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Yes David, I was very pleased 😀

I rang this morning and got an additional $100 added to each of my 3 cruises booked on board. 1st offer was $50 on each each but I declined and she came back 5 minutes later with the better offer👏👏

We were on deck 9 and our Aqua cabin had overhang from deck 10…..we were on port side. Very nice if you don’t want sun but a pain if you like sun.

Baltic…..fabulous cruise we did this cruise 2017 which was 14 days and included St. Petersburg. Now 12 days but overnights in Sweden and Denmark which should be fabulous. We are booked on this cruise again June 2023.

We are just off the TA on the Constellation. We were in Aqua, we dined in Blu it’s a great place for breakfast and dinner and the staff were wonderful. Mary is the Blu Hostess and very accommodating. You can choose to dine from the Blu menu or the MDR menu. We were a group of 8 and had a wonderful circular table each time we dined. Whatever you choose have a great cruise

Hi David and Marcia, we very much enjoyed meeting you for coffee and chatting. Our walk off went very smoothly, we had no problem meeting our Uber…..we had an 11.30 flight time out of Tampa to Boston and a 3 hour 45 min wait time in Boston for our flight on to Dublin. Both flights were on time. We very much enjoyed the cruise but also not sure if we would do a TA again. The long sea days made us very lazy…..too much eating, drinking, socialising and not doing enough exercise……not happy with the weigh in when we got home😂😂

Good morning David, looking forward to meeting you onboard on the 22nd. Enjoy your time in Rome.

I feel your wife’s pain….I went over on my ankle one day into our cruise really bad sprain. Our great room attendant provided ice twice a day which really helped. I also bought a good ankle support. My biggest annoyance was I could not wear my stilettos for the entire cruise😂. Hope by now your wife has made a full recovery.

Tanqueray 10 Gin and Fever-Tree Tonic…..only available on the Premium package but I don’t mind paying the up charge🙂

Sorry you have to be so cautious and I understand but it does take from the enjoyment of your cruise. If more people masked up inside, especially in crowded areas and the rules were enforced it would be better.

Anybody on Constellation now in Aqua. Can you please comment on the food. Thank you.

should read “whether”!!

I feel for you…..we just hate to have our dinner rushed weather in MDR or BLU. We also like to have the same team serving us each evening. Hopefully things will improve. Loving your review.

We were lucky got a free upgrade on our May cruise to Alaska. We asked the minute we got on at Guest Relations, no queue. Told us not to unpack and check back at 5 which we did. We were on a b2b and were so lucky to be left in that cabin the second week. Ship was only 50% occupied.

Jim and Iain what a wonderful time you guys have had, love your outlook on life😊.it’s been such a pleasure to follow along and your information has been invaluable….thank you for taking us along and safe trip home.

I love to dress up….cruising only chance I get so short cocktail dresses, black wide leg trousers and plenty tops. On our last cruise a few people came over to us and said we looked very nice but what was the occasion😂😂😂 and that was on Chic night🤣🤣

Fabulous review really enjoying. We cruised to Alaska on the Millennium last May B2B wonderful cruise and crew. Vancouver is a such a great city. Wishing you safe travels and a spectacular cruise.

We only send out underwear, sports wear and socks. We find that all other items come back wrinkled including T-shirt so unless your are prepared to pay for pressing it’s no advantage. We do take advantage of our Elite 1 items dry cleaned and 2 items pressed. Now that we have OBC we might use dry cleaning even then last time I was not happy with a dress I sent for dry cleaning.

Wonderful photos Jim thank you for taking the time and sharing your experience. Have DH almost convinced to have a few days in New York and then take this cruise next year. We definitely have gone off long haul flights but 6/7 hours okay. We have booked the Suez Canal Rome to Dubai again 6 hour flight home, would have loved to continue to Singapore but long flight home even in business class (which has now become so expensive) takes a long time to recover from the jet lag.

Bit late to the party……just home from 5 days in Paris to celebrate our 50th Wedding Anniversary. Wishing you both a wonderful B3B it’s a great fix until our next cruise in late October. The laundry will have to wait until I have caught up on the 14 pages😉😉

I see you like Tanqueray gin have you tried Tanqueray 10 it’s so much smoother and perfect with Fever Tree tonic. We have the Classic package on our next cruise but I am happy to pay the upgrade for my one G a T every evening😉 Thank you for taking the time to blog your cruise.

Yes to board the cruise ship but not to arrive in Canada.

You are correct Canada does not require testing.

Sounds like a nightmare how did you manage? Hope you had good travel insurance but can’t even begin to image trying to shop for all the day wear, evening wear, gym wear, bags, shoes, runners, toiletries to name but a few🫣

It depends on what size carry on you are allowed. 10kg is usual and that is not a lot we would use that for a 3/4 day trip. I totally understand your fears but my motto is “I would rather be looking at it than looking for it” We are the opposite we put everything into two 23kg suitcases and just board with small backpacks that hold medications and valuables. Wishing you a fantastic cruise with your family