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That's strange. Who was calling? Did you report it to guest services? I would think 1136 would be right next to the door to the stairway leading down to the Sunset Bar below. I remember the wind/vacuum suction caused it to slam shut.

We'll see if this ever comes to fruition. There's going to be lots of push back.

Most bars have bottles water stacked up. If you ask for one to take a pill, they'll just give you one without charging your voucher -- at least that was my experience in some of the bars we frequented.

Maybe their hotel is near there?

We are on Solstice B2B with turnaround day on arrival Sydney. If I am reading this correctly, everyone has to depart the ship upon arrival Sydney, then if we immediately reboard for the follow-on sailing, we cannot then go back ashore for the remainder of the day? We have to be prepared to get off and stay off for the remainder of the day if we want to visit Sydney sights?

I've not used Starlink as of yet, but in the past in order to connect on the ship I had to turn off my VPN. From what I've been reading, you connect to Starlink, then turn on the VPN?

Sometimes that spreadsheet has errors, so one must trust but verify. 😄

This perk is for Elite Plus & above on all ships. For those who are Elite, they can partake at the elite breakfast only or get with the beverage package from Al Bacio.

Correct. If you count down every other one from 8291 (upper berth/bed by bath), 8299 has the bed by the bath.

Have a nice day, and thanks for your input. 🤣

Instead of waiting in line at the train station to purchase a Cinque Terre Pass, we downloaded the app and purchased our tickets on line. Saved a lot of time. Headed straight to the train. Most venues should be open in September.

We are on that TA, and taking Voyager back to PC on the 10th of Nov. Voyager's last sailing is 7-14 Oct, so they will most likely drydock between then and the 10 Nov TA.

You can clearly see where the ship is docked from Ala Moana Blvd. Solstice will be at Pier 2C. You will be disembarking with all your luggage around 8-9am as the ship arrives at 6am, and they won't embark until around Noon. You might want to think about meeting at their hotel between 9 and 10am. We are on Solstice also on the HNL to SYD leg. The ship doesn't depart until Midnight, so once they check in, they should be able to get off and wander around Honolulu for the rest of the day with you. Pick a meeting point and time.

The Staff Captain told me it depended on which side of the ship they needed to do maintenance on the lifeboats and davits.

We knew a couple in a Suite during a TA who used to bring a plate of pastries every morning from the Windjammer for the stateroom attendants in their area. They were very happy. Not sure what they served the crew for breakfast. We're appreciative of the hard work our stateroom attendants do, but we don't bring them gifts. They have envelopes for those who do exceptional jobs.

Put in the address for the Bayonne Drydock and Repair which is right next door to the terminal. 100 Military Ocean Term St, Bayonne, NJ 07002

Yes, along with other specialty teas.

We couldn't get a taxi in Ravenna to go to a restaurant. Called, and none available. I wouldn't depend on it. We had our B&B pre-arrange transport to the port in 8-pax vans.

If you had any perks with your original booking, I would call and switch to the new week since it was refundable, and if the price was the same.

This is how it was last time we were there (6-7 months ago).

You're pretty safe with a Noon flight.

So, Eastbound 2025 TA's sometime Nov/Dec this year?

It can take a little longer because most of the time the crew has to go thru customs/immigration. Plan on a short delay just in case Murphy's Law raises its ugly head. 😁

I would pre-arrange transportation from Cassis to the ship and not rely on local transportation. When we were there last May taking local train, there was not a taxi to be had in the town of Cassis to get us back to Marseilles.

Cassis is a cute little fishing village. We have been there a couple of times by rental car, but last May when the ship pulled into Marseilles, we decided to do it on our own by taking the train. Big mistake! I downloaded all the train schedules ahead of time. We took a taxi from the pier to the train station, purchased round trip ticket from the machine in English, boarded the train, and arrived at the train station in Cassis. The station is about 2km up the hill from Cassis, and a bus was there to meet the train to take us into Cassis (for a couple of Euro). Easy Peasy up to this point. Getting back was the issue. We noticed there were 7-8 taxis at the port, so we assumed no issue getting a taxi back to the train station. Wrong! When we were ready to leave, every one of the taxis there were already hired and just waiting for their party to return. There was not a taxi to be had in the entire town, so we were held hostage taking the bus back. Bus schedule was not frequent. When the bus came, we just caught the last train to get us to Marseilles in time. The train was a "milk run" so we got back late. There was a long queue to get a taxi to the pier. If it hadn't been for a ship's tour returning late, we would have missed the ship. Rent a car or hire a taxi for the day, and don't rely and be held hostage by local transportation.