Roger the cabin boy

An update, following all the good advice I thought that I’d contact RC direct....what a waste of time!

Their advice was a two liner saying that they don’t deal with visas and that I should contact the appropriate embassy or visa service, then there was four lines on how I could enhance my cruise by purchasing dining and drink packages. Typical sell, sell and sell again attitude.

if my memory serves me well, when we sailed around Australia on RC and went to Bali, we were charged $35 US for the ship to obtain visas!!!

Surely when a cruise line repeats an itinerary as often as this they should know what the ship does and doesn’t do in each port rather.

Once  again, thanks for the advice from the experienced CC members on this subject

Many thanks to all for the quick response. I managed to find an email contact for the Bahrain embassy and received the following 

Thank you for your e-mail. 

As a UK citizen, you will be able to obtain a visa upon arrival at the port
in Bahrain. 

I hope this helps but please do not hesitate to get in touch if you require
any further information. 

Kind regards, 

Consular Section 
Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain

We are doing B2b 3rd and 10th february 2020 and as UK citizens it appears that we do not require visas for UAE and Qatar but the information on Oman and Bahrain is very confusing. Maybe an experienced traveller on the forum can help with the following;

Does RC arrange visas on arrival in these ports?

Do UK citizens need visas if arriving on a cruise ship for the day (I am aware air travellers visiting will require one)?

If they are required, do you deal direct with the embassy or through a third party visa specialists? 

Any guidance would be much appreciated

Just back off Independance and noticed that they serve Butterfish with no health warning. Butterfish, otherwise known as Escolar has known laxative effects insofar as its waxy oil is not digested by humans.

This first came to light personally on a previous cruise when I thought I had got some sort of bowel issue ( noticed by bright orange oily globules floating in the toilet) I though nothing more until it happened again after eating Butterfish again. This lead to some research where it is found to possible cause harsher side effects which could make some people quite ill.

Just wondering if any fellow cruisers have experienced this or have any more knowledge?