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Rysyonok

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    Delaware
  • Interests
    Dancing
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Celebrity
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Bermuda

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  1. I have found your Pompeii comments to be genuinely worthy. May you be willing to share your ideal itinerary through the site? And yes, I've caught onto your passion for the Villa of Mysteries.
  2. Wow. What a way to feel in the moment, to see 2,000 years (or 300, depending on one's beliefs) back. I'm speechless.
  3. Such a great story! Thank you so much for sharing this. What house did you enjoy the most - although I imagine all of them were fascinating!
  4. Wow, thank you for that tip. Does it require a separate entry, etc.?
  5. That's a great point. That place is genuinely huge! And the fact that what, a third of it is still unexcavated is unbelievable.
  6. I was there in March 2022 last, so I admit being a few months out of date. As for slippery, once you walk into the water a couple of feet, there's a drop-off. It's more obvious towards the cabanas.
  7. So, coming back to the ship in France I imagine a cruiser has to pass through a checkpoint which is an equivalent of an arrival (departure) point. If a cruiser wasn't a part of a tour, then they to have a passport to reboard, no?
  8. 1. I've seen a couple, although I'm not sure where they had come from. Those strollers had very wide wheels - no other way to traverse the sand. 2. South beach has a sharp depth drop-off about 2 feet into the water. I would explicitly not go there with a child. 3. Yes, the ocean may be cooler, and no, pools are not heated. 4. Can't help here, however in general RCCL counts every head separately.
  9. There's a tram that takes you from the boat to the main court of sorts (recognizable by dancers) and there's another one making a counterclockwise trip around the island. Both are the only ones available. If you don't see the latter one immediately upon disembarkation from the prior one, just turn right and walk along the shore. You're going to be stopped immediately and redirected to the stop as the road quickly turns tram-only access. 🙂
  10. South Beach was the quietest indeed, but it has become for crew only after the known events. Also, following cabana construction, water has become quite treachery and slippery in some places. I wouldn't go there. So, either pool (straight off the ship - straight ahead, leaving waterpark just on the right) or the crescent-shaped inlets to the left (off the ship - left at the earliest opportunity - cross the bridge - after the bridge do not follow the road but keep going straight).
  11. You don't have to, but I've seen beach drink servers get a bill or two.
  12. Has anyone been to Palais Longchamp in Marseille, France? Is it worth a visit, or is it either mediocre or overrun with tourists? Here's a visual off Internet of what it is:
  13. I would recommend Florence (Firenze). In a way, time has stopped there in the 1500s. Cathedral (Duomo) is gorgeous - do climb to the top. Bridges over Arno are cities in themselves. And even if you aren't into art, strolling past Uffici gallery is majestic, if only to sit down by Michaelangelo's David for a breather. And you can take a train to Civitavecchia that only takes a couple of hours.
  14. I can only wonder whether lack of technical stops is driving up supply chain costs for RCCL. Here, in US, we're accustomed to occasional ports of call that have little value to us, passengers, but they mean everything to the cruise line: ships are filled up with cheap groceries. Hello, Port Canaveral 🙂 That may not be an option in Europe, as a non-Schengen technical stop will instantly make things complicated for all passengers. Thus, higher costs. Maybe we have all been reduced to waiting for RCCL IT to make it's signature fail in time before we sail 😉
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