johnjc14

Hi

Would recommend Orkney as being a fantastic area to explore. We did BI tour last year (not with Princess) and are thing of doing another in 2021-and we would not miss the Orkneys. The Stone ring in the Orkneys is far better than Stonehenge-and you can get right up to it

Hi

It was not my intention to find free of charge shuttles-just the ability to get to somewhere more enjoyable than an industrial port-such as Livorno (we went there on Vision and a shuttle was provided, but this was 3 years ago). I do not know if taxis will be available at the dock side-especially in Mallorca.

Azamara, Viking, PO and Princess seem to provide this service-either for an additional amount or free. I have chosen family friendly shore excursions where I can, including using Cruising Excursions. But a lot of the RCI ones are just too long to interest a 6 year old.

Am very grateful for all your help.

thanks for replying. Mallorca is one I have been to with our granddaughter-and remembered it as being a longish walk for a (then) 4 year old

Hi

We are taking our granddaughter (aged6)on to Oasis in May. some of the cruise ports are a distance from the town/attractions-Marseilles, Mallorca etc. As I understand it, Royal do not provide port shuttles unless you are using one of their shore excursions-which we would do, but the duration of their tours is too long (6-8 hours in Naples and Le Spezia)to take 6 year old. Also the type of tour is not appropriate.

Any advice or suggestions would be much appreciated

Hi

Missed your point about seating. There isn't really a problem if you don't mind where you sit. Most of seats have good sight lines.

If you want a particular seat then 10 mins in advance should do it.

The entertainment in our cruise was very good-but not Broadway. Worth watching and done very well.

hope that helps

Hi

We are just back from the 12 night and most nights had two showings-the first linked to second sitting in the MDR and the second geared to the first MDR sitting.

The times can vary but are usually 7 pm and 9pm

We were on My Time dining and had mostly reserved 6pm (we had a toddler with us) and that meant we could always make the early show.

Enjoy the voyage!