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Hello and welcome to the Cruise Critic website and message board! 🙂 Thank you for your new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your topic was off topic there since it concerns a specific Port of Call. To help you out, your new thread has been moved to our Ports of Call - Caribbean - Progreso/Merida (Mexico) forum where it will be on topic. Your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles in this forum looking for threads of interest. You may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers regarding various subjects concerning the area. Also, your new thread and the replies you receive may be helpful for other members seeking the same information! 🙂 Regarding ports of call on any ocean cruise itinerary, please feel free to browse our various Ports of Call forums. As mentioned above, the majority of your fellow Critic members that have been to the various ports frequent those forums and provide feedback regarding things such as tours, excursions or transportation in the specific forum for the port. The following information will hopefully 🤞 help you navigate our message board for the future: The Cruise Critic website and message board are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you found us and are posting! 🙂 Please click here Cruise Critic Community for all our various discussion forum categories. I suggest you put the page link https://boards.cruisecritic.com/ in your browser's Favorites for quick & easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the various forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Please make sure you read any pinned threads (aka stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Regarding cruise lines, you will find them in our Cruise Lines “A – O” or Cruise Lines “P – Z” forums. A cruise line's forum is where you will find information regarding how the line handles embarkation, disembarkation, dining as well as anything else specific to one of their ships. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that sail with the line frequent that line's forum and provide feedback there. Browse through the thread titles in the various cruise line forums looking for threads of interest. You may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. And please don't forget‼️ After your cruises be sure to submit your review for publication by Cruise Critic. Many cruisers will benefit from your experience! Make YOUR voice heard! Your honest cruise review will influence the year-end Cruise Critic 'Best in Cruise' Awards winners and help others make informed decisions about their next cruise. Please click here: How To: Write & Submit a Member Review As a friendly reminder, please remember the following portion from the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: Browse Before You Post Browse a topic first to see if your question has already been asked or answered by someone else. Also, many of the major cruise lines forums have a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) topic that has been created by our members. Give that a try first. Browsing is your #1 best resource! Please post your messages in an appropriate topic so that you'll receive the best possible response. It is very time consuming to move misplaced messages that are in the wrong topics. Anytime you need to start a new thread with an inquiry on any of our various discussion forums, first make sure you are in the correct forum for your thread so it will be on topic. Use the dark blue Start new topic button and word your new thread title in a way to help the members know exactly the information you seek. This greatly helps the members browsing through the thread titles and if they know the information, they will post replies to you. Also, it is best to limit each inquiry message to only one topic such as one cruise line, one ship, one port of call, etc. and of course, on the correct forum where it will be on topic. You will get more replies that way. Be sure to mention important details in your inquiry message such as the cruise line, ship, sail date or port. That sort of detailed information in your inquiry message may help your fellow Cruise Critic members to be able to help you with their replies If you ever need technical help in regard to using the Cruise Critic message board software, go to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. You will see a large amount of "How to..." pinned threads on the forum's first page. Again, browse through the threads in the forum looking for threads of interest. And again, as with other forums on our boards, you may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. I am sincerely sorry this reply is soooo very long, but I really, really hope 🤞 this information will be helpful to someone new to posting on our board. We are soooo happy to have you aboard Cruise Critic! 😊 Happy sails, Host Kat

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Thank you for your new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your topic was off topic there since relates to a specific Port of Call. To help you out, your new thread has been moved to our Ports of Call - Europe - Mediterranean - Eastern & Western - Greece Ports forum where it will be on topic. Your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles in this forum looking for threads of interest. You may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers regarding various subjects concerning the area. Also, your new thread and the replies you receive may be helpful for other members seeking the same information! 🙂 I suggest you use the Follow feature on any new threads you start or any other threads or forums where you are interested in the new replies such as this thread. That way you will not have to take all that time to go l👀king for a thread to see if there are new posts or a forum to see if there are new threads! When posted, the new posts or new threads will come l👀king for you as notifications to your current Cruise Critic email address of record. BTW, if your current Cruise Critic email address of record is not correct and needs to be updated, please click the following and follow the directions: How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address OR if you are like me and do not want a "boat load" of email notifications, then you can choose your notifications setting to be Notification List. You will just click the Cruise Critic Notifications Bell located toward the top right of the page near your user name for a clickable list to appear of all your notifications. One click on each of the listed notifications will take you to the new post in your Followed thread or new thread in your Followed forum. If you need more information about the feature and the various preferences you can choose, please click here: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) and here: How To: Change Email Settings/Unsubscribe: Notification Settings And please don't forget‼️ After your cruise be sure to submit your review for publication by Cruise Critic. Many cruisers will benefit from your experience! Make YOUR voice heard! Your honest cruise review will influence the year-end Cruise Critic 'Best in Cruise' Awards winners and help others make informed decisions about their next cruise. Please click here: How To: Write & Submit a Member Review Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! 😊 Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello and welcome to the Cruise Crtic website and message board! 🙂 Thank you for your new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your topic was off topic there since relates to a Port of Call. To help you out, your new thread has been moved to our Ports of Call - Europe - Mediterranean - Eastern & Western - Other Mediterranean and Black Sea Ports forum where it will be on topic. Your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles in this forum looking for threads of interest. You may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers regarding various subjects concerning the area. Also, your new thread and the replies you receive may be helpful for other members seeking the same information! 🙂 The following information will hopefully 🤞 help you navigate our message board for the future: The Cruise Critic website and message board are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you found us and are posting! 🙂 Please click here Cruise Critic Community for all our various discussion forum categories. I suggest you put the page link https://boards.cruisecritic.com/ in your browser's Favorites for quick & easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the various forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Please make sure you read any pinned threads (aka stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Regarding cruise lines, you will find them in our Cruise Lines “A – O” or Cruise Lines “P – Z” forums. A cruise line's forum is where you will find information regarding how the line handles embarkation, disembarkation, dining as well as anything else specific to one of their ships. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that sail with the line frequent that line's forum and provide feedback there. Browse through the thread titles in the various cruise line forums looking for threads of interest. You may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. Regarding ports of call on any ocean cruise itinerary, please feel free to browse our various Ports of Call forums. The majority of your fellow Critic members that have been to the various ports frequent those forums and provide feedback regarding things such as tours, excursions or transportation in the specific forum for the port. Our Cruise Critic Roll Calls are for Cruise Critic members sailing on the same cruise. They get to know one another online before their cruise so there will be all kinds of discussion in the Roll Call thread for their cruise! If you have a booked cruise, please click What is a Roll Call? Everything you Need to Know and How To: Create A New Roll Call. For more information about our famous Roll Calls, please click the Roll Calls and Our Policy Regarding Facebook and Roll Calls sections in the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships. Important to Note: Some Roll Calls get started very early, others start closer to sailing dates; some are very active; some tend to be a bit more quiet. Regardless of how active a Roll Call is, this is a great opportunity to meet your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you. The specific Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your line, ship and sail date is the ONLY place on the Cruise Critic message boards where you and your fellow Roll Call thread members may post personal ads about sharing private tours, excursions or transportation with each other to 💲ave money. There is a "captive audience" there since you are all sailing together! Your fellow Roll Call thread members may have important information posted in your Roll Call thread. Especially those that may have sailed your line, ship or itinerary before. Also, they may have already posted share requests that may interest you. 🙂 Use the Roll Call Finder Tool at the top of the specific ROLL CALLS forum for your specific cruise line and ship to see if there is an existing Roll Call thread for your specific sail date. If not, feel free to start one! Just follow the directions in How To: Create A New Roll Call, especially how they are to be titled. And don't worry about any responsibilities in starting a Cruise Critic Roll Call thread. Our Roll Calls belong to all Cruise Critic members sailing that cruise; there is no designated leader or owner. It does not matter who started the Roll Call thread. However, if a Roll Call thread already exists for your specific cruise line, ship and sail date, click the Roll Call title to open the thread and read through the posts to get to know the other Cruise Critic members sailing with you. Then use the dark blue Reply to this topic button to post an introductory message about yourself. I feel sure your fellow Cruise Critic members will welcome you with replies. 🙂 For more information regarding quoting previous posts in a thread, as I did yours above, and then posting a reply to that specific post, please click here: How to: Reply to a Topic / Quote / Multi-Quote And please don't forget‼️ After your cruise be sure to submit your review for publication by Cruise Critic. Many cruisers will benefit from your experience! Make YOUR voice heard! Your honest cruise review will influence the year-end Cruise Critic 'Best in Cruise' Awards winners and help others make informed decisions about their next cruise. Please click here: How To: Write & Submit a Member Review As a friendly reminder, please remember the following portion from the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: Browse Before You Post Browse a topic first to see if your question has already been asked or answered by someone else. Also, many of the major cruise lines forums have a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) topic that has been created by our members. Give that a try first. Browsing is your #1 best resource! Please post your messages in an appropriate topic so that you'll receive the best possible response. It is very time consuming to move misplaced messages that are in the wrong topics. Anytime you need to start a new thread with an inquiry on any of our various discussion forums, first make sure you are in the correct forum for your thread so it will be on topic. Use the dark blue Start new topic button and word your new thread title in a way to help the members know exactly the information you seek. This greatly helps the members browsing through the thread titles and if they know the information, they will post replies to you. Also, it is best to limit each inquiry message to only one topic such as one cruise line, one ship, one port of call, etc. and of course, on the correct forum where it will be on topic. You will get more replies that way. Be sure to mention important details in your inquiry message such as the cruise line, ship, sail date or port. That sort of detailed information in your inquiry message may help your fellow Cruise Critic members to be able to help you with their replies If you ever need technical help in regard to using the Cruise Critic message board software, go to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. You will see a large amount of "How to..." pinned threads on the forum's first page. Again, browse through the threads in the forum looking for threads of interest. And again, as with other forums on our boards, you may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. I am sincerely sorry this reply is soooo very long, but I really, really hope 🤞 this information will be helpful to someone new to posting on our board. We are soooo happy to have you aboard Cruise Critic! 😊 Happy sails, Host Kat

To help you out, your new thread has been moved to our North American Homeports - Florida Departures forum where it will be on topic. Your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there or live there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles in the forum looking for threads of interest. You may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers regarding various subjects concerning the area. Also, your new thread and the replies you receive may be helpful for other members seeking the same information! 🙂 I suggest you use the Follow feature on any new threads you start or any other threads or forums where you are interested in the new replies such as this thread. That way you will not have to take all that time to go l👀king for a thread to see if there are new posts or a forum to see if there are new threads! When posted, the new posts or new threads will come l👀king for you as notifications to your current Cruise Critic email address of record. BTW, if your current Cruise Critic email address of record is not correct and needs to be updated, please click the following and follow the directions: How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address OR if you are like me and do not want a "boat load" of email notifications, then you can choose your notifications setting to be Notification List. You will just click the Cruise Critic Notifications Bell located toward the top right of the page near your user name for a clickable list to appear of all your notifications. One click on each of the listed notifications will take you to the new post in your Followed thread or new thread in your Followed forum. If you need more information about the feature and the various preferences you can choose, please click here: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) and here: How To: Change Email Settings/Unsubscribe: Notification Settings And please don't forget‼️ After your cruise be sure to submit your review for publication by Cruise Critic. Many cruisers will benefit from your experience! Make YOUR voice heard! Your honest cruise review will influence the year-end Cruise Critic 'Best in Cruise' Awards winners and help others make informed decisions about their next cruise. Please click here: How To: Write & Submit a Member Review Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! 😊 Happy sails, Host Kat

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Thank you so very much! However, it is actually not until tomorrow the 12th. Somehow Cruise Critic is a bit early with the information on the bottom of the main board page today. Oh well, that just means I get to celebrate for two days. 😉

Hello and welcome back to the Cruise Critic website & message board! 🙂 I see it has been a while since you have posted. Since you are located in Australia, be sure to check out our Australia & New Zealand Cruisers forum. Browse through the thread titles in that forum looking for threads of interest. The following information will hopefully 🤞 help you navigate our message board for the future: The Cruise Critic website and message board are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you are posting again! 🙂 Please click here Cruise Critic Community for all our various discussion forum categories. I suggest you put the page link https://boards.cruisecritic.com/ in your browser's Favorites for quick & easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the various forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Please make sure you read any pinned threads (aka stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Regarding ports of call on any ocean cruise itinerary, please feel free to browse our various Ports of Call forums. The majority of your fellow Critic members that have been to the various ports frequent those forums and provide feedback regarding things such as tours, excursions or transportation in the specific forum for the port. Our Cruise Critic Roll Call threads are for Cruise Critic members sailing on the same cruise. They get to know one another online before their cruise so there will be all kinds of discussion in the Roll Call thread for their cruise! If you have booked a cruise, please click What is a Roll Call? Everything you Need to Know and How To: Create A New Roll Call. For more information about our famous Roll Calls, please click the Roll Calls and Our Policy Regarding Facebook and Roll Calls sections in the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships. Important to Note: Some Roll Calls get started very early, others start closer to sailing dates; some are very active; some tend to be a bit more quiet. Regardless of how active a Roll Call is, this is a great opportunity to meet your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you. The specific Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your line, ship and sail date is the ONLY place on the Cruise Critic message boards where you and your fellow Roll Call thread members may post personal ads about sharing private tours, excursions or transportation with each other to 💲ave money. There is a "captive audience" there since you are all sailing together! Your fellow Roll Call thread members may have important information posted in your Roll Call thread. Especially those that may have sailed your line, ship or itinerary before. Also, they may have already posted share requests that may interest you. 🙂 And please don't forget‼️ After your cruise be sure to submit your review for publication by Cruise Critic. Many cruisers will benefit from your experience! Make YOUR voice heard! Your honest cruise review will influence the year-end Cruise Critic 'Best in Cruise' Awards winners and help others make informed decisions about their next cruise. Please click here: How To: Write & Submit a Member Review As a friendly reminder, please remember the following portion from the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: Browse Before You Post Browse a topic first to see if your question has already been asked or answered by someone else. Also, many of the major cruise lines forums have a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) topic that has been created by our members. Give that a try first. Browsing is your #1 best resource! Please post your messages in an appropriate topic so that you'll receive the best possible response. It is very time consuming to move misplaced messages that are in the wrong topics. Anytime you need to start a new thread with an inquiry on any of our various discussion forums, first make sure you are in the correct forum for your thread so it will be on topic. Use the dark blue Start new topic button and word your new thread title in a way to help the members know exactly the information you seek. This greatly helps the members browsing through the thread titles and if they know the information, they will post replies to you. Also, it is best to limit each inquiry message to only one topic such as one cruise line, one ship, one port of call, etc. and of course, on the correct forum where it will be on topic. You will get more replies that way. Be sure to mention important details in your inquiry message such as the cruise line, ship, sail date or port. That sort of detailed information in your inquiry message may help your fellow Cruise Critic members to be able to help you with their replies If you ever need technical help in regard to using the Cruise Critic message board software, go to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. You will see a large amount of "How to..." pinned threads on the forum's first page. Again, browse through the threads in the forum looking for threads of interest. And again, as with other forums on our boards, you may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. I am sincerely sorry this reply is soooo very long, but I really, really hope 🤞 this information will be helpful to someone returning to posting on our board. We are soooo happy to have you back aboard Cruise Critic! 😊 Happy sails, Host Kat

To help you hopefully get replies from your fellow Cruse Critic members, I edited your thread title. You need to always word your new thread titles in a way to help the members know exactly the information you seek. This greatly helps the members browsing through the thread titles and if they know the information, they will post replies to you. Also, it is best to limit each inquiry message to only one topic such as one cruise line, one ship, one port of call, etc. and of course, on the correct forum where it will be on topic. You will get more replies that way. Be sure to mention important details in your inquiry message such as the cruise line, ship, sail date or port. That sort of detailed information in your inquiry message may help your fellow Cruise Critic members to be able to help you with their replies. I also suggest you use the Follow feature on any new threads you start or any other threads or forums where you are interested in the new replies such as this thread. That way you will not have to take all that time to go l👀king for a thread to see if there are new posts or a forum to see if there are new threads! When posted, the new posts or new threads will all come l👀king for you as notifications to your current Cruise Critic email address of record. BTW, if your current Cruise Critic email address of record is not correct and needs to be updated, please click the following and follow the directions: How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address OR if you are like me and do not want a "boat load" of email notifications, then you can choose your notifications setting to be Notification List. You will just click the Cruise Critic Notifications Bell located toward the top right of the page near your user name for a clickable list to appear of all your notifications. One click on each of the listed notifications will take you to the new post in your Followed thread or new thread in your Followed forum. If you need more information about the feature and the preferences you can choose, please click here: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) and here: How To: Change Email Settings/Unsubscribe: Notification Settings And please don't forget‼️ After your cruise be sure to submit your review for publication by Cruise Critic. Many cruisers will benefit from your experience! Make YOUR voice heard! Your honest cruise review will influence the year-end Cruise Critic 'Best in Cruise' Awards winners and help others make informed decisions about their next cruise. Please click here: How To: Write & Submit a Member Review If you ever need technical help in regard to using the Cruise Critic message board software, go to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. You will see a large amount of "How to..." pinned threads on the forum's first page. Browse through the threads in the forum looking for threads of interest. As with other forums on our boards, you may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! 😊 Host Kat

Perhaps something in the following oldie but goodie Cruise Critic articles will be helpful: Finding a Cruise Agency: Everything You Need to Know Last updated February 12, 2025 Cruise Travel Agent vs. Online Booking: Which Is Best? Last updated February 12, 2025 Secret Agent Deals: How to Find Prices Cruise Lines Don't Offer Last updated October 9, 2019 Hope 🤞 this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! 😊 Happy sails, Host Kat

As a friendly reminder to all, please note the following portion from the pinned thread toward the top of the first page of this forum titled **DO NOT POST HERE** until you've read the Rules for Posting in the Asia Forum: Post Shore Excursion Shares In ROLL CALLS Posts looking for members to "share" your excursion, or posts mentioning that a few more spaces in a van are available and you should contact so and so, are not allowed here or or on any of the other forums except the ROLL CALL forums. Use the specific ROLL CALL thread for your ship’s sailing date to find others willing to share your shore excursion tour costs. You are targeting the specific group of people who would be most inclined to share since they are already sailing with you. Do not start a new ROLL CALL thread in a ROLL CALL forum with your share request. Use your existing ROLL CALL thread to post your share request. For information about our Roll Calls, please click What is a Roll Call? Everything you Need to Know and How To: Create A New Roll Call. For more information about our famous Roll Calls, please click Roll Calls and Our Policy Regarding Facebook and Roll Calls sections in the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships. Please take your conversations regarding share requests to the Roll Call thread for your cruise. They are not to be posted in threads on this Port of Calls - Asia forum as mentioned above.

Two threads by the same member have been merged into this one thread. That way, all the replies will be in one place. Due to the Cruise Critic software, all posts now appear in post date/time order in this newly merged thread. If anyone was not aware there was another thread, please read back through this newly merged thread to make sure you have seen ALL of the posts so far.

Hello @Teachkids2 🙂 As for recommendations for tours, excursions or transportation in the Ports of Call for your cruise, you will need to go to our Ports of Call forums. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been to the various ports frequent those forums and provide feedback regarding tours, excursions or transportation there. In your case, you will want to research each of your ports in their individual forums located here: Ports of Call - Caribbean Browse through the thread titles in the forums for your ports looking for threads of interest. You may find Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. Also, if you post a new thread in the forums, the replies you receive may be helpful for other Cruise Critic members seeking the same information in each of your ports! 🙂 As a friendly reminder, please remember the following portion from the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: Browse Before You Post Browse a topic first to see if your question has already been asked or answered by someone else. Also, many of the major cruise lines forums have a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) topic that has been created by our members. Give that a try first. Browsing is your #1 best resource! Please post your messages in an appropriate topic so that you'll receive the best possible response. It is very time consuming to move misplaced messages that are in the wrong topics. Anytime you need to start a new thread with an inquiry on any of our various discussion forums, first make sure you are in the correct forum for your thread so it will be on topic. Use the dark blue Start new topic button and word your new thread title in a way to help the members know exactly the information you seek. This greatly helps the members browsing through the thread titles and if they know the information, they will post replies to you. Also, it is best to limit each inquiry message to only one topic such as one cruise line, one ship, one port of call, etc. and of course, on the correct forum where it will be on topic. You will get more replies that way. Be sure to mention important details in your inquiry message such as the cruise line, ship, sail date or port. That sort of detailed information in your inquiry message will help your fellow Cruise Critic members to be able to help you with their replies And please don't forget‼️ After your cruise be sure to submit your review for publication by Cruise Critic. Many cruisers will benefit from your experience! Make YOUR voice heard! Your honest cruise review will influence the year-end Cruise Critic 'Best in Cruise' Awards winners and help others make informed decisions about their next cruise. Please click here: How To: Write & Submit a Member Review I am sincerely sorry this reply is soooo very long, but I really, really hope 🤞 this information will be helpful. We are soooo happy to have you aboard Cruise Critic! 😊 Happy sails, Host Kat

Howdy @tiptwo2 welcome back to the Cruise Critic website & message board from a fellow Texan! 🙂 To help you out, your new thread has been moved to our North American Homeports - West Coast Departures forum where it will be on topic. Your fellow Cruise Critic members that live there or have been there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles in the forum looking for threads of interest. You may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers regarding hotel, transportation, dining & embarkation information. Also, your new thread and the replies you receive may be helpful for other members seeking the same information! 🙂 The Cruise Critic website and message board are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you are posting again! 🙂 Please click here Cruise Critic Community for all our various discussion forum categories. I suggest you put the page link in your browser's Favorites for quick & easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the various forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Please make sure you read any pinned threads (aka stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. I also suggest you use the Follow feature on any new threads you start or any other threads or forums where you are interested in the new replies such as this thread. That way you will not have to take all that time to go l👀king for a thread to see if there are new posts or a forum to see if there are new threads! When posted, the new posts or new threads will all come l👀king for you as notifications to your current Cruise Critic email address of record. BTW, if your current Cruise Critic email address of record is not correct and needs to be updated, please click the following and follow the directions: How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address OR if you are like me and do not want a "boat load" of email notifications, then you can choose your notifications setting to be Notification List. You will just click the Cruise Critic Notifications Bell located toward the top right of the page near your user name for a clickable list to appear of all your notifications. One click on each of the listed notifications will take you to the new post in your Followed thread or new thread in your Followed forum. If you need more information about the feature and the preferences you can choose, please click here: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) and here: How To: Change Email Settings/Unsubscribe: Notification Settings And please don't forget‼️ After your cruise be sure to submit your review for publication by Cruise Critic. Many cruisers will benefit from your experience! Make YOUR voice heard! Your honest cruise review will influence the year-end Cruise Critic 'Best in Cruise' Awards winners and help others make informed decisions about their next cruise. Please click here: How To: Write & Submit a Member Review There have been some changes around here. If you need technical help in regard to using the Cruise Critic message board software, please go to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. You will see a large amount of "How to..." pinned threads on the forum's first page. Browse through the other threads in that forum looking for threads of interest. You may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers regarding the software that may be of interest to you. I am sincerely sorry this reply is soooo very long, but I really, really hope 🤞 this information will be helpful to someone returning to posting on our board. We are soooo happy to have you back aboard Cruise Critic! 😊 Happy sails, Host Kat

@CruiserBruce BTW, Cruise Critic Community is the same place.

@Cabin fevers Hello and welcome back to the Cruise Critic website & message board! I see it has been a while since you have posted. If you are interested in the Reviews by our members, click here: Cruise Critic Member Reviews We also have the "Live from..." type of threads on the message board. Click here: Live Cruise Reports Regarding ports of call on any ocean cruise itinerary, please feel free to browse our various Ports of Call forums. The majority of your fellow Critic members that have been to the various ports frequent those forums and provide feedback regarding things such as tours, excursions or transportation in the specific forum for the port. The Cruise Critic website and message board are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you are posting again! 🙂 Please click here Cruise Critic Community for all our various discussion forum categories. I suggest you put the page link in your browser's Favorites for quick & easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the various forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Please make sure you read any pinned threads (aka stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information. Hope this will be helpful! Host Kat

Hello and welcome to the Cruise Critic website & message board! 🙂 To help you out since your inquiry concerns a specific cruise line, your first new thread has been moved to our Celebrity Cruises forum where it will be on topic. It is the forum where you will find information from your fellow Cruise Critic members regarding how Celebrity handles all sorts things such as embarkation, disembarkation, dining as well as anything specific to Celebrity Beyond. The majority of Cruise Critic members that have sailed with the line frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles in this forum looking for threads of interest. You may find Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. Also, your new thread and the replies you receive may be helpful for other members seeking the same information! 🙂 Perhaps something in the following oldie but goodie Cruise Critic article will be helpful: Celebrity Cruises Aqua Class vs. Concierge Class last updated February 5, 2024 The following information will hopefully 🤞 help you navigate our message board for the future: The Cruise Critic website and message board are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you found us and are posting! 🙂 Please click here Cruise Critic Community for all our various discussion forum categories. I suggest you put the page link in your browser's Favorites for quick & easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the various forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Please make sure you read any pinned threads (aka stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Regarding ports of call on any ocean cruise itinerary, please feel free to browse our various Ports of Call forums. The majority of your fellow Critic members that have been to the various ports frequent those forums and provide feedback regarding things such as tours, excursions or transportation in the specific forum for the port. Our Cruise Critic Roll Call threads are for Cruise Critic members sailing on the same cruise. They get to know one another online before their cruise so there will be all kinds of discussion in the Roll Call thread for their cruise! After you have booked a cruise, please click What is a Roll Call? Everything you Need to Know and How To: Create A New Roll Call. For more information about our famous Roll Calls, please click the Roll Calls and Our Policy Regarding Facebook and Roll Calls sections in the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships. Important to Note: Some Roll Calls get started very early, others start closer to sailing dates; some are very active; some tend to be a bit more quiet. Regardless of how active a Roll Call is, this is a great opportunity to meet your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you. The specific Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your line, ship and sail date is the ONLY place on the Cruise Critic message boards where you and your fellow Roll Call thread members may post personal ads about sharing private tours, excursions or transportation with each other to 💲ave money. There is a "captive audience" there since you are all sailing together! Your fellow Roll Call thread members may have important information posted in your Roll Call thread. Especially those that may have sailed your line, ship or itinerary before. Also, they may have already posted share requests that may interest you. 🙂 Use the Roll Call Finder Tool at the top of the specific ROLL CALLS forum for your specific cruise line and ship to see if there is an existing Roll Call thread for your specific sail date. If not, feel free to start one! Just follow the directions in How To: Create A New Roll Call, especially how they are to be titled. And don't worry about any responsibilities in starting a Cruise Critic Roll Call thread. Our Roll Calls belong to all Cruise Critic members sailing that cruise; there is no designated leader or owner. It does not matter who started the Roll Call thread. However, if a Roll Call thread already exists for your specific cruise line, ship and sail date, click the Roll Call title to open the thread and read through the posts to get to know the other Cruise Critic members sailing with you. Then use the dark blue Reply to this topic button to post an introductory message about yourself. I feel sure your fellow Cruise Critic members will welcome you with replies. 🙂 For more information regarding quoting previous posts in a thread, as I did yours above, and then posting a reply to that specific post, please click here: How to: Reply to a Topic / Quote / Multi-Quote And please don't forget‼️ After your cruise be sure to submit your review for publication by Cruise Critic. Many cruisers will benefit from your experience! Make YOUR voice heard! Your honest cruise review will influence the year-end Cruise Critic 'Best in Cruise' Awards winners and help others make informed decisions about their next cruise. Please click here: How To: Write & Submit a Member Review As a friendly reminder, please remember the following portion from the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: Browse Before You Post Browse a topic first to see if your question has already been asked or answered by someone else. Also, many of the major cruise lines forums have a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) topic that has been created by our members. Give that a try first. Browsing is your #1 best resource! Please post your messages in an appropriate topic so that you'll receive the best possible response. It is very time consuming to move misplaced messages that are in the wrong topics. Anytime you need to start a new thread with an inquiry on any of our various discussion forums, first make sure you are in the correct forum for your thread so it will be on topic. Use the dark blue Start new topic button and word your new thread title in a way to help the members know exactly the information you seek. This greatly helps the members browsing through the thread titles and if they know the information, they will post replies to you. Also, it is best to limit each inquiry message to only one topic such as one cruise line, one ship, one port of call, etc. and of course, on the correct forum where it will be on topic. You will get more replies that way. Be sure to mention important details in your inquiry message such as the cruise line, ship, sail date or port. That sort of detailed information in your inquiry message may help your fellow Cruise Critic members to be able to help you with their replies If you ever need technical help in regard to using the Cruise Critic message board software, go to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. You will see a large amount of "How to..." pinned threads on the forum's first page. Again, browse through the threads in the forum looking for threads of interest. And again, as with other forums on our boards, you may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. I am sincerely sorry this reply is soooo very long, but I really, really hope 🤞 this information will be helpful to someone new to posting on our board. We are soooo happy to have you aboard Cruise Critic! 😊 Happy sails, Host Kat

You are most welcome and glad to be of service. 😊

This thread has been closed due to too many posts being removed that were obnoxious, annoying, or offensive to individuals or to the community as well as thread drift/hijacking and bickering. These types of posts add nothing to the discussion with a tendency to drive the discussion in a different direction.

Hello everyone, Two threads on the same topic have been merged into this one thread. That way, all the replies will be in one place. Due to the Cruise Critic software, all posts now appear in post date/time order in this newly merged thread. If anyone was not aware there was another thread, please read back through this newly merged thread to make sure you have seen ALL of the posts so far. Happy sails to all, Host Kat

To help you out, your new thread has been moved to our Ports of Call - Europe - British Isles/Western Europe forum where it will be on topic. Your fellow Cruise Critic members that live there or have been there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles in the forum looking for threads of interest. You may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers regarding various subjects concerning the area. Also, your new thread and the replies you receive may be helpful for other members seeking the same information! 🙂 Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello and welcome back to the Cruise Crtic website and message board! 🙂 I see has been a while since you have posted. Thank you for your new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your topic was off topic there since it concerns cruising with grandchildren of various ages. To help you out, your new thread has been moved to our Special Interest Cruising - Family Cruises forum where it will be on topic. It is the forum for finding good family cruise advice. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have cruised with children frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles in this forum looking for threads of interest. You may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. Also, your thread and the replies may be helpful for other members seeking the same information! 🙂 Also, perhaps something in the following oldie but goodie Cruise Critic articles will be helpful too: Best Cruises for Kids: The 6 Most Kid-Friendly Cruise Lines and Cruise Ships Kids Clubs on Cruise Ships: What to Expect Best Cruises for Teens 8 Cruise Safety Rules for Families With Children What to Expect on a Cruise: Cruise Activities for Teens Alaska Cruises: Everything You Need to Know for a Perfect Bucket-List Adventure Alaska Inside Passage Cruises: Everything You Need to Know And please don't forget‼️ After your cruise be sure to submit your review for publication by Cruise Critic. Many cruisers will benefit from your experience! Make YOUR voice heard! Your honest cruise review will influence the year-end Cruise Critic 'Best in Cruise' Awards winners and help others make informed decisions about their next cruise. Please click here: How To: Write & Submit a Member Review The Cruise Critic website and message board are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you are posting again! 🙂 Please click here Cruise Critic Community for all our various discussion forum categories. I suggest you put the page link in your browser's Favorites for quick & easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the various forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Please make sure you read any pinned threads (aka stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. So sorry this is so long, but I sincerely hope this information will be helpful to someone returning to posting on our board. We are so happy to have you back aboard Cruise Critic! 😊 Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello and welcome back to the Cruise Crtic website and message board! 🙂 I see has been a while since you have posted. Thank you for your new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your topic was off topic there since it concerns cruising with ability differences. To help you out, your new thread has been moved to our Special Interest Cruising - Disabled Cruise Travel forum where it will be on topic. It is the forum where your fellow Cruise Critic members with ability differences of all types share their cruise advice & experiences. Browse through the thread titles in the forum looking for threads of interest. You may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers regarding your topic. Also, your new thread and the replies you receive may be helpful for other members seeking the same information! 🙂 Perhaps something in the following oldie but goodie Cruise Critic article will be helpful: A Beginner's Guide to Accessible Cruising last updated April 13, 2021 I suggest you research our Special Interest Cruising - 55+ Cruisers forum too. The Cruise Critic website and message board are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you are posting again! 🙂 Please click here Cruise Critic Community for all our various discussion forum categories. I suggest you put the page link in your browser's Favorites for quick & easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the various forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Please make sure you read any pinned threads (aka stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. I also suggest you use the Follow feature on any new threads you start or any other threads or forums where you are interested in the new replies such as this thread. That way you will not have to take all that time to go l👀king for a thread to see if there are new posts or a forum to see if there are new threads! When posted, the new posts or new threads will all come l👀king for you as notifications to your current Cruise Critic email address of record. BTW, if your current Cruise Critic email address of record is not correct and needs to be updated, please click the following and follow the directions: How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address OR if you are like me and do not want a "boat load" of email notifications, then you can choose your notifications setting to be Notification List. You will just click the Cruise Critic Notifications Bell located toward the top right of the page near your user name for a clickable list to appear of all your notifications. One click on each of the listed notifications will take you to the new post in your Followed thread or new thread in your Followed forum. If you need more information about the feature and the preferences you can choose, please click here: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) and here: How To: Change Email Settings/Unsubscribe: Notification Settings And please don't forget‼️ After your cruise be sure to submit your review for publication by Cruise Critic. Many cruisers will benefit from your experience! Make YOUR voice heard! Your honest cruise review will influence the year-end Cruise Critic 'Best in Cruise' Awards winners and help others make informed decisions about their next cruise. Please click here: How To: Write & Submit a Member Review I am sincerely sorry this reply is soooo very long, but I really, really hope 🤞 this information will be helpful to someone returning to posting on our board. We are soooo happy to have you back aboard Cruise Critic! 😊 Happy sails, Host Kat