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That's hardly meeting someone ! I saw the late Queen Elizabeth lI across the road in 1977. I hardly think that is worth a mention.

Just watched the first episode of Frozen Planet 2 on BBC tonight, narrated by David Attenborough. Make the most of the views, they won't be around much longer !

You need to have had a booster to be considered fully vaccinated.

Just go for a Club Class mini suite. Mid ships and a nice big balcony..

Slightly off topic, but do not go to the Ramblas at night time. Just a tourist rip off. Go to the Gothic Quarter, or one of the residential areas for a more authentic (and cheaper) experience.

Sensible advice. I can't think about 2023 holidays at the moment, let alone 2024. Given the current economic crisis, you need to be sure of your financial position before thinking about booking for 2024.

They do sometimes try and get rid of slow selling stock. I picked up a litre of Brut for £3.50 !

Join the club !

Never saw that on Regal this summer.

When you book a select fare, you have the ability to choose your preferred dining option. Apart from Iona and Arriva you have three options - anytime dining (what it says on the can and the most popular- you go to the dining room when you are hungry) - early fixed dining (normally around 18:00, and you will have the same table and dining companions the whole cruise) -late fixed dining (same as early fixed dining, but later!) As you are on Iona, I don't think priority dining has any relevance whatsoever.

Two years late, and nothing to do with Princess ! Must be a record .

Virtually impossible to get Covid via surface transmission, as has been known for some considerable time. Even the diligent mask wearers have to eat and drink, which is where they most likely contracted Covid.

I must admit I fail to see why any cruise line would allow unvaccinated passengers. The downsides in terms of reducing port alternatives, plus the extra medical care that unvaccinated passengers may require, surely outweigh the benefit of allowing a small number of people to start cruising again.

You would be better asking on the Royal Caribbean board rather than here, whuch is for generic questions, rather than cruise line specific issues. Perhaps the mods will move it for you.

During sea days it is pretty easy to hit double figures, especially with the minute glasses of wine, on port days not so much.

And I imagine you will still be quarantined if you get Covid on board.

You get a half bottle of red and white wine per cabin. You are meant to get priority biarding, but when we boarded in Barcelona there was one queue for everyone. As I see it there are only rwo reasons to puchase cc. The cabin and the dining experience. Everything else is just puff.

July and August this year in the UK, and Europe, were unusually hot. There is no way that you will need ac in late September. In fact, I would want to know what sort of heating the hotel has.

No disrespect, but are you are talking about American beer which is, to be polite, somewhat lacking in the alcohol department ? Most mass produced beers don't even reach 4.5%. Hopefully you can point me in the right direction as to what to order next time I am in SF.

I love the fact that Princess state that the champagne is French ! It cannot be called champagne if it is not French ! But, in forty years of marriage, my wife tells me that the two best dinners of our marriage were on an over ocean restaurant in the Maldives, and our Balcony Dinner on Sky Princess leaving Antigua. And the UBD was considerably cheaper than the Maldives !

We booked a club class mini suite to celebrate our 40th Wedding Anniversary. We wanted a good minisuite, and, most importantly, we wanted a premium dining option. And we thoroughly enjoyed our experience. Once you start letting anyone buy their way into the club class dining room option, you lose that exclusivity. I think the OP is just being cheap.

Through your TA. Not sure how you do it if you booked direct.

Only two below the price limit, but you get 20% off the price of the more expensive cocktails. Still not a great deal.

From memory, the PE supplement is not taken into account when the deposit is calculated.

For cost cutting reasons, regardless of what Princess say about it being a Covud prevention measure.