Charles4515

When I took my first cruise to Bermuda many years ago I saw passengers with slings. I asked what happened. A lot the bike slid and they didn't know why. That was when I became aware of the danger. Every cruise after to Bermuda I noticed slings and road rash injuries. That is why like you I discourage the scooter rentals. There was a serious accident on Wednesday that sent a visitor from the US to the ICU with serious head injuries. https://www.royalgazette.com/news/transport/article/20220701/female-us-visitor-in-icu-with-head-and-leg-injuries-after-being-thrown-over-wall-following-crash/

Bermuda gets a passenger manifest.

If you have insurance you are not screwed. Did you buy travel insurance?

Yep. If someone passes away in their cabin and no one notices questions will be asked and the attendent will be in trouble. This has happened!

I think they have to be Bermuda boats. For sure whoever operates them has to be licensed in Bermuda and they have union rules. There are reefs, the channel there is narrow. Passengers are always going to be inconvienced

I don't think they can change that. The muster stations are designated for safe evacuation when the ship is designed and they never get changed.

Tendering and it’s problems is Carnival’s fault. They scheduled the ship that way for your sailing and for the July 20 sailing. That you were tendering has been on the port schedule for months. They should have informed passengers. Carnival really did a disservice to their passengers scheduling the ship on dates when they could not dock.

Not strange at all. Since it was not being used much that made it a good space to repurpose.

Tendering always seems to be a mess when it happens there. Probably because it is rare.

If the second cruise of the back to back was to Bermuda like the first they would have needed a test. I didn’t know about the unvaccinated children but that would explain it.

No one needed a Covid test to return to the US by cruise. It was not required. There may have been passengers flying home to countries that required a test or taking a back to back cruise.

We can't have a discussion on that per Cruise Critic rules but I am only stating the Bermuda requirements. None would have been allowed to board 12 or over if unvaccinated. Our opinion does not matter to Bermuda. Also Bermuda also does not accept a certificate of recovery period. Does not matter what the cruise lines accept. Their country their rules.

Three ships is unusual. I believe that it happens once more this season. July 20/21.

Thanks. There is no tax in Bermuda. $55 is not bad as it includes entertainment.

You can not be on a Bermuda cruise unvaccinated unless under 12 years old. No exceptions. No exemptions!

Was that for two people?

Thanks for your report. Are they limiting the number of passengers on the buses?

Children will be children and I don't expect them to act like adults. I can understand why some want an adult only cruise or cruises with few children. Adults are expected to act like adults. I have seen a few misbehving adults but not many.

Express VPN was bought last year to by a company with sketchy reputation, a company that used to distribute malware. That has been buying VPNs. They also bought Private Interent Access and Cyberghost. The VPNs are supposed to be independent but I am leery of the connection.

I have been on several sailings where kids acted badly. On one Carnival with a lot of kids who had the run of the ship they heckled an entertainer who was singing in a style not to their taste. Usually the acting badly is on summer sailings with a lot of kids. Had them running down the hall knocking on doors, also pulling off the room service requests. My pet peeve is the hot tub. Little kids will take them over and I have been in a hot tub with no kids and ten minutes later five littles jump in and splash around. They certainly are in bars, the parents bring them and on one NCL cruise a toddler was wailing so much we moved on. On another NCL sailing a toddler was running around in a specialty restaurant. I have been on over 60 cruises so I have seen everything. Yes, even in the comedy club and the comedian warned them he was going to be doing adult humor and they stayed anyway then they stormed out. That said the only thing I do to avoid children on cruises is to avoid holiday sailings. I don't expect a mass market line like Carnival or Royal Caribbean to be child free and I don't mind the children when they are not in numbers that overwhelm the ship.

I have not investigated but there could be a bunch of stores that sell "Cuban" cigars" in Bermuda. The problem is determining their provenance. Counterfeits abound. Even a reputable retailer could be selling counterfeits unaware that they are counterfeit. So it is better to purchase at a cigar shop like Chathams or Churchills. There may be other cigar shops in Bermuda. It has been years since I smoked a cigar, maybe 10, then I stopped smoking cigars but we did buy at Chathams as we were docked in Hamilton, I think in 2007 and the ship had a cigar lounge where we smoked them. The cigars were good. I noticed Churchills in St. George on York St. and that they had a humidor but I made no purchase as I don't intend to ever smoke a cigar again so I can't verify quality. Bermuda is not like the Caribbean though where there are loads of vendors trying to scam tourists to buy counterfeit cigars so if the pharmacy does sell them they could be genuine. If OP is an aficiando they probably want to buy at a cigar shop. Some ports have official Habanos stores but I don't think there is one in Bermuda.

There are discount codes available. I got the 2 year at a discounted rate. I can't recall now where I got the code though as it was a while ago. Check around. Also they push add ons by default and I had to delete the add ons as I did not need those.

Nord has an app. Turn it on and off, pick the server from the app. Pretty simple.

Chatham on Front St. in Hamilton is another shop that sells Cuban cigars.

Churchills. They have a shop in St. George with a humidor. Churchills They may also sell them somewhere at the Dockyard.