cublet

Hello, The maths of it doesn't make economic sense to be either - I've just used it! The principle is this: You use one of your Diamond/D+/P vouchers worth $14 towards a bottle of wine to get 40% off the price. So any bottle of wine over $35 will make you a 'winner'. I've used it, as regular readers of this forum will know, to buy genuine Prosecco unlike the swill that is served as such in the bars. I could NOT pay an up-charge as this product was not available to buy 'by the glass'. Regards, Cublet

Hello, The rules are that it is a 'once only' benefit. Lose the matched status and start from zero with no further opportunity to 'match'. Regards, Cublet

Hello, The good news is that my single special bookings' prices for 2025 were eventually correct by day three - even though I sent them the workings on day one. The bad news is that the bookings are not showing the NextCruise Certificate's OBC. Why am I not surprised? Regards, Cublet

Hello, Yes, I read that article too. What Royal needs to do is decide whether they are cruise line operators or amusement park operators. Regards, Cublet

Hello, Does not appear to be available to UK pax. Regards, Cublet

Hello, Presuming you survive the trek from the ship to Haugesund town (unless you brought a team of huskies or an electric mobility scooter), apart from shops there is not much to see. Regards, Cublet

Hello, Just a small 'nit-pick' - Indy does not have a CK, so it's only SL that rations its space. The SL was two rooms, a Card Room and something else, and when the dividing doors were opened produced a long strange shaped room. It was sometimes used as an overflow for the Diamond (now Crown) Lounge. Q for any recent cruisers - Does it still have the grand piano? I wept when I saw it being used to mount the chaffing dishes at night. I'll be there once RCI sharpens its pencil to produce the solo prices that currently aren't loaded. Regards, Cublet

Hello, I think that folks on the 2 & 3 night itineraries looked upon the drinks package as less of an opportunity and more of a challenge! And another good thing about the drinks on MSC (no, not what I usually say) it's easy to get freshly squeezed orange juice - almost every bar on pool decks make it and serve it. What can we wish for in 2026 given the Indy and its 2025 itineraries make a week-end in Bognor look exciting? Regards, Cublet

Hello, And (and not the first time for saying this) on board MSC if you ask for Prosecco, you get Prosecco and not the swill that is served in Royal's bars. Regards, Cublet

Hello, The iceberg rate for balcony is only 'guarantee'. Regards, Cublet

Hello, And another thing: If we want to create a longer cruise, too many itineraries are repeated either consecutively or in short order thus cutting down on variety. I foresee changes to the itineraries as time goes on. Regards, Cublet

Hello, Yes, you can order from a waiter whilst seated (this year on Silhouette). But Il Segundo serves its coffee in a mug not cup and saucer like Il Prima. Regards, Cublet

Hello, I'm struggling to summon-up even indifference to the posted itineraries. If you/I want a longer cruise then it will be a case of booking B2B cruises consequently making Southampton a major port of call on the holiday and I generally see quite enough of it on embarkation and disembarkation days. MSC puts on excursions on 'Southampton' days returning to the ship and not just acting as a feeder coach to the airports/coach station for departees. Regards, Cublet

Hello, So I was on a P&O something. I was at the excursions desk making bookings and I said to the girl behind the desk "I'm surprised that you aren't offering excursions to Granada". Girls says "Why do you think we are going to Grenada, Grenada is in the Caribbean?" "I know, I never said Grenada", I said, "I said G.r.a.n.a.d.a - all letter 'A's. "Where's that?" the girl asks, "Just north west of here" I reply - we were in Malaga at the time. Regards, Cublet

Hello, I worked for two American petro-chemical companies years ago. The yanks looked enviously at our 4 weeks plus annual holidays (and plus public holidays). However whilst we would book a half-day holiday from our entitlement on a Friday for a get-away, taking a half day on a Friday in the US was an accepted norm and did not come from their holiday entitlement. Regards, Cublet

Hello, I was once, and only once, called by X to ask if I would be prepared to change my booking from Royal to X - with a number of added benefits for so doing. This was pre almost everything including the movement of back-office staff from the UK (in my case) to Guatemala so I think there is even less joined-up admin now and opportunities than there was. Regards, Cublet

Hello, Personally I'm quite partial to Lanson Black Label - the favourite of our late dear Queen. But I'm sure whatever Champagne Murano serves, it will be the 'real thing' and not the swill served as 'champagne' in the bars. Regards, Cublet

Hello, Can I go slightly off-topic and ask this question? Presuming the speculation that Indy will replace Anthem out of Southampton in 2025 is correct, where do Suites & Pins dine where there is no CK? Regards, Cublet

Hello, Not quite. There are JS cabins on the starboard side that are underneath 'The Living Room' - a hang-out area for teens. I can't remember what I did as a teenager, but the users of this area (a) do whatever they do very quietly and (b) stop using it at dinner time so there is no disturbance to me beneath it. Regards, Cublet

Hello, I had to do that last month when they ran out of 'by-the-glass' Prosecco on Anthem and had to buy a bottle (twice!) that I kept in my cabin chiller and carried with me when I went out. I got some very pitying looks. Regards, Cublet

Hello, Yes, and it is, or was, a 'biscuit' too and not a cookie. Regards, Cublet

Hello, The previous blackout period of July & August maintains in the UK and hasn't (until now!?) been changed to mid-June to mid-August. Regards, Cublet

Hello, I think whoever posted on Google is wrong. Single cream is cream. What we used to have, many years ago before coffee shops became what they are now, cups of filter coffee were served with a jigger pot of 'Half Cream'. Though the old style coffee shops have been replaced by espresso machines, the pots of half cream can sometimes be found in hotels on the bedrooms' coffee/tea table. Aside from that, the age of the person answering the query will have a lot to do with the response you received. Regards, Cublet

Hello, Well it all depends on what follows. From watching the Bob Ross painting programmes, 'it's not a mistake - it's a happy accident'. Regards, Cublet

Hello, It all depends on which side of your body, and front or rear, you overlap and tie the knot in the towel and how tight, or loose, the knot is. Regards, Cublet