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CarrieAP

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  1. We’re on the same cruise! More common it seems on longer cruises and with more time spent inside but other times who knows. Took family cruise on a full NCL Escape returning 3 days before surgery. Admittedly nervous. Masks in crowded areas but we were mostly outside, spread around, with private excursions. But my daughter (another cabin) caught it. Mentioned 2 times she had a sore throat, gave her a test kit, she was positive. She hardly felt sick and wouldn’t have considered testing or stayed in cabin/ masked if I hadn’t prompted her. Luckily I did stay neg. Husband got it last summer on day 13 of river cruise. He didn’t test pos when the whole family had it 2 months earlier. Does feel random but we will probably still mask in crowds and excursion buses. It’s not going away. Think I’m a bit more worried about norovirus. Forgot to order more hospital grade hand spray in time though do have wipes.
  2. Double checked and yes that’s the one I have! We fly out tomorrow for boarding Sunday. Again, my thanks!!
  3. I want to express my appreciation for the experienced cruisers who have helped us plan our upcoming Mariner trip to Norway. First time on Oceania. One area challenging for us was figuring out the shore excursions with OLife, your way discounts etc. To complicate this, there are unexpected medical issues impacting my mobility. Had surgery 8 weeks ago and considered cancelling but decided to go ahead with the cruise and adjust as needed. Best advice ever is to request pdf listing of booked excursions with prices paid. Perplexing this is not available on the website. The person covering for my TA had some difficulty obtaining this. Initially was sent a different summary lacking prices and designation of those using OLife credit. I knew to keep pushing the issue and finally received the pdf this evening. Will be so helpful to track changes as we make adjustments! Sometimes the repetitive questions may feel frustrating for the regular contributors to this board. I’m a lurker and spend a lot of time reading pasts posts. Your responses are so valuable and appreciated. So thank you to all who share their expertise and opinions! All viewpoints included lol Carrie
  4. Think there were some delays getting schedules finalized post Covid but once they had them set we booked.
  5. Another vote for Overlord. Did tour with them last spring, albeit on another cruise line. Outstanding experience.
  6. Ouch. Hope this is sarcasm? For some of us the thought of dining alone is pretty intimidating. Did it last cruise when my husband was too tired and I prefer dining rooms to buffet. Took my kindle with me as support. Sometimes the delay between courses feels quite awkward. Can only people watch so long before it feels creepy. As does conversing with myself. And if I busy myself sipping from my wineglass to fill the void I'll need an escort back to my cabin lol.
  7. Consider risk of bad location if bidding. We’re on the Escape in spa balcony and purposefully chose cabin that was other cabins. Across the hall the cabins are under the gym. Happened to us once, heard the thud, thud of treadmill quite early.
  8. Leaving tomorrow for 1st family vacation in 6 years. This time with 24’s boyfriend and 27’s lifelong childhood friend. Schedules aligned which is so rare this age. Best Mother’s Day present ever to myself. Can’t wait to spend time together and to see the reactions of the newbies!
  9. I use a TA so hard to imagine not having her assistance. Follows up on all issues so I’m not tied up on phone. National firm, king of cruising in my book. Support staff are available instantly any time I’ve had an issue. Had some issues on another cruise line with our package and we messaged each other as she sorted it out. Our agent lives in Florida, heart of cruising (not their home office site), so is very familiar with a variety of cruise lines from personal experience. Also offers 8-10% refundable OBC. Sailing Sunday and just found out via our cruise docs that 2 of our cabins have pre-paid service charge. Unexpected bonus!!
  10. Thank you! We sail Sunday. Plan on buying cruise next vouchers. My brain however couldn’t compute our final balance considering stockholder and travel agent agent OBC, trying to keep track of what each can be used for. Pleasant twist- e-docs indicate service charges have somehow been pre-paid! Must have been additional promotion from TA she forgot to mention.
  11. We booked concierge for our 1st Oceania cruise on Marina in July. These posts have been most helpful. Also confirms we made a good choice for this trip.
  12. Something learned on our last cruise. Had to visit ship’s medical for pneumonia. Have a Medicare advantage policy through Excellus. They declined all my medications, stating Medicare doesn’t cover meds purchased out of country. About $500 so could have been worse. Will make sure I carry supplemental plan that covers medical as primary from now on. Just easier.
  13. Fine print on ones I've received indicate 9/30/22 pay in full date for 2023 sailings.
  14. Norway has implemented environmental requirements that limit older ships access into the "deeper" fjiords such as Geiranger and Flam. Norway is on our bucket list for next year so our selection of cruise line is dependent upon this factor. We're hoping to take our 1st Oceania cruise soon, but that will probably wait until at least fall of next year. Holland America has some outstanding Norway itineraries so leaning in that direction for spring/early summer.
  15. We too booked with flash sale after returning from a Celebrity cruise lol. We were on Apex TA to Amsterdam, returned last month. Have never been on a river cruise so will eagerly look forward to your posts. We did spend 5 nights in Amsterdam so not disappointed about arriving day of. Bit anxious but hoping to go with the flow and hope it all works out. Our cruise is 7/27 on the Embla, same direction Amsterdam to Budapest.
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