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Getaway NY's Winter 2023-24 mostly 10 Days - ports & food pix, who's who onboard, misc. etc. "Not semi or live report"
mking8288 posted a topic in Norwegian Cruise Line,
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LauraS,Semi-live... maybe fully live from Harmony... A tale of two cruises.
Tree_skier posted a topic in Royal Caribbean International,
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LauraS,Grandeur live 12/14 - 12/21
lorimay posted a topic in Regent Seven Seas Cruises,
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LauraS,Live: Dec 22 2023 Solstice 12 Night Thailand & Vietnam Holiday Cruise!
mahdnc posted a topic in Celebrity Cruises,
Here is our current trip plan (link)
When we originally booked this sailing for Dec 2020, it was a 14 night cruise aboard Millennium. There were overnights at Singapore and Hong Kong which are now missing on our current 12 night sailing. We had planned on staying pre and post cruise at Singapore and Hong Kong. So when the overnights got dropped with our current sailing, I decided to book five nights pre-cruise in Singapore and five nights post-cruise in Hong Kong to make up for it. It probably works out better that way. So this trip will have 3 phases: Singapore (5 nights) + cruise (12 nights) + Hong Kong (5 nights)
Originally when we booked this cruise, our two adult children were set to go with us--it would have been our 15th Celebrity cruise as a family. But now 3 years later a lot has changed--they are unable to go with us for a variety of personal and work reasons. So that is another casualty for us from the Covid cancellation/delays.
Today we plan on flying out of Chicago (ORD) and we will fly to San Francisco (SFO) for a 7 hour layover designed to allow us to have dinner in San Francisco with our son and his wonderful girl friend at Mister Jiu's restaurant. I suggested that he pick the place to eat since he knows San Francisco so well after living there for over five years. I told him that since we are headed to Asia for almost a month, I preferred we not eat Chinese food during our stop in San Francisco. Well Mister Jiu's is a Chinese restaurant--a Michelin star one--but still a Chinese restaurant. So that is where we are going today. It will be nice to see our son and his girl friend.
Our flight then leaves SFO at about 11pm local time. We will then have the pleasure of flying on United Airline's flagship route designated as Flight #1 which makes it very easy to remember. But the nonstop flight from SFO to SIN will be about 17.5 hours long. Our car comes to pick us up at 9am, so here we go.....
David and Marcia
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LauraS,Almost Live Auckland to Sydney
PasadenaDave posted a topic in Viking Ocean,
Presently at United Polaris Lounge in LAX. We dropped off the dogs for boarding and Uber picked us up at 4:00. Quick ride thanks that protesters did not prone themselves on the freeway today. Easy checkin and no line at TSA Pre. Good food and drink. We board in than one hour.
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We arrive Auckland Monday morning and board the ship on Tuesday. We will pick up a bottle of booze prior to boarding.
It will be good fleeing the brutal winter weather in Pasadena, it was 78 today.
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LauraS,Semi-Live Discovery Princess Dec19-23
CynCyn posted a topic in Princess Cruises,
I’ve had the spinach ravioli and waiting in the beef tenderloin.
It has been mostly wonderful so far. I tried to drop my bag in the stateroom and Stewart was NOT happy. He actually yelled at me. It was a bit uncomfortable but reported to guest services.
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LauraS,Live Neptune TA Dec.12 -23
mariners posted a topic in Viking Ocean,
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LauraS,Live from the Viking Sky (Ft Lauderdale to London) December 20, 2023 - May 6, 2024
Penspack posted a topic in Viking Ocean,
During this time on the Sky there will be passengers from 6 different cruises.
The passengers on the ship for the duration are on the "Viking World Cruise". This is from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to London (Greenwich). We are also embarking with people on the "Panama Canal & the Pacific Coast" cruise [Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to Los Angeles, California, December 20, 2023 - January 6, 2024] who will disembark in LA.
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LauraS,LIVE from the Viking Neptune World Cruise includes FTL and LA
BobCatter posted a topic in Viking Ocean,
Viking treated us to a dinner in Manfredi's where we got to meet the Cruise Director, Executive Chef and Excursion Manager (along with a few other officers) who will be on for the duration of the WC. It's going to be amazing. 🌍🛳️🍸
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LauraS,Live from the Wind(s) of Antarctica. Dec. 19, 2023.
twangster posted a topic in Silversea,
Departing from Puerto Williams in the South of Chile, Silversea has gathered us in Santiago, Chile as our commercial airport of arrival and departure. From here Silversea has charted private aircraft to fly us to Puerto Williams to board the ship. This is considered an "Expedition" Silversea cruise so a little different than their "Classic" offering.
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LauraS,QM2 voyage M338 - 15 December 2023 - 7 nights - Westbound Transatlantic Crossing - reports onboard
Pushpit posted a topic in Cunard Line,
Location: Southampton Mayflower Terminal, 50.9044, -1.4290
Greetings from Southampton Mayflower Terminal onboard RMS Queen Mary 2. I think there are quite a few Cruise Critic members on board. Having got the Elon. Musk wifi to work I thought I would give over a few reports from time to time. This won't be a classic "Live From..." thread, plus I hope some others may pitch in with their experiences. I will try to get things like menus and programmes online.
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LauraS,Live from the 12/9 Sky Princess.
Host CJSKIDS posted a topic in Princess Cruises,
Excited to be getting on The Sky again and sitting with my first cocktail in hand. Can't wait to hear that love boat horn as we depart!!!
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LauraS,“LIVE” from Apex, December 2nd-First Celeb to the Carib Sailing!
niksmom630 posted a topic in Celebrity Cruises,
“niksmom630” here, a.k.a. Chris, about to kick off my 2nd review on the Celebrity board. As my signature discloses, I’ve primarily sailed Royal for the last few decades, but sailed on my first Celebrity cruise from Rome to the Greek Isles in 2022 on the Edge. It was amazing trip, and sold me on sailing the brand, and the Edge class in the future
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LauraS,LIVE SIDE-BY-SIDE Celebrity Summit Retreat & Seascape Yacht Club 12/9-21/2023 ~ 1st MSC vs Farewell (?) X Suite Experience
Stem to Stern posted a topic in Celebrity Cruises,
I am Stem to Stern aka Paul. 😀
In just under 48 hours my DH and I are bringing our nearly yearlong cruise withdrawal to an end as we embark Celebrity Summit in Miami.
But wait.
This is only a 5-night cruise?!?
That’s not long enough!!
What can we do about this?
Maybe a back-to-back?
Maybe another ship?
What is this Yacht Club that GenerationX was singing the praises of in a couple of her live trip reports earlier this year? 🤔😉
Let’s check it out….
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LauraS,Semi-live: Crown Princess, “Mexican Riviera” Dec 12 to Dec 22
mk-ultra posted a topic in Princess Cruises,
Round trip from San Francisco. Yay! My home port, so no flying or hotels involved. Just a 15 minute Uber ride from home to pier 27.
Cabin: M1 category “Reserve Class” (formerly Club Class) mini-suite on Dolphin deck 9. It’s the same size as the rest of the mini-suites, but comes with bundled extras. Bids placed just slightly above minimums to gamble on an upgrade. Don’t really care. Buy the cabin you want; a decent upgrade win is just icing on the cake.
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LauraS,LAFFNVEGAS Live from the Nieuw Statendam December 10, 2023
LAFFNVEGAS posted a topic in Holland America Line,
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LauraS,🚢 SYMPHONY LIVE -12/16-12/24 🚢 She’s sort of like a song. 🚢
h20skibum posted a topic in Royal Caribbean International,
This is our first time to sail Symphony, although we have sailed the other Oasis Class ships. One advantage will be that we will have some new shows to see, some new artwork to see, and more importantly, some new bartenders to meet.
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LauraS,'Twas Two Weeks Before Christmas - Live from the Nieuw Statendam, Dec. 10 - 17, 2023
POA1 posted a topic in Holland America Line,
Ladies & Gentlemen, Boys & Girls, Moms & Dads, Teens, Tweens, Youngsters, Toddlers and Wee Little Shavers - It's that time again. The National Institute of Cheer has stoked the boiler on the blogging machine and we're going full steam ahead with our first "Live From" since Christmas of 2018. That's five long years without a voyage on one of Holland America's blue-hulled beauties.C
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LauraS,Seashore 10-day 12/7-17: attempting a live-from!!
gotta cruise again posted a topic in MSC Cruises,
We arrived from central Texas at MCO yesterday about 5pm. Caught the Cocoa Beach Shuttle to Towneplace Suites near Port Canaveral.
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LauraS,Live from the Celebrity Summit, 12/11-12/16/23
VintageCheap posted a topic in Celebrity Cruises,
We were in Florida for a lovely cruise on the Connie and just got back. 12 days is nice, 14 is better. I was of course cruise shopping based on price and spotted this run- excellent ship and ports and $249 Ocean View. I was able to find decent one way flights back, and waited until we got to Tampa to cancel the back half of our cheap round trip tickets. Airlines hate this but I was surprised to get half our fares back.
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LauraS,Live from the Flora, 10-night Ecuador and Galapagos Adventure, Dec 8-18
Ken the cruiser posted a topic in Celebrity Cruises,
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LauraS,Essiesmom sails Seashore Dec. 7-17. A Live From from Below the Salt
Essiesmom posted a topic in MSC Cruises,
This time Essie is coming along. My biggest task may be keeping her under control. Car and navigator packed:
I'm an old lady and don't participate in many activities. I like to explore the ship, and people watch. I like to go to the shows, particularly the musical ones. I haven't much patience for jugglers, magicians, or comedians. I eat in the MDR and buffet, don't do specialty restaurants even though as diamond I do have a complimentary meal. I don't eat a lot, splurge on gelato. I hardly drink, not that I am against it, but I dislike the taste so it is always something that disguises the taste. Or free. I carry around a refillable bottle which usually contains iced tea.
I live 280 miles north of Port Canaveral, in Coastal GA. I like to sail from ports I can drive to but this is too far to drive the day of the cruise, although I could have done it because they assigned me a boarding time of 4pm... I left home about 1pm, and after a stop at CVS to pick up two prescriptions that I don't need yet but I couldn't let sit for 11 days, I hit the back roads until joining I-95 at exit 49. I hate I-95 ao spend as much time as possible on side roads. The worst part is going through JAX. Maybe I should splurge on a SunPass and take the express lanes. Tonight I am at the Best Western Plus at SR 16, the outlet malls of St. Augustine. I have a small but adequate room, much like a cruise ship cabin. There is barely space to walk between the foot of the bed and the chest. There are at least 8 outlets, but not a single usb port. But I am equipped. My watch is currently being charged.
The hotel is behind a Denny's, but it seems not to be open. So I revisited Ford's Garage for supper, chicken fingers and house salad. I've eaten there before and there is really too much food. Last time I could only eat half of my sandwich. I am not a gourmet, or a gourmand. Many of the dishes others picture and rave about I would never order. I will post menus and pictures of what I order, and whether or not I liked it. But not the gelato...I will be too busy eating it before it melts to take pictures...
Please post questions, but only about non-YC. EM
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LauraS,Live from Ascent’s second week long sailing ever!
Ben100014 posted a topic in Celebrity Cruises,
Currently sailing on the way from Ft. Lauderdale to Nassau onboard the brand new Ascent, and thought I’d give some brief thoughts of the experience so far.
Boarding was the best I’ve ever experienced. From shore to ship in less than 10 minutes - X has really perfected this experience. Other lines take notes!
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LauraS,Freedom OTS - Live Pre-Christmas Sailing
DeerJod posted a topic in Royal Caribbean International,
After a few week hiatus we're returning to Freedom of the Seas for yet another casino sponsored cruise. This time we're going without kids for a well deserved getaway.
We're hitting the standard 3 nighter out of Florida, starting in Miami visiting CocoCay and then Nassau, but really this trip is about a nice relaxing weekend before the holidays.
More posts to come, but we're sailing in an OV Balcony and will be spending our dinners in either Giovanni's or Chops.
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LauraS,Semi-Live from Eclipse, 12/7-23
asnaleah posted a topic in Celebrity Cruises,
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