Mark_K

Is Smith back in business? I think they ceased operations during Covid. When choosing a hotel keep in mind that Regal Princess uses two different terminals, and sometimes leaves from one and comes back to the other.

It could just be optimism on their part, but Regent in February, 2026, has a stop scheduled for Lahaina. Their January, 2026, stop is still in Kahului.

If I’m at a table for 6/8 I feel somewhat obligated to be sociable and engage with the table mates. If I’m at a table for two, even if it’s inches away from the next one, I don’t feel the same obligation.

I don’t think you’re going to have any luck getting a refund if the reason is that none of the available times were when we wanted to eat.

Interesting reading, here, but let’s not forget that one data point does not make a trend.

Seems to me that a ship would be preferable to a land trip if you’re worried about sudden problems. I have some friends that were on a land tour in Israel last October. They spent several days hunkered down in a hotel before they could get a flight back. The people on Oceania’s Nautica just sailed away a day early.

And it looks like mine is at Alfredo’s Pizzeria, maybe I can grab a slice or two to have on the lifeboat.😏

Assuming you want to spend some time in Sydney, if you fly there first, your internal clock is likely to be discombobulated, but if you arrive by ship, it should be pretty much in sync. I know it takes me a day or two… There are currently no SYD<>HNL cruises scheduled that stop in Tahiti and Fiji. There are cruises that start on the US west coast that have stops in Hawaii, Fiji, and Tahiti. One on Carnival this September, and one on Princess, September, 2025.

Actually, all you have to do is click on a person’s name to see their recent posts. Which I only did in the first place hoping to get a clue as to what type of plantation you were looking for. Imagine my surprise when I saw the same post on cruise line after cruise line.

You’d probably be better off asking on the roll call for your cruise. Roll Call

Beshears certainly wants to find a plantation…

If your wife is not in close proximity to you and orders a drink, whether in the casino or not, I doubt that it will magically be applied to your medallion.

I spent close to 40 years in IT, when I retired 12 years ago, I pretty much just chucked it all. Bought a cheap laptop for email and games, which morphed into an iPad. And occasionally I buy a new iPhone.

I do mine with a Bluetooth keyboard connected to my iPad. I haven’t used my PC in so long, I think it’s Windows 7.

And pineapple if they get Maui back on the schedule.