Mary229

I have a few this year. Much, much better than in the past. Nice menu, excellent high quality food. Lots of sparkling wine.

Staying away from 7 day cruises solves a lot of problems. The only 7 days I go on is with my sister who has limited time off

We rent a car to go to the airport! It is sometimes cheaper than Uber. It is a good plan if you can get a reasonable rate . heads up on NOLA - I go there frequently since it is where my family is. Drop your rental at the airport and plan for an Uber van to take you to the port. another thought is to look at flights to other cities. Houston is a 5 hour drive and sometimes their prices are much cheaper.

The shows have recently changed to 6 and 8 on many ships. Go to the 6. the other option I did was to set up a reservation for a very specific time for anytime dining. What is your preferred time? See the dining room manager at your first opportunity and set that up. Mine was for 6:30

My guest booking confirmation aka the HAL invoice showed very specific details. Scroll through that document

Daytime for sure but I have not seen “running shoes” in the evening. I can imagine there might be people with stability or foot issues who might as @albingirl mentioned

Often the group picks the cruise after it is announced publicly, some are in fact withdrawn from the public. I agree however and I think they should have a guarantee, with a compensatory package, in place to handle situations like this.

If the group is that big I would reconsider rebooking to another date

You can use them to book Denali shore excursions once your cruise tour begins. You should be able to see those excursions on your manage my cruise page.

Only caveat is you must have a US address

You will have to handle this in person at the restaurant. Best practice is to book onboard when it seems to be automatically credited. I never have a hard time booking onboard and often simply walk up without a reservation.

Some excursions, but very few, do incur a penalty and all have a penalty if you don’t cancel at least 48 hours in advance.

Agree 100% - get fixed late dining. Nobody minds if you miss it a few times, just notify in advance if you can

I am a bit of a sarcastic person at times and was always leaving an emoji to indicate the response was in jest until someone called me out for being a “grown woman using comic features”. Not that I cared that much what they said but it did reduce my use of emojis temporarily 😉

Exactly, it depends on the terms of the offer and your mariner status. Some bookings come with free 3,4 passengers.

That is the best of both worlds. Using the ship for the big distances and land for the touring. We often sandwich land tours between two cruises.

The smallest cabin on a decent ship is far better than the best seat on any jet. It is a great value in travel. I agree it is not the best but it is on par with other pleasant styles of travel

I would check land options too. We have been considering that cruise for a while and once there I am going to stay a while. Princess does offer land and sea combinations for Japan. overall I like HAL better, in general - more ports, longer periods in port

I don’t think it is a good fit to give legal advice on a social media platform, not good for the person asking not good for the website’s integrity. I am a firm believer in pointing someone to a higher authority and leaving it at that.

Excellent choice

CC is excellent for travel recommendations, reviews, logistics and so on. I enjoy those topics myself.

I think it is foolhardy to give or take legal advice on a social media website. The person should be directed to the cruise line and the contract. This is different than giving an opinion on a flight, hotel, shore excursion or cabin, this is a request for legal advice.

So your answer summarized is “read the cruise contract” ?

Thanks for following up