Jim_Iain

My experience is you have to either connect the reservations using the Website if you control the reservation or call you agent and have them join the reservations. After joined your reservations you should be able to access both from your primary reservation. I was able to do this with friends from Australia. I even checked in for them with check in opened so we all had the same checkIn time

I also rarely get local currencies and can advise that the exchange rate on the ship is really not good. You would do much better just exchanging it at a local currency dealer. As above in the cashless world of today I usually just use ApplePay and tip in U.S. Dollars. I've noticed that the majority of the tips given were in USD, UK Pounds or A$. They are grateful for any tips as tipping in many Asian countries is not the norm.

Personally I use a combination of both the App and the Website. The app is easier to just go in and grab a check in time without going through multiple screens. Yes you can check in all the guests but have to select a check in time for each separately. We also were linked with friends from a different country and I was able to select checkin times for them that were the same as us. They were able to come back the next day and put in all their passport, cc and details. I also find it easier to use the App to scan in Passport Information as oppose to entering it manually. I like to use the web app to add the pictures as I do it from pictures we have stored on my pc. You can use either to revise information at any time up until 48 hours prior to sailing.

I think you can get to it by approaching from the deck below and taking the spiral staircase up from the 2 MDR's on Deck 4- you exit right at Blu and before Eden

That was pretty much what I've seen across the fleet after they started throttling it. I found that it worked pretty good for us and was able to stream without problems.

It depends on what you are spoofing for. For YouTubeTV often if you use a server other than one in your TV Market it thinks you are out of area and won't allow you to watch your usually local stations but can still view your recordings. For Netflix - really doesn't matter as long as Netflix tags the IP as heavily used --- in that case just choose another - often a little used server like Kansas City

If you are staying in Sydney for a couple of days we had a wonderful AirBnB - We were close enough about 1/4 mile we just walked to the port the morning of our cruise with our suitcases. (it was all downhill)

LOL - another rebel. I live about 1 mile from Google Headquarters and Google is my Best Friend.

I sometimes search on Google adding the word CruiseCritic and it finds threads that are impossible to searching on CC.

Thanks for posting. Very useful.

Really enjoy his very detailed and informative reviews. His reviews also pointed me to QM2 to give her a try.

It's always to see other's opinion - even if it is different than ours. As a reference point we are Double Zenith and had sailed exclusively in upper suites for 24 years. After spending 13 weeks on Apex and Edge in the past year, we have decided we will never sail on an E-Class ship ever again. I agree with you the ships are beautiful but they have some major downsides in our views. Notable the sound issues with all of the specialties dining rooms. No Walls--- open to loud Lobby with ear splitting "Light Show" The other main issue is the sheer number of passenger in Luminae. Unlike the M and S class ships were they cook your meals to order - On E-Class the cook more cafeteria style and I have had numerous dishes that were totally inedible or cold on the outside while on a piping hot plate. We will be taking out first cruise on QM2 in October and wont' be trying to comparing it to Celebrity but experience it as a new chapter in our life. After 24 years with Celebrity We have booked 2 Cunard Cruises, 2 Oceania, 1 Silversea and 1 Celebrity so far this year. We definitely are no longer and exclusive Celebrity Fan. On the brighter side we just returned from 5 weeks on Solstice and love it with the exception of some small but noticable cut backs --- 1 QTips so thin stems you can't use them (had to buy my own). No Butter in OVC Grill - they have switched to little tubs of a butter blend, Butter in Luminae Cut back to 50% of normal size and Ice Cream in Luminae that was totally inedible, Icy, bad taste and texture of ice milk.

Glad things have worked out for you. I was getting angry for you ---- especially since it is your honeymoon. Even though it was resolved it left a nasty taste in my mind toward Cunard.

I have an older plan called 2 Line One All In Plan and when traveling internationally I also get 5g Speed when available for 5gb of data. After that it throttles my speed to 256 kbs (unlimited). I've only passed the 5 Gb usage a couple times and the 256 was ok for using maps etc but little else.

Enjoying your live post. The photos are incredible.