The sea calls my name Posted December 18, 2023 #651 Share Posted December 18, 2023 6 hours ago, Another_Critic said: That could be an issue if renting a car in port. I know in Copenhagen (at CPH), they asked for my passport when renting a car. This is interesting. When we were in Cartagena, Columbia in Oct on ROS, we tried to buy coffee with a credit card, but couldn't because we didn't have our passports on us. To use a CC you had to have. That might prove interesting in the next 268 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare A&L_Ont Posted December 18, 2023 #652 Share Posted December 18, 2023 3 hours ago, Ocean Boy said: A hotel in Venice once tried to take my passport. I told them it wasn't happening. They relented. 2 hours ago, BND said: Hotels in Europe used to do that to guarantee people wouldn't skip out on their bill. No need to now with internet and ability to put a hold on a credit card. We had to leave ours in the early 80's at our hotels. No way I'd leave mine now. They tried this in Venice with my dad and in the late 90s. They didn’t get ours either. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doghog Posted December 18, 2023 #653 Share Posted December 18, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, island lady said: Day in Curacao. Loved seeing my sister today. She was a bummed we were not spending Christmas with her. So she followed us. 😉 Favorite restaurant, Ceviche 91 Gastopub at the harbor. Locks of love across from the swing bridge. Largest, oldest pedestrian swing bridge in the world. Bucky checking out the lovely local lady! Hey, now I'm PO! That's my Curacao girl friend. I usually get my picture with her. Bucky has the Aruba cow. 😁 Oh well that's what I get for not booking this cruise. If you hadn't mentioned your sister I would have easily guessed she would be your sister. Good looking group of kids. 🍷 Edited December 18, 2023 by doghog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted December 18, 2023 Author #654 Share Posted December 18, 2023 10 hours ago, The sea calls my name said: This is interesting. When we were in Cartagena, Columbia in Oct on ROS, we tried to buy coffee with a credit card, but couldn't because we didn't have our passports on us. To use a CC you had to have. That might prove interesting in the next 268 days. Passport cards...not taken from us, and go with us into every port. Not Drivers License. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted December 18, 2023 Author #655 Share Posted December 18, 2023 10 hours ago, doghog said: Hey, now I'm PO! That's my Curacao girl friend. I usually get my picture with her. Bucky has the Aruba cow. 😁 Oh well that's what I get for not booking this cruise. If you hadn't mentioned your sister I would have easily guessed she would be your sister. Good looking group of kids. 🍷 Thanks! She and I could be twins, and get that all the time, though she is 3 years younger than I am. Really messes her up when I come to see her at her clinic. They all think I am the doctor...I told Laurie I was writing scripts for them. 😄 Even funnier when I visit her in the hospital...nurses chasing me down with questions. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted December 18, 2023 Author #656 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Hello Bonaire! Meeting my sister here again, as this is the island she is spending the week on. Picking us up to spend the day at her rental beach condo. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted December 18, 2023 Author #657 Share Posted December 18, 2023 (edited) My sister just sent this picture of us coming in from her condo balcony, she is staying very close to the port. Edited December 18, 2023 by island lady 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted December 18, 2023 Author #658 Share Posted December 18, 2023 And just now a second picture from her. 🙂 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted December 18, 2023 #659 Share Posted December 18, 2023 31 minutes ago, island lady said: And just now a second picture from her. 🙂 Looks like a great day in Bonaire! Wind, rain, and power outages in Southern New England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted December 18, 2023 Author #660 Share Posted December 18, 2023 LOL...didn't last long. Standing on the aft on deck 12, saw this coming at us quickly. Now pouring rain all over the tour groups on the dock below us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted December 18, 2023 #661 Share Posted December 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, island lady said: LOL...didn't last long. Standing on the aft on deck 12, saw this coming at us quickly. Now pouring rain all over the tour groups on the dock below us. Hopefully it blows over quickly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeler Nation At Sea Posted December 18, 2023 #662 Share Posted December 18, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, island lady said: Thanks! She and I could be twins, and get that all the time, though she is 3 years younger than I am. Really messes her up when I come to see her at her clinic. They all think I am the doctor...I told Laurie I was writing scripts for them. 😄 Even funnier when I visit her in the hospital...nurses chasing me down with questions. So much for incognito Pat! I'll now know who to lookout for if we ever wind up on the same ship. Was disappointed that we never did get to sail together in the covid aftermath. I know I canceled the Wonder TA, but, I think Covid canceled another, must have been Allure? Edited December 18, 2023 by Steeler Nation At Sea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted December 18, 2023 #663 Share Posted December 18, 2023 On 12/17/2023 at 9:11 AM, Ocean Boy said: I have yet to make it to Bonaire. I've only seen the lights as we passed in the night on Adventure. We have 5 Southern cruises booked on Adventure between now and 2026, and two of them do the ABC islands. The other three only do A and C, and either Labadee or Coco Cay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSHS1979 Posted December 18, 2023 #664 Share Posted December 18, 2023 16 hours ago, Ocean Boy said: A hotel in Venice once tried to take my passport. I told them it wasn't happening. They relented. No relenting on this ship. Two choices. Hand over passport, or go home. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipgeeks Posted December 18, 2023 #665 Share Posted December 18, 2023 I remember having our passports taken for the duration of the cruise many times in the 90s. Then line up in the theater early (5:30) on the final morning, to clear immigration and have passport returned. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSHS1979 Posted December 18, 2023 #666 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Spa packages for world cruise 😱 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted December 18, 2023 #667 Share Posted December 18, 2023 6 minutes ago, CSHS1979 said: Spa packages for world cruise 😱 OUCH😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSHS1979 Posted December 18, 2023 #668 Share Posted December 18, 2023 1 minute ago, orville99 said: OUCH😱 $16,798 with 20% gratuity. YOLO 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeler Nation At Sea Posted December 18, 2023 #669 Share Posted December 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, CSHS1979 said: $16,798 with 20% gratuity. YOLO That is exactly what I would pay for 100 75 minute services at my spa, just not billed all at once. Seems a fair price to me. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted December 18, 2023 #670 Share Posted December 18, 2023 39 minutes ago, CSHS1979 said: $16,798 with 20% gratuity. YOLO 31 minutes ago, Steeler Nation At Sea said: That is exactly what I would pay for 100 75 minute services at my spa, just not billed all at once. Seems a fair price to me. Double OUCH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONECRUISER Posted December 18, 2023 #671 Share Posted December 18, 2023 2 hours ago, shipgeeks said: I remember having our passports taken for the duration of the cruise many times in the 90s. Then line up in the theater early (5:30) on the final morning, to clear immigration and have passport returned. Back then they'd have us going threw the Main Dining for Immigration, always made it seen unsanitary as people in line would set at Tables set up for Breakfast or Lunch 3 hours ago, orville99 said: We have 5 Southern cruises booked on Adventure between now and 2026, and two of them do the ABC islands. The other three only do A and C, and either Labadee or Coco Cay. Yeah probably 20 Cruises on Repos or 11n Carib from Florida we went to A/C or A/B, only 4 were the A/B though one them was 3 months ago. Interesting as never seen Sunshine on B, only once it rained on A and that lasted only 20 min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bretts173 Posted December 18, 2023 #672 Share Posted December 18, 2023 6 hours ago, orville99 said: Double OUCH. Would someone go to the spa 100 times in 260 days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doghog Posted December 18, 2023 #673 Share Posted December 18, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, bretts173 said: Would someone go to the spa 100 times in 260 days Who could possibly answer that. Everyone's needs, wants, desires and pleasures are different. Edited December 18, 2023 by doghog 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisegirl1 Posted December 18, 2023 #674 Share Posted December 18, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, bretts173 said: Would someone go to the spa 100 times in 260 days I'd love to give that a try! Does the package include hair and nail services? We've frequently used the salon services. M Edited December 18, 2023 by cruisegirl1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted December 18, 2023 Author #675 Share Posted December 18, 2023 9 hours ago, Ocean Boy said: Hopefully it blows over quickly. It did. Just in time for sis to pick us up. 🙂 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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