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On our recent Saturn cruise (Trade Routes) the D-Day excursion was altered a bit from the online description due to the anniversary events. The included museum visit was Overlord, across from the cemetery and it was awesome. The lunch was actually at a restaurant in the Gold area, and we had shopping time there which you could probably use for visiting the silhouettes.

We don’t. And we leave our iPads plugged in to charge while we are out on excursions. Only issue we’ve ever had is the desire of our cabin steward to neatly coil all the cables, so that we uncoil them when we get back. Then again, we are usually in a suite and they leave a blank key card in the power slot by the door for us 24/7 so the power stays on when we leave the cabin, so YMMV.

I’ve never seen anything mentioned, and our cabin steward and butler walked by the clearly visible router multiple times a day without comment. And, for those not reading the kindle thread, the router solves kindle login issues as well as giving you multiple device access.

This is one of the other issues that using a travel router avoids…we make sure ahead of time that my kindle has the router username and password saved, and then once on board it just automatically connects after the router is set up. See the wi-fi thread for more info.

Best two dishes from our recent cruise…the Filipino fried rice and the spicy mayo shrimp at the World Cafe. Worst…every pizza. Really, just avoid it. It looks a lot better than it tastes, and that’s saying something ‘cause it doesn’t look great.

Lots of the travel routers have an app or some other setup feature that lets you log into the ship’s captive wifi network, we just did this on a Viking cruise, used that same router on Mariner last year. It does limit you to multiple in suite only, but how often would you be using multiple devices elsewhere in the ship?

A travel router may solve your issue without having to hope for extra free logins once you board.

The best place to get answers is the festival website, search “alcohol” in the FAQs and you get this… https://www.hallmarkchannelcruise.com/faq/search/ What do I need to know about alcohol? Norwegian Alcohol Policy Please note that with the exception of Wine and Champagne, all guests are prohibited from bringing alcohol on board our ships. If you purchase any alcohol at one of our ports-of-call or in our onboard shops, the ship will safely store your purchase(s) until either the final night of the cruise or the morning of debarkation, at which time it will be available for pick up in a designated area. Beverage Packages Guests can pre-purchase beverage packages prior to sailing via their NCL account once reservation numbers are shared (4-6 weeks prior to sailing). You may also choose to purchase on board (on first or second day of sailing). Everything you need to know can be found at hallmarkchannelcruise.com/beverages. Wine & Champagne Policy Guests may bring bottles of wine and champagne on board. When bottles are brought on board and served or consumed in any restaurant, public room area or in their stateroom, a corkage fee will be charged according to bottle sizes noted below. Please note that for safety reasons there are no glass beverages allowed on the pool deck lawn. 750 ml Bottle: $15.00 USD* 1,000 ml Bottle: $20.00 USD* 1,500 ml Magnum: $30.00 USD* Wine or champagne sent directly to the ship by travel agents, friends, family, etc. or from another retail source, are subject to the same fees. Box wines are not allowed on board. To speed up the process of checking your wine or champagne at the port, print out this form and bring it with you. *Corkage Fee is not applicable to guest with alcohol beverage package. Bottle Service Guests can order items through the Gifts & More program including bottles of liquor that are delivered on board with mixers (not advertised but available if you call) and gourmet treats— outside of 10 days prior to sailing. Please note there are no glass bottles allowed on the pool deck lawn.

Safe, clean, friendly. Great food, okay shopping. No pushy street vendors or sketchy people looking to scam you. Lots of natural beauty, especially at the botanical park. Best island in the Caribbean. https://www.explorecayman.com https://www.botanic-park.ky

That sounds like what it does. It’s been working for the last 31 days, and he only had to log in a second time on the B2B changeover day between cruises. That being said, the internet is still diabolically slow, whether via the router or direct. But the router we have at least has a port to connect a USB stick that we are streaming saved media from.

This one doesn’t come with an app, although DH says some do. It creates its own network, and the first time you connect to it, it bridges between your device and the ship and then you log in to the ship network that first use. Afterwards, any device that connects to the router just logs into the router network, which is already connected to the ship. I hope I’m explaining that even semi-clearly, I’m going by my memory of what DH told me as he was setting it up.

Our Casper is the Wave Hybrid Snow, and I find the bed on Saturn to be as hard as a rock in comparison. I don’t remember the bed on Mars back in September to be quite as bad.

Add us to the haters list, even with multiple mattress toppers. Have occasionally been sleeping on top of a row of the memory foam pillows, which helps a lot as long as I don’t roll around too much. Have a Casper at home.

Yup. Connected to one as I type this.

You are unlikely to find many hotels offering day passes, especially during busy periods. An option might be Coral Beach - https://coralbeach.ky