Buckeye80

Yes, they are on an electronic table. Currently the tournaments are at 10 am on Sea days for a $60 buy in of which $50 goes to the prize pool. 10 seats, 1st pays 50% , 2nd 35 %, 3rd 15%. 15 minutes blinds. Cash games available at all other times the casino is open 

I just received an email from Avalon saying that they have cancelled all cruises through October 31. So the restart date for Avalon should now say November 1.

Oh I would definitely do the same thing again. With our ship leaving late in the day, there was no concern about rushing to get back and missing the ship. We have also taken trains in France multiple times so we are quite comfortable taking that option. Just be aware of what all the train times are and plan your day accordingly.

Here is a link to a pdf about the bus to Giverny: http://fondation-monet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Navette-Giverny-ANG-2017.pdf

It shows times to and from the station as well as ticket information and is all in English. It is for 2017 so there may be changes this year but I found this with a quick google search so you can do the same later this year when they will have hopefully updated it.

My wife and I took the train from Le Havre (changing in Rouen) to Vernon last year and I wanted to give you a heads up about getting to Giverny once you get to Vernon. When we were there (in June) we discovered that the bus departure times (from Vernon to Giverny) were scheduled to coincide with the trains coming from Paris only and we ended up waiting around for 30-40 minutes for the next one (when coming from Paris, you get off the train and go straight to the bus and you are on your way to Giverny a few minutes later). Fortunately, we had the time to wait but didn't want you to be surprised by this. There is a taxi stand at the train station but there were no taxis there while we were waiting around. If you don't want to have to wait for the bus I would think you could pre-arrange for a taxi to pick you up.

If you want to purchase your train tickets in advance I have found good results online from trainline.eu (and they handle train trips in other countries besides France). Even if you are going to buy them at the station I find that trainline is great at just figuring out what your options are going to be (just make sure you have enough time in case there is a line at the ticket counter and/or terminals in the station - we have had that happen before!).

When we did this trip it was in the morning and there were no issues with a morning rush. We just bought 2nd class tickets - no problem finding a seat.

If you have extra time you could visit the grave of Claude Monet at the other end of town at the Elgise Sainte-Radegonde. It is walkable in 10-15 minutes although I think the road does go slightly uphill toward the end (if interested you can find the church on Google Maps and take a look at the area with street view). Another option is the Impressionism museum - a small museum in the center of town that we thought was quite nice

Would you be so kind as to point me to where it says a maximum of 5 bonus cards? All I see on the Princess website is "The $50 Promotional gift card is limited to one (1) per customer during this promotion."

 

Thanks!

Well that is interesting, I'm seeing what you are referring to and can't find the language I recall from this morning. I think they have made some changes to those terms since I ordered mine. I also don't recall seeing the 2/29/2016 deadline for using the $50 bonus cards when I read through all the terms and conditions but it is certainly there now.

I can't prove it one way or the other but regardless, it sure looks like you can only get the one card now.

Here are some more details to make sure you get full value if you want to take advantage of the offer:

The $50 bonus card is offered per order, not per card so if you want, for example, $2,000 of cards you must make 2 separate $1,000 orders to get the $100 bonus. I initially had added multiple cards to my order and then saw that it would only get me one $50 bonus card. When I redid them as separate orders I saw a $50 bonus card with each order.

When I was reading up on the details it also said you can get a maximum of 5 $50 bonus cards from this offer.

It worked out great for us since we have about $4,000 of final payments to make in the next month and our credit card billing cycle just started up today...perfect timing! Really cost us nothing (except committing $4,000 towards Princess a few days early) and gained us $200.