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Hello @peterlive76 Thank you for your new thread. However, it is off topic for this forum. To help you out, your new thread has been moved to the What Ever Happened To........??? forum where it will be on topic. It is the forum to discuss the glorious past of cruising. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you have posted! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you Bookmark the page or put it in your Favorites for easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. I also suggest you use the Follow feature on any new threads you start or any other threads or forums where you are interested in the new replies. That way you will not have to go looking to see if there are new posts because they will come l👀king for you as notifications! If you need information on how to do it, please click here: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

@S.A.M.J.R. You are most welcome! When you leave on Harmony in July, be sure to wave to the rest of us that are wishing we were with you! .

Hello @Vacationtime3 Thank you for your first new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns parking in a specific departure port and is off topic there. To help you out I have moved your new thread to the North American Homeports - East Coast Departures forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have parked there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you have posted! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you Bookmark the page or put it in your Favorites for easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

I live in an appartement community for seniors. We residents say the only way you leave here is moving in with one of your kids, into an assisted living or nursing home, or in a hearse going to the funeral home. So often when we have lost a resident in one of those ways, their kids fill our dumpsters to the brim with all their parent's "stuff" & "junk" including furniture, kitchenware, etc. It is so sad, but it seems so many of today's kids do not want to deal with their parent's belongings. It also seems no one is at least trying to recycle before it all gets dumped into the dumpsters.

Hello @Damascus43 Thank you for your new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns a specific cruise line and is off topic there. To help you out I have moved your new thread to the Norwegian Cruise Line forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed NCL & used their phones frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. Also, you might want to research the Cruising Technology forum. You may find more information about using various phones & service providers there. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you have posted! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you Bookmark the page or put it in your Favorites for easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @James Booth and welcome to the Cruise Critic message boards! Thank you for your first new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns a specific location and is off topic there. To help you out I have moved your new thread to the Ports of Call - Alaska forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there or live there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you have posted! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you Bookmark the page or put it in your Favorites for easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @S.A.M.J.R. In case you do not know, you can watch the cruise ships depart from Galveston on turnaround days. On non-turnaround days, the following cameras are on patrol. The volunteer cam mods work hard in capturing the ships and passengers waving from starboard side using the following webcams on turnaround days: GALVESTON.COM: Cruise Video Cam - Galveston, TX GALVESTON.COM: Emerald Video Cam - Galveston, TX GALVESTON.COM: Marina Video Cam - Galveston, TX And anytime you want to check in on what is going on the Strand: GALVESTON.COM: Strand Video Cam - Galveston, TX With that one, viewers can move the camera to various locations as per the following clip: And here is where you can find all the webcams located in various locations on Galveston Island: GALVESTON.COM: Webcams - Galveston, TX And sorry, there is no sound on any of the webcams. However, everyone can see the online webcam chat going on by the "regulars" watching most turnaround days. Just click Webcam Chat on the following clip of what is under the cam feed: As I type this, a Carnival ship just left for a cruise and is being shown on the Cruise Webcam and then the Emerald Webcam. Also, the Marina Webcam is showing the staging area for the workers dealing with the recent damage to the Pelican Island Causeway bridge. The big blue building in the background is the RCCL terminal. Hope this will be helpful as you do not have to drive to the island to see cruise ships. But of course, I know how it is much better in person!! And especially if one is going to be leaving on a cruise from there soon!! Host Kat

Hello @LLCoolDoc To help you out, your new thread has been moved to the correct forum where it will be on topic. Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @David_S29 Your two threads have been merged into one. That way all the replies will be in one place. Happy sails, Host Kat

@ImperialLady To help you out, your thread has been moved to a more correct forum. Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @JohnGc First of all, all Cruise Critic members must be logged in to be able to post on any of the Cruise Critic Roll Calls. Without being logged in, a member can only read the Roll Calls and cannot post. If you want to address a particular post already in the Roll Call thread, you need to use the Quote feature on that post as I did yours above. That way all will be aware of what your post concerns since both the quote and your message will appear in a post. Click the Quote function on the post you want to address. When the Message Reply box opens, the quote appears in a box at the top. You type your message UNDER the quote box. When done with your message, click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If the member you quoted has used the Follow feature on the thread, they will get a notification that you have replied to their post. I suggest you use the Follow feature on any new threads you start or any other threads or forums where you are interested in the new replies. That way you will also not have to go looking to see if there are new posts because they will come l👀king for you as notifications! If you need information on how to do it, please click here: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) But first before you Follow a thread or forum, be sure your Cruise Critic email address is current and valid. If not, click here: How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address For more information about Quotes & Multi-Quotes, please click here: How to: Reply to a Topic / Quote / Multi-Quote. It is one of the many pinned threads toward the top of the first page of this forum. Hope this will be helpful! Happy sails, Host Kat

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Hello @kelkel2 You might want to research the Ports of Call - New Orleans forum. That forum may have some hotel information too. Happy sails, Host Kat

My Dad always said, "Stuff is junk you keep, and junk is stuff you throw away." ??????????

Hello @Kally Elizabeth If the someone is using your device, you will need to log off from your Cruise Critic account. Then they go to www.cruisecritic.com. Click Boards in the top white bar. Then on the next page to appear, click Log In located in the top blue bar. They will see the following pop up: They click Create an account and proceed to set up their account. They cannot use your Cruise Critic email address of record as they must have their own different email to be their Cruise Critic email address of record. Once they have completed the set-up, they will be sent an email to their Cruise Critic email of record. IIRC, they then click something to verify they have received the email at a valid Cruise Critic email address of record and can then proceed as a new member. If you are sharing a device and IIRC, it can get complicated in that you both cannot be logged in to Cruise Critic at the same time. Hope this helps! Host Kat

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For those now seriously contemplating their first Celebrity expedition Galapagos cruise after watching the webinar, you might want to check out this review by one of the Cruise Critic editors. You can find out "how the other guys do it"! They sailed aboard HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions) Santa Cruz II. I Went to the Galapagos on My First Expedition Cruise. Here's What It Was Like

Hello @bevahoop and welcome back to the Cruise Critic message boards! I see it has been quite a while since you have posted on the boards. Thank you for your new topic on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns a specific port of call and is off topic there. Your new thread has been retitled and moved to the correct forum where it will be on topic. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers, and we are so glad you are posting again! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list for the various message board forums. I suggest you Bookmark the page or put it in your Favorites for quick and easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. I also suggest you use the Follow feature on any new threads you start or any other threads or forums where you are interested in the new replies. That way you will not have to go looking to see if there are new posts because they will come l👀king for you as notifications! If you need information on how to do it, please click here: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you back aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

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Hello @Haiboi and welcome to Cruise Critic and the message boards! To help you out, your first new topic has been moved to the Transatlantic, Transpacific, Repositioning & Trans-Ocean Cruises forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed those type of cruises frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that will be of interest to you. You will also want to research the Norwegian Cruise Line forum. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers, and we are so glad you are posting! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list for the various message board forums. 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@Kellie in Texas Your new thread has been moved & merged into the existing thread on the Gulf Coast Departures forum. When this now merged thread started, the Cruise Cam was on the Pelican Island Causeway Bridge. As I type this post, the volunteer cam mods have put the Cruise Cam back on patrol since this is not a turnaround day for Carnival or RCCL. They have the GALVESTON.COM: Emerald Video Cam - Galveston, TX pointed to the Pelican Island Causeway Bridge now. However, not a lot of daylight left today as sunset is at about 8:00 pm CDT. Here is another link for anyone interested: Oil Spill After Barge Hits Bridge | Weather.com

FYI to all, Closing this thread due to new thread: Error Message EX0

No, it shouldn't. At this time, the Cruise Cam is showing the bridge & what's going on. GALVESTON.COM: Cruise Video Cam - Galveston, TX Edited to add: Check out the posts on the Webcam Chat. It is under the cam video on the left.

@Lois R I cannot do anything about it. The non-paid volunteer Hosts/Moderators do not have the ability to "see what is going on". As stated in the Guidelines: "... They generally have the ability to move and delete posts & threads, and perform other simple actions..." Contacting help@cruisecritic.com is all I can say at this time which you have done. They work with the IT team, Please note most paid Administrators work normal business hours Mon-Fri 8:00-5:00 and do have vacation/sick days.

@Shmoo here Appears to be just one of those glitches. It was same on other boards too. All appears to be well now. However, if you still want more info, send an email to help@cruisecritic.com from your Cruise Critic email address of record. Be sure to mention your user name. This is so your membership can be verified, and reply sent to your current Cruise Critic email address of record. If your current Cruise Critic email address of record is not correct and needs to be updated before you send your email, please click the following: How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address