wendychloecruiser

IDIO’M’..“To miss the boat”....

Fail to take advantage of an opportunity, as in Jean missed the boat on that club membership. This expression, which alludes to not being in time to catch a boat, has been applied more widely since the 1920s. 2. Fail to understand something, as in I'm afraid our legislator missed the boat on that amendment to the bill.

It would be very unfortunate for you to get stuck in traffic and literally miss the boat. Maybe consider flying in a day or two earlier if you want to get some shopping in. Everyone’s comfort zones are different and mine is obviously very different to yours!

If anyone really has an affinity to keep them, you could “lose” your card and get a replacement from guest services.

I have most of mine.

OMG. I was on a a cruise that was taken over by Amway. Every time you sat down you would accosted by someone wanting to sell you vitamins. It was awful.

It’s been a few years since I actually had a martini off the menu. It’s much more fun to tell the bartenders what you like whether Gin or Vodka based and see what they come up with. That’s the joy of a drinks package...if you don’t like it...who cares?

oops.

Very often perks that are offered by the TA’s does not show up on paperwork. I suggest calling your TA or Celebrity and get any all perks emailed to you so that you have written documentation. Take this you on your cruise.

I believe the OP is asking..”Does having a loyalty program influence one’s decision in choosing a cruise and/or cruiseline?” Am I correct OP?

Maybe try this

meet_and_mingle@cruisecritic.com

No. You could have if you booked with a US TA. (Some US TA’s charge a change fee though). You have to look at the small print but if you cancel your booking you will likely lose your deposit. Sometimes it’s financially beneficial to do this. You need to call and find out and do the numbers.

We definitely don’t do it for the prizes! Last year on an Indy TA four of us won the progressive trivia against 480 other players over 12 games. I thought maybe we’d win a T-shirt or something for the honour but we actually graciously received a couple of pens, zipper pulls, water bottles and one bottle of paint remover, AKA wine for us to share. In the cruise directors’ defense, he did say that usually the prizes were a little more substantial but the ship had run out of stuff to give away. It was really a lot of fun but at times it felt like a bit of a blood sport!

Always ask at the casino bar.

If there was ever a tour NOT to worry about booking independently, this is it. The train is about a 5 minute walk from the ship. You are on the same train as everyone else except you will pay significantly less. The tickets sell out.

https://www.nsb.no/en/purchase

You want Flåm- Myrdal return.

The downside of a Florida 7 day B2B is that a ship can’t get far enough south to do anything but the run of the mill eastern St Thomas, St Maarten and Nassau or a western doing Jamaica, Labadee and Cozumel.

The somewhat more exotic Caribbean locations such as Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao are too far south and are thus relatively inaccessible for a 7 day Cruise.

The Equinox was doing alternating 10 and 11 day itineraries which was good and the now defunct 14 day Eclipse itinerary was my personal favourite.

I received that and more from my TA.

No.

well, I don't know. If it's a little baby and only a pee diaper, it takes 30 seconds to change the kiddo, so doing it in a much nastier bathroom is probably something I'd skip.

The peed on diaper is not going to get you sick with the flu.

Wow. I suppose you believe in the 30 second, dropping food on the floor rule too. Where do you think that diaper has been? Pee or poop...same thing. Completely unsanitary.

Please...if you use those face moisture sprays on a plane...please have a good aim...my last flight I got repeated covered in whatever crap she was spraying on herself..

The dirtiest thing you will encounter on a vacation is apparently the check in screen at the airport... The colony counts when they were swabbed far exceeded those from the toilet samples.

I just saved $400 net on one of my cruises by checking out the Labor Day “sales.”

The OP sounds like us...hate schlepping luggage in and out of taxis and busses even though it may be cheaper.

We always use

https://www.airport-pickups-london.com/

(They don’t just go to the airport)

I want that job - I could take aim at the fake service dogs :cool::cool::cool:

Don’t take aim at the dog...it’s not their fault their owner is an idiot.

I know that seems obvious to just click on the .com site but if you are on a U.K. computer the site will redirect to the .UK site.

Excuse me....may I hijack this thread for a moment with my own question?

 

We are going on a cruise next month where our main currency will be Euros, with some GBP and some USD for the ship. We are a bit light in USD but the ship is the only place we will need them, so I don't know if we need to get more. I think it's probably okay to do extra tipping with Euros (because cash is cash, right?) but is there any reason why this would cause undue hardship to any crew member that receives Euros instead of dollars?

 

Thanks for letting me interrupt.

The crew appreciates grats in any currency.

Apparently you can just call. Just going by the cheapskate’s responses to tipping threads.