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I’ve seen there are taxis but also an open air bus? Anyone done this with a car seat? I assume the open air bus has no seatbelts?

Exactly my thought. If they were honest up front I think it would go a long way. It makes sense, it happens. Sucks, but better than cancelling the cruise altogether. Very annoying to hear about it from a third party. I even called to get more info and they gave me the same stupid response from the letter.

Yep! I called, no port fees will be refunded. If they were actually doing an engine overhaul (per what the BVI port authority posted… whatever that means) I would be happy to skip a port rather than have them cancel the cruise. It happens, but be honest instead of some vague email 😞 The engine theory makes sense with the changes at other ports that have nothing to do with Tortola

You are right. We stumbled upon this…

Lol!!!!!! Love it. Not a bad idea

Rude, I figured. Super annoying. Sometimes I wonder if their financial schemes win in the long run? Sigh.

I’ve been to Tortola and it was fine? Why would they give us a sea day instead, to save money? 🤣 I’d rather have the option to get off. then we port later at st Thomas? Seems suspicious. I know we agree to this, so it’ll be fine, just annoying

We sail in 2.5 weeks and they dropped tortola. Anyone have any ideas? It seems to be a theme lately? In meetings all day and plan to call later. I know it’s in the fine print, bummed but it’ll still be a good time. We also lost a few hours off another port.

I have not but it doesn’t hurt to ask 😊 if you are polite and tip well I’ve found the butlers will go above and beyond where they can (if possible)

Yes! You can order from anywhere from our experience, charges apply to specialty restaurants if you don’t have a dining credit to use.

Exactly YOLO! Never know when you’ll be back so book the Pisa and cinque terre trip. Then report back and let us know how it was!!! So jealous!!!

Sounds amazing! Have the best time!! We loved the Prima. if you disembark from Rome, pre book transportation. The taxis at port were charging $500 (has to be illegal?!!) but ours was much less ($150 for a big van and private driver that was waiting for us). I think you can do both especially if they guarantee return in time. Might be a long day but you only live once! Pisa was not somewhere I’d want to spend tons of time anyways. 30 min was plenty. Too many people. Get great shoes and get kids walking now to prepare and break in shoes. I made my husband prep lol We work out but 30k+ miles a day….. Ooooooof 😅 ibiza and Mallorca had taxis at the port waiting. Many have phone numbers on the side so we’d take a pic for later. We took the bus in Mallorca/walked and taxi back. Ibiza we called a taxi when ready at the beach club. Many text too. Mallorca….. we almost missed the ship because the taxi cue in city centre was INSANE. Like a 40 min wait. We almost ran the miles back. Also tried Uber and they kept cancelling. We got the monthly international cell package through Verizon (cheaper than daily and didn’t deal with SIM cards). Definitely recommend. It was $100 for the month and worked in every country. Also download Uber, bolt and cabify. Some don’t work at the port some do, depends on the region. Otherwise we’d hail a taxi like the old days. Also bounce app is great to safely store stuff if on an excursion or if you want to do something without stuff like the beach (car seat for us!). Gibraltar was the one port we didn’t have 😞

Yes this! We did an Airbnb in Rome with a washer/dryer and it was amazing.

The slides were barely used in our sailing in October. We were not in one of these rooms so I can’t speak to that. I would recommend to not stay below the haven sundeck, very loud overnight when they move around chairs.

We did Prima in Oct (with a 10 month old). There is a ton to do for kids, water slides, regular slides, kids club, arcade, mini golf, a go kart track, it goes on and on. We stayed in the haven and loved it, doing another in a few weeks (different ship) also haven. Worth it with kids!