Cruise Junky

2 hours ago, scottca075 said:

 

 

 

Of all the hotels in Waikiki I'd never book, the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani is at the top of the list. The Princess K has been on the demolition list for a decade now. At last note, the tower was slated to be torn down in 2021 with new construction to start in 2022. Covid put a stop to all those plans. That was at least the third time tear down & rebuild had been postponed in 10-12 years. Because of that the hotels has not had any major renovations, maybe light refreshses, but not enough to make we want to stay there.

This!   We had it booked before and after our NCL cruise. 1 night was enough, cancelled and booked the moana surfrider for the return.   We’ve stayed at the Ilikai, Sheraton, Surfrider, Hyatt & Marriott. I would return to all of those but not the SPK. 

Lobster table side is the only thing I ever order from Murano. Will keep an eye on this before buying a dining package.  

Nice find. Thank you. 

17 minutes ago, BermudaBound2014 said:

@CruiserBruce, @Silver Sweethearts, @princeton123211....

 

Those cars in front of the outlet mall in the above pic are freaking me out. As you all know, there are no parking spaces along that stretch of Front Streets so there is absolutely no reason for there to be burnt out cars in that particular area.

 

Do you think those poor people just jumped out of their cars into the ocean along this stretch, or is there another explanation I'm not thinking of?

 

 

Anything other than jumping into the water is too horrifying to think about.  

Let’s do more than thoughts and prayers and donate. 

My brother and SIL are there now. They were supposed to leave tonight, they’re up by Kapalua so safe at this point.  So sad. 

Reading that Lahaina is gone.  So devastating. 

8 minutes ago, Wineaux007 said:

Didn't you both have to upgrade, making it $19.98 + 20% Grat?  I called and it was around $431 for the both of us for our Solstice TP.  

Yes we did but we were planning on both upgrading anyway.  My original price was going to be $862. Martini bar for us makes upgrading a no brainer 

Got the Classic to Premium upgrade for $9.99. For 17 days, that’s a huge savings. 🥳🥳🥳

I don’t think Portofino has a dock. You’ll tender if Portofino is on the itinerary. 

Thanks for taking the time to do a review. We have our first Azamara cruise booked and of course a few worries about all the current issues.  Fingers crossed they find their feet.  

13 hours ago, Outerdog said:

I mean, seriously?

 

There are popular online Travel agency’s that you can pick your own cabin on this sailing.  

9 minutes ago, memoak said:

We have always been able to choose our cabin in over 50 cruises. We book usually a year or more out

The cruise in question is in 2025. I don’t think time is the issue.  

6 minutes ago, Alaska05 said:

Does it matter that the first leg stops at Victoria enroute to Vancouver?

No

31 minutes ago, Queen of DaNile said:

Only that Oceania sails out of Miami and not Ft. Lauderdale like HAL. Big difference IMHO.

Isn’t it like a $35 Uber ride?

Amount of time doesn’t bother me but the ports are boring and the time of year sucks.  I’d happily spend 40+ days bobbing around the Med, but not on that ship 

Wondering if with all of the booking issues, changing ports, lack of response, you’d recommend Azamara to anyone who hasn’t tried them yet? 

Ugh…just read they changed the ports. Now it’s Nice on Race Sunday and not Monaco.  That’s not good.  Either they cheapened out or didn’t reserve their spot.  

12 hours ago, takemewithyou said:

Yes.  Visa required for travel for US and since you are from Canada, I think, you too?  Not for certain yet, but looks quite likely.  No more spontaneous trips to Europe.

It’s not a visa. It’s an on line electronic travel authorization. It should get approved in about an hour. How spontaneous do you plan on being?  The US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand all currently have virtually the same thing. 

On 7/24/2023 at 2:36 PM, drakes2 said:

Just looked it up on sale for $13.85 CAD. I'll let you know when I try it. 

In BC it’s also sold in a box.  It’s not bad. 

It’s really bad on an IPad. Definitely try the desktop. 

2 hours ago, tgg said:

I agree with you that Azamara is making it very difficult to access available cabins. I find it easy to get this information by looking at the websites of a couple of US online travel agencies.  Can you do this from Canada? Someone mentioned that they use a VPN to do this. ( This is beyond me technically,) 

 

If you post the sail date and category, I'd be happy to check for you. (We've had  rain, rain, rain so I have lots of free time.)

I’m Canadian and booked today through a US based online agency. Shouldn’t need a VPN.  I could see all cabins on their site.  

Europe 2025 seems to all be available on the Princess site. 

12 hours ago, sandiego1 said:

These are standard HAL perks, not TA specifics. You can see the inside cabin perks on the HAL website too.

Should have said a TA site. Easier to find sometimes than directly on HAL

16 hours ago, Janet&Carl said:

 

The pole to pole is the best WC I have seen so far.  I would love this itinerary.  It appears expensive for what it is - doesnt seem like any inclusions except the norm.  Does anyone know if HAL WC has inclusions such as gratuities, drinks, wifi, laundry etc... like some of the others do for a very similar price.

 

Some perks from a TA

Suite Offer! Book select categories and receive the following amenities.

-$1,500 per cabin onboard credit
-$1,000 Air Credit per cabin (Flights subject to availability)
-Roundtrip Airport Transfers
-Luggage Delivery Service to/from FLL (4 pieces for Vista Suites, 5 pieces for Neptune and Pinnacle Suites)
-Welcome Aboard bottle of Sparkling Wine
-Pre-paid Gratuities
-Complimentary Shore Excursion
-In-suite Liquor Setup
-Complimentary Laundry, Dry Cleaning & Pressing

Oceanview Offer! Book oceanview categories C-F or CA and receive the following amenities:

-$1,000 per cabin onboard credit
-Surf Wi-Fi package
-$1,000 Air Credit per cabin (Flights subject to availability)
-Roundtrip Airport Transfers
-Luggage Delivery Service (up to 3 pieces to/from FLL)
-Welcome Aboard bottle of Sparkling Wine
-Pre-paid Gratuities