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This morning I reserved our first cruise with Seabourn, sailing on Encore 7 - 17 April 2020. Does anyone have a coupon or voucher available? Can the coupon or voucher be applied after the reservation is completed? If yes+yes, contact me at drei911s at mindspring dot com. Thanks! --- Coco
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On 10/15/2019 at 5:39 PM, Fouremco said:
That's simply not correct:
- For Large Ships, Celebrity is rated 5th, the same position that it held last year, so no slippage there;
- For Medium Ships, Celebrity moved up from 14th place to 10th, a gain of 4 places;
- For Small Ships, it moved from 9th to 7th, another gain in the rankings.
So, Celebrity remained the same in one category and improved its ranking in two others. Hardly a case of "slipping behind", and not something that LLP will have any difficulty explaining.
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On 5/17/2019 at 8:10 PM, ldubs said:
I know more ships mean bigger crowds. I'm curious how you guys use this info?
As others mentioned, I like to know how crowded a port will be and the scheduled arrival & departure times of the other ships. I may select an earlier or later shore excursion with the possibility of smaller crowds before a large ship arrives or after it departs.
Often I use cruisetimetables to research which ships call at a port that interests me. Also for smaller ports, I can choose an acceptable ship that will be in that port on a day with fewer ships.
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We recently flew LHR > YYZ then onward to the US. Other than the very long walks, the longest delay (25 minutes) was in a holding area waiting for our names to pop up on a screen.
After deplaning (and waaaaaalking), you stop at kiosks to enter your information. We have Global Entry so no waiting and the agent entered our information. (No clue what this pre-entry area is called.)
Then if you have checked bags, you wait in another area for your name to appear on a screen which indicates that your bags have been X-rayed and sent for loading onto the connecting flight.
The next stop was a Global Entry kiosk; we gave the printout to an Immigration agent and made our way to our connecting gate. Those without Global Entry had longer lines waiting to be cleared by the agents. (I don't recall if we went through another security check between this step and heading to our very distant gate. My brain starts going numb to cope. LOL)
Overall the process to our connection gate took approximately 1 hour 15 minutes after landing. Our checked bags had neon-colored Priority and Transfer tags. If you are not using the Connecting Flights "shortcut", add extra time for Immigration and Security (re-entering) lines.
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We had Lotus Spa toiletries in our mini-suite (not Club class) on Pacific Princess.
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Thanks, Carmen!
This is Bing.com's translation:
--Headline--
A ferry crashes into a cruise ship in the port of Barcelona
The incident has not caused injuries and has occurred when the first ship docked after arriving from Tangier.
--Article--
A ferry has collided first thing this afternoon in the port of Barcelona against a cruise while carrying out the docking manoeuvre, as revealed by a recording broadcast by the Dockers of the facility. None of the passengers on both boats have been injured or affected by the incident.
The incident occurred around 14.00, when the ferry Fantastic of the company Grandi Navi Speedi, coming from Tangier, has collided against the Viking Star Cruiser, which was docked in terminal B of the port, as confirmed by a spokesman for the Port.
This source has indicated that this collision is "very atypical", given the good visibility of today, but it is still unknown whether this incident is due to machine failure or a human error. The port qualifies the shock of "very slight", although it is "evaluating if there is any material damage".
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Why is "non-refundable" a deal breaker if the fare is truly a sale fare? Do people reserve cruises only three to nine months away with the intention (or strong possibility) of cancelling their reservations?
[ETA: Just asking based on the comments, not trying to stir up a hornet's nest....buzzzzzz]
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Celestyal Crystal (yourcubacruise.com) has weekly departures from Havana and Montego Bay for a circumnavigation of Cuba. You could easily fly back to south Florida for your subsequent cruise, allowing a buffer day for just-in-case situations.
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Although I carry a small amount of Dawn dish detergent for removing stains, Camp Suds (available @REI) is my favorite travel detergent because it easily rinses out of clothing.
For quickest drying, choose your fabrics wisely -- no heavy denim jeans! Rolling items in a towel twice removes most of the moisture. If an iron is available in a laundry area, you can dry items quickly and completely with the heat. Hair dryers are slower, but are a readily-available option.
When traveling by land or water, I always carry several plastic hangers with clips. Hang your items to dry upside down for a few hours, then reverse. This prevents having items dry except for a damp bottom hem.
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Bonzy49, join the existing roll call for this cruise in the Roll Call forum.
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Although I have several sets of cubes, my preferred packing aids are lingerie bags. These zippered mesh bags are intended for protecting lingerie in the washing machine. They are less expensive and less bulky than cubes, and are available in various sizes.
My usual bag groupings are:
(1) undies, socks, bras
(2) sleepwear, loungewear
(3) casual knit tops
(4) pants, capris, shorts
(5) cardigans, gloves, scarf [if needed]
My shoes are always in plastic bags by pairs. I carry a large drawstring bag for dirty clothes, primarily panties and socks. My clothes are always turned inside out after wearing and usually hung in the closet. If an item was worn only briefly, as for a meal, I may wear it again knowing by its inside-outness :-) that it isn't "fresh", but not yet in need of laundering.
As I repack my suitcase, the inside-out items are layered in the bottom of my suitcase. Any unworn items remain in or are repacked in the lingerie bags. After I return home, determining what goes into the laundry hamper and what returns to the closet is quick & easy without reverting to inconclusive sniff tests. ;-) I use cubes and zippered cases for lots of odds and ends in both my suitcase and my backpack/tote bag. One packing technique that I want to try sometime is the rolled clothing method. Hard to break the old folding habit though!
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If you made your reservation at yourcubacruise.com, "Prepaid Gratuities" should have been one of the inclusions under the "Onboard" heading. My e-ticket doesn't show the gratuities inclusion; I took a screen capture during the reservation process that showed all inclusions. I would attach the image to this message if I knew how. You can begin a new reservation using Celestyal's <Book Now> button to see the inclusions.
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Carmen, I just read your message about being able to access the tour information at yourcubacruise. I transcribed the tour information - Included and Optional - for you and posted at our roll call. If I had known that you finally hacked your way into the Canadian site, :-) I would have found something more productive to do with my evening. :-) LOL!!! Wish that Celestyal would add Trinidad as a replacement. (Cienfuegos on Wednesday, then Trinidad on Thursday) I love Trinidad!!!
LIVE from Viking Sky - Greek Odyssey cruise - Nov 26-Dec 6
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We are currently on Viking Mars sailing Bangkok to Bali. Our PV mini-bar has 4 mini-bottles of alcohol. Our cabin steward Danika said that I could leave her a note requesting any combination of soft drinks and spirits. I asked for ginger ale and the next day 2 small bottles of ginger ale were added. No change from our previous PV experiences.