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    Ponant L'Austral Antarctica & S. Georgia in February 27, 2019

    in Ponant

    Posted

    Hello Suncityga, We are going on a similar Ponant sailing aboard the Le Soleal in late January 2018, so will post of our experience here when we return. Your countries and continents in your signature could have been ours, so we may be of similar minds.

    Happy Travels, Terry!

     

    Hi Terry, thank you and we look forward to learning from your experiences on LeSoleal in 2018.

     

    Agree about possibly similar minds, we do have a lot of previous cruise/trip matches... Baltic, Greek Islands/Turkey, Rhine Christmas Markets, Alaska, Australia/New Zealand, Tahiti/Polynesia and land trips!

     

    Happy Travels to you!

     

    Raul :)

    Ponant L'Austral Antarctica & S. Georgia in February 27, 2019

    in Ponant

    Posted

    Hello everyone,

     

    It looks like Ponant Cruise Lines does not have a regular CC 'cruise line roll call'. Does anyone know how to start a roll call in this situation?

     

    We have read the CC Antarctica postings and have learned a lot of great info. If you have any additional info to share about Ponant, L'Austral or a similar repositioning cruise (Ushuaia to Montevideo), we would appreciate it.

     

    Thank you,

     

    Lori and Raul :)

    Single shot bottles and the Naughty Room

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

     

    As to drinking on the plane, it's totally against the rules to consume your own alcohol. I personally don't relish the idea of being caught doing something against the rules because consequences of going against the flight attendants and pilot can really ruin a vacation.

     

    As a flight attendant, I thank you who don't consume their own alcohol on the plane. Yes, I do monitor and enforce the rules. So, Jen and Randy, when is your flight out of Omaha?

     

    Lori

    Review: Rhapsody 14 nt Round th Horn, 28 FEB thru 13 MAR

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    In NOV 2016 the Rhapsody will be visiting the dry dock in Cadiz, Spain for a couple of weeks. So in APR 2017 she'll be in ship shape (no pun intended). So far no details released by RCI. If there is a Captain's Corner on our cruise, I'll try to ask.

     

    Fantastic review!!! Thank you for your time and effort in sharing with all of us. :)

     

    We are also interested in any details concerning the dry dock in Cadiz... we are booked on Rhapsody's Transatlantic crossing immediately after the dry dock. One of the things we have heard is that the dry dock might be just a 'routine 5 year' check since Rhapsody was in dry dock a couple of years ago.

    Deployment 2017/18 - first guesses and implications

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    We sure are - God willing :D:D:D Can't wait to cruise with you two again - I check your CC posts from time to time to try to track your schedule - guess that makes me a bit of a stalker! Your land tour's coming up, right?

     

     

    Hi Mindy and John,

     

    We are looking forward to seeing you on the SYD to SEA TP in April 2017[emoji41][emoji41][emoji41]... just made the booking official. We also booked the westbound TA in Nov 2017 on Brilliance... we considered the Jewel westbound TA (with a much better price), but finally settled for a nice aft cabin on Brilliance.

     

    We leave on our Eastern Europe Land Trip in about 2 weeks, then Rhapsody eastern Med round trip from Venice in May and the Rhapsody westbound TA in November.

     

    Take care and we really look forward to seeing you and John again!!!! We miss cruising with you guys!!!

     

    Lori and Raúl

     

     

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    Upcoming RC Refurb on Rhapsody

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    Last October, while on the westbound Allure TA, we booked the westbound Rhapsody TA out of Malaga on Nov 19 2016 and noticed a Rhapsody schedule gap just prior to the TA. I asked the C&A Loyalty Ambassador on Allure to check with RCI's Home Office to find out the reason for the gap.

     

    Her reply from corporate was 'dry docking for Rhapsody has been approved for Oct/Nov 2016 prior to the westbound TA'. The dry docking will be done in Cadiz, Spain ending on Nov 17th and then sailing empty on the 18th to Malaga to pick up passengers for the westbound TA on Nov 19th. No information was provided concerning 'the enhancements'.

    Allure westbound TA rude pax

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    exactly ! Unfortunately, some folks have a stronger sense of entitlement than others ... :)

     

    Some folks do have a stronger sense of entitlement.

     

    Same ship and cruise... Very long line of guests with reservations to see the show at the Amber Theater waiting for the doors to open. We were second in line and a group of guests with gold cards (not in line) approached one of the closed theater doors and pulled it open... crew members inside tried to stop them, but the lead guest did not stop. She said... "our gold cards open all doors on this ship".

     

    With the theater doors now open, the long line of waiting guests began moving forward and the crew was not ready to check off or count the guests coming into the theater. The end result was that many guests with reservations were not able to find seats for the show.

    Rhapsody fall 2016 Transatlantic?

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    I know the originally scheduled Transatlantic for Rhapsody in fall 2016 was cancelled, but it has been quite some time and there is still a huge gap in her schedule from October 27th to December 10th. Does anyone have any indication what she will be doing during that time?

     

    We just returned on the Allure westbound TA and we are booked on the Rhapsody TA out of Malaga on Nov 19 2016... I spoke with C&A Loyalty on Allure and was told 'dry docking for Rhapsody has been approved for Oct/Nov 2016 prior to the westbound TA'. The dry docking will be done in Cadiz, Spain ending on Nov 17th and then sailing empty on the 18th to Malaga to pick up passengers for the westbound TA on Nov 19th.

    What is Rhapsody doing in Nov 2016?

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    Currently onboard the Allure westbound TA and we are booked on the Rhapsody TA out of Malaga on Nov 19 2016... I have spoken with C&A Loyalty on Allure and was told 'dry docking for Rhapsody has been approved for Oct/Nov 2016 prior to the westbound TA'. The dry docking will be done in Cadiz, Spain ending on Nov 17th and then sailing empty on the 18th to Malaga to pick up passengers for the westbound TA on Nov 19th.

     

     

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    Rhapsody Dry Dock 2016?

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    Currently onboard the Allure westbound TA and we are booked on the Rhapsody TA out of Malaga on Nov 19 2016... I have spoken with C&A Loyalty on Allure and was told 'dry docking for Rhapsody has been approved for Oct/Nov 2016 prior to the westbound TA'. The dry docking will be done in Cadiz, Spain ending on Nov 17th and then sailing empty on the 18th to Malaga to pick up passengers for the westbound TA on Nov 19th.

     

     

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    What is Rhapsody doing in Nov 2016?

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    Do you know what Rhapsody of the Seas is doing the early part of November 2016?

     

    The RCI schedule shows a 7 nights Western Med on Oct 27 2016 ending in Barcelona. The next cruise on the schedule is a westbound TA from Malaga starting on November 19 2016. There is a two week gap in the RCI schedule.

     

    Is it a ship refurbishment or is it a charter... or is it something else?

     

    Thanks

    Solstice - Changing Course in South Pacific for Rescue

    in Celebrity Cruises

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    Looking forward to the report from the Q % A from the Solstice

     

     

    Very informative Q & A by the ship's Executive Committee... they showed a video of the rescue preparations, the actual rescue and the return to the ship. Captain Taramas then gave a general report on how the events unfolded and the preparations needed prior to arriving at Malden Island. An early estimate on the fuel cost due to the diversion of the ship is about $170,000 USD. At the end of the meeting, the two rescued sailors came out and thanked everyone.

     

    In my opinion, the crew not only did a fantastic job in in planning and executing the rescue, but also did a great job in communicating with everyone on board as the events unfolded. Kudos to Celebrity!!!!

     

     

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    New Policy at Sydney Overseas Cruise Terminal

    in Australia & New Zealand

    Posted · Edited by suncityga

    Thanks for the posting... it's important planning information!!!

     

    It appears the enforcing of the policy of not to 'allow any passengers off once they have boarded their cruise ship at embarkation' started soon after the siege incident in the Sydney CBD last December.

     

    I have only seen this info on CC... we are boarding Solstice at the Sydney OPT in early April and have NOT seen any information on the subject from Celebrity.

     

    Link to the thread from December 22nd.

     

    http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2140300

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