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Make sure you do an excursion, Dover itself is a dump. We sailed out of there a few years ago on the Carnival Legend. Never again

We’ve booked the ABCs for my birthday in April 25. The itinerary is the same one that was cancelled owing to the Pandemic 3 weeks before we were due to travel. Will be our first cruise back in the Caribbean since 2018, we’ve stuck to more close to home ever since either in the Med or sailing from Southampton to the Canaries.

We met Erin on the Reflection in the Med a couple of summers ago. Like you say she is full on 😁😁

It’s actually officially QVB, the Queen Victoria Building. It’s a fantastic shopping mall

My wife had that same shoulder surgery after a fall off one step onto a carpeted landing at a theatre back home between Christmas and New Year. Operated on mid January, just about now getting back to normal, especially now she is able to drive again.

Coincidence, we arrived in Perth middle of February 2008 after a week in Singapore, spent the next 6 weeks travelling across the country on a bucket list land vacation returning via LA where we stayed with friends. We were blessed with great weather everywhere we went apart from a short heavy burst of rain one morning in Brisbane. I suppose we were lucky.

Another Jim and Iain travel escapade.Following along

Safe journey home, loved the live follow. That will be us April 2025, I’ll be celebrating my 70th birthday on board. Have just booked Murano to celebrate

Great to jump on board another of your live follows. Sorry to hear you’re having to travel solo. We’re on this itinerary this time next year on the Reflection. It was the first sailing we had cancelled at the beginning of the pandemic 3 weeks before sailing. Sailed on the Reflection twice before and love that ship, who doesn’t ?. if you see AA Katou in the casino bar tell Mr Wesley says hi.

Just received an email here in the UK inviting me to watch the latest Webinar before 27th December to earn 50 PUPs

Happy Birthday Jim. I’ve never sailed with an actual birthday on board ship . We’ve just booked an ABC islands sailing for April 2025 on the Reflection and I’ll actually pass 70th birthday while on board. As well as celebrating a special birthday it’s an itinerary we had booked in 2020 that was cancelled just before sailing owing to the Pandemic. Really looking forward to it now.

We stayed at the Pan Pacific some years ago. In fact it’s so long ago they were still building that MRT station. It was our first time in Singapore after doing a land trip which included Thailand and Hong Kong. It was an awesome hotel back then. Hope it’s still the same.We have been back several times but stayed further along Orchard Road and around Clarke Quay Thanks also for opening your heart and letting us have a glimpse into your life story.

Looking forward to this one Jim.

Our friends are on board and they are stuck in Lisbon as the port is now closed due to the weather conditions.They cannot leave until the winds drop. Vigo has obviously been cancelled tomorrow and the intention apparently was to sail slowly behind the storm, taking two days to reach Southampton. Could still be delayed reaching home.

just scrolling through your photos again and saw the cornbeef hash. What have they done to it. Had it on our sailing and couldn’t eat it, , it was really tomatoey couldn’t eat it. First world problem I know 😂😂😂

Same here, had it last week. Well not ordering a 5 gallon bucket. 😂

Had dealings with the guy last week, his name was Mark Gazovic, the assistant F&B director was a guy called Sassa from Serbia.

We got off the ship this morning after our brilliant 11 days sailing the same itinerary that you will be enjoying. There are some awesome staff on board who can’t do enough for you. We were select dining on deck 4. Usually went to the dining room around 7.45.walked straight in most nights but 2 nights we had a beeper because we asked if we could go into Bobbys section where he was waiter and Firmin as the Sommelier. Both of them were great and a credit to Celebrity. Food was excellent although with less choice. We did Murano and Tuscan and both were at there usual high standard. Look out for Atish one of the deck waiters up on 14. It was a full ship and I’m told yours will be the same, which meant the Ocean View was mad busy when a lot of people arrived back on board after being in port. The Martini bar staff seemed a bit quite early on but as the days went by they became more confident and had the usual laughs with them. Maybe they were new. oh and our best friends Gary and Lynne got on as well today, they’re a Good laugh. enjoy the cruise

We’re on board the Silhouette this Saturday from Southampton to the Canaries with additional stops in Porto and Lisbon in Portugal and Vigo in Spain.,we’ve been to the Canary Islands numerous times on beach holidays. So your description is spot on.

I just sang along to Master of the House from Les Mis

Hi there we are on that sailing. There are almost 250 of us on a different platform from here. That one we aren’t allowed to publicise.

Just found this thread. Thanks for taking the time to live post. We’re on board at the end of the month to the Canaries and Portugal. Hoping we have as easy a transit of the Bay of Biscay as you had, We’re in a sunset veranda on deck 9.

It has been possible, so unless the rules have changed it should still be

We had two Fjords sailings cancelled in 2020 and 2021 because of the Pandemic. Since the restart non of the suitable sailings had Flam on the itinerary, so we weren’t interested in choosing what was available. 2024 with the Apex has what we want and includes Flam. With having a fair amount of OBC we decided to book the train excursion through Celebrity. I am now considering whether I should book direct with the train company hearing about your experience, as we would be seriously disappointed if we got bumped off.

That’s what I’m interested in. A TA has always been on our bucket list and an April sailing would coincide with my 70th birthday