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GRD lunch hours by day:

Day-1: Embarkation  closed

Day-2: Sea day- open 12:00-1:30

Day-3: Sea day, arrival to St. George- Open 12:00-1:00

Day-4: St. George's- Closed

Day-5: Hamilton- Closed

Day-6: Leaving Hamilton - Open 12:00-1:00

Day-7: Sea day- open 12:00-1:30

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GDR was not open for lunch when the ship was docked in St. George or Hamilton. This was the 8/11-8/-18 cruise

I will scan the currents, and attach. (as soon as I find them)

Just off Insignia today, did not see any water issues.

Vero in cabins and at dining. Water bottles at gangway and Horizons, where the 24/7 coffee is located. 

Will not have much time to be bored. Fishing for the guys, Fairmont & Hamilton Princess spa appointments for the girls. 

Basically two half days with out something scheduled. 

Agree on the Med. especially  with more than 7 days.

Thanks for the Wahoo's suggestion....

1 hour ago, Flatbush Flyer said:

FWIW, I have zero interest in short Caribbean cruises for all of the obvious reasons (not the least of which is BORING "one and done"). Even the current discounts on Oceania Caribbean cruises that have had to dump Cuba are not enough to peak my interest. And I think you'll find that to be a common sentiment among many Oceania regulars.

Are going to Bermuda for Blue Marlin. 2 days of fishing. 

The Oceania cruise was less expensive than flying and staying for 1 week. 

24 minutes ago, LHT28 said:

the smaller ship you will dock in town rather than King's Wharf  area

 

When is your cruise?

Yes, St. Georges and Hamilton

8/11-8/18

Think I know the answer, but......

Our only 2 Oceania cruises were on Riviera in the Med. We are going to Bermuda on Insignia in a few weeks. 

Can't say enough good things about our Oceania experiences so far, and have a Marina cruise booked in Sept Amsterdam-Lisbon. 

I assume the Insignia Bermuda cruise will be a completely different Oceania experience for us. More children,  more of a party atmosphere, perhaps less well traveled passengers??  

If so, that's fine. Just mentally preparing myself that this will be not the Oceania we have come to love. Refurbished ship and the usual fabulous food will be great.

dk

While on board, we saw some dividers open, when we inquired a second time, the response was they were immediate family.

Found it futile to continue the argument.

Just back from the Riviera. We had adjoining cabins with friends, and asked for the balcony dividers to be opened.

We were first denied by the room attendant and was told to check with reception. Reception said that due to "safety and security" (whatever that means) the dividers could not be opened unless it was immediate family. Next cruise we will tell them we are brother and sisters..... :D

So what is all the fuss about?

Terri

Snarky much...….was just trying to obtain the correct information, as 11,600 people in Mykonos would have changed our plans.

why not just go to the source instead of some 3rd party site that may not be updated regularly

https://mykonosports.gr/en/facilities/cruise/

Monday, July 23, 2018

CELESTYAL OLYMPIA 18:00 23:00

RIVIERA 8:00 18:00

MSC LIRICA 7:00 22:00

WIND STAR 7:00 21:00

GEMINI 8:00 4:00

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

CELESTYAL CRYSTAL 7:00 7:00

CELEBRITY REFLECTION 7:00 18:00

MSC POESIA 7:00 19:00

COSTA NEORIVIERA 7:00 23:59

MSC SINFONIA 19:00 3:00

GALILEO

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

ORIENT QUEEN 8:00 5:00

COSTA LUMINOSA 7:00 18:00

GALILEO

Where are you looking? I see only the Costa Luminosa in port.

Terri

http://ports.cruisett.com/schedule/Greece/446-Mykonos/July_2018/

I see those ships in the port of Mykonos for 24-July-18 rather than 25-July-18. I checked twice just to be sure.

As far as I can see the Costa Luminosa is the only other ship in port with us.

Terri

Obviously some bad info on Cruise.tt.....It shows the some of the same ships in Mykonos on both 24 and 25 of July and the same vessel twice.

23-Jul-18 3467Wind Star, MSC Lirica, Riviera

24-Jul-18 11510MSC Poesia, MSC Sinfonia, Celebrity Reflection, Costa neoRiviera, Costa neoClassica

25-Jul-18 10382Costa Luminosa, MSC Sinfonia, MSC Sinfonia, Costa neoRiviera, Costa neoClassica

Terri, I received the same from our T/A on the schedule change. My question on the updated information for Mykonos was regarding the number of ships in port.

Is there another source besides Cruise.tt where you saw that only one other ship was to be there. Again what I see is 5 other ships totaling 10,382 passengers plus Oceania.

Where did the updated info on Mykonos come from?

I posted this on our roll call and thought it might be wise to post it here as well.

 

 

 

Just received an email from my travel agent. The ports of Santorini and Mykonos have been swapped.

This is really good. We are now the only ship in port in Santorini. The original day had six ships in port.

In Mykonos, there is only one other ship in port rather than three on our original day.

 

So our new schedule is:

Santorini --July 23--8 am to 6 pm--No other ships in port. (tender)

Mykonos-- July 25--8 am to 6 pm--(tender)

One other ship in port-- Costa Luminosa (2800 passengers) I assume they will be docking.

 

Hope this helps everyone, especially those with private tours arranged in these ports.

Terri

Here is what I am seeing from Cruise.TT for Mykonos:

25-Jul-18 10382Costa Luminosa, MSC Sinfonia, MSC Sinfonia, Costa neoRiviera, Costa neoClassica

Apart from Oceania, 5 ships with 10,382 passengers.

Am I looking at it wrong....

Thanks for the information. Hopefully this will be the same with us, and we can enter the port/terminal and wait to board.

This was briefly brought up on another cruise line board.

We have an arrival into Athens airport at 9:00am. Our boarding documentation will say our cruise ship boarding time is 1:00pm. Our plan was to get to the terminal at 11:00 (ish) and just hang out until they let us board.

It was mentioned that we would not be allowed into the port by the gate security until our official boarding time of 1:00. And that people were turned away and not let in.

Would like to know if this is definitely what will happen. If so, then we will just wait at the airport and get to the port later.

thanks for any help.

There is a fence between the street where the x96 runs and the piers, with entrance through various dock gates. Cruise Terminal A in Piraeus is at Gate 11, and the lesser-used Cruise Terminal B is at Gate 12. The ferries are at the lower-numbered gates further inside the harbor.

Thanks, that helps explain it. I also looked at a map which shows the x96 stop and where the terminal buildings are located. Looks like quite a haul, and you still need to get past the gate security.

Definitely buildings at all 3 terminals...

http://www.olp.gr/en/cruise-greece/cruise-passenger-terminals

As far as just going to the port town of Piraeus to kill 3 hours. Not an option with the luggage.

If security is checking documentation to enter the port area, how does the x96 bus work?? There would be people not just going on the cruise ships but also the ferries.

Besides Australia where I don’t recommend showing up , is Athens. There one has to pass through a gate to get into harbor area. Our cab got to that gate and the gate guards were checking cruise documents. There where two other cruise ships in the harbor. We got there at 3:30 , with 1:00 boarding times and were waved through. Once aboard we learned that others attempting to board early were turned away at that gate. They weren’t allowed in until their documented boarding time. If they had foolishly gotten out of the cab to wait along the sidewalks, it was at least a kilometer to get to the ship from the gate.

 

One never knows before hand what the rules are. I’d vote to abide by your boarding document.

Have others experienced this in Athens? Our flight arrives at 9:00am, boarding time would be 1:00pm. My plan was to head to the port early (11 ish) and just wait in the terminal until we were allowed to board.

If we can not even get in the gate, then the only option I can see is to waste 3 hours in the Athens airport.....

Some additional info on the differences.

They say there are 727 differences....

https://www.avidcruiser.com/2012/05/of-the-727-differences-this-is-the-biggest-on-oceania-riviera/

https://www.avidcruiser.com/2012/05/727-differences-on-riviera/

https://www.tripsavvy.com/riviera-of-oceania-cruises-991378

Try one of these. We have one at home and works great. Will work on any TV with a 3.5mm audio jack.

https://www.taotronics.com/taotronics-tt-ba07-bluetooth-4.1-transmitter-receiver-aptX.html

I think that Avalon did a great job and the cruise director was fantastic - we met her during the pre-cruise hotel stay in Prague

Jake40, which hotel did you stay at in Prague? We are doing the same cruise this fall.

Thanks