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{Note: I have edited parts of your post for simplicity} Thanks your for your reply. My post specifically mentioned some of the tender returns to the ship. Why do ship's excursions finish at Fira ? Why don't they finish at the port where they started from ? If time in Fira is deemed desirable as part of an excursion, that can be programmed for a set amount of time and then people reboard the bus for the trip back to the original port.

Why isn't the ferry port used for some of the tender returns to the ship as well as the existing options from Fira?

Looking at the website, Capetown to Singapore or vice versa segments are showing on Insignia, Nautica, Sirena and Riviera.

On Riviera last year, there were 45 - 50 min sets on various sea days where one of the production singers would individually highlight songs of their own choice. They would also include a bit of chat about their background. This was in Horizons, timed for happy hour at 5:30. These were popular and were well received.

Deano. You're from WA.....you should have known that.

I wonder if, much as with a BYO bottle of wine, BYO herbs & spices to the table will be charged an unpacking fee ? 😇

@Vallesan Were you in the % penalty period when you cancelled ? OK, thanks @1985rz1

Thanks. So, just to clarify. If you cancel whilst in the % penalty phase (ie: 25%), the fees & taxes will be refunded 100% and the 25% penalty will be applied to the remainder of the fare ?

Sure, I understand. (Even though I had to google one of your big words 👨‍🎓) However in my case the two single segments were both heavily discounted on sale, whereas the combined multi segment never was. I only wanted to do one segment so it was never a consideration, however if I had wanted to do both I certainly would have booked separately. The cruise was one year away.

What if the individual cruises are on sale but the Grand Voyage cruise is not ?

We were there last year. We had planned to walk along the seafront to the steps up towards Cap Ferrat. However we found that way was at that time inaccessible due to works. We were wandering up towards the road when a kind local offered us a lift. Is the seafront walk towards Cap Ferrat available now ? We also had a pleasant day there, although it was very windy on the Eastern side of Cap Ferrat.

4 days ago Princess announced a re-route of the June 2025 World Cruise to proceed via Cape Town.

In '25 or '26 the Grand, Royal & Discovery are doing cruises which begin or end in Honolulu. If you live in the U.S. I agree with LACruiser to head East to avoid the long haul flight home. Otherwise I personally prefer West for the 25 hr days as Arizona Wildcat mentioned.

Coral leaves this month on the World Cruise. I have no doubt the Captain will do a couple of Q & A presentations in the theatre. You could ask on their roll call if someone would ask the question and report back.

It will be interesting to hear about what they plan to use regarding power plants. Next decade we will see an increasing number of ports / regions in the world placing restrictions on both cruise ship size and emissions.