little britain

I feel that Voyager Suez cancellation email combining in 3..2..1..!!

We have just booked Az for January 2026 going to all those places!! The price for a balcony has gone up almost $4000 since the itinerary was announced just a few weeks ago… but what an amazing route with an overnight in Zanzibar! Can that tempt you? Interestingly it was an email from NCL that first caught our attention with this route. However when I price it up, both NCL and Aza were the same price! No brainer as to which one to choose! However the holiday budget now rises because we “ have” to do a safari as well now, as we are in the area! lol!

If I do a price check it clearly shows 2 prices - albeit the same price - but one option has Pay in full get 5% OBC

So the only way to see whether it is 5/8/10% is to continuously do dummy bookings to check what it says? I presume the OBC is non refundable therefore must spend on board?

Yes RCI is saving $$ on those: you only get free laundry on 5+ nights, you only get one amenity on cruises of 3-6 nights, you don’t get your $25 meal voucher ( P only) …. But you do still get your free WiFi 🛜

How do you track the offer? If I try a new booking the ‘Price from’ and the ‘Pay in Full get 5% OBC’ prices are the same?! And the fare is $3000 more than when we booked 2 weeks ago!

That’s called Celebrity ! I have 4 booked - 3 of which were booked before the Pinith upgrade … so that just icing on the cake 🧁 ! @sgmn I’m doing b2b Singapore to Japan in March .. I may do a live from over in the X boards 😉

@Norwaylady how busy are the specialty restaurants? Are they offering any deals? Deck plans show TG and Qsine still. Is that correct? I love Qsine!

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My bad; the original question was regarding smoking in the casino 🎰 and I should have been specific about that.

No, not on sailings from England or Australia. Radiance is a lovely older style elegant ship with good connections to the sea. That design is called “ ships of light”.

I also don’t care for InTENse. It was very dark. Literally and figuratively. I much prefer the one on Symphony, with the red shoes!

Do you recall the price and times of the transfer to VCE airport please?

Yes I’ve had a drop on a group bkg

Use a USA TA who gets group rates? And you get price drops.

Yes the option was to rebook one of 3 itineraries. Unfortunately the only decent one, which goes to Bermuda and actually ends in the right country wasn’t one of the options! My deposit refund was asked for on Thursday and was refunded by Saturday.

Just to let you know this rude lady is not correct. There is no RCI level which offers 3 drinks. The lowest level is Diamond which offers 4. Diamond has always matched to Elite so this is not a new match. And she can use her vouchers against a coffee if she wants on RCI but what a waste of a voucher imho!! If she wants a coffee card she buys a coffee card. They aren’t free! I would be very happy to correct her! Have 2 cruises booked on Infinity ( just paid deposit on another this morning!) so loving your review x

Only? So she now leaves 5 days earlier; the cruise duration has been cut; she is missing out the 3 best ports and going to the same old same old Spanish ports; she ends in a different country…. and for that RCI are offering $100 per room ( not even pp) OBC 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Hope you didn’t have too many Slippery Nipples last night!!! Just waiting for the Lerici moaners to complain about the names of the cocktails! Safe travels home! 🏠

She was due to arrive in Portsmouth, England on 27 April 2025. Then she was going into her dry dock, before resuming cruising on 15 May 2025; so, yes, she was meant to be in Europe in April 2025.

I see from my friends in board that people complained 🤦‍♀️ about the Lerica event and they have been issued with $50 pp compensation. Yes that is right , compensation for a free event where everything is laid on for you! You couldn’t make it up!! The entitlement of some people never fails to amaze me and is probably one reason why I would steer clear of a Presidents Cruise and all the badge-wearers 🤞you win a cruise @Norwich Cruiser and have an aperol for me! x

@cruisemom42 any pics please and logistics costs of getting there etc ? Thank you 🙏

We walked off 8:45 and were at train station in minutes. There were already people there waiting. Guess we got on board the train about 9:15. There was quite a line behind us Distance from ship to train 🫰 as you can see ! FYI: Flam was also the best place to buy clothing. I bought a jacket there that I saw in all other ports for 595nok instead of 1100nok. The best shop would be the other side of the green railway carriage in the pic; and to your right 🛍️

They did a Florence on your Own excursion last year. Transferred you to train station and you had a few free hours in Florence. I wouldn’t do it again as far too much waiting around on the platform whilst earlier trains to Florence Came and left. We couldn’t get on those as the tickets weren’t valid. There was an independent bus shuttle you can find on line; or I’d get a cab to the station and buy my own tickets for the earlier train.

That’s exactly what I posted on page 1