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kaymoz

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  1. I ended up taking the NIkon and kept the telephoto lens on it. I bought a soft side case that would fit it with that lens, so it would have protection during the zodiac rides, and that was just fine. I was really glad I took it since the camera on my iphone went on the fritz on the first day in Quito -- blacking out often, with occasional resuscitation possible but no telephoto function. It ended up that the phone needed replacing once we were back home. I took an underwater camera (Olympus TG-6) which also helped to compensate for the cell phone camera failures. Boy was I glad to have a backup! And the telephoto was fantastic for wildlife pictures.
  2. For sailing out of Baltimore in Spring 2024, the choices are Carnival and Royal Caribbean, with the former priced significantly higher -- any insight about why this is? For example, given the inside cabin category and excluding taxes & port fees, RC has an 8 day sailing departing March for $599 while Carnival's 7 day sailing departing 10 March is $809. Both itineraries include 3 days at sea and two full days in the Bahamas (Nassau & another port), while Carnival adds another half day in Freeport and RC adds a day each in Charleston SC and Port Canaveral FL. The size of the ships are in the same ballpark: 2124 passengers max for Carnival Legend and 2514 for RC Vision of the Seas.
  3. I know there was one woman in our group of 46 who could recite the ingredients, so probably there are others who asked what went into it. Wish I had!!! Maybe there is another CC forum to better reach passengers with Celebrity in this area?
  4. Thanks, Jim. I had googled before I put this out on CC, and I saw the post from Michelle Hartsell, (Materials Engineer turned Cocktail Engineer LOL!), along with numerous yellow bird cocktail references. And I did think about buying a few limes and some passionfruit juice to just experiment with rum and whatever other compatible liquers I have on hand, as a last resort. But I was hoping I would strike a nerve with some other Celebrity Galapagos guest who was familiar with the version I experienced on the ship!
  5. There was a drink I dream of having again...and tho I'm not much of a drinker, this was fun and I'd love to make it for some friends. It's called the Yellow (or Golden?) Warbler. We had it on a Celebrity tour in the Galapagos, and of course it is named after a local bird. The ingredients include passionfruit juice & rum, and maybe amaretto & grenadine, I think,...but there is more to it, and of course such good memories of a fun trip. Hope someone here knows the recipe! IMG_5264 (6).heic
  6. Thanks -- that is what I suspected from the photographs. Guess I will need to bring my long sleeved rash guard/sunblock shirts. Here is another logistics question -- for the wet landings followed by hiking, is there a generous amount of time after landing for shucking the water sandals, drying feet, and changing into socks & hiking shoes, etc.....or does the group basically start the hike once everyone is out of the boat?
  7. Here is a question about the Galapagos excursions aboard Xpedition -- are the wetsuits all the shorty type or are there choices for the long sleeve & leg type as well?
  8. OK, I have decided -- I am taking the Nikon! Thank you for your feedback.
  9. We leave for the Galapagos in a week and a half, and now I'm second guessing my decision to "just" use my iphone for taking pictures on land. It's an iphone 12 Pro. My alternative would be a Nikon 3100 kitted with a 18-55 mm lens, with the possibility of a separate 55-300 lens. I stopped using this camera for travel years ago in favor of simpler ones that seemed less vulnerable while on the move. But we are going to the Galapagos with Celebrity, who will deliver us to all the locations, so I've been thinking the logistics of this particular trip might work OK for this camera. But would the pictures really be any better?
  10. How can I find out what the excursions will be when we sail next month on Xpedition in the Galapagos? We will do the "southern" route, so I know the itinerary for the stops, but I've been over and over the Celebrity website and can't find the excursions! I read in a trip report posted a while back on CC that there are several, maybe three, each day. So I GUESS somehow people sign up for them, but I have no idea when or how. Please help!
  11. I'd like to add another small cruise to this thread, which we did two years ago -- a circumnavigation of Iceland with a company called Iceland Procruises. This is a seasonal operation, using smallish "ice class" ships (about 150 passengers max), which might be doing Antarctica tours in the opposite season. Because they are expedition oriented, they have their own flotilla of rubber inflatable boats (RIB) which they use for a few excursions here and there, as well as for tendering. There are informative lectures every evening, on Icelandic history, flora & fauna, etc. This was a fantastic way to see Iceland! When we found ourselves doing a few ports at the same time as one of the Viking ships, I remember one of my fellow passengers commenting as we passed by the hulking ship while tendering in the RIB: "those poor people, they don't know what they're missing." https://www.icelandprocruises.com/
  12. Hello to KKB -- Just wondering how things went with your MSC cruise to Europe back in late April ?
  13. The deck plan for Legend (and Breeze & Pride) seems to show about half the cabins annotated as "Queen Size Bed Only (No Twin Option)." I am surprised at so many! Why would they do this? However, I did read one comment from a passenger in one of the SP suites who said that despite their cabin showing that notation on the deckplan, the bed was the divisible type. That also surprised me since in the photos it seems like there isn't enough space to put the beds into a twin configuration. Please help!
  14. We'd like to couple a land tour in Japan with a trans-Pacific sailing from the US/Canada, and wonder if it is better to do that sailing Westwards or heading East? FWIW, we live on the East Coast but are happy to sail from California, Florida, Hawaii or where-ever. We aren't interested in the South Pacific for this trip.
  15. OP here -- thank you all for the good feedback. Our first river cruise was with Viking, from Budapest to Regensburg. Nothing wrong with it, but we really didn't need such luxurious food and unlimited booze. Can't said the Eastern Danube with them this fall -- those cruises are sold out already!
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