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  1. A bit of a misconception. Not all, or even most, of ship's excursions are leaving in that first 20 or 30 minutes. They can be spread over several hours, or sometimes even longer. If you are docking, yes, it will be congested getting off in the first 20 ir 30 minutes. But exclusively blaming it on ship's excursions is over cooking it. Lots of independent travelers are also getting off. But it's not difficult to get off in that first 30 minutes.
  2. Settled into our hotel. No cruise ships in port today. Excitement today was a guy trying to scam a free upgrade to the front of the place, and a quick visit to urgent care to deal with a minor medical issue. Weather is sunny, but a bit cool and breezy at times. Going to be a bit cooler tomorrow as the storm approaches.
  3. Wow! Might become ours...we are waiting on a Neptune GTY. Guess I should say a big "Thank you!
  4. I think the OP might think they can get cell coverage if they can see little towns.
  5. Curious how many airlines require a check-in at 24 hours prior? Southwest? Otherwise waiting until checking your bag at the airport should cover getting a boarding pass.
  6. A semi live report from Zaandam sailing Saturday to Mexico, 14 days, to see the Eclipse, April 8th. Waiting at SFO for our flight to SAN. Raining here now, supposed to be raining in San Diego on Saturday. After that, expect warm weather. Most newsworthy info at this time is the crazy cabin situation. The cruise has been sold out since about November, with an astronomy group of just under 500 on board. We have a GTY booking. There have been at least two offers to "move over" to other cruises, but we have not received either. There have been upsell offers, didn't receive those either. There is a waitlist, and people are getting assignments off of it. But we have not received our cabin assignment. Have to admit it's frustrating. Not our first GTY booking (actually our 6th), but by far our latest. There are 3 ships in port Saturday. Zaandam, KDam and a Disney ship. It is going to be crazy. Then add rain, perhaps heavy. They have, after a false start, announced scheduled, assigned boarding times, with check in and boarding starting at 11am. Zaandam should be at sea today, enroute to San Diego. Will answer any questions I can.
  7. Depending on what packages you are talking about, some are cheaper if bought before you board.
  8. The dividends ended when Covid closed everything down. Seems reasonable to me.
  9. Have you asked on the River Cruise board, here: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/115-river-cruising/
  10. There are several hotel discussions on the Alaska board, here: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/33-alaska/
  11. Just slightly different categories, so they can charge differing rates. VA is considered the better cabin, by location.
  12. This...hard to give any good answers if the OP has not come back and clarified the situation. It seems obvious that a flight connection at AMS to BCN shouldn't be a problem, but if the OP is getting off a ship at Rotterdam, Amsterdam or the other possible ports, then catching a flight to BCN to board that afternoon, is a entirely different question. @kbconthemove, please come back and clarify the information, please.
  13. The overnight is Stockholm, and the sail in and out of Oslo and Stockholm are great aspects.
  14. Better to ask this on the Princess board, here: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/119-princess-cruises/ If it is anything like the HAL app, you can't.
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