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1985rz1

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  1. Nautica does not have a Red Ginger.
  2. But as I read the negative comments on other cruise line forums, I'm beginning to think it's a choice for frying pan or fire. Things have changed since the pandemic, and I find I no longer have the perfect line of previous years. Yet, I can't find one that is even close to my pre-pandemic experience in all areas. It's become a choice of what I am willing to put up with when I find itineraries I like.
  3. It could be the difference between a premium line and luxury line.
  4. Our physician also prescribed cipro as as backup on our foreign journeys as a precaution, especially in the more exotic places where bacterial infections could occur. For our recent cruise, he pescribed paxlovid as a precaution should we contract covid. We filled the prescriptions and took them with us, but we are aware that we need to be cautious when deciding they are needed.
  5. We attended a travel fair about a year ago, and stopped by the EJ booth. The EJ representative staffing the booth said the person behind the cuisine on EJ is the original person behind the O cuisine.
  6. I think iowananny was referring to the hand cloths in the public washrooms, where paper towels are also available. Hopefully not a bath towel, although that possibility conjures up hilarious images in my head.
  7. Postal rates soared in the US, especially for foreign countries. That could be why O chose to eliminate foreign mailings, except for Canada.
  8. Yes, like the Oceania R ships. We just cruised the Journey and it did need some refreshing, but nothing serious. Service was great: food was good (not WOW). Still, if one is interested in itineraries, the selections were excellent. No line is perfect, so one needs to decide what's important. To us a slight step down from Oceania, but with more interesting itineraries.
  9. You might want to look at Azamara. Their ships are the same size as Oceania's R-ships...about 650 px +/-
  10. Yes...Although it was UK thread, I realized that I needed to qualify the region to the UK, so I reposted with the qualification. Sorry for the confusion. Which Senior Living Place are you visiting? When are you visiting?
  11. I should have specified that the maximum age in UK for rental cars is 75. One needs to check specific counties in Europe.
  12. In general, the maximum age for rental cars is 75.
  13. As a resident of Arizona, Mexican food is the last thing I want on a cruise. I can get that (and good Mexican food) everyday, here.
  14. Compliments of @basor who posted this last May: https://www.oceaniacruises.com/sites/default/files/2023-04/general-bar-menu-oceania.pdf This is for the regular bar menus... https://www.oceaniacruises.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/Oceania-Premier-Spirits-Menu.pdf This is for premium spirits that are not included in any package
  15. I agree. To me, it proving that the TA is liable and getting the agency to cover the loss. But that may require a small claims court filing.
  16. Unless there is a record that the pax requested the TA to cancel, it will be difficult to win a credit card challenge. While we speak to our TA by phone frequently, we always send any request, whether it's booking, payments, cancellations etc by email, and she confirms them. She similarly requests us to respond by email when it comes to the financial details. Every transaction is documented.
  17. Have you spoken to Engineering about checking the cooling temperature and flow and having them open the vents fully That may not be the problem, but on a past cruise, it made a difference.
  18. The OP asked the question in Post #1. I (Post # 2) and an other (Post #3) answered it with a no, but others moved the discussion in a different direction about whether they had drinks in the Casino My post here was an attempt to sum it up and clarify that the answer to the OP is still no; drinks in the Casino are not included in SM. Here is the quote from Post # 1: SM question: with the standard SM package, are drinks in the casino while gambling an extra cost? What about just a beer or glass of wine?
  19. So, it looks to me, the casino manager or the pit boss might offer free drinks. If that's true, then the answer the original question, is that they were not included in the basic SM package.
  20. Did you have the enhanced drink package?
  21. You can't add the drink package on line. You can do it on board. You can wait to see how much you drink before buying it to see if it makes sense, and if it does, you can add it for the remainder of the trip...pro-rated. Some folks have had success in buying it in advance through their TA. Only one of you has to buy it, but O frowns sharing, even if only on an occasion or two.
  22. Yes. Any drinks any where outside of dining hours and outside of dining venues is extra. Whether it is worth adding the premium package depends on how much you drink. Estimate the number of drinks you would consume daily, price out the cost (roughly $ 12 - 14 per drink and upward, plus 20% gratuity) and compare it to the daily cost of the upgraded package which includes gratuity.
  23. I knew what you meant. It was clo's post for which I didn't get the point. I thought my response to you was that the excursions are not free, but the costs are bundled into the cruise price. Sorry I wasn’t clearer. Nothing is free in rhis world. You pay for it one way or another. It's only a question is how well the cost is hidden 😕 .
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