Musings on Mariner - A slow boat from China

John - Any idea yet if your canal transit will be during the day or at night?

No worries, drinking my coffee and enjoying the banter.

 

Bob said we could carry on however we wanted on this type of thread.

 

Within reason. [emoji6]

 

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Thanks! That gets me off the hook! :cool:

We agree we all know you are a doctor and someone very welcome in anyone's company although by the time you hear everyone's ailments you probably want a bit peace and quiet.

 

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My little sister, on the other hand, finds people want to shy away from her when she tells them she is a specialist in infectious disease.:eek:;p

She had to go to college a few years more to gain specialist status...for awhile there I thought she had become a "career student". ;) But seriously, yes...I am very proud of her.

Sorry I didn't post this earlier but perhaps it'll help someone. If you want to visit the Burj Khalifa and go up for the view, a great way to do it is to email the concierge from the website and reserve for cocktails. The lounge is one level below the viewing platform and you enter the tower at a special door where they have your name and send you up a special elevator. We enjoyed the sunset and a couple of drinks each a few years ago. There was a 70 usd minimum for gents, nothing for ladies. Besides a memorable experience, a good bargain compared to tickets to the viewing platform.

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Approaching Dubai, UAE.

 

Horrible haze.

 

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John

You can always take Laura for afternoon tea at the Burj Al Arab. Only $175 each. Nice view from the Skyview Bar though

Must be great tea.

Can't imagine being on a ship with only turkey bacon. That is worse than no bacon at all.:eek:

Agreed, cruel and inhuman punishment!

Ok, now that I've got some attention, let me fill you in on some of the details.

 

We booked this cruise about a year ago when it was marketed as a Singapore to Miami 3 leg reposition. We were on the Rhapsody TA and jumped on it the day it was released. Secured the same deck 9 JS for all three legs.

 

Leg 1 was Singapore to Dubai via Phuket, India, and Oman. Leg 2 was Dubai to Barcelona via Jordan, Suez Canal, Isreal, and Crete. Leg 3 was....well it got cancelled so who cares. Should have gone from Barcelona to Miami, but now it's going to Cadiz for drydock.

 

Anyway, Royal refunded our Leg 3 fare, gave us $1,000 pp airfare credit, reduced fare on legs 1 & 2 by 50%, and gave us a 25% FCC based on the cost of leg 3. So our 41 day Odyssey got shortened to 28 days and the fare went from around $9,000 to $2,250. Oh, and we also had $450 OBC from booking onboard Rhapsody.

 

To top it off, sometime after final payment we got a free upgrade from our JS to a GS.

 

Next up...the flight from hell

 

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Have you considered becoming a TA? Lol

All for tonight, we closed down the Dragons Lair for the last public party before demo.

 

 

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Love the photos! All this travel is making you and Laura/Lala look younger.

Not really sure what this is. Thought it was a well, but now not so much.

 

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Bucky just told me indeed that is an oil rig.

Bucky just told me indeed that is an oil rig.

I didn't like to say. We have them off the coast of Scotland. Infact all the way across to Norway

I didn't like to say. We have them off the coast of Scotland. Infact all the way across to Norway

John is right now smack in the middle of big oil country of course. Bucky's career was power generation, going to many countries over the years.

Actually I think John had involvement in oil somehow? Or not John?

John is right now smack in the middle of big oil country of course. Bucky's career was power generation, going to many countries over the years.

 

Actually I think John had involvement in oil somehow? Or not John?

We make our own oil but petrol is still £5.40 a gallon

We make our own oil but petrol is still £5.40 a gallon

Ouch! :o

We make our own oil but petrol is still £5.40 a gallon

You sell it by the gallon? I thought it was by the Liter?

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You sell it by the gallon? I thought it was by the Liter?

 

 

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We do. It's £1.21 per litre and 4.5 to a gallon. Makes it sound cheaper but still getting ripped off

Waiting for the picture of Laura on a Camel John. :)

Waiting for the picture of Laura on a Camel John. :)

Maybe took the hump with us

Maybe took the hump with us

??!! :confused:

??!! :confused:

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Bucky just told me indeed that is an oil rig.

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We do. It's £1.21 per litre and 4.5 to a gallon. Makes it sound cheaper but still getting ripped off

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Loving the banter. In awe of this trip!

Following along...

Must be the UK humour. Graham will understand

 

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Maybe took the hump with us

Its that subtle Scottish, English humour.