Time for a 12 day Scandinavian cruise out of Dover om the Carnival Pride

[jimbo5544]

41 minutes ago, Drazil65 said:

Then we booked this one, we really wanted to go to St Petersburg…

 

St. Petersburg is by far one of our favorite cities in the world and truly amazing!  We have made 2 trips there in our travels over the years and cannot describe how stunning and incredible our experiences were.  

We were disappointed, bit in the current scenario, I get it. 

[kdr69]

While im happy to follow along to learn more for our Pride Cruise in August i wish that you were on that cruise instead lol.

[princess76021]

On 7/5/2023 at 6:38 PM, jimbo5544 said:

It has been a while since we last cruised (January on the Celebration.  Since then we have taken a couple of land trips, but the time has come, so join us.

Don't know what took me so long but I'm aboard! Thanks for the invite ☺☺

Hugs from Texas!

[jimbo5544]

3 hours ago, kdr69 said:

While im happy to follow along to learn more for our Pride Cruise in August i wish that you were on that cruise instead lol.

Wish we were sailing together

[jimbo5544]

3 hours ago, princess76021 said:

Don't know what took me so long but I'm aboard! Thanks for the invite ☺☺

Hugs from Texas!

Glad to have follow along.  

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So we have long time family heritage in England.  I

am a direct descendent of a poet Richard Lovelace and also Ida Lovelace the worlds first Computer Programmer.  This guy was a great great great nephew of Richard Lovelace.  

Edited July 7, 2023 by jimbo5544

[jimbo5544]

Concierge recommended this place for dinner.  He did not disappoint.   

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The way back to hotel. 

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[SDPadreFan]

Great night time shots.

[jimbo5544]

6 am on July 8th.  Body clock still screwed up.  Sitting here looking out over London.  Received email and letter late last nght that there will be train work and disrupted service (we are traveling by train from London to Dover on Sunday.  We are heading out today, hoping they got their dates right.  More to follow. 

[jimbo5544]

5 hours ago, SDPadreFan said:

Great night time shots.

Thanks, spectacular weather and everyone enjoying it to rhe max.   

[SDPadreFan]

59 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said:

6 am on July 8th.  Body clock still screwed up.  Sitting here looking out over London.  Received email and letter late last nght that there will be train work and disrupted service (we are traveling by train from London to Dover on Sunday.  We are heading out today, hoping they got their dates right.  More to follow. 

We got the same email. Train will stop about 9 miles short of your destination. Carnival "said" there would be shuttles/taxi's FOR HIRE to take you the rest of the way to Dover.

 

Someone mentioned this (maintenance work) a couple of days ago on our roll call. Carnival does go on to say that those people who paid for the Carnival airport to port transfer (bus) will not be effected by this. That's what we have. Figured since we are flying in "day of cruise" via FLY2FUN that the smart move on our part would be to take the Carnival transfers as well.

 

Hope you are able to get to the ship with a minimum of disruption.

[jimbo5544]

1 hour ago, SDPadreFan said:

We got the same email. Train will stop about 9 miles short of your destination. Carnival "said" there would be shuttles/taxi's FOR HIRE to take you the rest of the way to Dover.

 

Someone mentioned this (maintenance work) a couple of days ago on our roll call. Carnival does go on to say that those people who paid for the Carnival airport to port transfer (bus) will not be effected by this. That's what we have. Figured since we are flying in "day of cruise" via FLY2FUN that the smart move on our part would be to take the Carnival transfers as well.

 

Hope you are able to get to the ship with a minimum of disruption.

We shall soon see.  We pre bought the train tickets, and did the express train (leaving from St Pancras international, about 2 miles away).  If we had waited, there is a train station literally next door to our hotel that has a train to Dover Priory, bit it is a local (more stops).  In retrospect, might have been easier to do that.  For future cruisers staying in the Strand area might want to consider this.

[SDPadreFan]

Well, we've been sitting at LAX for 5 hours of an 8 hour layover. Only 3 more hours to go. Boarding will start in about 2.5 hours and then the long overnight flight to Heathrow. We may be zombies by the time we get to the ship, but still ready to go. First Sea Day will definitely be recovery day. Told my wife we needed to be up at sunrise for a brisk morning walk. Got the evil eye in response.

[lazydayz]

1 hour ago, SDPadreFan said:

Well, we've been sitting at LAX for 5 hours of an 8 hour layover. Only 3 more hours to go. Boarding will start in about 2.5 hours and then the long overnight flight to Heathrow. We may be zombies by the time we get to the ship, but still ready to go. First Sea Day will definitely be recovery day. Told my wife we needed to be up at sunrise for a brisk morning walk. Got the evil eye in response.

Safe travels

[SDPadreFan]

Got a notification from the Delta app (our flight is a code share with Virgin Atlantic) and Delta was informing us our luggage was loaded on our plane. Good news right? Only problem is the plane wasn't even here yet. Wife surmised it was loaded on the cart - to be then loaded on the plane. But the plane is here now.

[jimbo5544]

10 hours ago, SDPadreFan said:

Got a notification from the Delta app (our flight is a code share with Virgin Atlantic) and Delta was informing us our luggage was loaded on our plane. Good news right? Only problem is the plane wasn't even here yet. Wife surmised it was loaded on the cart - to be then loaded on the plane. But the plane is here now.

Hope you are in transit.  

[jimbo5544]

St Pancras international train station in London 

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Had a fright when we walked into train station.  There were literally thousands in line.  As we made our way to the end of the line realized it was for the Euroliner.  Note to those who take the train through the chunnel, go early.  

[jimbo5544]

Walking around last night.