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We were on the Jan 12/14 sailing of the Allure. Internet speed was pathetic. We kept getting cut off. Many people complained and got extra time. I just decided it wasn't worth the frustration and will leave my laptop at home and use my smart phone in wi-fi hot spots in ports in the future.

I got a shellac manicure last year on my B2B cruise on the Eclipse. It cost $20.00 to have the shellac/gel removed. They only had 10 colors to choose from. My salon at home charges $5.00 to remove and has over 150 colors to choose from. She did a good job but it was super expensive! If you have to get it when your away then be prepared to pay heavily for it.

I agree with Happy Cruiser. Princess has the best itinerary. Too bad their food and entertainment are not great. Celebrity is a much better cruise line but this cruise is so port intensive I would book Princess!

The Oasis and the Allure have the reservation system. It's awesome! It is registered on your key card. You make no charge reservations 60 days before you sail (or onboard). You show up 11 minutes before the show begins and you get a good seat. There is a standby lineup for people without reservations and those people are let in 10 minutes before the show. You can change your reservations on your interactive TV. No tickets, guaranteed seat, long shows. Princess needs to rethink their entertainment policy!

I enjoy the shows and this now confirms I am moving to another cruise line. Sorry Princess I love your ships but entertainment is important to me and a 30 minute show is just too short.

We just got back from the Allure where we saw a 90 minute production of Chicago. The entertainment was at least 50 minutes or longer in all the other shows. I love the entertainment and this is how I book my cruises.

We did back to back cruises on the Eclipse last summer. We did Norway/Iceland and then the 14 day Baltics. I looked into private excursions and read a lot of posts on this site. I booked SPB tours with Viktoria the owner and cannot emphasize enough how professional and wonderful they were. We were a group of 20 on a 48 passenger bus in Berlin! Viktoria's husband came and greeted our bus at our first stop at the Berlin Olympic stadium. He thanked us all and answered all our questions. All the buses were clean and comfortable. As a frequent cruiser I am steering away from the ships tours of 48 passengers to the smaller private tours. I've never had a problem on any private tour and would highly recommend Viktoria and her tour guides. We booked the Baltic Pearls package tours and were thrilled everywhere! The smaller groups were SO MUCH better. On our last tour which was in St. Petersburg Viktoria came and personally greeted and thanked each one of us as we returned to the ship. What a wonderful way to start and end a trip!

Thanks for all the great information. I knew I could count on you CC people.

We are flying in the day before our cruise and Days Inn will pick us up at the airport. We under stand the hotel is just a couple blocks from skytrain. Next morning after breakfast we want to go to the port, check our luggage and then go check out Stanley Park.

Do any of you know what time we can check our luggage?

The earliest we've been at Canada Place is 10:30 and they were taking luggage then. I'm not sure what time they start.

If you are staying at the Days Inn on Sexsmith Road you are very close to the Bridgeport Station. It's at the River Rock Casino. The website says the shuttle will take you to local destinations and I'm pretty sure they would drop you off at sky train. The ride is 18 minutes from Bridgeport station to Waterfront! Trains are very frequent depending on the time and day of the week. Great hotel choice as it's out of downtown and much cheaper. We've done Skytrain many times with luggage and it's super easy and cheap!

http://tripplanning.translink.ca/hiwire

It's a short walk to Stanley Park along the sea wall! Stanley Park is very large so if you wanted to see the entire park unless you want a very long walk you should hop on the Vancouver Trolley. You can see the park from the cruise terminal.

http://vancouvertrolley.com/

Hi all, we are flying from Glasgow when we go on our cruise and when we fly out with the flights, connections etc we will have been flying and hanging around airports for about 16 hours which is insane when the exact same day there are flights leaving Glasgow to Gatwick then Gatwick to Orlando with no big lengthy stopovers, basically we are going to contact RCI tomorrow to see about changing these flights and I wondered if this has happened to any of you and what the outcome was, I wouldn't bother so much if it was just my husband and I but we have people with us who will not cope just as easily.

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I can't speak for Royal Caribbean but NCL put us on an insane flight out of Honolulu. We got in to HNL on the ship at 7 AM, flight was at midnight to San Francisco. Then a three hour wait for another flight to Vancouver. There are direct flights that would have left earlier in the day. They would NOT let us change. We had two 80 year olds and a pregnant woman with us. I will NEVER book again without knowing my flights. I usually do it myself and use air miles or seat sales. That way I have control.

We were on the Allure of the Seas January 12th and had MTD for the first time. I loved it! We made a reservation and then showed up when we felt like it. We always sat at tables of 6 and with different people every night. I would book it in the future. If you went at 6 PM there would be a long wait for an elevator. We only did that once and every other time got an elevator right away and were seated right away.

We are heading out on Serenade today from New Orleans. This is our third cruise out of New

Orleans. If anyone has anything they need or want to know for an upcoming cruise, let me know.

 

I will be saving the Compasses to scan when we return.

 

 

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Thank you!!!!!

On our last cruise we were told NO dining rooms were open to proceed to the Horizon Court. When I told him I knew there was one dining room open as we are Elite and cruise often he directed me to the open dining room. I figure they don't want everyone to find out the "secret". Yes it is the best lunch on board and so quiet!

I booked a week ago for X Guarantee Allure on Jan 12th. As soon as they received my payment I was given a D2 Deck 10 mid ship! I am diamond and I don't know if that had anything to do with the choice but I am very HAPPY with the Guarantee! Good luck to you!

We are staying at the Embassy Suites on 17th before our cruise. We plan to rent a car for the day before the cruise. Does anyone know of a car rental agency close to Embassy Suites or a car rental company that will shuttle you back to the hotel after dropping the car off?

We were a group of 10 and used Ramses for a 2 day tour to Cairo. Our tour guide Rania was fantastic. Our driver was awesome. We had a 20 passenger bus that was very comfortable and we all felt safe. I would highly recommend this company.