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Does anyone have experience with the Post Cruise City Tour of Seattle offered by Seattle Express? Due to flight times I am flying home the day after my cruise and this looks like a good way to spend the day, but I would love to hear some first hand experiences.

Has anyone booked the Taku Lodge & 5 Glacier Seaplane excursion directly with Wings Airways as opposed to a ship sponsored excursion? I really want to have this experience but the price offered by RC right now is significantly more than booking direct ($804 vs $475). Would there be any reason not to book directly with Wings?

That was not the case for my cruise this past May. My full day excursion tour left at 7:30am and the tickets had us meeting in the theater at 7 to disembark and get to the bus to head out at 7:30. The windjammer opened at 7 that morning.

I would also suggest ordering room service breakfast for that morning, since the other venues won't be open before your scheduled meeting time.

General acupuncturist! At the time I had been going routinely for other things and casually mentioned at one appointment how annoying the landsickness was, didn't expect it to be an instant fix but in my case it was, a wonderful surprise!

I experience this as well and after my last cruise I found acupuncture helped get my brain back on land! When I walked in the door to the appointment, my brain was still at sea, when i walked out, I was back on level ground! If you are looking for a non-medication option, give it a try!

Thank you both! With the Black Friday pricing it is cheaper than getting to the airport and going to the lounge so I am going to book it 🙂

For my upcoming cruise out of Cape Liberty, the best flight option out of EWR is at 3:30pm. I had planned on just getting a United lounge pass to spend the time, but I see the Manhattan Highlights and Transfer to Airport and was wondering if anyone has experience with this/thinks it is a decent use of the time?

I agree that eating alone in the main dining room was the most uncomfortable. The last time I cruised was last fall just as things were opening back up, so I was placed at a table alone (at that time you could only dine with people in your group due to COVID), for my upcoming cruise I requested a large table to be seated with others. Casual dining was fine for me. I will add, on around the third night I met an older couple (I am in my 40's, they were in their 70's) and ended up having a great conversation one evening and we requested table changes to put my solo dining table next to theirs, which was nice. I would encourage you to keep an open mind, because I ended up having a lovely time with those two throughout my cruise, regardless of the demographic "mismatch".

I consider myself an introvert and cruised solo for the first time last year. From my experience, it is much easier to strike up conversations on a cruise because you already have something in common with everyone around you - you are enjoying your vacation! Out in the real world if you are waiting in line for coffee in the morning, you are surrounded by people in varying stages of morning routines/rushing around, thinking about work and school drop offs and to do lists, whereas waiting for your coffee on your cruise? Everyone is just looking forward to what's ahead that day, completely different mindset. I also found that a simple compliment can either strike up a conversation or, if the recipient isn't interested in chatting, you at least feel good for providing a compliment. I often carried a book around with me and when I saw another "book person" it was a great ice breaker. Don't overthink it or worry about it, I am sure you will meet some great people and have a wonderful time!