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We are board the Ovation on the 23rd Nov 2023. We are looking at a cruise from Singapore in Nov 2024 back to Brisbane. I put an hold it with our TA at a good price in an acceptable balcony cabin. The question I have is what benefits are available if we book on board in November 23?

22 hours ago, Izzywiz said:

Hi from a Black country boy. ( An area of Staffordshire)

We asked and got a kettle on both the Coral and the Grand princess earlier this year. The Stewart on the Grand had to ask his Supervisor, but we got one still in the box and with the promise to return personally to him at the end off the cruise. So they are there, but you have to ask.

 

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We are sailing on Majestic Princess from Auckland on Jan 29th and I have my fingers crossed that we will have a kettle on our cabin. We love our early morning cuppa made with our favourite tea bags and fresh boiling water. I would be grateful if someone could let me know one way or another. I know that cabins have kettles on sailings out of UK and Japanese ports so it would be wonderful to have one on this sailing!!!!!

Thank you very much, Long COVID I think.

I know how silly this is, but we are on the Ovation of the seas next month and we have not sail on RCI for awhile.

Been on Royal many times, but I can not remember, if Diamond members get a free laundry bag. Can anyone refresh my Memory, Please?

We boarded the Grand Princess on the 4th Nov and the queue went back to the tram stop. We were not allow into the pier to drop luggage off. The boarding sequence did not matter. Unless they have improved, do not count on dropping your luggage off early.

After 90 Mins on the phone and getting passed to the Escalations Dept, they credited the Taxes etc. to the the correct level, saving A$700. Worth a phone call.

Hi has anyone come across this before?

We have a cruise booked to NZ on the Celebrity Eclipse, Nov 2022.

I am being charged A$1564.72 in taxes. I checked the price for the same cruise and the taxes quoted are A$864.68.

Phoned Celebrity (still on hold for a Supervisor) they say the taxes can not be changed. How can these charges vary for exactly the same itinerary?

We did the Hong Kong 9 night Japan cruise in August 2018 on the Voyager. We had no problems at all with the cruise. The mix was mainly Chinese as you would expect, the food was as always hit and miss, you could always find something you could eat. The Ocean view was always crowded and should be avoid at peak times. It is very hot and humid in Japan in August, this was an issue for us. If you are a Diamond or above you are treated very well in the club. We would do it again in a cooler month. Go and enjoy your self.

2 hours ago, Elorac123 said:

So then that means if a person in good health takes out travel insurance on booking tomorrow for a trip 6-12 months away and before travel date gets diagnosed for a illness /disease that is not on the list of cover and the doctor advises you it’s not a good idea to travel

You did  need to terminate/cancel your trip the insurance would cover you !!

Have you ever seen a claim form?

i would need that in writing in triplicate 

Cheers Carole

I can only go with what the insurance company has told me and no, we have never claimed before and hope not this time.

7 hours ago, Pushka said:

 

If you had no symptoms when you took out the insurance policy then you will be fine and your claim will be paid if the Doctor says you can’t travel. 

Thanks, I got the courage up to ring the Insurance company up yesterday and they confirmed that is the case. We breath a little easily now. thank you very much

We have 2 cruises booked next year and we have travel insurance to cover them. However today I have been diagnosed with a condition that might mean we have to cancel the bookings on the Doctors advice. Even though I took the insurance out before we had any idea of the issue, I am a little concerned. Does anyone have any experience of the similar circumstances.

As someone who has got some experience with Dialysis, a while ago. I have seen it in operation on board and was very impressed. If I had to back on, I would not hesitate to use the service. Best of luck. John

Shame you haven't had more replies on this. We were on the Solstice in Nov/Dec. Didn't do the excursion because we are from NZ and have seen Queenstown and the country on the way to Dunedin. We did meet several passangers who had booked the excursion and were wondering whether it would be worth the money. Our view was that if you are unlikely to return to NZ then you should do the excursion. I didn't hear any negative reports from those who did it - accommodation was apparently good as were tour guides; days were very full. Enjoy this wonderful country and itinerary.

If you can afford the time, the South Island New Zealand is a magic place.I would recommend exploring the south Island for a week or so on your own at your own pace.

I think it's called Terms & Conditions and Policies of Cruise Lines to put an end or at least reduce this trend. It seems pretty clear that CL have lost patience with tolerating this trend.

You seem to be correct, but they are in danger of becoming too inflexible and making to hard to deal with them.

Did you ASK if the cert. would xfer or be good on the new booking?

 

If you didn't ... how is this the CL fault?

 

I don't understand all the switching & shuffling & changing from one cruise to another and to another. These are cruises and cruise companies, it's not walmart taking a pair of pants back.

Yes of course you are right. We did not ask because we did not think it was an issue. It was using the same booking number we expected the detail to come across to the new cruise.

We were wrong to assume that.

As far as your comment about switching cruises, It is called free will as far as spending our own money.

If the cruise that you transferred or want to transfer your FCC is still within the year time frame I would try again.

We have written back to Royal, but hold little hope, given the tone of the reply to our request to credit the FCC to the new cruise.

Did you ask if the FCC would transfer before transferring to the new cruise ?

No, did not think there would be an issue. If it had been mentioned, when we were speaking to the agent, we could have made an informed decision.

Most FCC’s have to be used within 1 year. Did the cruise that you transferred to fall outside of this period or was it denied due to the transfer alone.

No it was within the terms,we are told it was denied due to the sailing date change (transfer)

WE had an issue with the toilet system leaking on the V.O.S. It was dealt with quickly. But it did mean that we could not use the cabin during the 3 days while the driers were in use.

We did not ask for, but were offered a 25% Future cruise certificate, we gratefully accepted.

We booked a cruise and used the certificate and the amount $456 was deducted from the total, very pleased.

However, we decided to transfer this booking onto another cruise, using the same booking number. Unfortunately the amount of the certificate did not transfer across to the new booking. We wrote to Royal asking them if they could address the issue, no chance, the reply was due to the sailing date change, the certificate becomes no longer valid. So thanks Royal for managing to adding insult to injury.

Do you have to use an Opel card or can you pay in cash/card? Will the MIKI (Victoria) card work? If so, is it cheaper if you use an Opel card?

Things could get a bit bouncy between Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand over the next few days.

http://www.met.gov.fj/aifs_prods/65661.html

 

Hope all the CC cruisers currently on board, or due to embark on a cruise, have packed their seasickness remedies. I'm sure the respective ships' captains will endeavour to avoid the worst of the high seas but there could be some delayed arrivals and/or changed itineraries.

We are on board the VOS on the 5th Feb to the Islands. Does not look good! A cruise to Tassie might be welcome.

Must admit, we had not looked at the likelihood of cyclones. But we have sailed in heavy weather before, so it will be what it will be. We will make the best of it. Looking forward to it. This will be our first time sailing from Hong Kong on an Asian cruise, done a few out of Singapore, mainly Westerners aboard. Looking forward to the culture change.

I see that the Diamond lounge is not available on Asian sailing. What are the arrangements for members on those sailings?

5 Days in Auckland prior to RCCL Auckland to Sydney 14 night cruise January 17, 2018

 

I'm looking for suggestions from experienced travelers on the best area/place to stay in or near Auckland. We'll be arriving jet-lagged from California so the first day may be a blur. We are in our 60's, reasonably fit and we enjoy walking, both in nature to see beautiful vistas, and taking in the architecture of a city. We would like to visit Waiheke Island and its wineries. We would prefer a hotel/vacation rental that allows us to walk to good restaurants and sites, maybe close to a harbor or beach, but that's not an absolute. We can rent a car or take public transportation.

 

I'm looking forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your reply.

Get the ferry over to Devonport, the Mussels at the Irish pub are so good, the Guinness is worth drinking.