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  1. The 21 day Med and Adriatic cruise, departing Athens on 23 June and arriving in Rome/Civitavecchia on 14 July is a collector cruise made up of a 12 day Med Empires arriving in Trieste on 5 July and departing the same day towards Rome on a 9 day Adriatic and Italian 'Splendors' cruise. So, there will probably be a good bit of repetition on the second cruise. There will probably be 4 dressy nights.
  2. I am delighted to inform you all that my Luck Leprechaun Name is: Cheerful Golden Balls 🙄🤣
  3. The gingerbread man is a 'badge' from CC at Christmas time. You can change your picture by clicking on it an then clicking on the 'Profile Photo' at left hand side. Todays picture is a bowl of shamrock, but will be back to the ship tomorrow or maybe the HAL 150 stamp.
  4. Please thank Pat for reminding Ellen & myself of these facts. Indeed St Patrick's Day is primarily a religious festival and the pubs were indeed shut (as they were on Good Friday, until recently). We do hope you will be able to cruise!
  5. Happy St Patrick's Day to all from a warm(ish) 56°F/14°C but windy and dry Cork. Usually the weather is a lot colder and wetter, indeed often sleet or hailstones. Corned beef is not a 'thing' in Ireland, but bacon and cabbage is the dish that most people here would relate with Paddy's Day. Loin or back bacon, cured (sometimes smoked) and boiled in a pot. The cabbage is cooked in the same pot. Historically, the Irish tenant farmers kept pigs for their own consumption as they were cheap to feed, could be cured to preserve and could be cooked slowly over the open fire that was the centre of their dwelling @dfish Darina Allen and her family run a cookery school and restaurant at Ballymaloe near Cork and they do a great Sunday lunch. Have a great day everyone.
  6. A sample menu usually only shows if you are not logged in to Navigator. Are you logged in and does Navigator recognise your booking? (Quickest way to confirm is on Navigator home page it will say "Your journey starts in xx days yy hours and xx minutes") If you are not seeing that then you need to log in.
  7. Thanks for trying! (also @kazu) However, it must be a 'thing' with some, as today I received a marketing email from Visit Lauderdale......you can see where I "filed" it! 🙄
  8. Phone on Android working ok (v4.35.0), but tablet on Android only worked after doing a 'force stop' (v4.34.1)
  9. Dates indicate the time out of service, not the actual dry dock dates. Drydock will end a few days before and the ship will sail to her next embarkation point. No idea where the dry dock is happening, but with the ship ending her previous cruise in Fort Lauderdale and the next one embarking in Miami, it would point towards the drydock being carried out Grand Bahama Dock Yard.
  10. It will really depend on how close your room and balcony is to the nearest repeater. I have had a couple of rooms which have had a repeater on the ceiling and the speed has been great, but if I am depending on a router that is situated in the corridor or a room that is two or three away, then reception drops. Needless to say, if you are in a poor reception area for Starlink then it really doesn't matter which ship you are on, but all other things being equal, reception levels should be similar.
  11. Day Return (Adult) is €5. Depending on your plans for the day, it may be worthwhile considering the Visitor Leap Card, which is mailed to you and costs €8 for 24 hours covering Dart, Luas trams and Dublin Bus (not hopon hopoff). https://about.leapcard.ie/leap-visitor-card
  12. Note to self! Oosterdam May 24-29 2025 Amway Korea Charter, Barcelona to Rome.
  13. We have used staxi.nl several times and have them booked again for April. Fixed price quoted online.
  14. Excellently ambiguous first post by A.I. 🙄
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