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Thank you for this @OysterD!! Looking forward to your review as we will be doing this same itinerary next month. Cheers 🥂

Thank you @Stockjock for taking the time to do this great honest review! I have really enjoyed the commentary and the photos.

Thanks @ByThePond for taking the time to report!

Hi @CDNPolar! Welcome home and thank you for taking the time to report back about your eSIM travel experience. It is helpful information. I hope that the eSIM challenges didn’t take away too much from your vacation and that you had a great time.

Thanks @Fouremco. I will check out Opera and Dashlane as I definitely fall into the category of infrequent user. To @Yowman’s point, it seems like any online presence (VPN, PayPal, Amazon) is a risk these days but it’s almost impossible to avoid having an online presence. I guess it’s the price we pay for the convenience. Apologies to the OP for the “thread drift” away from the topic of eSIMS 🙃

Thanks very much for this @cmich068! It’s a relief to know that WhatsApp will work for us with our eSIMs. I have considered a VPN but we don’t really travel frequently enough or use public wifi regularly so haven’t gone that route (yet).

It would be great to hear back about your experience with the eSIMs. I hope it goes smoothly for you and that you have no unexpected charges from Rogers. Americans and Europeans are fortunate to have such a variety of service providers to choose from that offer more competitive rates and better service than we get here. Have a wonderful trip!

LOL! I appreciate the clarification. Since we still have a land line plus cell phones, I think of “home number “ as the land line number. More research required but it’s fun to learn new things!

Thanks CDNPolar! I didn’t pick up on the detail about using your home number rather than the cell number.

cmich068, can you please share the “ways around this if necessary” that you mention above. We are with Virgin Plus (discount brand of Bell) and will be using an eSIM for an upcoming European trip. We were hoping to use WhatsApp for the rare occasional call (e.g. restaurant reservation) but now I’m wondering if that will work. Thank you in advance and thanks to all for this helpful, informative thread!

We stayed in a Deluxe Porthole Verandah on deck 7 on Apex last fall. The room was the DPV furthest aft and we could hear the bass from the later shows being performed in Eden. Otherwise it was a very quiet cabin. We are early-to-bed people so if you tend to go to bed later (after the shows at Eden are over), then you probably won’t have a problem.

DH and I dined in Blu on Edge in September and there were tables by the curtain in the “back-to-back” configuration at that time.

Thanks so much hrhdhd! I never would have looked for the hairdryer in the bathroom. They are usually in a drawer in the the desk/dressing table. I promise, no duct tape on the hair dryer (yuck - the residue). The rubber band idea mentioned earlier by bama4cruisin may be my go to solution. Thanks for the helpful replies.

Thank you bama4cruisin! My hair is medium length and I style it as I dry so prefer to have a dryer that will stay on. I like the idea of the heavy duty rubber band!

Can anyone please tell me (1) are hairdryers provided in all staterooms on Edge class ships? (2) if so, are they the kind of dryers that you have to hold a button in place to keep the dryer running? We are trying to pack carryon only for our upcoming cruise and it would save space if I didn’t have to bring my hairdryer. Thanks in advance for your help!