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zeberdee

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  1. UK travel insurance is not poor, fact! The UK foreign office / government has deemed Haiti and Haitian waters to be a no go travel area and so insurance companies will not cover cover it. There is a difference to being on a watch list for unrest and having no proper sitting government and uncontrolled violence and gangs and convicts running amok.
  2. Regardless of what peoples opinions are about the current situation in Haiti, UK passengers are not covered by their travel insurance to be in Haiti or Haitian waters. Some people will have their whole policy invalidated if they travel on Royal to Labadee. Surely Royal should think about this as well?
  3. Hopefully there won't be any problems at all in Labadee. I mentioned the insurance because if you had an accident or became ill either on the ship (in Hatian waters) or on Labadee you may not have cover.
  4. I take it from the comments, that the American travel insurance companies are still covering trips to Haiti/Labadee and Haitian waters? UK travel insurance isn't.
  5. We use Viator to book most of our day/half day trips. We've been on 12 cruises (so far 😉) and have had no problems booking tours. They have all been very accommodating when we've had changes of itinerary/docking time, a simple email has been enough to amend the booking.
  6. The UK government has deemed Haiti and Haitian waters to be unsafe and advise against travel there. Many travel insurance companies will not either cover you while in Haiti/ Haitian waters or not cover the trip at all as it includes Labadee/ Haiti. I'm not sure if its the same for USA residence, but it may be worth checking your insurance policy.
  7. We've just come back from a trip on the Wonder of the Seas, I loved the Austrian Streusel bread which was fabulous for breakfast, and the cheese bread rolls for supper.
  8. Hi, we need to book a private transfer from to port to the airport as we have quite an early flight. Could any of you lovely people give me the name of any private transfer companies you have used in the past please. Thanks Sandi
  9. We are docking at 3.30am, I checked what time with Celebrity we could leave the ship. I was told by 6.30am. Has anyone had experience of early docking and how early we can really leave the ship? many thanks for any assistance/advice. Sandi
  10. Hi, can anyone tell us if WOS bathrooms have a nightlight please? Thanks
  11. Thank you for your replies. I guess we won't be spending any time in the Casino then.
  12. Have Royal finally seen sense and made Casino Royal non smoking? My app says Casino Royal is a non smoking venue.🎉 It'll be the first time that we will be able to go to the casino, as the smoke from the smokers side still made the non smoking side smell bad and make your clothes and hair stink.
  13. A can of Pringles is £1.85 in the UK, so about $2.30.
  14. Yes, I think we'll just have to bring our own from the UK. We find that crisps/chips are hugely overpriced in the USA compared to the UK.
  15. Hi, can anyone tell me if you can get bags of crisps anywhere on the Wonder of the seas please? I read that you used to be able to get them.
  16. We are on the Wonder in January, but Giovani's is not on offer for lunch any day? We booked a Chops Grill lunch which is now more expensive even with the discount.
  17. Excellent trip report, thank you for sharing the information and your lovely photos. We are doing this trip next October and have never been to Japan before.
  18. Like Cruisegirl 1976 said, check your insurance. Our cruise insurance has cover for missed ports on a booked itinerary. c. the failure of your booked cruise ship to adhere to the booked itinerary; or d. strike, industrial action or adverse weather conditions
  19. Just thought I'd add my observations after our Anthem cruise out of Southampton ( followed by an Independence cruise a week later out of Italy). Although the Anthem is a nice modern ship we didn't enjoy it as pointed out by others not nearly enough seating anywhere in the bars or at the pools. It just seemed busy and noisy everywhere. Service at the MDR and bars was very slow. Food choices in MDR were ok but so limited that we went to the Windjammer which we still found had very limited choices. The same dishes were repeated on the different food stations. We did find that the shows were ok. We are not new to Royal but found the whole experience very disappointing. Move on a week and our cruise on the Independence couldn't have been more different. Service was fantastic at the bars and all of the restaurants, it never seemed so busy that you felt penned in. We were able to get seats at all the bars, and the shows were pretty good. The food choices were also so much more varied, which doesn't make sense? I would like to point out that this is our opinion and that we are not older travellers. We will never choose to go on the Anthem again, this ship just seemed low end in service and food.
  20. We're meant to be boarding Sunday 21st so it's very short notice of the changes, considering most people have already travelled to Italy for this cruise.
  21. We're in Bologna and have only just had an email about the changes. I spoke to rc today and they didn't mention the change of port! To say it's been stressful today is an understatement. Having found and booked a car transfer to ravenna. I wish rc would be more forthcoming with information. I feel for my fellow cruise mates that are in ravenna now and will have to make their way back up to Venice first for check in.
  22. The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix has been called off this weekend because of major flooding in the region. Pasted from BBC news
  23. Thank you for the replies. I thought as much but wanted to double check. 👍
  24. Hi, Just a quick (maybe dumb!) question for anyone who has sailed out of Southampton recently. Do you have to have a separate liquids bag for security like at the airport? Thanks
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