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Thank you all for your responses.  As for the crowds, I will be there late October and hoping that makes a difference. 

I have a cruise stop coming up.  As it is my first time in Santorini, I am trying to figure out the logistics.
I will be arriving Oia by bus from Fira and believe I can pick up the main street there. Do people mainly stay on this street and then backtrack (to where I got off the bus?)  About how long is this street?  

I have not been to Livorno but will be there in November.  I've done some research and have listed the following, but be aware it is based on posts I've seen by others.

Shuttle bus to downtown Livorno, 5 euros round trip/day pass, to be paid in cash on the pier.   15 min.
Shuttle service is avail. from 7:30 am - 5:45 pm.

(dropped off at the Piazza Municipio in downtown Livorno.)

Shuttle to the train station - $15 pp return, avail. on the pier and charged to your onboard acct.

*If the latter is arranged/booked by the ship, I would expect that it would be available as the ship docks.

Thank you both.  I had hoped this was not the case.

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On 5/8/2019 at 4:44 PM, Mrs Cheech said:

If possible can you just tell me what time the shows are in the theater.  Used to be at 7 & 9 so as to accomodate early & late main dining times.  Is that still the case?  We are on her in Sept and trying to decide on a time for dinner.  Thanks in advance. 

Not to side track but I believe we are sailing with you on the 11/9/19 TA Barcelona to Tampa (we've signed up for your winery tour in the Canaries).  You mentioned above that you'll be on the Summit in Sept. We are on the 8/30 Canada/New England cruise, could that also be the same as yours?

On 4/20/2019 at 5:20 PM, Sun 4-ever said:

Will be in St. Croix next January and want to go to Sandcastlre beach.  Does anyone know do we need to take a taxi and if so how much they are?  

We wanted to go to Sandcastle this past February.  Right outside the terminal there was a table set up for shuttles to both Sand Castle and Rainbow Beach.  At 10:00 the Sand Castle shuttle was shut off as they had received word that the resort  had no more chairs.  Sorry, but I don't remember the cost.

I've run several pub/poker crawls in the past and have found that trying to select 5 bars before boarding is not the best plan.  Bar hours sometimes change from cruise-to-cruise.  Some of the venues may be holding special events (trivia for example).  For the purpose of informing the participants, they only need to know the "first" bar to meet-up.  Once onboard I check out all the bars in advance and eliminate those that just don't fit (too small a venue for the numbers on the crawl for example) and come up with a list of possibilities.  Then I check out the activity newspaper the night before to eliminate any that will be holding an activity that will conflict with our crawl. 

I've found it better to NOT tell the participants in advance which 5 bars we will be visiting to avoid the confusion of last-minute changes onboard.  Just give them the meetup point (first bar) and you can do the rest in the background.  Hope you've found this useful.  Have fun!

Thanks Bob, this was very helpful.

Would anyone know the open hours for the bars in the Viking Crown Lounge and the Shall We Dance lounge?  Or are they only open during scheduled events?  Thank you.

Does anyone who has sailed on the Silhouette recently have copies of the dailies?  I am trying to pre-plan some onboard group activities and looking to see which venues typically schedule activities and their times.  Thanks!

Thank you.

Is there a theater where movies are shown on this ship?

Can't find this info anywhere, hopefully someone will enlighten me.  I will both be arriving and departing Oia using the bus from Fira.  Is the main walking street a straightaway requiring walking the same route back to the bus station, or is it a circular route of sorts.  In either case, what is the length of the walk?  TIA

Can someone please advise me as to the designated smoking areas on the Rhapsody.  Thanks.

On 11/7/2018 at 6:10 AM, Nitnoi said:

just got back from  the 10/27 Summit sailing to grenada, went to umbrellas at Grand anse beach and it was beautiful-the water was great-no rocks and calm.  Loved it!

From what I can tell, Umbrellas restaurant is somewhat set back from the water (with a parking lot in between?).  Do you have to go up to the bar/rest. for drinks or do they have runners on the beach.  What is the condition of their loungers (cushions?).  TIA

Is this a resort where they allow day visitors? If so, would you recommend and what are the specifics?

Thanks!

Have read many posts regarding walking back down this path at the end of the day when the line at the cable car is too long. Is it well lit at night and doable?

Thank you,

My biggest gripe with eating in the MDR is the time it takes (often up to 2 hrs.). We have found ourselves eating a lot in the buffet for dinner on our most recent cruises (which we enjoyed by the way). This will be my first time in Aqua Class and wondering what the situation is in Blu.

I am the OP and want to thank you all for the information.

We will be here for only 1 day on a cruise (Oct.26). Will many shops and restaurants be already closed for the season?

TIA

Been to Curacao many times but never explored Otrobanda. I read somewhere that there is good shopping and restaurants on Breedestraat. Does anyone have experience here?

Thanks for your quick response!