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The ship's schedule is a busy one with lots of guest entertainers.
I've looked a few of them up on Youtube, and I'm excited. There will plenty of good music and comedy on board.
Valiant Lady Daily Program
 
We will not be sailing full.
Current availability shows a handful of insides,160+ Sea Terraces, and 60+ Central Sea Terraces.

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DH and I are off on another cruise adventure. This time we are sailing two back-to-back one-way cruises from Cape Liberty in Bayonne, NJ to Quebec City and back--and, I can’t wait! [20 nights total] Our family thinks we are a little nuts to be gone this long. This started out as a trip from Quebec City to Bayonne.  DH has some mobility issues and airports are a challenge.  We took a similar cruise in 2019 and the experience transferring at the Montreal airport [long delay and lots of walking] was not the best.  We boarded the prop jet by walking out on the tarmac and up the stairs.  So, I found a good price on the one way to Quebec City, and I booked it. Problem solved. That's my story and I am sticking to it. 😜

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I'm getting closer to LAX, but only because American keeps changing gates and terminals at DFW.

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I will be posting comments and photos during our cruise to hopefully give you a clear picture of our voyage. While we haven’t yet boarded the new Explora I, we have arrived in Quebec. In order to upload the photos, I will be reducing their size, but I hope you will still enjoy.

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🤭Here we go again - this time round trip from Rome (Civitavecchia) and you're invited! Pack a bag 🧳(or actually not) and let's see the classics plus whatever looks exciting and interesting. 🥴
Let me give a little backstory - I had been on a Mediterranean cruise (not HAL) a few years ago w/my sister to celebrate a milestone birthday of hers. We got a really really good deal, booked our first ever B2B, bought plane tickets and headed off to Europe. First week was great but exhausting, so I guess we were doing it right.🫣 We were among the first off ship and last back on every day - port times were longer then and we were in port 7 or 8 am until 8 pm (approx); we were determined to squeeze every possible moment out of every day. Oh, did I mention this was in June? So, those long days were 🔥 hot days w/summer crowds, ugh😞

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This is our first Oceania cruise. We spent two days in Rome, walking and eating. It allowed  us to adjust to the time change. We left our hotel at 1:15, using RomeCab, they were fabulous and we were at the port at 2:30. There was a small line to go through security because there was only one small machine. Checkin was very efficient and we were in our room by 3:15. By 4:15 , our bags had been delivered, we had unpacked and I had showered. Our room, a B 2 verandah on deck 8 is lovely. We fit our suitcases easily under the bed, medium size roll- on, did not need to lift the bed. We utilized all of the various drawers, but everything fit and was put away.

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Hi to all the Celebrity Cruisers out there! 

It sure feels like a long time since our last cruise in May of this year on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas out of Galveston, so we really cant wait for our first post pandemic cruise on the Celebrity Eclipse out of Los Angeles.

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Welcome to "LIVE" from Regal Princess.   Hello everyone, and good day. The Sea is Calling.   I will be flying to Fort Lauderdale tomorrow to sail the beautiful Regal Princess on October 24th (This Tuesday). I really don’t like to fly, and this is the 2nd time I’ve flown this year (“Oh the humanity”), but I really wanted to sail to a couple of ports that I have not been to. The last time I sailed with Princess was 20 years ago on Grand Princess (2003). Regal Princess is much newer (2014)   Regal Princess has been sailing in the United Kingdom all summer and is finishing her 15-night repositioning cruise from Southampton to Fort Lauderdale. I am also sailing a repo cruise from FLL to Galveston where Regal Princess will be spending the winter.

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We boarded the Odyssey yesterday in Los Angeles, for the 32 day cruise across the Pacific to New Zealand.  We have been to Los Angeles and Auckland before; all the other ports are new for us.
 
There are 315 guests and 362 crew members on board. The feeling and energy at the sail away was really great. It is surprising to us how many people chose a 32 day cruise for their first time on Seabourn.

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Good morning and ahoy there!
 
Setting this up for my long day tomorrow travelling to embark Spirit of Adventure.
 
We booked this cruise by default back in July last year. We'd been booked to go to South America earlier this year with Saga but due to concerns about the strict Covid protocols at that time that cruise was cancelled. This cruise fit our criteria of visiting places we'd not been to before and we decided to move over with some compensation rather than cancel with full refund.

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Hello friends It’s time for another Sea Dog review and it's going to be live. This time we will be on Adventure of the Seas which has a special memory for Linda and I as it was our first Royal Caribbean ship and cruise for our 20th wedding anniversary in 2017. We sailed from San Juan a week after Hurricane Maria. When we flew into the airport it had no air conditioning and was on emergency generators.

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1: SILVERSEA FOR SKINFLINTS
Now, where was I?  Oh yes, I was in Athens at the Grande Bretagne Hotel, having breakfast overlooking an old ruin that long ago lost its marbles.  A bit like me. The previous day I had disembarked the Silver Cloud having sailed from Muscat via Djibouti, Saudi Arabia and Alexandria.  You may well have read my positively Homeric bloggy thing last April and May.  Well, here I am again in Athens about to embark the Silver Spirit, bound for, well, that’s only the half of it.  And about to embark on another bloggy thing. You can’t have one without the other.

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“Winter is coming”[*]
 
But before that happens, let’s go and chase some of that tropical sunshine!... 
 
After having sailed upon the Scarlet Lady four times now, I was on the fence as to whether there was even a reason to bother with another “review”... After some consideration, and since someone will be joining me this time around, I decided to compromise on a "limited Live"... 

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Crazily enough, it is time for me to start planning for my next sailing already! I just disembarked the Meraviglia on October 4th with my husband and I am heading right back onboard on October 25th for a solo sailing. This is an 11-day itinerary out of NYC and I won't truly be alone as I am meeting up with several of my other solo cruising friends.

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Good afternoon all from Prescott Valley Arizona. I'm back for another one. Holli & I will be boarding the Sapphire Princess on Sunday for our R/T Hawaii cruise. We will be headed to San Pedro on Friday for a two night stay at the Hilton Doubletree prior to boarding. Not much planned for our two day stay other than to get excited for the cruise. We do plan to dine at our favorite area restaurant (22ND Street Landing) the night before boarding.

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Hello fellow Cruise Critic members, we are on the Oceania Insignia right now, enjoying a beautiful day at sea.  I figured I'd write a little about our experiences so far.  We are on our 3rd day and the cruise has been going quite well!  We have visited Quebec City and Saguenay so far, and will be in Corner Brook, Newfoundland tomorrow.  We are traveling with one other couple.

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Throughout the years I've read so many LIVE reviews while I'm waiting for my next cruise, and I thought it would be fun to give it a go and pay it forward to all those who have brightened my day through their musings.    This will be cruise #12 for us and we've sailed many itineraries more than once but this will be our first visit to Bermuda and our first visit to Perfect Day since the revamp. I visited Coco Cay back in 2005 and loved it then, I'm very excited to see what is in store for us with all the updates.

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This is our 2nd cruise this year having previously done the repositioning in March 2023. We booked this cruise back in October 2022. 
 
Ports this cruise include overnight in Malta till 5am, sea day, Catania departing 5PM, Palermo departing 5PM, Cagliari departing 6PM, sea day, Palma De Mallorca departing 10PM, sea day, Malaga departing 11PM, sea day, Cadiz departing 10PM, 2 sea days, Lanzarote departing 5PM then 3 days in Tenerife. 

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Join The Bird, *LIVE*, from the beautiful Norwegian Joy as she sails to Bermuda. This voyage concludes the Joy’s Bermuda and New England/Canada season. She will reposition from New York to Miami to sail some fantastic Caribbean, Southern Caribbean, and Panama itineraries. 
 
The Birds sailed this itinerary, exactly 1 year ago, on the U.S. inaugural voyage of the Norwegian Prima.

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I am on the Equinox now (10/8 - 10/14) and we don’t plan to get off the ship on either of the remaining port days, so I’ve got plenty of time to answer any questions fellow CC’ers might have.  We’re in a Royal Suite so we can address Retreat questions as well.  My initial observations as a first time Celebrity cruiser but many-time NCL and Princess passenger:

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This is Radiance 4-day cruises now that can drive to a pier.
I will try to answer anyone’s questions when I pick up a signal. 
Being platinum we were supposed to check in 16 days prior, but could not get software to checkin due to website issues. So checked in 14th day and earliest choice boarding time 10-10:30.

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Happy to answer any questions you might have. Also on the upcoming cruise which is a transatlantic so I will be back to back. Ask away.

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Hi there, people of CC!!  I am so excited about this land/cruise trip and can’t believe we will be taking off this Friday on a red-eye!  First, a little background…I am Bethany also known as ninjacat123 and my DH, Craig have been cruising since 2006.  Our first two cruises were on RC and then we checked out Carnival. The staff made our cruises great and since we were usually cruising with our two DDs (now 21 & 23) the staff’s care and personalities made it easy to return to Carnival over 21 times for myself.  

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This is our first Virgin cruise and we boarded yesterday. I always enjoy doing reviews, so will try to keep up a live review with photos and impressions.
 
We are a couple in our mid-50s that currently live in Europe but have also lived in South America and the US. We have sailed many cruise lines, including Holland America, Crystal, Azamara, Celebrity, RCI, Carnival and Seawind Crown ( which no longer exists). We have traveled extensively on land as well.

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Hi! This is our second YC cruise, the first having been immediately post-Covid, and therefore odd in various ways. We boarded yesterday in Istanbul. I took this photo of the Splendida from the cab on the way there.
 

Both the airport and the cruise terminal in Istanbul are brand new, shiny, enormous, and rather confusing. The boarding process is underground, and there’s lots of space for vehicles, but it’s not clear where the entrance is from the street. Our cab driver certainly didn’t know. Maybe it’s because they want you to go through security.

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