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Sorry to hear this as I know you were very excited about this cruise. We will be in UK next May for 8 day vacation and have tossed around adding a cruise on to that. DH on the fence cuz we have another cruise booked for this year and then one later next year. He said he is open to talking about it but your review is the 3rd one (in last month) that has not had a great experience with cruising CCL in UK. We are also looking at cruising from elsewhere in Europe in 2024 so maybe we will stick with that plan for now. Hopefully things will get better on this cruise for you, soon!

Thank you very much to all of you with the must-have balconies - you are a reason why we can sometimes get our insides and oceanviews so cheap LOL.. Our pleasure, glad we can help (and you're welcome)!

We watched the Deal or No Deal show on the Sunshine in May for a bit, not impressed with it compared to the Hasbro shows and it appeared many people were confused on how to play with the cards you purchase (it looked like many people bought the $40 package and received 2 cards?). They called people up from the audience (not sure how they were chosen) one at a time and as they would play the game (just like on TV) on stage the people in the audience would follow along on their cards. Lots of confusion from audience on how to win prizes, we left after the first contestant completed her run and they were looking for another contestant.

We are balcony (although not cove as we do not like lower deck cabins period) or suite cruisers. Its something we enjoy sunrise with our coffee each morning, wine before dinner each night after dressing and have read many good books over the years on the balcony of a cruise ship. A place to go whenever we feel like it and it always has a empty seat available. We spend plenty of time doing whatever we want to on the ship and have never felt like we had to spend extra time out there. Its just part of our whole cruise experience at this point and would be a deal breaker if we could not get one.

We typically do self debark BUT...if we dont we always use a porter for debarkation. You are right, some of the best money spent on the cruise!

You have no idea then what you are missing. LOL.. we travel often and have been to several continents and we certainly dont feel like we are missing anything at this point. Just not on our bucket list but I know many people who have enjoyed it so its nice they can get great deals right now.

DH and I both received some awesome offers for Alaska which is interesting since in 20 plus years of cruising, never once searched Alaska cruises (no interest what so ever). Oh well, guess they are desperately trying to fill the Alaska schedule? Good deals for someone, just not us.

Travelers under the age of 21 must travel with a relative or guardian who is at least 25 years old. Exceptions are made for legally married couples and qualified military personnel.

Thanks for all the MG info and pix, we are on the MG this December (corner suite) and 2023 in HC balcony. Looks like a blast (having the HC area pool to ourselves would be awesome!) and we are excited to get on MG. We are definitely fans of the bigger, newer ships and looking to book Celebration in the next year (so will be gathering info on that ship as well).

IMO, testing should take place on the ship if you're feeling symptoms, and then be confined to cabin LOL...funny, with all the people that have mentioned/indicated they would lie in some form to buck the system you honestly think people on a ship not feeling well will actually step up and be honest while cruising? Not happening, not in todays world. Have yet to pay for a Covid test pre cruise. Just stay in our vehicle get swabbed and the results in 30 minutes or less. Walgreens still doing it this way here in our area and not charging yet. Appts 3 and 4 days out.