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Do you know if they use sea water? Or just salted water - or... To Put it differently, how is the salt levels compared to the mediterranean?

Sea water that is filtered. I believe the water is also treated if the ship is within a certain distance from land, however I'm not 100% sure this applies to all Mediterranean countries. Hopefully the Chief can fill us in.

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Hi LittleBritain,

 

Would you mind explaining to me how Santorini worked... you were tendered to the old port correct? When dropped off, were there any immediate options for boat/water taxi to Oia being advertised?

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Just to check in with everyone to let you know the Windjammer food is good as usual and the beer is cold, going down nicely. They also have a pear cider which meets with hubby's approval

 

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Hi LittleBritain,

 

Would you mind explaining to me how Santorini worked... you were tendered to the old port correct? When dropped off, were there any immediate options for boat/water taxi to Oia being advertised?

 

Not Little Britian here....but...we were on the 5/6 sailing. We didn't do it but there were folks on the CC group that took a boat from the tender pier area to Oia. Hopefully they will come on here and answer. I believe it was something like $20 pp and included the boat from tender dock to Oia and then the bus from Oia back to Fira (town above tender pier).

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Not Little Britian here....but...we were on the 5/6 sailing. We didn't do it but there were folks on the CC group that took a boat from the tender pier area to Oia. Hopefully they will come on here and answer. I believe it was something like $20 pp and included the boat from tender dock to Oia and then the bus from Oia back to Fira (town above tender pier).

 

Perfect Thank you skiiergirl... can you also confirm that this wasn't an RCL excursion? You just get off the tender and the boats are there for people to choose to take?

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Perfect Thank you skiiergirl... can you also confirm that this wasn't an RCL excursion? You just get off the tender and the boats are there for people to choose to take?

 

It was not a ship excursion. They booked it right at the dock after getting off of the tender. I remember seeing the signs as we approached from the tender....just don't remember the exact cost/details since we already had an independent tour booked.

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From the Compass for 5/29/2017

 

 

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Nice information. I don't think we had that information in our compass back in May.

I think the cable car price is outdated though. I am pretty sure we paid 6 euro pp each way. (Round trip tickets are NOT available.) I think the folks that told us they did the boat/bus to/from Oia said it was more like 10 or 12 euro....but I could be wrong there.

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Jewel pulled into Mykonos harbour this morning. This way we get to pay 4€ per person for the waterbus instead of RCCL having to pay for the tenders.

 

By the way Foursome were on at Coral Theatre last night - brilliant!

 

 

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Jewel pulled into Mykonos harbour this morning. This way we get to pay 4€ per person for the waterbus instead of RCCL having to pay for the tenders.

 

By the way Foursome were on at Coral Theatre last night - brilliant!

 

 

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I told you they were good [emoji445][emoji445][emoji445][emoji445][emoji445]!

Hope you're enjoying it.

Thanks for the confirmation they are indeed now charging $15 corkage [emoji36]

 

 

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Another question on transportation to/from Oia. I will be on Jewel in August and we are in Santorini from 1:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Do you know how late the buses will leave from from Oia back to Fira? I would love to get a sunset picture from Oia, but I am worried about getting transportation back.

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Today in Santorini there were 3 cruise ships and from joining the queue for the cable car at the top it took 6 minutes to get down to the bottom. It's all about timing, I was there at 12:52.

 

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We like to tip as we get drinks in Diamond Lounge. Should get tip in euros or dollars? I assume the casino still uses dollars?

Casino still uses US Dollars. For the crew, as long as they are in Europe, USD or Euros are fine.

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