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Numerous posts had to be removed due to "hints" for TA names. Also, quotes of hidden posts in replies meant that they had to be removed too. This thread is closed. BTW, perhaps something in the following Cruise Critic article will be helpful: Finding a Cruise Travel Agent

Thank you for the information and now your thread is closed.

@Globaliser Yep! Just clicked the MARK FORUM AS READ feature on both & now the LGBTQIA+ forum on the Cruise Critic Community list of forums is no longer bold for me. Here is a clip of that area: Thank you for your help & I have missed "seeing" you on this forum!

@CDNPolar As mentioned above, please email CC Help Michell, Community Support Assistant, at help@cruisecritic.com from your Cruise Critic email address of record. Include information such as your device & browser as well as screen shots.

Here is This Forum on the Oceania Cruises forum with a laptop and I use quotation marks for phrase searching:

Thank you @RBCal, and now this thread is closed. BTW for those interested, please see the following from the FTC Disclosures for Bloggers and Brands section in the Guidelines: FTC Disclosures for Bloggers and Brands In 2009 the FTC created a set of rules and guidelines regarding disclosure of free products in exchange for writing reviews about those products. If you would like to read more about this, you can go here: FTC Endorsement Guides However, much easier to read and understand is their FAQ: FTC Endorsement Guideline FAQ As you spend time reading about the rules, it would appear very simple at first glance: disclosure is now required by the FTC rules — at least if you are not a “professional.” Continue reading and you will see it isn’t that simple! You’ll also see it is not clear how the FTC will enforce these guidelines. The manpower doesn’t exist since the FTC is also responsible for policing telemarketers, business frauds everywhere, and spammers, to name just a few. For purposes of our “cruiser-to-cruiser community”, since our environment is anonymous and we do not verify the information posted here based on the FTC rulings it is the responsibility of the vendor, advertiser or provider of the free product to counsel any poster or blogger regarding disclosure when they post information on the internet. To clarify, please see the scenarios below about the various areas within Cruise Critic where user-generated content is collected. Forum Postings - If a poster reviews a cruise they bought, of course disclosure is not necessary. If they review a free cruise acquired via a contest disclosure is necessary. If a cruise company sends the poster on a free cruise and the poster does a review on the forum in any format – freestanding or in response to info requests, both the cruise line and the poster are responsible for disclosure. If a tour operator offers someone a discount on a future tour if they mention their company, disclosure would be required. These are just examples; there are many other scenarios that would require disclosure. Submitting a Review for Publication to Cruise Critic - Cruise Critic requires everyone who submits a review for publication to our website (www.cruisecritic.com) to agree to the following: “I certify that this review is my genuine opinion of this cruise and all tour operators/guides/businesses in ports of call. I have no personal or business affiliation with any establishment, and have not been offered any incentive or payment originating from any of these businesses to write this review”. Since it is impossible for aggregate review websites to know exactly how someone acquired their cruise, tour or product, therefore it is unrealistic for us to be able to moderate for FTC rules. The onus is on the cruise line, advertising agency, or tour operator/guide and the poster of the review(s) to comply with FTC rules for disclosure.

@CDNPolar Your thread has been moved to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum where it will be on topic. Members often forget this forum is here toward the top of the Cruise Critic Community page. I just clicked the MARK FORUM AS READ feature on the LGBTQIA+ Cruisers forum and it worked for me. If you are still having problems, please email CC Help Michell, Community Support Assistant, at help@cruisecritic.com. Please send the email from your Cruise Critic email address of record and be sure to mention your Cruise Critic user name. This is so your membership can be verified, and reply sent to your Cruise Critic email address of record. If your current Cruise Critic email address is NOT correct and needs to be changed BEFORE you send your email, click here: How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address I hope this will be helpful! Happy sails, Host Kat

@Podweeb IIRC, as a new member it appears that way until you post on the boards. Now that you have posted your first post it is there. If you want to edit the current info, click your user name at the top right side of the forums over the Search bubble. Select Account Settings from the drop-down menu. In the Other Settings box click Edit Profile. When done, click the blue Save button. I suggest you use the Follow feature on any threads 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 looking 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). Happy sails, Host Kat

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Hello @le chat 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 cruise line and is off topic there. To help you out I have moved your new thread to the Cunard Line forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed Cunard 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. Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @Donh44 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 technical help and is off topic there. To help you out, your thread has been moved to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum where it will be on topic. As mentioned above, please click here for the instructions to change the information in your signature: How To: Edit Signature I see you did not Follow this thread. I suggest you use the Follow feature on any threads 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 looking 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 additional information will be helpful and glad to have you back aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Please note the following from the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: "... Discussion of the management of this community is not allowed on the forums..." "... However, we would be happy to address any concerns you have via email. Please write to the Community Manager at: community@cruisecritic.com..." "... If you have any questions or comments regarding our posting guidelines or any content found on our message boards please be sure and let me know. I'll be happy to discuss them with you.LauraSSenior Manager, Communitycommunity@cruisecritic.com ..." Please send your email with your questions/comments/feedback to LauraS, Senior Manager, Community at community@cruisecritic.com. Also, please send the email from your Cruise Critic email address of record and be sure to mention your Cruise Critic user name. This is so your membership can be verified, and reply sent to your Cruise Critic email address of record. If your current Cruise Critic email address is NOT correct and needs to be changed BEFORE you send your email, click here: How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address Hope this information will be helpful and now this thread is closed. Host Kat

Hello @tiamo91 and welcome to Cruise Critic! 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 particular Ports of Call and is off topic there. To help you out I have moved your thread to the Ports of Call - Caribbean - St. Martin/St. Maarten forum where it will be on topic for one of your ports. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Click here Ports of Call - Caribbean - St. Thomas/St. John to research your other port. Again, the majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there frequent that forum and provide feedback there. Browse through the thread titles on the two forums 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 a great resource for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are glad you have posted! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list for the various message board forums. 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. Please remember the following stated in the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: Browse Before You Post Browse a topic first to see if your question has already been asked or answered by someone else. Also, many of the major cruise lines forums have a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) topic that has been created by our members. Give that a try first. Browsing is your #1 best resource! Please post your messages in an appropriate topic so that you'll receive the best possible response. It is very time consuming to move misplaced messages that are in the wrong topics. Anytime you need to start a new thread/topic on a forum, first make sure you are in the correct forum for your topic. Word your new thread title in a way to help the members know exactly the information you seek. This greatly helps the members browsing through the thread titles and if they know the information, they will reply to you. Also, it is best to limit each inquiry to only one topic such as one cruise line, one ship, one port of call, etc. and of course, on the correct forum. Be sure to mention your cruise line, ship, port or sail date in your message if that sort of information will help your fellow Cruise Critic members help you. To find your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you, you need to post on the specific Roll Call thread for your cruise. Please read What is a Roll Call? Everything you Need to Know and How To: Create A New Roll Call. For more information about our famous Roll Calls, please read the Roll Calls and Our Policy Regarding Facebook and Roll Calls sections in the Guidelines. We also have the following Cruise Critic article you might enjoy: 8 Reasons to Join a Cruise Critic Roll Call Your fellow Roll Call thread members may have important information posted in your Roll Call thread for your specific cruise line ship and sail date. Especially those that have sailed your line, ship or itinerary before. The specific Roll Call thread for your cruise is the ONLY place on the Cruise Critic message boards where you and your fellow Roll Call thread members are allowed to post personal ads about sharing private tours, excursions or transportation with each other to save money. There is a "captive audience" there since you are all sailing together! Once you locate the Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship and sail date using the Roll Call Finder Tool at the top of your ship's Roll Calls forum if one is already created, read through the whole thread to get to know the other Cruise Critic members sailing with you. Use the blue Reply to this topic button to post an introductory post about yourself on the Roll Call. If you want to address a particular post already in the thread, be sure to use the Quote feature on that post as I did yours so all will be aware of what your post concerns. You type your reply UNDER the light blue quote box then click the blue Submit Reply button. If a Roll Call thread for your specific ship & sail date has not been created, please feel free to start it! Then sit back and wait for your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you to join in with posts. They will appreciate you starting the Roll Call. So sorry this is so long, but I sincerely hope this information will be helpful to someone new to posting on our message boards. We are so glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Please note once changed all your previous posts will have the new user name and you will not have lost your post count. However, any previous quotes of your posts now in other member's posts, such as this one, will still appear with the old user name.

@ChrisB123 Use the Report feature. See How To: Report a Post However, if others have posted after your original post starting the thread and they are still sailing the cruise, just make a post in the thread regarding your change of plans. Please note the following portion of the Roll Calls section in the Guidelines: Roll Calls belong to everyone; there is no designated leader or owner. It doesn't matter who started the thread.

@Knotagain68 Actually, please note the following from the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: "... Discussion of the management of this community is not allowed on the forums..." "... However, we would be happy to address any concerns you have via email. Please write to the Community Manager at: community@cruisecritic.com..." "... If you have any questions or comments regarding our posting guidelines or any content found on our message boards please be sure and let me know. I'll be happy to discuss them with you.LauraSSenior Manager, Communitycommunity@cruisecritic.com ..." Please send your email with your questions/comments/feedback to LauraS, Senior Manager, Community at community@cruisecritic.com. Also, please send the email from your Cruise Critic email address of record and be sure to mention your Cruise Critic user name. This is so your membership can be verified, and reply sent to your 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 see the following: How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address

Hello @APW Thank you for your new thread on the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum! However, your thread was off topic there. That forum is for technical assistance in using these message boards. As stated at the top of the forum: Note: This area is intended only for questions and answers relating to technical assistance in using these message boards. Please do not post general cruise-related questions or Roll Calls here. To help you out I have moved your thread to the Ports of Call - Italy Ports forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been 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. I suggest you use the Follow feature on any threads 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 looking 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). The Cruise Critic website and message boards are a great resource for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are glad you are posting on the boards! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list for the various forums. 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

Yes, the thread is now locked.

Hello @burrma Thank you for your new thread on the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum! However, your thread was off topic there. That forum is for technical assistance in using these message boards. As stated at the top of the forum: Note: This area is intended only for questions and answers relating to technical assistance in using these message boards. Please do not post general cruise-related questions or Roll Calls here. To help you out I have moved your thread to the Canadian Cruisers forum where it will be on topic. I suggest you use the Follow feature on any threads 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 looking 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). Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @TMCU & welcome to the Cruise Critic message board! To help you out, your new thread has been moved to the MSC Cruises forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed MSC 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 a great resource for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are glad you are here. Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list for the various forums. 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. Please remember the following stated in the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: Browse Before You Post Browse a topic first to see if your question has already been asked or answered by someone else. Also, many of the major cruise lines forums have a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) topic that has been created by our members. Give that a try first. Browsing is your #1 best resource! Please post your messages in an appropriate topic so that you'll receive the best possible response. It is very time consuming to move misplaced messages that are in the wrong topics. Anytime you need to start a new thread/topic on a forum, first make sure you are in the correct forum for your topic. Word your new thread title in a way to help the members know exactly the information you seek. This greatly helps the members browsing through the thread titles and if they know the information, they will reply to you. Also, it is best to limit each inquiry to only one topic such as one cruise line, one ship, one port of call, etc. and of course, on the correct forum. You will get more replies that way. Be sure to mention your cruise line, ship, port or sail date in your message if that sort of information will help your fellow Cruise Critic members help you. To find your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you, you need to post on the specific Roll Call thread for your cruise. Please read What is a Roll Call? Everything you Need to Know and How To: Create A New Roll Call. For more information about our famous Roll Calls, please read the Roll Calls and Our Policy Regarding Facebook and Roll Calls sections in the Guidelines. We also have the following Cruise Critic article you might enjoy: 8 Reasons to Join a Cruise Critic Roll Call The specific Roll Call thread for your cruise is the ONLY place on the Cruise Critic message boards where you and your fellow Roll Call thread members are allowed to post personal ads about sharing private tours, excursions or transportation with each other to save money. There is a "captive audience" there since you are all sailing together! Your fellow Roll Call thread members may have important information posted in your Roll Call thread. Especially those that have sailed your line, ship or itinerary before. Also, they may already have posted share requests that may interest you. Once you locate the Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship and sail date If one has already created, read through the whole thread to get to know the other Cruise Critic members sailing with you. Use the blue Reply to this topic button to post an introductory post about yourself on the Roll Call. If you want to address a particular post already in the thread, be sure to use the Quote feature on that post as I did yours so all will be aware of what your post concerns. You type your reply UNDER the light blue quote box then click the blue Submit Reply button. If a Roll Call thread for your specific ship & sail date has not been created, please feel free to start it! Then sit back and wait for your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you to join in with posts. They will appreciate you starting the Roll Call. So sorry this is so long, but I sincerely hope this information will be helpful to someone new to posting on our message boards. We are so glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

@marie&rick To help you out your new thread has been merged into the existing thread regarding your topic. I suggest you use the Follow feature on any threads 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 looking 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

@rosewood jo Your post containing information re Churchill's bears and the maps had to be removed due to the Copyright Infringement section in the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships. Please repost just the link to the information which is allowed.

And here is the FAQ from RCI: What is Royal Caribbean’s Burial at Sea policy?

@bapaleg and @zelker Your conversation has been split out from the thread where it was off topic. It is now a new thread on the Ports of Call - Panama Canal forum where it will be on topic. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you both aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

@PatandStu Thank you for your new thread. However, your inquiry was off topic where posted. To help you out, your new thread has been moved to the Florida Departures forum where it will be on topic. 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. I suggest you use the Follow feature on any threads 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 looking 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