TomMMD

I just bought luggage tag holders, too.

Wonder if I should remove my Viking tags (still the leatherette type?)

Thank you for all the informative comments.

By the way, I should have mentioned that we will be at Fort Lauder 

We have an upcoming cruise in a few weeks from now?

When we did the remote check in, it gave a 12:00 time for me and a 12:30 time for my wife.  

Will they actually make my wife wait until 12:30 and will I have to hang around for 12:30 after I am checked in?

by the way, I am not use to being assigned a time.  I am used to just walking up to the Concierge line and later in life to the Aqua line.

I CHECKED in both me and my wife and they gave me check-in time a half hour apart.

8 hours ago, Tyler414 said:

Link your reservations together and you will all have the same arrival time.

Thsnk you.In the past we have brought six plug extendrte.  Is that still allowed?

5 hours ago, BobbM81 said:

Amazon has a watch/phone split charger we use for all travel. I agree the outlets on the Equinox are an issue but those do help. Add a USB splitter to charge the 2 iPads 

Very concerned about how few outlets they have.  Between the two of us, we have 6 devices that need to be plugged in. each night — phone, ipad, watch

Is this true for Aqua, too

We did the Oslo  pre-cruise in early June & we stayed at the Hotel Thon Opera. 

It is literally adjacent to  the train station.

FYI.  The rooms do not have usb plugs.  I was able to borrow a plug converter for my power block.

I did not see an evidence of antigen tests.  At the ship, they only asked for proof of vaccination.

On 7/4/2022 at 10:35 AM, hutch1994 said:

And you have to feel sorry for the crew that are put in the awkward position of unmasked people  wanting to have their pictures taken with them.  

We were doing a picture with our World Cafe server & asked her to lower her mask.  She respectfully declined & we just said “we understand “ and took the picture 

Do you miss the cubbyhole where it sits?   That was my primary place to put clothes.  It’s very awkward to get to the closet & drawers.

While it is indeed an amazing ship I don’t think the layout of the stateroom was well thought out.

Actually, we have been home for a week.

Instead of  the Viking Museum they took us to the Maritime Museum.  Don’t miss the grounds of the Opera House & Munch Museum.  

The train ride was wonderful until it wasn’t.  Because of track work, it stopped about an hour from Bergen at Voss.  We were supposed to be met by busses but someone either forgot to book them or they just forgot to come.  After about an hour so, they finally got a ride and we got to the boat about 4:45.  I am sure you will do fine.

By the way, our bags were in our stateroom when we arrived.

Which ship are you on?  We boarded the V. Mars in Bergen 3 weeks ago “Into the Midnight Sun” ending in Greenwich/London.

Loved Oslo.  We did the Oslo to Bergen to train.  Unfortunately, someone forgot to book the busses from Voss to Bergen so our boarding was delayed until about 5::00 pm.  We met fellow “bus people” travelers in The Restaurant (which stayed open for us) .  The rest of the trip was flawless.  

I will be posting links to my photos soon.

By my reckoning it is about 10:30 pm in Bergen & we would be just coming back to our stateroom after spending a bit of time in the Explorers Lounge.

On 6/22/2022 at 1:14 PM, kcpvwill said:

 

 

We should have docked in Lerwick, Shetlands today, but woke up to find that weather conditions were such that we couldn’t get in to Lerwick.  (Winds and narrow channel?) Captain’s noon announcement might elaborate.  
 

It turned out we were right it was the wind,  as the waves are not bad.  
 

It appears we must jinx the Shetlands as we missed them when we did the Northern Lights cruise in February.  
 

So now we have 3 consecutive sea days as we sail to the North Cape.  Lots of reading and eating! 
 

Yesterday was an enjoyable day in Orkney with good weather, great scenery and history.  

Has anyone made it into Lerwick this year?  We are due to return on 3rd July.  

 

When was this post written?   We were on the Bergen to Greenwich trip & landed in the Shetlands last Tuesday

 

We fly out of Washington DC around 9:30 pm on a Wednesday.

Our health provider has Covid tests until 12 noon on Sunday.

Strictly speaking, that is outside of the 72 hour window that you are supposed to meet.   How closely do they apply the window?

We are on that cruise as well & we have made some dinner reservations via.  MVJ.

Have not seen excursions yer.

I have been out of Cruise Critic for a few years but just booked a new cruise in 2022.

I tried to log into the Cruise Critic ipad app but it doesn’t recognize me.  I can log in on my desktop but that is so 1999.

What do I need to do?

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Date of Cruise:           January 13-20 2019                                                                                                                                       

Ship:               Aqua                                                                                                                                        

Cabin #:        10236                                                                                                                                                     

Deck #:      10                                                                                                                                          

Cabin Category:    Aqua                                                                                                                                                          

Cabin Location:    Starboard Aft                                                                                                                                            

Bed Position:          Bathroom                                                                                                                                         

Balcony Type:            Infinity Veranda                                                                                                                                      

Balcony/Window Size:      Infinity                                                                                                                                            

Balcony/Window View/Obstruction:    None                                                                                                                  

Balcony Overhang?:   No                                                                                                                                                   

Magic Carpet Issues?:    No                                                                                                                                               

Noise Issues?:          No                                                                                                                                       

Wind Issues?:           No                                                                                                                                       

Connecting Cabin? Where Does it Connect?:      None

Suite Details:                                                                                                                                                    

Advantages/Problems/Comments:                                                                                                                           

Would You Book It Again?: Yes

Date of Cruise:      January 13-20, 2019                                                                                                                                          

Ship:     Edge                                                                                                                                                

Cabin #:    10228                                                                                                                                                         

Deck #:          10                                                                                                                                       

Cabin Category:   Aqua                                                                                                                                                             

Cabin Location:  Starboard Aft                                                                                                                                               

Bed Position:      Bathroom                                                                                                                                             

Balcony Type:  Infinity Veranda                                                                                                                                                

Balcony/Window Size:     Infinity                                                                                                                                             

Balcony/Window View/Obstruction:      Obstructed view to the left                                                                                                                

Balcony Overhang?:                                                                                                                                                      

Magic Carpet Issues?:        No, never saw it move                                                                                                                                          

Noise Issues?:     None                                                                                                                                             

Wind Issues?:   None                                                                                                                                              

Connecting Cabin? Where Does it Connect?:     Nonve  

Suite Details:                                                                                                                                                    

Advantages/Problems/Comments:                                                                                                                           

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On 12/19/2018 at 2:47 PM, LauraS said:

So, I'm doubling back on this topic....to share that we've been working on this 

Then, the forums will be available via the Tapatalk app -- for IOS (Apple) devices.  This takes a bit longer as the Apple folks do more testing on the apps etc.

 

FINALLY, our Branded standalone app will return.  I do not have an ETA yet on this, but I will let you know.

 

All of the above will be announced on a more formal basis when the Apple version is available.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Laura

This is good news.  I used to check a few boards in the evening & comment on some but it is sooooo hard doing this via Safari on my ipad .   forget on the phone.  

5 hours ago, MACruisers said:

That is exactly what I was inquiring about OriginalBoat. Thank you for helping to clarify.   In this holiday season it was very nice of TomMMD to tell me where to go.  Perhaps I should do the same in return. 

Smile.   I was actually trying to be helpful.  Sorry if you took offense.

This is the wrong place for that.  Go to the Roll Calls for your sailing.

Very much enjoyed your live blog.   We are on the Jan 13 sailing of Edge.   I feel a bit of a peon as most of the live blogs so far have been from Suites folks.  (We are Aqua)

Nonetheless, well written & succinct & informative.

BTW,   I am was born & raised in MA.  But have been in MD since 1970 (before you were born?)

I will look out for future posts!