Mimiya11

Am looking for a shore excursion to get to St Andrews but none are listed on the Azamara site for our June 2025 cruise. Not sure if this is a just not yet listed or just not being offered. Has anyone been on this cruise within the last year and can provide some information as to whether there is/was one available through Azamara? Any and all private excursion offerings that I have researched (excluding one that would charge $1000! for 2 of us) did not fit within our port times. Thank you in advance.

Curious as to what the outcome of this trip was as I am currently trying to figure this out too. But maybe from Aberdeen which is also a port of call for us.

We are on the Scottish Intensive next June. The Red Hot Chili Pipers Azamazing Evening is called for 7 pm, can I assume that is when we leave the ship for the show? I only ask because we have a private shore excursion get us back to town at 6:30! Hoping to be able to do both.

And unfortunately, while the quality of the cast was outstanding, a few weeks ago when we were on the Oasis, people in the audience walked out due to boredom and confusion about the storyline. Time to replace CATS with something more fun. Plus am not sure why a full length production needs to take place on a ship where there is so much to do. .

My comment was on the concept of inter-porting and our experience. Our Rome embarkation was strictly based on the availability of our group of 15 and timing to start the cruise. We love both Rome and Barcelona (been to both places a few times for several days - not in the summer).

OP We had the same exact confusion when we were planning our Med cruise on the Oasis, which we just got off a couple of weeks ago. What we didn't like about inter-porting (our first time) was that our embarkation in Rome is seen as day 5? and Barcelona is considered the first day 1 of the cruise. As a result - there was no sail away party for those getting on in Rome - the teen meet and greet that our granddaughters were looking forward to was not until Barcelona which happened near the end of the cruise. So by then the teens who had met in Barcelona on Day 1 had already made friends. - when we got off the ship in Barcelona, the same line to get on the ship for people embarking and those of us who just wanted to spend a day in port was a crowded mess. - luckily we were able to figure out the booking of shows on the website rather than the app which helped. Overall though our group of 15 had a terrific time but would not board in Rome again.

Celebrity cruiser here (although we do like to try other lines). We are just off the Oasis of the Seas with our family of 15 (7 of which kids from 3 to 13) on a Med cruise. Your Elite status on Celebrity puts you at Diamond on RC. Each day your sea card will be loaded with 4 free drinks. Our adult kids enjoyed getting one drink per day free from us. The Diamond Lounge on Oasis was in a terrible area (no windows) but a nice place for some quiet (our cruise was packed with kids as expected). The lounge had a nice breakfast spread, afternoon snacks and cookies. Shows were amazing and while we booked them all in advance, the only one that they were turning non reserved people away was the Aqua Show. GO! We all had a ball. Having said that, for us RCI is the way to go with family groups as there was a ton of fun things for the kids to do.

Thanks for the advice. But in the end, it is a holiday on the day we disembark and the office is closed which I found out randomly by going on their website. We booked through Expedia yet they confirmed a reservation!!! In the process of booking directly through our only option Locauto at the railway station. A lot more $$ too.

We have a rental car booked on the day we disembark but forgot to figure out an important detail Are there shuttle buses from the port to car rentals? Thanks.

Thanks all Will visit out of curiosity and the espresso machine 🙂

Not having sailing on RCI for years, would like to take advantage of my Celebrity Elite status while on the Oasis next week. I have been reading varied information about access to the lounge byr Diamond level members if the ship has a high volume of Diamond Plus and higher members? Anyone on the Oasis now or recently who can share their experience? Thank you

Calm down. A bit harsh huh?

Interesting. As you said, food is very subjective. No fault of the wonderful staff.

Exactly!!! On our first E cruise, I had no idea what I was booking, thinking a veranda was a BALCONY. And when I contacted Celebrity, was not told there were other options. Mmmm Now after cruising in IVs, twice am done!! which is too bad as the ships themselves are wonderful.

Good question and while I appreciate the response from Laura, on our last cruise in March (while I understand people with families had time off), it appeared the shows started much later at night than in the past.

Agree re Eden!! We personally are done with AQ and Blu after our March experience on the Apex. Other than the lovely dining room and breakfasts, the dinners were less than appealing than we remember from many Aqua experiences in the past. Bread baskets are laughable (they used to have lovely breadsticks and varied breads - no more). This was also the first time we chose MDR menu items as there was nothing appealing to choose from (and we are really not fussy) For the price difference, when we sail Celebrity again, no more Aqua for us and we will pay for specialty restaurants. Now if only the suite prices were not so insane lately.....we loved Luminae!

Thank you so very much Roger. Will be looking at the menus and booking one. I take it they are both in shopping or cultural areas that we can wander around afterwards?

We are heading there next month, also on the Oasis. Plan is to do it on our own. Any noteworthy restaurant recommendations?

Thanks for the recommendations. Will add these two for another trip. Just yesterday I made a reservation at Nix Tapas and Drinks which had great reviews and appeared a bit closer to the cruise terminal (from what I see google maps) .

Thanks as usual edinburgher! And yes of course I have been searching all morning. Found a few, but of course we are in Barcelona on a SUNDAY so the gems that I found are closed. Thanks re the Parc de la Ciutadella, which we didn't go to last time. We did go to Parc Guell, which the rest of our family will wander.

We spent 5 glorious days in Barcelona in November and since it is a port in our upcoming trip next month, we are hoping to get off the ship, have a great tapas lunch and get back on to the ship. We want to avoid crowds in the main tourist areas (if that is even a possibility) as it will be hot and no doubt packed! Any suggestions?

We loved our stay at the Iberostar Selection Paseo de Gracia. Great hotel, customer service, location and breakfast! Walking distance to La Rambla, across the street from a really nice department store with a great lower level for groceries, snacks and last minute items for the ship. It is also one half a block from one of the HOHO Bus which we took after we went to the Sagrada Familia to get us to Park Guell and wander. Plus tons of stores and restaurants.

We had a fantastic tuk tuk tour in Lisbon from the company I Took a Tuk Tuk (all their seats face forward). We did the 4 hour tour which was a wonderful overview of the various districts of Lisbon with some stops along the way. While in Porto we wandered the Porto area and also took a full day tour of the Duoro Valley with wine tasting and lunch through The Cool Guys Tours. Another terrific day.

Thanks all. Will stick with getting a birthday cake at dinner 🙂 to celebrate We all decided that we are happy to watch Karaoke not be part of it (we had a blast years ago as a family but that was one and done).

We are heading on the Oasis next month and I thought I saw somewhere that you can book a private silent disco party or karaoke for family? Does anyone have any experience doing this and who do I reach out to arrange? Thank you