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Is this the last cruise for the Xplorer before she gets refurbed>? Sailing in March, apparently the 2nd cruise out from her return. Plans for the ABC islands? Son is playing hockey in Nottingham, EIHL.

How was it?? thanks

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water taxi or land taxi to Mullets from cruise port?? and cost? thanks

Every ship, not just RCL, has its Pros and Cons...but many like to gravitate to the -ve and post such! Just enjoy, have fun and be happy... 😁 BTW we are on the Xplorer OTS March 18 too, 8nts, be our 2nd leg of our 'side by side' vs B2B, as we will do the Harmony the week before. Looking fwd to both!

CK well done, and how was it??? and Missed you on the Explorer out of LA, was on Nov 28th

Seen the sharks, a few times, mainly around South Beach and the floating bar, they wait and lurk for the drunken swimmers 🤣 no but serious they do swim around the shallows, bait fish are plenty there. But like I always say as a fisherman too where there are the babies or smaller ones, there are the mommas and papas near by! 🤞

Our fave ship, has to be the Jewel! Service, Food, the ship layout, staterooms and condition!

I hear ya...I didn't see sale prices either on the app...only on board pricing

Where did you find this

Plan my Cruise thru the website is 'Gone Sailing...' for a while now, I see its a RCL issue... However thru the App, only pricing im seeing is the onboard $ and no BF sales? Anyone else??

She is great, I just checked she was on our last cruise Fun fact - piano guy at schooner was just ok, but once in a while, she would show up and jump in the schooner later at night and kill it! She made the show! I think she was on AGT or talked about it or auditioned?

Good Post Researcher, Q - I cant remember exactly how many days before the cruise they stop add ons to purchase for your cruise? I kind of remember its 2 days?

Stopped in Kusadasi, early summer no isues with no visa, have passport or copy with you, we did a private excursion and back at the port we wandered around, great spot,

We used our COR for our Rome/Greece/Turkey cruise May 10, we had our propoer Dr letter, plus our PCR +ve test, with in the 90 days and had no problem at check in, they checked dates, looked at the forms, and said enjoy your cruise, (we did not have a test the day before) we are dbl vaxxed and added a booster a month after having covid, Dr suggested wait for 30 days, so fast fwd, we are heading on another cruise this weekend, 5 nter out of Cape Can, to Bahamas and Labadee, and we are still with in the 90 day window, and will again use same docs and not test before boarding.

Stay away from AC, Stay away from Montreal and or Toronto, as best you can! They are a mess, a nightmare! 'Rusty travellers' by our MofT he is a joke< disgrace comment! Embarrassing!

Back from Rome, on the Odyssey OTS italy, Greece Turkey cruise, Air Canada. Air Canada, be it Toronto or Montreal a total Sh!t show. Going there, delays, delays, almost threat of missing our connector but made it, but bags did arrive in Rome...Great cruise etc etc But coming home...we got notices of delays with AC, and possible connectors, what we were notified wasnt what the AC agent in Rome was telling us, she was calling - conferencing with mgr at airport etc, crazy, we finally or thought we finally had things ironed out, tagged the bags, even with Priority great big flourescent tags with the normal bag tags, i see the bags dissappear in the belt... Board our flight, and off to Montreal...another nightmare, made us go thru Customs twice, Why you ask, cause the 1st agent thinks we are now gonna hop on another flight and go to London England, and even though all docs say London Ontario..😤, ran around that airport, and of course we have duty free wine and oils, and water, but inspect every thing, take the water, an like scolding us for having such items, lmao even though all we were doing was going to our connector...we have an hour to get thru , took us a full hour, they held the plane for us, because of the agent who doesnt know her own Country! One of the last agents says why you here?? i just started laughing and rushed us thru, we went thru 5 checks, 3 agents , 3 or 4 scans...and funny thing is no one tells you anything, hardly speak English lol except for this last agent, he just shook his head! We make the flight to TO, connect to London Ont, go to baggage carousel and hear my name, go talk to the AC agent, oh Sir sorry to inform you bags wont be making it, they just got scanned in Montreal, 4 hrs since we landed there! BOOM...some of these workers, have no clue! I think they do it on purpose! Delivered the next day, anyway, we got everything, nothing broken, all in tact, BUt talked to the delivery guy, 3rd party courier for only AC, 3 trucks he has going, 7 days a week, full time, 24 hrs, he said to me, your bag is only 24 hrs, I have delivered some 48 + up to a cpl weeks , one lady a year later! lol there is our National Airlines! We stay away from Toronto and Montreal as much as possible! We mostly go out of Detroit...knock on wood, always excellent service, nil delays, bags never a problem etc etc

LOR negates any testing to board RCl and or fly in US, have to have Form Letter of Recovery from your Doctor, plus the PCR test showing the date of test, get the LOR 10 days and Doc will confirm in his letter. Save $ on testing, we used it for Rome, getting ont he Odyssey, and will use it again for the Mariner for a Caribbean cruise. Consulation prize I guess for contracting this stupid virus!

ohhh geeze, I cant recall exactly a few euros, different sizes, but prizes seemed very good, there were therapeutic oils too, drank some teas as samples, showed us how to make sure the saffron was real, etc were sampled/sipped oils even , tried Turkey candy too lol,

here is the difference between the shops at the port and the ones at Ephesus, fake items at the port are Chinese produced and there u get what you pay for and less. Shops at Ephesus have bags etc made in Turkey, much higher quality and many items are done local, price is same or better. ie A LV bag made by the chinese you will see if you look offset patterns, or bad colours, same type bag made in Turkey you cant see this offset and colours are closer to the genuine item... You can do both as we did, week ago and was fantastic went to some local stores too grabbed some great local items, real saffron, EVOO, Holy Water, other spices, and rubbing oils...

In one of your pics, are you wearing a 'poppy' near your heart, asking as In Canada we wear them during a period for Rememberance of fallen hereos/soldiers? I wondered if you were for some reasom during your Turkey stop? thanks

YEs we are within the 90 days, just wondered if you had over heard anyone talking about it, or any issues with it etc? but thanks for the feedback!

Keep up the posts, well done! of course have fun, dotn worry about us! 🤣 We are on after you get back, 16th, been on the Ody and loved it, excellent ship. Q - when checking in, did you hear or talked to anyone about testing requirements? My wife and I have a Letter of Recovery and our +ve PCR covid test results and understand from all I have read we dont need to test. So just curious if anyone else was in a similar situation? OH and the dreaded tendering 'boat tickets' I have witnessed 'sh!t shows' during this process before, hope its not bad this time! lol Thanks...

So my Q's are this - Says no need for Green Cert, BUT traveller will be required...?? or Equivalent Cert - which doesnt give any example what that is? and when opened its a pdf and in Italian and no direction of what else can be accepted??? Or is the Certificate from our Country or others, (we are Canadians) good enough to show, including in this we have Letter of Recvy, then i read at the end need a sworn Translation??? any one help with these? really need a sworn translation, says Green Cert if in English is ok, but anything else needs translation? So how how difficult is it to get a grn cert? Fulfilments for entry to Italy The rules for entry into Italy have been updated and simplified. The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, has signed a new order extending the provisions for arrivals from foreign countries to 31 May. The only change concerns the Passenger Locator Form, which from 1 May will no longer be necessary. From 1 May, regardless of the country of entry into Italy, the traveller will be required to present to the carrier and to whoever is in charge of checking: the COVID-19 Green Certificate or other equivalent certificate which must state one of the following conditions: completion of the primary vaccination series or booster dose according to the vaccination plans of the countries of release with vaccines authorized by the European Medical Agency (primary series validity 9 months and booster dose without predefined limit) recovery from SARS-CoV-2 infection (valid for 180 days from positive swab test) recovery after the administration of the first dose of vaccine or at the end of the primary vaccination series or following the administration of the relevant booster dose rapid antigen or molecular swab test, respectively within 48 or 72 hours before entry into Italy. Covid-19 green certificates of successful vaccination are accepted in one of the following languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish or German. If submitted in another language, they must be accompanied by a sworn translation into Italian. Foreign certifications of recovery must be accompanied by a sworn translation into Italian. See: circular letter July 30, 2021 and circular letter September 23,2021.

good laughs.. Shot of tequila absolute 1st thing, then a Daq for my wife and me, then she books all shows as we start people watching, then pool for another drink and lunch, add the muster in there somewhere, stateroom to unpack, a nappies the good kind ;oP, walk around, then maybe a real nap, up get ready for our pre Din cocktail/proseco/wine then Din, then Casino, 1st day! Pretty much clockwork!