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Shoalwater

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    Richmond, Texas
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    Fishing
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Princess, Viking Ocean
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Europe

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  1. The bars have limited options available for cash until the ship clears Texas boundaries and sails into international water. This is due to a Texas law requiring the ship to only serve alcohol purchased within Texas or having a Texas ABC stamp. The ship has a limited inventory of bottles meeting this requirement. This is one reason why cruise ships tried but abandoned Houston as an embarkation port. It took almost 3 hrs to navigate down the ship channel and into the Gulf, so the liquor sales at the sail away parties suffered.
  2. And this is acceptable for a novice company that wants total access to your brokerage accounts? Princess must be joking..
  3. Not a problem since it folds and you can walk/carry it on steps. I used a three-wheeled rollator and not an issue.
  4. I would first check with the trip insurer you choose to determine whether this voluntary separation from the cruise is covered for expenses should the port not be made. If its linked to the cruise it could be a problem. These policies have exclusions that can trip you up. We got stranded in Cairo during the 2011 Arab Spring revolution and were denied coverage due to the "civil unrest" exclusion.
  5. Yes this is possible PROVIDED the ship makes the port of call and does not skip it. This has happened before in Le Havre due to heavy winds and once due to a labor strike of port workers. Then you have to deal with whatever onward arrangements you made from Le Havre on your own.
  6. Right now public health figures estimate that 1 of 4 Houstonians have COVID, the B.4 and B.5 variants that have mutated and escaped the vaccine protection. CDC has asked manufacturers to reprogram their vaccines for these variants, available in the autumn. These new variants spread rapidly and barriers like masks are not that effective, especially the paper ones most people use that do not seal to the face skin. That little gap is plenty wide enough to let viral particles floating in the air inside during inspiration and infect you. The good news is these variants are not as virulent as what first started 2 years ago. Testing and masks and all are just not going to help eradicate this virus, it's here to stay so be prepared to learn to live with it. I just returned from a trip and came home with my second case following my second booster dose. Almost half the travelers in the small group caught it somewhere. If you are waiting for it to disappear before resuming your life you might consider joining a cloister.
  7. from Martincath: "All the tests which meet US standards for flying have detailed records of time/date and ID of person tested, whether it's an online Proctored or in-lab test, so there are records to prove you tested +ve and then left the country - once all the bureaucracy works through, expect to be banned from entering Canada ever again. Possibly fined too, just to add icing to the cake." You don't need a COVID test to board a US flight from within the USA, so there is no "record" to connect a test to, and you woluldn't have a proctored test anyway.. I'm not advocating this, but just pointing out the inconsistencies of the governmental agencies trying to manage the situations. They are not in sync with plenty of loopholes.
  8. If its off a cruise then you will be in Vancouver, CA. In this case then take the train/bus to Seattle and fly from there w/o needing a test to enter the US or fly from SEA. Is this logical, no but its how the rules are written..
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