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It is likely to be cruise terminal A, but if it is one of those days where there might be 6-8 ships docking, you could be in 1 of 3 spots as depicted on the map earlier. On the morning of embarkation, use cruisemapper.com to find where the ship is physically.

Go to cruisetimetables.com and click on Port Schedules and click on Santorini and then click on the date when the Getaway will be there. There will be a list of all the ships that will be there. Look at the times when the ship will be there and make your decision accordingly.

My wife & I usually have an inside cabin in the R-class ships. They are just a tad smaller than the regular oceanview, but almost unnoticeable. Recommend getting an inside up on deck 7 as you can walk anywhere from the cabin, also, the laundry room is on deck 7. The Promenade deck doesn't go around, so we generally use the fitness deck on Deck 10 for our walks. A lot of the time, it will depend on how windy it is will determine where we will be walking for exercise.

Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is my go to cheap wine for dinner. By itself, it leaves something to be desired. But somehow it goes with food. By itself, have to get higher end Montepulciano d'Abruzzo. I don't think Princess have it by the glass, maybe by the bottle. It is finding a white wine by the glass to your taste that is the hunt in futility.

Isn't it all about perceived value? If you are wine drinker who normally drink higher quality wines, then the Plus package will taste like "swill". By going to the Premier package, are you getting that value? Everyone has different perceived value by going the package route rather then purchasing by the bottle or bringing your own plus paying the corkage. If you find the plus package wines acceptable and you drink alot of it, then the value is there. You really don't know until you start drinking those Plus wines that it is of acceptable value to you or not. Everybody has different taste.

The wine list for Princess is quite decent, but the selections for the Plus package is quite poor. The whites are terrible. The Premier whites were just a tad better. I had the plus package on a Panama Canal cruise and I found the Malbec and Carmenere drinkable thought it is unlikely I would ever buy them at home. I started buying premier wines by the glass and paying the difference, but I found I was not happy with their choices unless I was picking the really higher priced premier wines. I ended buying 3 bottles from their wine list which were good but expensive. In the future I bring my own wines and pay the corkage or buy them at the ports or pick from their regular wine list. No plus/premier package for me. If you are a regular wine drinker at home, you are not going to be happy with their plus package choices.

I was there in summer of 1973. I thought that Venice was crowded then. It was the most crowded place that I visit during my 10-week tour of Europe.

Then would you skip Venice because of the crowds? It is such a beautiful place that it is difficult to say no. Best way to see Santorini is to fly there and stay for 2 or more nights. Going on a cruise ship is a little bit hectic and crowded. We went back to Santorini for a 4 night stay last September.

When there are over 10,000 passengers in port that day, the only sensible path is to book a ship's tour which bypasses the cable car going up, but drops you off at Fira when done. However, depending on your ship's departure, you have the option of either walking down the donkey path to the tender or wait until evening when most of the ships have departed and catch the cable car going down. The latter is an option if you wish to see the sunset from Fira. Go to cruisetimetables.com and check port schedule to see when all your fellow ships arrive and depart, and plan accordingly. Do not skip Santorini if you have never been there before. Would you skip Venice because of crowds if you never been there? (Last tip, you have to properly assess your physical ability to walk down that donkey path plus if you have the proper shoes as well as not rushing down that path.)

I used city-airport-taxis.com.

If the Sun Princess had gone, you would have a not very positive experience. We were there in 2010 and there were about 3 panamax ships, around 6,000 passengers, and it was crowded then. We were there last September for 4 nights - one of those days there were cruise ships with a passenger count exceeding 10,000, it was like Venice. On days like that, you can only hope to get a taste of Santorini because you will be waiting in line to get up and down the cable car. Though early June doesn't have the summer heat yet, there is really no shade in Santorini so it is effectively hotter than the listed temperature. Crete is no substitute for Santorini, but Santorini should be done at a leisurely pace so coming to Santorini by a cruise ship is perhaps your worst option (unless you can find a cruise ship that comes for an overnight, unfortunately, I haven't found one yet).

If you are going on the Sun Princess or Star Princess, they have the "American Strip Steak" in the MDR - American Diner (deck 8). So, it is likely, you can get that steak on MDR - Traditional (deck 6) or MDR - Anytime (deck 7). It is sounds like a striploin so it may be a little tough and has more gristle. They also have the Country Fried Steak on deck 8 if you like that.

The plus package didn't work for me. Even with paying for premier wines by the glass less the $15 base price, I was never happy with the wines offered. I ended up buying wines by the bottle for I think a 20% discount. It just didn't work for us. However, I do support other people getting the plus/premier package. There's a lot more drinking on the ships since the package came out. The ships are a lot livelier especially towards the end of the evening. Before the plus packages were offered, the ships were becoming quite quiet after 9pm.

The title says " Currents List of Wine on Board", but so far I've only seen wine list by the glass, doesn't anyone have a current wine list?? Will be aboard the Pursuit in September. Have alot of OBC so deciding to whether to spend it on overpriced wine or overpriced excursions. The overpriced excursions are losing as I've seen all the excursions offered. Will be in Croatia so I may just buy wine on land and pay the corkage.

Yes you will receive a discount, 20-25%, but it is a bit of a rip-off. The only reason I bought bottles was because I really didn't like many of selections that were offered. The bottles that I bought were ones I really like from a wine tasting on the Emerald Princess. I would only buy bottles unless I discover the wines by the glass that were offered on the ship were ones you would normally would not drink.