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Our last crossing was 2019, Port Canaveral to Barcelona on the NCL Epic and the weather was perfect with calm seas. Hoping for the same this year.

Great review. I wonder if you would share details about your day trip to Tuscany from Rome before the cruise? We are doing a TA that ends in Rome and spending several days in Rome afterwards. Thank you.

Thanks. I was hoping for a group tour due to the cost frequently being less, but I will check the private tour operators. Anyone you recommend other than Rome in Limo? Thank you.

We have a TA cruise in April, arriving in Rome. Our last TA cruise ended in Barcelona, and we uses Spain Day Tours for a tour that picked us up at the port with our luggage, stopped at Montserrat and Park Guell before dropping people off at their hotels. It was a bus of about 20 people and very reasonably priced. I’m wondering if something similar is available from the Civitavecchia port, including a tour and drop off at Rome hotels. Thank you.

Can I just say that Patti is my hero for traveling with 2 flat irons!!

Can you elaborate on the differences between the two? Thank you.

We are doing the TA on the NCL Epic departing on April 7, 2024. Online there are no Posh beach club passes to book. I called NCL and was told that I might be able to book the day of embarkation. I was wondering if anyone has had a positive experience with this. Thank you.

@MeganGC1983 So, would you sail Carnival again? I remember reading in one of your comments that this might be your last Carnival cruise. I'm curious, because we have not sailed Carnival since 2013, but the Venezia looks interesting to me. But gangs of teenagers blocking the stairs does not appeal. Just wondering your general opinion after this sailing. Thank you.

Can you get lunch in the Yacht Club on embarkation day? Thank you.

Really enjoyed your take on Princess. I have only sailed this line once, 2010, on Emerald Princess, but I am so intrigued by the medallion and being able to order drinks wherever you are, that I wouldn’t hesitate to try the line again! I know you had glitches, but if they can get this to work properly…what a game changer! Looking forward to following your NYE cruise. Dec 31 is my birthday, so have always wanted to cruise then. I will make it happen one year! I hope the remaining weeks of school go by quickly for you. I tried my hand at teaching 6th grade science once upon a time. You are a true hero, my friend, because I did not last long in middle school! I think that is the toughest population of kids to work with! Kudos to you and all the best to @HelloItsMeB

I remember when cruises left a pen and writing pad in the room. More cutbacks! Have not been on Princess since 2010 on Emerald Princess, so looking forward to your take. Enjoy! Teachers and nurses are the unsung heroes of our time!

The student tour group? My daughter did one of those in high school , but I thought they were just for student groups. Enjoy your trip!,

If you had been there at the start time, would you have been first in line and on the ship by now? We have never sailed from Galveston but on our last two cruises from FL (MSC from Port Canaveral and Celebrity from Miami), by arriving early, we never stopped walking from the time we checked in to walking in the ship. This line is crazy.

Wait, St. Greg and Tx Teach are so close and are not going to meet! What a shame that a rendezvous was not arranged! I so enjoy your cruise reports and am looking forward to this one. I saw some photos of your partner’s travels in S America and it looked fab. Is she with a tour group? I’d love the details as that trip looks amazing! I loved your summer report on Pride too. Enjoy your cruise!

I have never flown Southwest. Do they not have the inflight entertainment where you can watch TV from the monitor at your seat? I guess I’ve mostly been on Delta and Jet Blue and thought this was standard.

For a holiday weekend, that airport looks dead. Definitely not like my home airport of Orlando!,

Nachi Cocum for us. Looking forward to your review. Curious as to why you have never sailed NCL. Once we did NCL, we never went back to Carnival. We also enjoy MSC. Enjoy your cruise.

I did the White Pass Railway in 2008. Loved it. It looks every bit as beautiful now.

Look into car insurance rates too. They just keep going up after each hurricane, even for those of us with no accidents or traffic tickets.

I love the orange chocolate mousse.

While the train photos are beautiful, the sitting with strangers makes this a hard pass for me. We did the White Pass Railroad in Skagway and enjoyed those views. Enjoy your trip!

Trying to see what kind of shoes people wear. Do you need special snow shoes or hiking boots? I’m from FL so don’t know about these things, lol.

We used Spain Day tours in Seville and Barcelona. We did not have the best experience with them, despite the good reviews.

Yes, due to the travel distance we booked through NCL. Our excursion included transportation to Gibraltar, and once there, a guided tour in a mini bus up the rock to the caves and to see the apes. Then we had about an hour free time in town. We loved our time there and would have loved a longer stay.

Lol. No Whataburger in Orlando, or at least that I know of.