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  1. Hotels around LHR are not great for travel elsewhere by train other than central London. A lot of hotels don't do free shuttle have to use the Hoppa system. Why not look at places like Winchester Salisbury Windsor etc for a stay.
  2. Who knows when NCL will try it on again. Eventually NCL apologized for the mess early last year and offered a gesture of some compensation.
  3. FAS 50% UK sale still running 4 days to go. Base prices have not dropped as much so far this year.
  4. US or other will accept any tip money whatever the currency. They will just think what a Richard if not local.
  5. Get one of the multi currency cards then use local ATM for no charge. (Just watch there are loads in Europe that charge, proper bank ones are usually ok) Loads of choice, we use Revolut(need the physical card for ATM).
  6. We did 15th march. Southampton bag drop was operating at 9:55.(don't know how early they started). While I went to park(cheap off site) OH said security opened around 10am. By the time(10:12) I got back no line, anyone that had been waiting had been processed and on ship. 8mins to do security, check-in and walk into ship. We were in the buffet for breakfast 10:23 A few on the other place group reported being on 10-15 mins before. NOTE: MSC summer cruises do get a lot busier as they can be full ship embarkation.
  7. As some keep saying book early nothing to lose, this makes people booking less price sensitive as they just cancel if the price does not drop enough. UK non refundable so we just wait. The first line to drop prices to sensible levels get our bookings. Last year NCL did ok late booking so got some money off us. Prices for the Southampton ones we have looked at double where they need to be even with FAS 50% off. This year Princess made us an offer that will undercut anything NCL will come up with.
  8. When P&O went to included service charges there was no difference to the lowest base fares they stayed around the same level. They have gone down on some trips since then. Often lower than NCL base fares.
  9. On the Star when they had drinkgate 2022 and could/would do nothing on the ship to resolve guest services were recommending adjust DSC.
  10. I thought they had vloged the early 2021 cruise, the Nov vlog one was the extra one slagging off MSC. (Can't check traveling to an MSC cruise) Think it is these https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL99mjtil7k_wODoCzYK1Az3pgcMqYJOez
  11. Most Vlogger now have a pre planned release schedule from trips to give time to do the edit etc. Some do extra live short snippets or quick release. eg Emma now seems to feed the live stuff through FB and the subscribed options with the vlog coming later. Fraser on his year+ of B2B cruises is all over the place with releasing many out of sequence. Not sure I can be bothered to go back the 2021 B&D vids as I don't think they had been near MSC when they put together the November one
  12. According to the time line in the video they were docked in Civitavecchia day 3 where they got off later that day( departure was scheduled for 7pm. They changed the story later in the vlog to day 4.which was Palermo, Sicily.
  13. if it is the one I looked at that November one was just them having a go at MSC reverencing loads they had issue with well after the events. Remember this one they took 3 weeks before publishing the event.
  14. Was thinking about the comment that pointed out the dialogue at the pre cruise hotel was setting the trip up with drama from the start. Given most of the ship footage was done during 2 days(they got stopped early 3rd day) it looks like they are not making it up as they go along feels like they have story boarded what they want to present with a pre scripted framework of what they are planning to say for each section modified to reflect on the spot, loads of reference to previous trips and other products.
  15. There was a week between the two vlogs so I was wondering the time line. Cruise. 17 Feb embark Marseille 18 Feb Genoa 19 Feb Rome(disembark) 3 March First video release 10 March second video. If I have those dates right some of their time line does not add up eg. been on 4 days 3 to go. At least one other vlogger seems to have thought the first vlog was while they were on rather than ~2 weeks later. As you would expect some of the dialogue is pre scripted to allow them to comment about future events(like published content) as something in the past.
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