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On 6/26/2022 at 5:40 PM, notamermaid said:
Brief news: the wave of water that I reported about yesterday has reached Dresden nicely, level there now at 141cm. Already on the way down, though. Still, better than it had been in the previous days. Hope Viking can make it work.
notamermaid
Let’s hope so… we had a storm tonight in Prague.
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Thanks everyone for your replies…. We will keep our fingers crossed then deal with what we have. Hopefully some more rain!
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Does anyone know if there is any compensation for not river cruising due to lack of water? I’m not that fussed on being bussed around for the price that we have paid. We are due to go on the Elbe next week. We had rain yesterday and this morning in Prague but not sure it will make any difference. Very disappointed!
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On 10/5/2021 at 2:57 AM, AlanCruise said:
There was a documentary on the Antarctic Cruise on Roald Amundsen on Discovery plus channel (in the UK) broadcast in Jan 2021. It also appears to be on Amazon Prime Video.
Do a search for "mighty cruise ships roald amundsen"Thank you…. I’ll check it out.
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Mmmm our cruise has been cancelled so now transferred to Jan 2023. Damn Covid!!
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On 3/21/2021 at 4:37 PM, donaldsc said:
I would repost this on the Hurtigrutin roll call.
DON
Yes I think you are right.... but you never know.... and yes there are no roll calls for Hurtigruten.
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I just booked this cruise with the hope that it will proceed.... if not will transfer to 2023. Anyone else booked? I am in Australia so have to wait for international flights to come back online before I can tick that one off. Any other tips or hints greatly appreciated....
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23 minutes ago, Aus Traveller said:
I do not know about the status levels on P&O UK. On P&O Aust it is simple - there are no status levels. However, they use passengers' Captain's Circle histories to select a small number of the most travelled guests to a cocktail party, along with guests in suites. BTW, this is a pretty good cocktail party😁.
Thanks for that.... I was curious about Cunard as it is owned by Carnival....
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What cruise lines now count to Princess’ Captain Circle Club? I know certain aspects of it changed a couple of years ago...
Thank you
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8 hours ago, andlep said:
Here are some photos I found from facebook.
Great thanks for that.... I definitely would not be happy if it was set up like the second or last photo. Annoyingly no-one can tell me what the configuration is for the cabins that we are looking at. I think we are just going to take pot luck and deal with it at the time. Thanks again for your help. Much appreciated.
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We are a family group of 17 trying to book a cruise to the islands in September. My dilemma is I can’t find out what the layout is of the quad berth balcony cabins. I have found a video on YouTube which looks totally unsatisfactory and is a different layout to what P&O show you on their booking page (which is the layout that we want). The agent we are booking with can’t help... he says it pot luck but I need to know otherwise we would probably book Ocean view cabins... If anyone has any photos or have had a quad share balcony cabin I would appreciate their feedback. Thank you.
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35 minutes ago, cruisintoddler said:
We are Canadian and often are able to purchase the cruise at a good rate -- unfortunately the other posters are correct. When you purchase OBC, it is only for use on board. If the rate is favourable, I buy OBC in advance to cover gratuities, specialty dining, drinks, etc. But anything on shore is at whatever rate I can get from my local moneychanger ! 🙂
If there is OBC left after the cruise (over $20 or something low like that - I can't recall the exact amount) then the ship transfers the amount owing to head office, they transfer it to their 3rd party payment company and sometime after a few weeks a cheque arrives in the mail. Last time we had a larger amount (4 of us decided to not take ship shore excursions that I bought OBC to cover) it took weeks and weeks and I had to contact customer relations quite a few times. The holdup was a problem at the payment company, not with Princess. Other folks have reported quick 2 week turnaround. So it varies.
The refund cheque may be in $US or it may be in your home currency. There are reports here of both options occurring.
Its a bit of a gamble to try to save on the exchange. Worth it if you spend it all, possibly a hassle if you don't.
Great thanks for that info.... seems like people have different experiences.... some are lucky and some are not. Some have recommended the Casino but I don't think I will chance it.
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1 hour ago, TracieABD said:
With all due respect, why would you do this? Why not maintain control of your funds?
Because the exchange rate from AUD to USD is far better to purchase it through my personaliser but not really a benefit if I can only use for onboard purchases as I want to have some cash for port days too. Usually I do just take the required cash when cruising on ships with Australian currency but this ship is in USD.
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19 minutes ago, franktown said:
Not really. It isn't a bank. The money in your account is used for onboard purchases like drinks, photos, princess shore excursions, spa gratuities etc.
Well I agree it's not a bank but it is my money and if I want to take it out I should be able to.... I put it onto my account not Princess or anyone else..... I agree with what you are saying for any OBC that is given to you as part of your fare.
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1 hour ago, CineGraphic said:
Go to the casino, put your card in a slot machine and charge some money to your room. Take a few spins, see if you win, and then take the card to the casino cashier and cash out.
Great... thank you.... good idea!
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We will be on a Princess cruise soon and was looking at purchasing some cash gift vouchers in USD (as the cruise is in the US) to have on our on board account. If I do this I want to be able to take some of the money out to spend when we are in various ports. You purchase the vouchers in $100 lots on your Personaliser like you would a tour or a spa treatment etc. I want to make sure that I can cash the money out while I am on board....
Any advise would be appreciated.
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Yes a cold wet sail out from Sydney observed from the shelter provided by the tender boats on Deck 7. Vivid pretty disappointing but anything looks good when sailing out of Sydney Harbour! Weather not much better today here in Brisbane. Seas were surprisingly mild on the way up with the sighting of whales in the far distance!
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This is my blog.... I will do a separate blog for those interested in our Route 66 drive from Chicago to LA.
https://winterescape2018.blogspot.com
Happy reading.
Sharon
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I also want to say a special Bon Voyage to packetau and retep55555 who are doing half of the world cruise.
Point of correction Stu.....
We (retep55555) are doing three quarters.... getting off in NY to drive R66..... and
Joanne and Gaz (packetau) are doing the full world cruise.
I will also being doing a blog for our cruise plus a separate blog for R66... you can post the URL here when I have it finalised for anyone interested.
On another note we got notification today that Charlottetown has been cancelled and substituted with Halifax on the day after.
I don’t really mind as we missed Halifax on the Circle Pacific due to icebergs!!
Must get the packing started!!
Sharon
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No, it is not Shanghai. The cruise is a round trip from Tokyo. Only 1 port stop is in China and that city is Xiamen. The travel China Guide website and a few other sites say we do not need a visa if transiting thru by plane, train or cruise ship for under 24 hours. However, those are just travel sites and not official. The Princess website says a visa is needed. It is more important to us to be allowed on the ship than to be refused boarding. The frustrating part is that we had Chinese Visas in our last passports. We did not keep the passports after replacing them with new passports. We never expected to return to China and if they were just double entry, they might not still be good anyway. It is less expensive to pay a passport service than to travel from Florida to Texas to get the passports in person.
You will need a visa as Shanghai is the only port that is exempt from visas.
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If it is just Shanghai you are visiting the rules have only just changed recently and you don’t need a visa if cruising in and out on the same day and same ship. I would check with your cruise line.
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You can read about our experience in this forum under “1 day in Shanghai” as it was a long reply.
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Ok.... home now. Shanghai was nearly a disaster. We were on P&O Arcadia. In our booking info (from P&O) it stated that you could only get off the ship if.... you had a visa (which was a paid visa and obtained before boarding costing about $100aud) OR you were booked onto a ship’s tour (where they apply for the free transit visa on your behalf) OR you were booked onto a private tour with 2 or more people through an accredited tour company.
We used the last option and booked a private tour for 7 people through an accredited tour company. I had to email copies of our passports to them so that they could apply for our free transit visa. The tour company reassured us that there would be no problem as all we had to do was to advise them at immigration and our names would be on a list... it was not that simple.
When we boarded I made an appointment to discuss how it was going to work with the Asst Admin Manager. He checked our documents which had been sent from the tour company and he advised that there would not be an issue. Great we thought. Other passengers were doing the same thing but only had copies of their tour tickets with no supporting evidence from Immigration which we had. The day before we arrived in Shanghai all passengers that were “qualified”to get off the ship we’re advised to pick up their passports from reception. Well none of our groups passports were there and we were told NO you don’t qualify! So back to square one and the admin manager who coincidentally was talking to the immigration officials who were already on the ship (they had boarded at our last port). In fact they were talking about our group as they were thoroughly examining our documents so good timing for us. After some deliberation they said NO can’t get off.... this was immigration and not the ship. After much discussion they rang and spoke to the tour company who emailed them more information. We were still not given a definite answer. At midnight the night before our arrival we were advised to come to reception in the morning ready to get off the ship.
In the morning we were told still not approved and immigration were holding all our passports. We were then escorted off the ship by the manager to a holding area before going through the immigration gates where we stood for around 45 minutes until we finally got the approval and were given our passports! Phew!!!! Only an hour late to meet our guide but she was aware of the issues as she had to provide further documentation on the morning. For the length of time, hassle and uncertainty (and not to mention stress!!) I would in future book a ship’s tour or if you are in China for more than one day get your own visa. It certainly was not the ship’s fault it was the Chinese Immigration officials. We did have a great day. We were the only private tour people that were allowed off the ship as no one else had any supporting documentation that they had been approved for the free transit visa. There were a lot of very unhappy people and we could have easily been one of them if we were no so persistent. I hope this helps....
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The Elbe river 2022 - not just water levels
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That’s good news. Raining here in Prague now. We are happy for rain as it’s been so hot! We board our cruise today and we’re told yesterday enough water for the first 3 days so fingers crossed for after that. Thanks for your report. I think the boat needs a minimum of 75 for passage.