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To go to royal yacht they need to route to Newhaven not the airport

We find on most of our cruises the times we can get a decent data mobile signal is sufficient for our internet needs(In port and 1-3 hours arriving/leaving) Data is cheap(£1-£2 15GB unlimited calls/txt in UK) for us in the UK/Europe and for the times we need non covered areas there are SIMS available for the £10-£20 with enough data..

Thay don't have any information on the Medallion. In simple terms they are an active RFID with an unique ID that has longer range than a passive RFID like in a cruise card That ID is used to do the things that happen.

Edinburgh. Look up x99 cruise bus(30min depending on traffic). £12(2024) and includes an all day transportation ticket. (Princes on your own $100) Once in the city take the tram to Royal Yacht area.

We are resident UK with UK insurance. None of the insurance we have used have rules you must book your travel only in UK. One rule is the travel starts in UK and ends in the UK.

When the app plays up if it does not resolve, uninstall and reinstall has worked for me.

Our drink consumption is biased which does mean on sea days where the 15 limit is a lot easier for me to hit we have had to make sure that I keep head room on my account if the OH goes off to bed earlier than me, got caught hitting 15 in Skywalker early morning, I understand the app now shows your count so easier to keep an eye on, making sure you don't get them allocated to one.

Same here I do mass searches sort on price, on TA is all cruises lines. Then free out the short ones and look for something I like. Being able to switch to solo rate for the search is very useful. There was a solo misprice(UK) a few years back that got bargain suite rates on a few cruises Also remember if a couple and there is zero solo supliment you can book 2 cabins(eg a balcony with cheap inside opposite) with different experience, if one is a none drinker go standard and the drinker goes plus or premier. (Double your Elite bar setup)

Unless it is urgent I find mornings are best as you don't have the 4/5... beer head talking when you go late.

There may have been 2 available someone did bid more than you but you were second. The lack of transparency allows this sort of attempt for more money.

As said tips when done are at much lower levels than US. Cards are used for nearly everything now. We break bigger notes down fairly quickly even for smallish spends use a big note. We get a better rate using a multi currency card and local ATM over change before we leave. Even at home in the UK I change anything £20+ down into 10s 5s ASAP and like a selection of £2&£1 coins. $tips will be a pain for locals they will still stay thanks with a silent cus.

Hotel prices in Southampton are very variable through the summer weekend rates can be quite high. Especially boat show week. There are some adiquate more basic central options, good for a single night, that can have good rates. Ibis, Premier inn, Travelodge(we use this when cheap as near pubs and restaurants) Princess mainly use 3 terminals at Southampton and occasionally they have to use one of the other two. A couple are walkable from some hotel options, taxi/Uber from most hotels <£10. To check which terminal your cruise will use the following, sometimes they change so check closer to travel date. (Our Regal soon is out from QE2 back to Ocean) https://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/Live_Information/Shipping_Movements_and_Cruise_Ship_Schedule/Cruise_Ship_Schedule/ When using LHR we like the National Express bus as our budget option.

Ben and Dave have been caught out for being intrusive in MSC Yacht club.(not handled well) They made claims in their we are upset vlog that if you look at previous vlogs were stretching their credibility and they could not get their story straight. A bigger issue with a lot of vlogs these days is to be super considerate a lot of the filming shows a near empty ship which is often far from the reality of that ship.

All those 5:00-5:30 will have blocked out 2hr of most reservations leaving later times. Our upcoming plenty of 8pm on most days. We have done a 5:30 CG is just starting by the time we leave it's filled up steady stream of arrivals and tables clearing as they finish

Table availability on a walk past is not a representative measure of how busy. On most cruise lines capacity of a restaurant is driven by galley and waiter capacity. (Fixed dining mass production galley is the exception) They just can't fill every table at 5:30 and produce the level of service required. (Also no slots till 7:30) To enable the wide range of times and galley throughput they stagger and limit each slot. Once the booking system is at capacity(no availablity on app or reservation line) what I have noticed on quite a few lines/ships is if you schmooze the host they can often squeeze you in as long as you are flexible on time and day. Now there is premier it may be harder as they probably have more to squeeze in but many of those will be the ones that used speciality anyway.