zeberdee

15 minutes ago, Bead Pirate said:

You can buy a can of pringles (full size) for $7.99. They are in the back of the liquor store...

 

Enjoy!

A can of Pringles is £1.85 in the UK, so about $2.30.  

26 minutes ago, Mum2Mercury said:

I strongly suspect ShipGeeks is right.  And small bags of chips are a poor value -- more bag than chips.  I'm surprised they don't buy the big boxes and serve them a handful at a time.  Chips are also space-hogs, which isn't particularly welcome on a ship.  

 

Sometimes we bring a can of Pringles for the car, and half of that ends up left over for the ship.  

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

Like Cruisegirl 1976 said, check your insurance.

Our cruise insurance has cover for missed ports on a booked itinerary.

1 hour ago, little britain said:

@zeberdee Indie doesn’t sail from Italy ? 

My mistake, it was the Explorer. Too many cruises booked!😳

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.
 

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. 

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.

The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix has been called off this weekend because of major flooding in the region.

Pasted from BBC news

Thank you for the replies.

I thought as much but wanted to double check. 👍

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

 We had this problem on the PC,  so we uninstalled the app on our phones and reinstalled it. The Desk top version corrected itself.

May be a coincidence, but might be worth a go. 
 

1 hour ago, Cruise5life said:

Yeah and I bet they hated every minute they were in those penguin suits.   
im sure you made them wear them lol.  
 

 

Haha, my son thought it was the best thing ever looking so grown up and just like Dad..

Reading this thread made me look at some of our old cruise pics.. Hubby and son looked great in their formals 🙂 

Hi,

could anyone tell me,  is there only ever jumbo asparagus as the vegetable selection in Chops at lunch time?

Asparagus = yuck 🤣 

Thanks

Hi,

we are staying near the convention centre in I.Drive, Orlando for a couple of days after flying in from the UK, and will need a transfer to Port Canaveral.

Does anyone know the approximate cost and the names of any companies that provide this service.

I only seem to find companies that go from Orlando airport and a few surrounding hotels?

Many thanks for any information.

We are sailing in Jan 24 on the Wonder for our 40th wedding anniversary.

Having seen on CC  that there may be a large religious group on board, I emailed Royal and asked them to confirm if that will be the case next Jan, so we can make an informed decision about changing our cruise.. They said they don't know yet and should keep checking in the next few months! 

I explained that as we live in the UK we need to book flights soon (to guarantee Virgin Premium cabin Flights). Once our flights are booked we will not be able to change them.

They still haven't replied .

I really don't want to be on a cruise with lots of children or where some of the venues are closed if you are not part of that group.

This is not a cheap trip and I am getting very frustrated by Royal. 

Thank you for sharing your trip and pics with us.    

Millie looks very sweet.

I'm off to the vet now to pick up my little dog Daisy.

We had for Mykonos, but we cancelled it and were refunded.

I think its because most, if not all have a lithium battery.

Its not only dangerous from the vaping it self 🤣 

You don't need to look far to find information about the harm that vaping causes, not just to the vaper/smoker.

It doesn't bother me if people want to vape, but nowhere near me please!

As Royal have a rule about no smoking or vaping except for designated areas, surely as law abiding, educated adults it not too hard to adhere to?  

I recently saw a news item where a vape exploded, if nothing else this should be a consideration.

Well done. 

Hi, I'm following as hubby and I are on her in May.

Enjoy your trip and hopefully you'll have better luck in the casino.