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What if you have a deluxe veranda without all inclusive & you upgrade to a sky suite. What do you get?

2 hours ago, lovecruzin said:

We last saw him on Solstice in Feb. He was training the bartenders, every ship needs a Santos 😂 Several of our favorite WCB mixologists have moved into management roles or just moved on.

I have to respectfully disagree. Did you ever have Sudui as your bartender many years ago. He could do all the tricks. He eventually left X and opened a bartending school in Bali. For a number of years X trained their bartenders at Suidi's school.  I'll look for Santos on Silhouette next summer and compare.

Interesting point. We have a Chase United card which gives us free bags and an annual one-time pass to the UA club, but no preferred seats. Other than Delta any other airline cards that give preferred seats. We fly mostly out of ORD.

58 minutes ago, eroller said:

 

Looks incredible!   Maybe the most gorgeous main dining room afloat.  Really stunning.  

Agree looks great, but why  dark backed chairs?

1 minute ago, GMIAC said:

We have $2,200 in onboard credit ($2,000 of which is use-it-or-lose-it), so we plan on upgrading Internet, maybe wines, and a few spa services. 

1 minute ago, GMIAC said:

We have $2,200 in onboard credit ($2,000 of which is use-it-or-lose-it), so we plan on upgrading Internet, maybe wines, and a few spa services. 

Sounds like a great problem!

Same problem as others are experiencing. we got a quote from our TA  one week ago. Got email about black Friday sale. Called A & got a quote $200 higher and told Black Friday sale did not apply to this cruise. Although we like A , after having to pay a cancellation penalty due to medical problem last year before the 120 day penalty period & now this experience, I am starting to waiver with this line, especially since we don't know how strong & supportive new ownership is.

5 hours ago, bebop bonnie said:

Who did you use for port to FCO?  Thanks for your info !!

I think it was called Rome Cabs. We rented a 6 or 8 pax van & 3 couples split it. They were waiting for us at the dock & were quite efficient. I think here was another company we had also used before that called like Romeinlimo and it also was fine. 

Agree, quite easily. We took a private transfer I think about 8:30 & were at the airport in less than an hour.

I thought sailing in or out of Malta harbor was interesting; almost all walled for protection from invaders.

6 hours ago, rcandkc said:

Well, at least on this cruise, it’s been sunny for last week.  Lots of sun seekers getting brown.  Some days chaises filled with people.  Getting less so as everyone chills.  It has been almost a week of sunny weather…just HOT. 

Enjoy the sun & the cruise.

2 hours ago, rcandkc said:

I’m on Mariner right now..I haven’t seen many chair hogs…people are in them..not just a book. 

It's also November & not particularly a great sunning month.

Just to confirm, are totes  only for concierge level & above suites ?

8 hours ago, Mudhen said:

Seems to be back to "normal" now....

Well, almost. We can find it by scrolling down but not by search clicking by month.  Thanks

27 minutes ago, CardowMD said:

In roll calls, click on Grandeur, not the month. You can scroll down the posting for your dates. There is a glitch on any searches or clicking on the month. Says nothing found…

wrong. I've search both ways & nothing found.

Here yesterday, gone today! What happened to our roll call?

BTW, we received our luggage tags in the mail today.

We stayed at the Royal Orchard 25 years ago when it was on Conde Nast Travel 's top lists. Agree, there are a lot more deluxe hotels there now. 

4 hours ago, vistaman said:

me as well   - i play trivia 

I sometimes play trivia. See you onboard!

Just now, Camillus112 said:

Oh!  Sorry about that...and I was the last to post on the roll call.  I owe you a drink!

It's a date!

20 minutes ago, Camillus112 said:

 

Great!  There is a roll call if you care to join.

Already on roll call & you must of forgot that we've communicated with each other for months. 

3 hours ago, Camillus112 said:

We will see Grandeur up close and personal on December 14 (Caribbean)...can't wait!! 🛳️

So will we !

6 hours ago, Pcardad said:

I used to use Travel Guard because I have AIG at home but they, unlike their home policies, wanted way too much paperwork so now it is Allianz.

I've also used Travel Guard and had no problem getting fully reimbursed for dw's hotel doctor & trip to a hospital in Israel . Only thing not covered was for the taxi because I didn't' have receipts.

Years ago I dove with Stuart Cove dive shop which was on the opposite side of the island. We did a shark feeding dive. I'm not sure that they still are in business or if they have a snorkel dive with sharks, but you could research.

4 minutes ago, lprp said:

difference for the cruise only fare (on a like for like basis). We did however have a free (included) pre-cruise offer for Angkor Wat that was not available on the US site. The cruise

FYI, we did a 2 night post cruise to Anghor Wat just before the covid crisis. . Really amazing. Don't miss it.

I won't repeat what Rallydave correctly said about contract law.

I am surprised how Sunprince has incorrectly interpreted Rallydave, cwn & my comments on the law of contracts. We are not "happy" of the outcome, but merely correcting previous posters incorrect analysis & comments.

BTW, if you read one of my previous comments, I have been in the exact situation when we were on a cruise with 3 nights of stops in Israel & was cancelled at the last minute for GREEK ISLANDS AS A SUBSTITUTE. WE WERE NOT HAPPY BUT UNDERSTOOD OUR LIMITED RIGHTS & CONSEQUENSES.

1 minute ago, roninman said:

Absolutely.  Yet plenty of firms challenge contracts on various grounds all the time (some example grounds can be listed, yet as they are not claimed to apply to anything here, no need to list any examples).

Agree, but such grounds do not apply here.