good investment.

I'm not one who worries about food or drink, it will always be acceptable, maybe as not great, but eatable. We are elite on X and D+ on RC. I see no need to worry about making the next loyalty level, which for many people is a goal. We cruise to see the world and have almost exhausted RCCL for cruises to new places. Azamara might be different with smaller ships in the same cruising areas.

We are now looking at other cruise lines that have itineraries or cruise different/same area but different ports of call or entirely new itineraries, Like the MSC cruise from South Africa. The only draw back is a drink package as part of the reservation LOL. If they offer one at a reasonable price we are BOOKED.

On a couple of things, your health/mobility, If both are good the National Express is great but, as mentioned above, is slower. The SH bus thermal is just a short walk to several hotels that are in the same parking lot, here are a couple of them, two Ibis a cheap one and yes a little better one and a sister upper scale hotel next to it.

You can if you are mobile walk and drag your luggage to the cruise port.

Have I see a BAD Celebrity or RC ship. Older ships will always have some wear and tear before it is replaced, that is natural. But the DR chairs will not break or Cabin doors will not fall off.

If or When they take away that perk, I'm done cruising. Not that $20 is important to me, but it is a nice to have free laundry, especially on a LONG CRUISE.

Please let me know if anyone hears anything about surge protectors. We each have our own computer tablet, cell phone, etc, so carry a multi outlet surge protector with us to keep electronics charged.

 

thanks,

 

Cheryl Corcoran

Never had a problem any where, especially on a cruise ship. We have traveled much of this planet.

Funny I had a multiple port travel adaptor from a well know travel accessories company. It was for 110-120, I forgot, and tried to use it in a adaptor for South Africa, it is now in electoral gadget heaven LOL.

For many fly in cruisers or local cruisers, Miami is OK, but I would only use the Miami port if a travel agency's bus was taken me there, if not I WILL NEVER USE MIAMI's port.

At the local weekend (big) market. Same as what I have seen. King sheets/pillow cases and mattress cover/pad for about $100 plus two bamboo pillows. We have bought some stuff from the guy before so many we were given a slightly better deal. Not my favorite but they are soft and seem cooler for my wife.

I think I would be concern about the Typhoon season.

I have used mine for OBC. I know there are better cards out there, but this is easy and it works good for us.

X2

We use it too

Nothing extra but on long long cruises with lots of sea days, it has entered my mind

On our X Christmas and NY cruise, the people next door (LOUD) took the cushions off the sofa and put them on the balcony so their guest would have a seat:eek: