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  1. Re: engine. We were on the next 2 segments (getting off tomorrow in Seoul). No problems AFAIK. Our only delay was when Shanghai held us up for hours due to fog. We made every port more or less on time. Looking forward to reading your review.
  2. Why my husband leaves it all to me 🤣 Glad you finally got it to work! Happy travels.
  3. Take a screen shot of the reference code - don't just write it down. You need this to access the visa once approved. You will have to wait a few days and hopefully the email indicates you are approved and it provides the link to get a copy. The interesting thing is, after all the angst with the photos, there is no photo on the Vietnam eVisa, just a QR code. Whereas our visas for Cambodia have the photos we uploaded. And at least you should have current photos if required by your cruise line for online check in. (although you might have to resize them again......😁)
  4. Can't help you there. We are Androids (and Windows desktop). My biggest challenge was the photo size. Rest was easy. I scanned our passports, saved as jpg files and used crop to just include the data page with the photo. That worked.
  5. US passport size photo is 2x2. You need to adjust the size to a 2x3 ratio which is same ratio as 4x6. I took our photos with my smartphone, loaded them to my desktop computer (Windows) and opened them in the Photos app on the desktop. The crop function displays the ratio so I was able to get it to 2:3 and re-saved it. Hope this helps.
  6. I would suggest a taxi as well. I had mapped out a walk but I looked a bit convoluted and the taxi ride seemed longer than what Google maps suggested.
  7. I was on Vista in November. I have a small dual voltage flat iron for travel, brought it and used it on the ship.
  8. OK, understand the confusion. Point #5 above is to allow a 1 time CHANGE of cruise. Point #6 is if you cancel outright. This was a change effective Sept 1, 2023. New and high fee. The discussion in referenced thread seems to be about O trying to cut down on people doing placeholder bookings while they try to decide what cruise(s) to keep.
  9. No. I copied that from the invoice I received a week ago. I believe this has been discussed on other threads in the Oceania forum. https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2958035-new-cancellation-policy/#comment-65934277
  10. Not any more. Changed a while ago. Did a booking about a week ago for 12/27 sailing on Vista. Here are the first 2 lines of the cancellation policy: Guest Cancellation Schedule The following cancellation charges will be assessed for all cancellations received prior to departure up to the scheduled time of departure. 181 days or more prior to departure $150.00 per person 180 to 151 days prior to departure 20-Jun-24 to 19-Jul-24 $500.00 per person
  11. @Rick Derris We have cruised Oceania but never in Asia. We will be on Oceania and Vietnam will be 4 ports mid-cruise. On previous cruises Oceania has never kept our passports and I am not expecting them to do so now. They are also offering us Vietnam visa on arrival but at 4x the price of doing it ourselves.
  12. Same here as well. Show up in Points History but not added to the total. (I have a log I keep).
  13. Yes, we board on Feb 12 in Bangkok. Enjoy your cruise. Why would the dates need to be different - ie., add extra days before and after? Is that CYA on RCCL's part or just asking for trouble? Because you have to put your location address (the ship), don't you? And if you are somewhere else on those days... Life shouldn't be this complicated. 🙄
  14. I think we are on the same Oceania Riviera cruise. We are doing the segments Bangkok to Seoul. Our 1st port on Feb. 18 is listed as Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) with 3 subsequent ports (Na Trang, Hue and Hanoi) all in a row, leaving Vietnam on Feb. 23. I'd like to get e-Visas for less than the $99 pp that O will charge, but I am concerned that if we get e-Visas they may not be correct. And then we are paying again onboard. It sounds like you successfully applied for your Vietnam Visa so I have some questions. 1. what is the correct working page for the e-Visa. Won't connect in Chrome. Edge doesn't take me to an page where I can input data. I think I got there once before but cannot now. 2. Single entry visa since it is 4 ports in a row or multiple? 3. Looked at the list of ports. On the list of ports I see this: Cảng TP.Hồ Chí Minh Ho Chi Minh City Seaport Is that what you put in as port of entry? And I see you used Chan May for the exit port We leave from Ha Long Bay which is not on the list. So did your application complete successfully? And, more importantly, are you sure your e-Visa will be accepted when we enter Vietnam on RIviera? Thanks.
  15. We have done the Med on both AZ and O, and Greece/Turkey on Windstar, as well as traveling independently in France, Italy and Croatia. Enjoyed it all. Some cruisers prefer the country intensive itineraries that AZ offers. Some prefer variety of multiple countries, but it will be just a "teaser" of each country. The French ports offer much to see, as does Barcelona. Will you add any time pre or post cruise? What port(s) in Italy and on which cruise?
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