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It is on the Epic The door is always locked. You use your room key to get in. Its just for Studio passengers. Theres a coffee machine and snacks etc

Disney used to have crab legs on their buffet years ago IDK if they still do.

We were suppose to cruise out of Venice in Oct 2020 after spending 5 days there in an apartment. Our cruise was cancelled of course and then the locals voted to stop the cruise ships from coming up the Grand Canal.. I visited Venice sans a cruise because I dont relish the idea of having to travel all the way to and fro Trieste. Im glad I went this time.

I was on the Epic TA last month. I traveled around Italy and flew home from Venice on May 22. That day there were Gem passengers at the Venice airport who said much the same thing. They came in a day early or late and had to travel to the airport from Trieste..

First To The Fun But they go on right before the regular folk and after all the Platinums etc

Did the 'cane train' ever come back ? That used to be fun. It would travel almost all the way around the island and then you were met by your bus driver for the rest of the way. Free booze all the way.

I always have a problem with the photo, so I do everything but that part on my desktop and then use my phone. I usually have a battle with the photo though. They take another one at the terminal so I dont know why they require us to add a photo.

If NCL doesnt have buses to the train stations but they do have them to Heathrow go on one of those. The subway/underground/tube goes right to Heathrow. The Picadilly line goes from Heathrow to Kings Cross/St Pancras.

For East-West TAs we usually fly to another country about 10 days/2 weeks before and then travel around by trains ending up at the embarkation port about 3 days before. We use frequent flyer miles/points for a free trip to Europe. Sometimes we've done the prior 10 day etc to make it a B2B lot of cruises.

Never fly into Europe in time to get on the ship. Always go a few days early.

Sorry the art auctions and the movie repeats are on other cruise lines also.

The Gem was about 1/2 full in December, 1,200. Barcelona to NYC The next cruise (Dec 22) they were expecting 3,000 for the Christmas cruise in the Caribbean.

Ive been using my NP card or my VA card to get into the forts for years and they have always asked for extra ID. I just use my DL. They dont look at any signature just the photo. I wave both cards in front of them and they wave me and my party (4 can get in using an NP or VA card) on in without looking closely. We went to the forts 3X this year so far 2x on the B2Bs and another time on the Sky in early Jan. Each time, no hassle.

LOL I remember seeing that. The waves were also rolling and spraying quite high towards the rear wall. I wondered if anyone would break out the surf boards !!!

Yes It was great !!! We did a Partial Panama Feb 2017 and had wanted to do the whole Canal since then. We got to do the Canal TWICE in the one week !!!

If theyve brought back the 'Cane Train' shore excursion in St Kitts go on that one. It used to be fun. For San Juan if youre a veteran the forts are free for you and three others. Theyre run by the US National Parks. Use your VA card. Also if you have a National Parks card take it with you. Again you and three others can get into the forts for free.

The first time I cruised with NCL I sat next to a Diamond while we waited to board. She had the same-colored card as me, so it cant be the Latitude level.

Lucky you It means instead of one point a day towards the next latitude, you get three. Your usual one a day and two more.

I was on this cruise. Going through the Canal I discovered that the front wall in the Spinnaker only had European outlets, no American outlets or USB ports so we couldnt plug our cell phones in to recharge them as we took photos through the front windows. Luckily I had a regular plug with me and had recharged fully the night before in my cabin but some others hadnt. My phone lasted just to the end of the Canal. I was amazed that a ship with mostly American passengers wasnt set up to accommodate them. But as you said the Gem is an older ship.

We cruised in Alaska Sept 17-26 2019 and the whales were everywhere, playing, tails in the air, chasing each other etc. Glacier Bay etc They hadnt left yet. We saw them every day, didnt need a shore excursion. It was wonderful.

There used to be a small bar just by the Sheraton that did that for a small reasonable fee

We were there last week on the Sky. Maybe only the smaller ships ?

Well regardless of what status or supposed 'priority' anyone might think they have, for the Gem TA from Barcelona on Dec 8 had whomever was nearest the top of the lines going first to 'embark' onto the ship. The 9am time slots meant nothing to the Spanish workers. Anyone could check in any time.

The Channel is rough ? Did you get to La Coruna today ?

It was supposed to be Sept 2023 Did Carnival back the final date up ?