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Norwich Cruiser

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  1. We have found them to be excellent in both Chops and Jamies although we normally order steak in Chops Grille.
  2. They were all over Anthem when sailing from Southampton last year.
  3. Our experience is that all announcements are made first in English then in Spanish. These are both daily tannoy and at shows etc.
  4. We’ve been lucky enough to sail on Vision on three occasions always had a great cruise. Having said that our preference is for the bigger ships in particular “ o “ class primarily for the extra entertainment.
  5. Always had enjoyable cruises on both. But prefer Allure mainly because of the entertainment.
  6. If the tour goes ahead it’s an extremely long day but definitely worth doing.
  7. Personally I’d try and get a small group together ( maybe via your roll call ) or maybe six to eight persons and book a private tour with Romeinlimo and pay the extra for a guide. Superb reliable company.
  8. We recently returned from a Caribbean carnival cruise and although we’ve cruised many more times with Royal think you’ve given an extremely fair assessment. We’ve always thought the cruise lines were more similar than not and at present time we think that the food especially the on deck burgers and MDR on Carnival and in all most other venues is definitely better than what Royal is offering. Entertainment is similar Carnival is probably that little better on most ships except on “ o “ class where Royal is probably better than what Carnival is offering.
  9. I would definitely sail on Allure in preference to Anthem.
  10. You’ll be fine arriving then we normally aim to be there also about that time.You certainly won’t be the first in line.
  11. Definitely Barcelona The port is about a 20 minute taxi ride from the airport. Hotel suggestions Jazz SB Diagonal Zero Hilton Diagonal Mar Barcelona if sailing on an “ o “ class ship is regarded as day one with Rome ( a minimum 45 minutes transfer time over an hour in heavy traffic ) regarded as interporting, Be sure to pre book any visitors tickets you may need for Park Guell or La Sagrada Familia. If you have the time I’d recommend a minimum two or probably three days pre cruise. Taxis are plentiful and there’s also a very good metro system.
  12. We recently had an 11.30 embarkation time at Port Everglades checked out of the hotel at 10.15 arrived at the port at 10.30 and were onboard by 11.00. I honestly don’t think it’d be an issue.
  13. It’s very easy to do on your own. With a 10pm flight that’s definitely the way I’d go.
  14. We thought the MDR albeit we usually found something we liked had definitely deteriorated but the Windjammer was as good as ever.
  15. On a Mediterranean cruise the main difference is you’ll probably get longer port days. English / American will most certainly be the main language spoken by both crew and passengers. All shows entertainment etc will most certainly be spoken in English and maybe followed on by Spanish or Italian.
  16. You’re certainly getting about. This looks like a completely different demographic cruise hope all goes well.
  17. We last visited Gran Canaria nearly two years ago and taxis were lined up at the port. I’m pretty sure they’d be highly delighted to drive you to your tour pick up point.
  18. Thank you so much for once again taking the time and trouble to write such an amazingly honest review. Your thoughts by the way on Quantum class are exactly the same as all our families. Thanks again.
  19. From our experience we think Coastal Kitchen is overrated.
  20. We’ve booked a few guaranteed staterooms and never been disappointed. Our daughter on an extremely late booking ( about a week before departure date ) got a junior suite when originally booked an inside guarantee.
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