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  1. For the past 47 years I have managed cruise ship hotels. During that time period I have personally witnessed / been involved with around 50 cases where passengers and/or crew suffered serious burns from Baked Alaska parades, tableside cooking, etc. I could probably find another 50 “old timers” with similar numbers. We might come up with 2500 or so cases where there were serious injuries over the past 50 years. This is not “countless numbers”, but it is a significant number of injuries that should not have occurred and could be prevented. Fires started by careless smokers happen far less often. Serious injuries from those careless smokers are even more rare. The great majority of ship fires occur in the trash incinerator, the laundry, the galley, and the engine room. These fires almost never result in serious injury. If I were a cruise company lawyer, I would most likely focus on fire events that cause personal injury and lead to costly lawsuits. Those would be the Baked Alaska and tableside cooking events.
  2. It is always a good idea to learn the correct name of a place you plan to visit.
  3. It sounds like your friend is discriminating against you by not sharing his cabin.
  4. It depends on the cruise line
  5. Generally no. If you want independent tours in Japan, you must arrange them in advance of arrival.
  6. Unfortunately JR wants cash only for the tickets. You must buy them when in Japan.
  7. Take a taxi from Daikoku into Yokohama. You can store your bag in a locker at any train station, or leave it with the Bell Desk at any hotel. Do your Yokohama Tour. Pick up your bag and catch a shuttle or taxi to Haneda.
  8. IF your ship arrives in Yokohama on time that morning, and IF Immigration is fast that morning, and IF you take a taxi quickly from the Cruise Terminal to Haneda Airport, you most likely will not have any problem checking in for your flight.
  9. If the lockers at Osanbashi are full (highly unlikely) you could take a 10 minute taxi ride to any one of a dozen hotels in the area and leave the bags with the Bell Desk - or go to Yokohama Station and use the lockers there. Most of those hotels - and Yokohama Station - offer frequent inexpensive transfers to Haneda Airport.
  10. The solution is very simple. Very few cruise ships dock at Sendai. Any private tour operator could easily learn - and would know - where your ship will be docked. Let the tour operator work it out.
  11. A few things he did not mention: It is quite a hike from the ship to the train station. The Yurikamome line primarily takes you to a baseball stadium downtown and the cruise terminal in Odaiba. It is best to go to the end of the line in downtown Tokyo, and then find transportation from there.
  12. Osanbashi Terminal is quite close. Daikoku Terminal is quite far.
  13. There are 2 cruise terminals in Yokohama: Osanbashi Terminal on the Yokohama waterfront, and Daikoku on an island in Yokohama Bay. Which is yours?
  14. The THREE main ones are Tokyo Narita, Tokyo Haneda, and Osaka KIX airports. If your cruise ends at one of the 6 Tokyo Area Cruise Terminals, Tokyo Haneda is closer to all of them. If your cruise ends at Kobe, you will be at either Naka Terminal or Kobe Terminal. The nearest large International Airport will be KIX Osaka. If your cruise ends at Osaka, it will most likely be at Tempozan Terminal. KIX Osaka Airport will also be your best choice.
  15. Yes, there is. If you can find the email address or telephone number of the ship, you can contact them directly. If you canot find those contact numbers, you must go through the Head Office and they can make the request to the ship for you.
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