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I know ! It probably wouldn’t be so annoying to pay an additional $5 per person if I had a 7-10 day cruise or if I hadn’t noticed it for a few months rather than a day or two after I meant to purchase it . Oh well, still a good deal as I imagine the cost of cocktails on board will be increasing too.

Looks like the SS package is now $25 per person per day . I had put the package in my shopping cart yesterday (or the day before ) and for my 28 day trip it was $558 per person for the length of the trip; today it showed $700 per person 😬. Someone on another social media site also mentioned that plus an increase in gratuities but I can’t confirm that since I hadn’t done that one yet. Did anyone receive a notice about an upcoming price increase in these ?

Disembarking a ship is very different situation than getting off for the day . For disembarking the cruise line must work with the local customs and immigration authorities to make sure that there is an official present to clear you to disembark as you are essentially being let loose into the country. There are ports where that is not possible. This is why the request needs to be done in advance and approved by the cruise line and local authorities. In a large port such as Mumbai where international flights leave at all times of the day, I imagine that this would not be a problem but is certainly something that needs to be approved in advance.

Thanks , we are doing well. Back on the road after the unfortunate and regrettable accident on our World Horizon trip in January. We leave on Friday for 7 weeks in Europe and just rebooked the World Hoizon trip for January 2024 😀. He may not be able to lift his carry on into the overhead bin yet, but he can pull it along until we get on board 😂

I too love the fact that someone would use redolent in a sentence. My fear these days is that we will lose the power of speech ( and only text) along with the richness of language. I have often said to my children ( who are in their late 30's ), think about the feeling that you get when someone says a situation is "bad " vs when they say a situation is "horrendous" . That shows the power evoked by language. OK now I feel really old 😆

Seems like a non answer to a pretty simple question to me ; it’s either yes or no. End of story.

Just an FYI as I am not sure if anyone else on this sailing has been notified ( or noticed ) , but 10 days ago I received an email from Sea Dream with final e-docs, Health Form , itinerary etc. When I went on-line about a week later to look at the voyage ,I saw that two ports were different than what was on the itinerary that I had just received .on line it showed Zakynthos in place of Cefelonia and a day at sea in place of Santa Maria del Leuca . When I questioned Sea Dream about this they told me that they would contact the itinerary department head to see which was the correct itinerary . Just received an email from them yesterday confirming the itinerary change . Would have liked to visit Cefelonia but a day at sea is always a good thing 😎.