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It seems lately( Last ship Dawn Princess) when we send out our laundry on the ships they come back scorched, buttons melted, and other stuff. Does anyone have any recent experience on the Pacific Princess?
Thanks Debbie
We've used the laundry onboard atleast once on each cruise we've taken without and damage or lost items.
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We used them in July 2014 when we did the Baltic on the Star . We saw Berlin and Saint Petersburg with them . Very efficient, on time and well spoken . Did not have to pay until the 3 rd day. We really liked them . There was a little confusion on the first day in Saint Petersburg as to which bus we were going to get on but it was quickly corrected .
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Something to keep in mind, do not use surge protected power bars onboard. Household surge protectors are designed to be used on electrical service that utilize one hot wire, and one neutral, ships systems utilize two hot wires. Use of a surge protector may present a sidnifical fire hazard.
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Ok, this is what we do for electrical onboard.
US 110v we use a basic 6' extension cord with three outlets at one end.
220v Euro we either use a plug adapter US-Euro two pin https://www.rei.com/product/775157/rei-co-op-adapter-plug-e106-europe-and-asia OR one of our Euro splitters picked up on our travels.
The issue with a multiport USB is that they aren't strong enough to charge many things at the same time.
Make sure you check the voltage on your stuff. Almost everything these days is 110v-240v, but there are still a few 110v only devices out there.
Another recent threadElectrical Socket in stateroom
http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2532221
CAUTION... do not use a 110v extension cord or splitter in a 220v with an adapter. It fails spectacularly. As in sparks and blown fuses. DD's roommate in Rome did this.
We have sailed on the Star and the Jade, and both ships had both European and North American electrical outlets.
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It is 77 days which is 11 weeks until cruise on Star but 72 until leave for Venice. I like due to jetlag arrive a few days early to get aclimatized so that I miss nothing once I get aboard. [emoji14]
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Last year on completion of our Baltic cruise we disembarked in Barcelona. We were booked on a flight from Barcelona to Heathrow. We were at the airport in plenty of time and were all boarded when we got the word that we were delayed due to heavy fog at Heathrow. We finally left for Heathrow, but arrived just moments before our connecting flight departed for Toronto Canada. We spent the next 8 hours in a British Airways ticket line attempting to rebook our flight to Canada. During the time we spent in line, no less than 4 flights departed that would have got us to our destination. By the time we got to the front of the line, the next available flight was the same time frame as the one we were supposed to be on, but 24 hours later. We wouldn't have minded a day in London, if we could have done something more entertaining than standing in a line up in the airport. Only positive out of the whole thing, was they put us up in a hotel, gave us vouchers for transportation and meals. Decided then that we would never fly through Heathrow again. We always allow a couple of days buffer inbound and outbound for our cruises.
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Issues with phones lines started in Quebec and did affect parts of Ontario, parts of Ontario but all of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia , Prince Edward island and Newfoundland.
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You miss the point- margarine is NOT called "non dairy butter" it is called margarine - or something else - but NOT any sort of butter.
"Butter" means "made from cream" you do not call spreads made from things other than cream "butter". By the same token, you should not call things made from anything other than a pig "bacon" -- "bacon" means "pig meat".
Butter Ball produces a product called "Turkey Bacon" cured and smoked strips of turkey. Doesn't taste to bad, but much lower in fat and cholesterol.
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The drinks and meal options are for me who drinks and enjoys good food are a much better option. We always do at least 1 or 2 dinners in a 7 or 10 night cruise. So for us it is a better choice. Especially when you can get more cost effective and usually (again just my opinion ) more locally run and more adaptive to personalization tours other than the ship offered one's which are really over inflated. . Tax and additional gratuities are more with this choice. I believe the drinks one includes specialty coffees. Just don't choose the free WiFi as it REALLY is not worth it.
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"Rough seas", like beauty, are in the eyes oh the beholder. Also, "constant" means different things to different people. I have had conversations with people on board who were complaining about (in some cases even frightened by) the gentle motion caused by six foot seas.
This i would call rough seas. My heart does go out to those that suffer motion sickness.
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You can turn wifi on while the phone is in airplane mode. It then blocks all calls/texts as usual. You can then use wifi as normal.
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My last trip to Europe, i used my phone as i did at home. My carrier here in Canada has what's called Roam like home. For a fee of $10 cdn a day, i can use all the features of my share everything plan with the bonus of unlimited home area calls. The only issue I found was when we were at sea and logged onto a marine service that wasn't covered. My service provider identified this and deactivated my mobile data while connected to the marine services keeping my roaming expenses down.
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I was on the Jade last Oct-Nov. They had two pools next to each other, one salt, one fresh.
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Rebuilding islands after a bad hurricane...Time to cancel cruises that are booked ?
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Me too . Pressing it twice for good measure. Try looking up non profits that assist on the islands, such as "beyondthebeach" I am sure that they would love you help or your dollars
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