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Thanks! 🙂

We had a UBD moved into our balcony cabin due to inclement weather. Although there might not be sufficient room in an oceanview cabin. It doesn’t hurt to ask onboard & if they have few UBDs booked they might provide the dinner…a great experience! 😊

The P&O Pacific Adventure is the former Golden Princess which I sailed on several times.

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A decade ago used Carmel from JFK to a Red Hook hotel for a pre cruise stay & was satisfied with their service. As I recall there was another similar service that was recommended but don’t recall the name…could anyone provide another recommendation? I’ve never used Uber/Lyft and would prefer a car service such as Carmel…thanks.

Do not get a refund of the insurance cost.

You might remember that over 5 years ago I had to cancel for a covered medical reason days before flying to LHR for your Norway cruise. When canceling immediately received EZair and taxes/fees to my chargecard and filed my AON claim with a doctor’s diagnosis. Having the Platinum PVP insurance even if my reason was denied would have still received a 100% FCC. In less than a month had a check for all of the non-refundable costs.

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Didn’t look at the photo at first…if that’s accurate that’s crazy because the last time it was $45 per person after a price increase from $40. The Caymus version is $140 available fleetwide in the Crown Grill. Do you think this was a special wine list that included Ornellaia resulting in a higher price?

Me either for any of the videos…tried it on Safari & MS Edge web browsers.

For check-in it’s now green (with Medallion) or blue (without Medallion) but they still have an elite area while waiting to board the ship.

Buon Viaggio! 🎉🥳🍾🥂

Thanks…a great reminder to easily clear ABF inspection. 👍

The Australia Border Force strictly enforces their rules about food being brought into their country. On a flight to Sydney met another American couple who like us brought trail mix containing nuts for the flight. We declared our remaining trail mix with ABF & it was approved because the nuts were “blanched/roasted/fried/boiled nuts”. The other couple did not declare their trail mix which ABF located & they were led off to a room for further scrutiny. Here’s a link to the procedure for bringing food into Australia: Bring It; Declare It; Don’t Bring It https://www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/can-you-bring-it-in/categories/food#

Thanks for your report & for sharing photos. 😊 Next year they’ll have a new type of PE seats on their 787 jets but didn’t know if any of their 777 jets had been retrofitted with the new version of PE seats. They state that since the fixed shell design doesn’t move (seat slides down & forward) there is no reduced legroom for the passenger seated behind. I’m hopeful they’ll be flying the 787 with new PE seats when we fly to BNE via AKL from LAX in early 2025. 🤞

Kia Ora! Welcome to Auckland! 😃 Hope your nearly 13 hour flight in PE was good.

If you take any PE photos would like to see the seats because based on photos I’ve seen online they have different types of PE seats.

It was worth a try but as you wrote that’s okay. I’ve been reading recent reviews & watching recent video reviews about ANZ but have to wait for 16 months until experiencing ANZ PE. Looking forward to your flight & cruise experiences. 😊

Based on my 3 future cruises you are correct…the 2 booked before the change was made on 6/29/23 show as refundable; the 1 booked after that date is non-refundable.

As I recall it appears that some of his desserts are still available & are now called Chocolate Journey.

Looking forward to reading about your ANZ Premium Economy experience in addition to your cruise. Our cruise isn’t until March 2025 but have been checking airfares for March 2024 using EZair…better prices & more flexibility than booking elsewhere. We also considered the SkyCouch & their new Economy option for extra room…Stretch. Thanks for sharing your travel & cruise experiences. 🙂

WOW…I thought Sky’s 2019 inaugural TA had many elites but at 1500+ that was less than half of the passengers.

It currently shows unavailable so it’ll be a full ship. Many of these short notice fares are amazing but airfares are often very expensive. Surprisingly the LAX/LHR airfare is only $299 but returning on the Saturday after Thanksgiving it’s $601. Even then $1500 for 15 days would be a bargain for air & cruise. Many of the TA fares I see are less expensive & that’s another reason they’re full particularly for those of us who enjoy leisurely days at sea enjoying the onboard experience. 😊

Thanks…will look here or on your semi-live. ANZ touts their good NZ wines onboard. 🍷😋

We’re considering flying ANZ again like back in 2009 from LAX to SYD via AKL in economy (cruised back to LA). We’re considering their premium economy in March 2025 to Brisbane & would appreciate any insights you could share about ANZ…thanks. 🙂