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Thanks very much @Teeara for bringing us along and for the heads-up about your youtube channel. 😊 If you remember, would you mind coming back here just to say when you put the first video up?

I would have been gutted not to get to keep my card. Did they say why?

Barcelona is deemed the "main" embarkation port and, although I don't know the actual numbers, way more people board there than in Rome. Consequently, the MDR menu rotation is based on Barcelona being the "first" day of the cruise so that's when you'll see the welcome aboard menu. During the port stop in Rome (Civitavecchia, if I'm going to be fussy), the ship will be virtually a ghost town, as most people do get off "because Rome". The first couple of hours can be a bit chaotic, though, with people disembarking whether to go on excursions or at the end of their cruise. Otherwise, you will barely notice it, apart from seeing the suitcases belonging to the Rome disembarkers in the corridors and being smugly aware that it's not your turn to get off... yet. 😂

Armonia's dry dock is currently planned for November, after she finishes her European season and before heading to South America for the winter.

Generally, it's only when your balcony discount is greater than the "sale" discount at the time you do the mock booking. To see if you're actually getting it, you need to go as far into the booking process as selecting a cabin or the guarantee option at which point you should be able to see, on the left-hand side, something like "see price per guest". If you click on that it gives you the full breakdown and you can see what discounts are being applied.

Hopefully that's all the hiccups out of the way and it'll be all smooth sailing from now on. 🤞

Izumi menus are not identical across the fleet. My guess is that the items which can be offered on any given ship may depend on where Izumi is located, as that also is not identical fleet-wide. Anthem definitely had fewer items than Symphony, which are the ships I have personal experience of with regard to Izumi.

I've never found one 😭 I do have two but only because they were given to us in goodie bags on a cabin crawl a few years ago. 😂

We had 11195. If you zoom in on the pic you can see the guitarist. It was lovely sitting out on our balcony listening to the music.

Are they offering guests booked b2b from Southampton the option to sail around the bottom of Africa? @little britain weren't you doing this? Or is the ship going to sail empty all that way?

Rogue! How are you doing? What an amazing trip! 😁 Can't wait to see how you get on. 🤩

Agree with @time4u2go. I'm the exact opposite; I always get internet because I dislike not being connected. However, if you do decide to get it for the whole cruise, it's always cheaper to buy it ahead of time. Otherwise, you can buy access for one or more consecutive period/s of 24 hours on board, if you want to be connected on a sea day, for example.

For Bilbao, is Neguri the nearest metro station to the port in Getxo? Looks to be about a 15 minute walk from the port? Or is there a closer one that Google is hiding from me?

To be fair, ours is very responsive but I doubt she'd appreciate us calling at 9 am our time since that would be 4 am where she is. 😂 Apart from that, though, I wouldn't really want to impinge on her weekend for something that's not an emergency.

Thanks, Ken. Appreciate it. It's not for me; it's for family members. They've seen a price they like but would need to get a few ducks in a row before they can make a final decision. TA is in the US and we're in Europe so with the time difference and it being the weekend might not be easy to get hold of her on the phone right away.