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Thank you so much.

Same for us. I bring a small first aid bag with all types of OTC and prescription meds. I keep it in my rolling carry on. I did have 1 CBD gummy( with a small percentage of THC), that I keep in my gummy vitamin bottle( its for the return airplane trip home). Never been an issue with this either. I'm glad I'm always prepared. Last Month, on our trip to Paris, I came down with Covid and my wife had a bad cold. This was my first time getting Covid, I had brought covid tests, covid medication and cold meds with me. Thankfully, because I've had 6 booster shots, my bout with covid was just a not so bad cold,.

What is an IC?

That is crazy. I just bought a 6' for 4.99 with a coupon. The footlongs with a coupon were 7.99. That is just the basic sandwich, not the new " fancy" sandwiches. The bread still sucks.

That is really sad. We just had a 4 day cruise cancelled by Virgin( it was booked for a charter). They said we could move our booking to another date without losing any perks we had previously received. We could also opt for a refund. That is the way it should be done.

We board on February 25th. IRonically, we'll be Elite after this cruise. We only have a Galapagos cruise booked for 2025. We are taking a break from celebrity. We will be aqua class on the next cruise for great barrier reef. I do have some move up offers in place. if we get one, that is fine. If not i'm one hundred percent okay with that.

@Jim_Iain Can you give me the reader's digest version of what happened? Was it one thing? Numerous things? I haven't read the entire thread.

I booked my flight through the American Airlines website. so. I can't do anything on the Quantas website. I wanted the miles on my american account.

@terrydtxShoot, I wish I would have known this. We're flying PE to Sydney on Quantas( Code Share with AA) on Feb 19th for our Feb 25th Edge cruise. I can't even see what our seats are on Quantas. We paid over 7k for PE seats. I booked a long time ago,

We tried Oceania in Feb 2022. We had an amazing experience. The cruise was like a private yacht, only 338 folks. We tried them again in August 2023, totally different experience. The food was not as good, the pastries weren't as good as we remembered. Since we don't drink, we look forward to good food. We have a GBR cruise with X booked in Feb, but we're going to lay off cruising for a few years. Oh, we did book a 4 day with Virgin in Sept.

I know someone who is a Disney freak, but won't cruise on Disney because no casinos.

We are on your cruise. Have you figured anything out? I was looking at the cruise excursion options and the snorkel trip from Airlie is sold out.

Because we enjoy snorkeling a lot. We're not museum people. We prefer water activities. We have 4 days in Sydney before the cruise. We also have our own snorkel gear.

Are there large fish to see? Trying to decide if a trip advisor snorkeling and walking tour is a Must do. We are heading out on a GBR cruise on Feb 25th, we're in Sydney for 4 days prior.

Wow. I just about passed out when I saw the cost for one leg.

We booked Room 526!!

We booked the Flora 2 weeks ago, while on board Eclipse and while we will be Elite, the Future Cruise sales person told us that everyone on Galapagos expedition trips gets free laundry. Don't know if that is true. We prefer our own laundry detergent, so I will bring those Eco sheets with me and throw one in the bag and request they use that.

I'm wondering how they can serve beef tartar?

Yes, I know that now. I still think its absolutely ridiculous to charge someone for a coke when as I stated, I could have went downstairs later and replaced it without them knowing I removed it.

Looking forward to it.

We booked Flora for Oct 2025. I hope you also do a live blog!!

We emptied it ourselves, but my wife drank a coke( we had a classic package). A receipt was left in the room for 4 bucks and service fee. Ridiculous. We could have brought a coke back from any bar and put it back in the fridge. This is the nickeling and diming I can't stand.

Yes, there is a fridge. be careful not to drink any of the items out of the fridge. If you have a drink package, they will still charge you. We drove to the port. I packed my ice coffee and food in my carry on.

Its also on amazon for 50.00. It took awhile to get the last piece of luggage. Maybe they were trying to figure out what it was. https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Mini-Washer-Underwear-Apartments/dp/B0C4953YFH/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=36JBQAPEXCT1W&keywords=portable%2Bwashing%2Bmachine&qid=1699822053&sprefix=portable%2Bwashing%2B%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-2-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

They had a couple, but Julie did bring her own. They had "Free play" times listed in the daily schedule.