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We've been having a lot less problems since we started staying in inside cabins more often.  We have found it is a lot easier to maintain a comfortable air temperature in these cabins and usually don't have to reset the air con for the entire cruise once it is right.  I have put this down to the fact that the cabin is never heated by the sun outside.  In outside and balcony cabins you usually get the full sun either in the morning or afternoon which tends to overheat the cabin, the air con then has to be turned up to combat it then it becomes too cold when the sun goes away and you have to turn it down - hard to ever get it quite right.  Anyway, we haven't got a cold or cough in any of our inside cabins so far but on the other hand we have been sick in virtually every balcony cabin.  

We must be marked as we seem to get awful supposed upgrades and guarantee cabins on a regular basis.  Were supposedly 'upgraded' from our personally selected forward Balcony with nothing anywhere near it to an awful mid-ship balcony with a lifeboat right in front of it.  It ruined my cruise.  Was unaware that TA had not marked booking No upgrade. 

Guarantee cabins have been next to a very loud live music venue where it sounded like the band was in the room until late every night, another one was next to the butlers pantry and crew door so noisy all day and night, another was the last inside cabin at the back with the closest lifts mid-ship and I was injured and needed a walking stick and couldn't walk more than about 50 m (spent most of the time in the cabin as I couldn't get to anything), another was in the front outside cabin located just above water level with two portholes that looked like front load washing machines for most of the cruise (I kept expecting to see fish to go past), and the list goes on.  Have only had one that I thought was even a slight improvement and that was from an inside to one of the cabins overlooking the internal promenade on a RCCL ship so it had a window but then you had to keep the blinds drawn all the time anyway as people from the cabins on the other side as well as entertainers on the overhead gantry could see in and it was located over the pub so it was noisy until the early hours with rowdy drunks 'singing' at the tops of their voices so not that great really as an inside would probably have been quieter.  Not really a glowing review for 'upgrades' or guarantees.

Hi! I am looking at a cruise that stops at Port of Spain and Scarborough in T&T.

Can anyone tell me if they require the passport holders of countries requiring a visa to visit T&T eg. South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, etc to actually have a visa when just stopping for the day on a cruise ship? Or can you just get on and off with your ships card and no-one bothers to check like most places?

Also, if they are checked who checks that you have one - the ship preboarding (when checking in), Trinidad and Tobago officials at the dock when you arrive, etc.

If anyone has been there recently (last 2 years) and can give me any advice on this matter I would appreciate it.

Thanks

Hi Lyn (roaring50s)

Did you end up needing a visa for Trinidad and Tobago on your cruise? If so, how did you get it? I am having similar trouble to you getting a straight answer.

Thanks

Worldtravella