Cruiser Nonna

Thank you for the information about arrival into Long Beach - Greatly helps with plans - stay well and safe and have a wonderful holiday season

Thank you for sharing - I see that you flew into Long Beach Airport - could you advise the time from the airport to the ship and the cost of Uber?  Did you also price taxi?  Thank you so much for your help

Have not been able to find any private tours from LeHavre - we ended up booking through the cruiseline full day with lunch on the Seine - not ideal but the only other option was to take the bus trip into Paris and then arrange for a private tour for a few hours - just decided with all that is going on thought it better for us to take the escorted tour - although years ago I did take the bus in and then took taxi from place to place  I see that you are in Sacramento Ca - I am in Morgan HIll CA - have a wonderful trip - stay well and safe

Have sailed out of Southampton and other cruise ports several times in the past.  One time we flew what was to be a non stop flight to Heathrow had a medical emergency onboard and diverted us for more than 3 hours and arrived into Heathrow about the same time the ship was departing.  They did hold the ship as there were 14 of us on that flight - however the transfer was almost 2 hours and the driver was talking to the port the entire time not knowing how much longer they could hold based on the tides.

 Yes if we had missed embarkation they would have helped us to get to the next port - however remember that you miss that first day and even the second day as you will be traveling and the hope that there are flights into the next port of call.

 Two months ago flew into and out of Heathrow and it has become so busy and so crowded so definitely leave yourself plenty of time to not only get baggage, hopefully flight on time, clear customs and get out of the airport.

 Hopefully you might be able to change your flights - add on 1 night pre cruise either through Princess or on your own so that you are stressfree and ready to have a great cruise - Enjoy

Thank you I had read that thread and know that It is not an ideal situation but it is our only option to see as much in that one day thus hoping for a private tour - but still have found no recommendations thus far.  Appreciate your input

Any recommendations for private tours from LeHavre to Paris and private tours from LeHavre to Normandy - 

Any help would be greatly appreciated - thank you - stay well and safe

Grandma Cruising - hoping you are having a great cruise - we sail Quest on November 15 - 11 nights

Submitted for upgrade on 10/22/22 - Discover Plus - V1 booked - options as follows - USD

Veranda Plus - $100-$400 per person

Club Continent - $400-$1700 per person

Club Spa - $2100-$3600 per person

Club Ocean - $2250-$4600 per person

Club Owners - $2820-$5100 per person

Bid $550 per person and received upgrade 11/3/22 to a N1 although there were N2 - so pleased with location not great about the tub/shower but will see.

I had asked the question about Pending and it was about a week that it said Pending and then received the upgrade still not sure if Pending meant pretty sure or just goes to Pending once submitted although did notice two days before upgrade - no longer could I bid on the Club Ocean or Owners Suite

Hope this helps with the spreadsheet - Enjoy your cruises - stay well and safe!

Thank you for your response - still saying Pending and now think it is just what it says after one has generated a bid - thought maybe it was like RCG and that meant you were receiving the upgrade but since it has been days think not - either way a cruise is in my future!!!  Stay well and safe

First time bidding on Azamara and noticed yesterday it says Pending when I checked bidding upgrade - maybe it has said that since I submitted - but wondering if others have an answer - bid about 3 weeks ago and sailing on November 15.  When I did it on Royal Caribbean it did come back as Pending and then next day received the email - not sure if same for Azamara -  appreciate any thoughts or personal experience as to this Pending.  Thank you again -

 Stay well and safe

Thank you for the update on Celebrity - have not done a bid on them - I did sail on Royal Caribbean end of September and did do a bid and received the miniumum category upgrade - Diamond Plus with Royal - when I did the upgrade with Royal I had called in and also emailed upgrade department and was told it is just done by "computer" and nothing else thus luck of the draw and it is done by an outside company. So was impressed to see Azamara acknowledging repeat guests and now per your posting above - Celebrity.  Would you be interested to know in regards to Azamara since that is our next cruise how level really helps - thank you again for responding - stay well and safe

When looking at the information for bidding on Azamara - they state that Azamara Circle members do have priority based on their level tier.  They must not be using the same company that handles Celebrity and Royal Caribbean upgrades since they give nothing based on your level.

Have others found that this did help?  We are Discover Plus - would appreciate any thoughts - thank you and stay well and safe

Booked for the first time balcony guarantee and was assigned an obstructed balcony (lowest category) so then bid on oceanview balcony and larger oceanview balcony - assigned oceanview balcony in the lowest category and not a great location - so even though the rate was lower - feel I did not do well on this and probably would not do it again - and it does not matter what your level is - we are Diamond Plus - think I would rather just pay more and know where the cabin is - have a great cruise

Thank you so much - as I had said I have never been on a ship that offered so many movies (old and new) except Regent - it was just so nice to have options - appreciate your sharing

Sailed on Grand Princess in Alaska and was so pleasantly surprised at the amount of options that were available on the television - movies, programming, live shows - have sailed on so many lines and never have seen anything like this

Thinking of doing Royal from SF to Hawaii and back and on  Regal transatlantic with many sea days and wondering if the programming is the same on all of their ships

Understanding that many people will say - why would you watch television when so much to do on the ship - which love to do that as well but also love having this option.

Thank you all for your help - stay well and safe

13 minutes ago, srice said:

There are 3 tabs at the bottom of the sheet.  Click on "Managing Data" and you will find the directions there.

 

Thank you -but I find nothing on any of the pages within this topic - you say "bottom of sheet"?  I obviously am missing something so any additional help would be appreciated

 

On 8/15/2022 at 1:12 PM, RCI Cabin Reviews said:

  

Look at the tab "Managing Data" for instructions about how to manipulate the data.  You should be able to drill down to the information you are looking for.  E-mail me at RCIcabincomp@gmail.com if you have any problems.

Thank you for doing this - but I do not find "Managing Data" tab - appreciate your help

Has anyone been able to connect their ROKU to the television to be able to stream shows - we will have Surf and Stream

 Any suggestions - greatly appreciated - have a lot of days at sea and the last time we were on Royal the programming was not great - if any update news on programming would appreciate your advice

  Thank you - stay well and safe

Refer to posting #2 within this topic - it works if you are an Apple user - 

Booked a XB guarantee about 3 weeks ago for 9/30 Ovation - continues to show GTY however the first time I tried the Wallet option it was GTY and then a few days later shows a cabin number in the bar code but still shows GTY but also on the Sail Pass shows Muster station and GTY - assigned the lowest balcony E2 obstructed - but on the confirmation and APP shows GTY - so not sure why if assigned per bar code why it would not show everywhere?

Booked an XB (balcony guarantee) on Ovation in 6 weeks - there were no 1E or 2E obstructed balcony cabins showing in inventory. There is availability showing in all categories 4D up to 2C - so was encouraged.

Yesterday assigned to a 2E obstructed - and of course forward etc etc - had hoped that being Diamond Plus would have helped, have never done a guarantee before, and it did not - but the rate was so much lower than all the others - keeping the good outlook - on the ship!

On 8/3/2022 at 5:46 PM, zebra said:

Yes I have an assigned cabin on Deck 9 towards the aft, not too far from the elevators. Perfect position for us ..... we choose to be close to the aft elevators usually, so this is great!  So very pleased.

 

Glad that you are pleased with your guarantee - so what guarantee category were you in and what category were you assigned - Thanks and have a great cruise!

Yes you do need to complete the Arrive Can within 3 days of arrival in Canada or if sailing from Whittier/Seward to Vancouver need to be completed within 3 days of boarding the ship - or at least this is what we had to do 3 weeks ago - there is a new version of the Arrive Can online thought doing it online rather than downloading the APP was easier and thought it was pretty easy and when in doubt suggest doing it and not having to worry - have a great cruise

We have never done the XB (balcony guarantee) until now for 9/30 sailing - have not been assigned but know that it could be up to day of sailing (or as one poster said as he drove into Galveston) which is okay

Question -  when assigning do they take into consideration your level with Royal - we are Diamond Plus whether that would make any difference at all?

Thank you for all your comments and help - stay well and safe

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions - my friend uses a walker so often times taxi's (if small} do not work thus we usually try and have private tours with Vans arranged - does anyone who has been there remember seeing Van taxis?  Also agree about ship excursions but most say they are not accessible and getting on and off a bus is not an option - Thank you again for all your help - stay well and safe

Thank you - I did post there and also on the Middle East ports - sadly no response so was hoping maybe someone would see this and have some options.

Stay well and safe