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Appears both Fincantieri and Meyers Werft have used the faulty panels. Let’s hope we get clarity on ships affected and the impact on cruises on these from the shipping lines promptly.

I have recently tried to upgrade our flights via Viking Air. Having checked the fare on the airlines own website for the exact flights and dates I have been given I was surprised when the amount quoted was more than I could purchase the tickets for myself. Upon talking to Viking Air they also advised that if I wanted an allowance for the economy fare already included in my cruise cost taken off my final balance I would then loose my transfers. So not an offer of an upgrade at all but in actual fact an opportunity to buy a business class ticket for the same flights I have already paid for an economy booking on with Viking pocketing the additional monies.

Just back off the Star and can confirm deck 5 has 4 combined washer/driers. Even though I live in the U.K. and have had a combined washer/drier previously, getting clothes dry in these was impossible. It’s obviously a recent switch as the instructions in the laundry fixed to the wall indícate separate machines, a photocopy of the instructions for the new machines is stuck on top of them. Having read the instructions I still couldn’t get clothes dry and by having combi machines washing/drying cycles were much longer so restricting the number of machines available at any one time.

My agent received the following reply from Viking when they asked if a yellow fever vaccination was needed for Jamaica after we had visited Panama Thank you for your email. As the guests are over 60, they can obtain an exemption letter for the yellow fever vaccination. If the guests require the yellow fever vaccination, we will of course notify the guests via your agency closer to the time of departure, however, currently we have not received any notification from our operations team that guests on this sailing require the yellow fever vaccination. . So wait and see

Just found this on the Jamaican high commission in london’s website so hopefully we are classed as staying for less than 12 hours Yellow Fever Entry Requirement The Ministry of Health advises that: Only individuals travelling from countries with risk of Yellow fever transmission, as listed on the current World Health Organization (WHO) International Travel and Health website, are required to provide proof of vaccination for entry into Jamaica. Persons transiting through countries with risk of Yellow fever transmission, as listed on the current World Health Organization (WHO) International Travel and Health website, will not be required to provide proof of vaccination if stay is for 12 hours or less. Please refer to the updated WHO link for countries with risk of yellow fever transmission and countries requiring yellow fever vaccination at: http://www.who.int/ith/en/index.html

Has anybody been advised by Viking they need a yellow fever certificate to enter Jamaica if they have visited Panama on their cruise?

Can anybody who has been in this suite tell me if you hear noise from below?

There has been a letter from Barbara Muckermann concerning the Muse Japan cruises posted on another board that readers may find informative

It would be nice to know if this also applies to Far East cruises that follow on from the Japan cruises.

Has anybody else booked the pre ‘Walls and Warriors’ tour and received any feedback on the viability of this going ahead from either their agent or Silversea? At the moment China is still closed for tourists, you cannot get a Chinese Visa and there are no direct flights from the U.K. allowed at the moment ( even though we have been booked on the direct BA flight by SilverAir). A friend who does business in China feels the earliest China will reopen is after the Chinese Party Conference in October, which would potentially not allow time to get a visa, . and also make changing the flight to an alternative route problematic.