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I am not sure from your report, apart from seaweed, what it was you weren’t impressed with if it was safe, quiet and food OK? Was it the pool and facilities? Certainly sounds like you were overcharged by taxi but that wasn’t Nachi’s fault. Which pier were you at and what was posted on the board at the port? Sargassum on that coast is unusual but I know there were reports of storms recently.

Has it gone up again since January? Last list I saw said $80 round trip. Website says entrance is now $14.50. Have you been recently?

I am not an authority on cruising in the Med. I only use TA’s as a mode of transport from A to B. If I wanted to travel in Europe I would take a land vacation. However, my statement is totally correct regarding cruising from my example of Galveston. 7-day sailings used to alternate, eastern and western and now it is the same route week after week due to Oasis ships being unable to dock on the other route. I would be surprised if this is the only area of the world experiencing restrictions.

+1 that is what concerns me especially with some of the smaller companies. I guess you fall back on Uber and hope.

Pitaya or Blue Key? I would be interested in a review of Pitaya. We canceled our booking due to bait and switch. Disappointing as it looked interesting. Blue Key has had very mixed reviews since restart. Opinions there would be interesting too but not as appealing.

What would be the point of a table for 14? As stated two tables for 7, or 6+8, would be much more comfortable for conversation depending on group mix - age, couples, families and you can always change seats and tables from night to night. The larger the group the louder the noise - the more difficult it is for you and everyone around to hear each other.

They may well be “in an area” but choice of ports is undoubtedly smaller. Galveston already had limited 7-day options and this is now reduced even further. This in turn reduces the attraction of B2B sailings.

Indeed they do. No one said otherwise.

Recommended shuttles are discussed regularly on this forum, both private and shared shuttles. Or the cruise line shuttle. I don’t recall those two but there are several FB only companies which seem to have appeared recently. Their limited method of contact and lack of transparency regarding liability insurance and business licenses concerns me. Car seats that are age appropriate for your children are something best discussed directly with the company concerned. If your children are old enough you can use travel seats.

We generally find resort for a Day more expensive. We usually check several brokers and hotels direct. Sometimes prices. Times or inclusions differ.

I am not sure any of the hotel or beach club pools are very deep. My feeling is Allegro facilities are better for younger kids but I haven’t been recently or since Barcelo took over. With teens I would probably choose Paradise Beach unless it is a really busy period. Summer is quieter season in general although of course children’s facilities will be busier because of off school.

+1! I probably should have quoted @katmigordon.

IF you have Noro you will want to be confined to your cabin voluntarily. B2B passengers will be delayed reboarding if numbers are high enough for thorough cleansing.

You cannot routinely chop and change between traditional and MTD but there have been reports where someone has taken a late shore excursion and has made arrangement to dine later on a one off basis by notifying in advance. We would probably just go to WJ under those circumstances as we would probably be tired. we have always pre-notified the MTD desk when we have booked specialty dining but our recent experience on Adventure was that they weren’t interested.

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