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I assume you're looking for recommendations for Santa Cruz. My annual visits to the island are always to its south but, last year, we were also on a Canaries cruise and stopped for the day in Santa Cruz. An e-friend (from Tripadvisor) who lives on the island recommended Neilsen (near the Plaza de Espana, so very handy from the port) and Lebeche (only a few minutes stroll further away). In the event, we didnt have lunch at either but would generally trust his judgement so this might be a starting point for you https://nielsen-restaurante.com/ https://www.lebechetenerife.com/ The two in your party with dietary considerations should have no problem at either or, indeed, at the vast majority of Tenerife restaurants.

I had half an hour to kill this morning, so took my own advice. I'm not sure it's really any help to anyone but these are the cabins mentioned by folk on "noise" threads and whether they experienced any issues (N/Y). 7017 – N 7077 – N 7107 - N 8015 – N 8048 – Y & N 8099 – N 8121 - Y 8130 – N 9009 - N 9018 - Y 9019 – Y 9029 – Y 9034 – N 9063 – N 9114 – N 9123 – N 10018 – Y 10028 – N 10029 – N 10055 – N 10060 – Y 10087 – N 11037 – N 11044 – N 11073 - Y

My absolute best ever pizza was at the Pizzeria Bardolino, in Bardolino on Lake Garda. Just everything I want from a pizza - tasty crisp base, lovely tomato sauce, traditional toppings, not overdone in quantity. And they started you off with an aperitivo and finished with a digestivo. And, noting Vallesan's "dishy waiter", pizza were served by attractive waitresses - long legs, short skirts. Can't quite understand why, but it was a very popular lunch place for young Italian men. 😃

Although driving along it successfully while trying to work out where you're going might well be an accomplishment. 😀

Yes, definitely different, albeit a similar layout. The email address is a line in that middle section.

Again,, thanks. I had in mind that was the case - but I also had in mind a newspaper story of a guy who did John O'Groats to Lands End all on his English bus pass. Google has just found me the story which confirms he had to get special permission from the Scottish "powers that be" to do this charity journey.

Both. Plus it was our first full day on board. It'd been a busy few days and we were just happy to spend the day chilling out on the ship.

Agreed. But only applicable if you live fairly close to the departure/arrival port. I am looking forward to my next cruise which is a Southampton to Southampton one, so we can drive - but these are rare for my preferred cruise line.

Found this on another cruise website. "There are a small number of NCL staff who will temporarily live on the island to provide services to guests, but contracts here are seasonal. The island does not have any permanent residents. Many of the people serving you on the island work on the cruise ship, and the buffet food is prepared by the ship’s kitchen staff, who also bring the food ashore from the ship on a tender boat early in the morning." If accurate, perhaps suggests that the "small number of NCL staff" are maintenance and cleaning staff.

Thanks for the confirmation, fruitmachine

Maybe ten years back, we were having dinner in a restaurant in Pitlochry, in the Scottish Highlands. The meal was a four course affair - starter, main, dessert, cheese (before or after dessert). The cheese board was a help yourself affair. Half a dozen cheeses, all British of course, with the usual accompaniments - crackers, fruit, chutney, celery and the like.

I don't know the answer to your question, MisterB. But I do know the food when we stopped there with Norwegian was pretty dismal. When Vista called earlier in the year, we decided to stay on board - one visit to GSC being enough for us.

At a slight tangent, would you know if my English seniors' free bus pass can be used in Scotland? I don't know if it's a UK thing or use is restricted to the nation that issued it

You could use the forum's search facility to find that out. Just enter "noise" as the search term and you should find most of the mentions. You'll have got your answer in a couple of hours - much quicker than waiting for folk who may have info to see this thread and possibly respond. I'm not sure how helpful it will prove to be for the reasons basor mentions and, of course, the fact that CC contributors are only going to have mentioned a small number of Vista's 600+ cabins

Even odder, if that's the case, Feta. Customer service email specifically for those of us from those parts of the world. But nothing for Americans. Just odd.

I think my only surprise is that whoever writes the web pages for the various versions thought it sensible to include the email on the UK version (as you'd expect) but not on the US version. Just an odd error.

Probably not. We are a tiny percentage of O's customers, albeit generally committed ones. They don't care about our opinions, as such.

Seemingly so. The website I access has always been oceaniacruises.com - rather than, say, a UK version with a co.uk address. I have no idea how it works but the software must know I'm in the UK, without me logging in to my O account, to be able to price cruises in pounds rather than dollars. I assume it must work similarly in other different geographical areas pricing, etc in Euros or Australian dollars. I've never needed to think about it at all until this weird thing.

That must be it. Both Vallesan and I will be accessing O's UK version of the website - always priced in sterling and generally written in British English. Whilst I can understand those differences, it's odd that something relevant across the customer base, such as a guest services email, is available on one version and not another.

I cannot explain that. I've just rechecked the page on the link I gave, and the email address is clearly there (and underlined), along with snail mail and various phone numbers

Almost certainly Alserrod, not Axelrod. S/he comes from Zaragoza.

I looked on the "Contact" page which is where I'd expect to find contact details. And there it was. https://www.oceaniacruises.com/corporate#contact-us

I can understand how someone might be peeved at this change. Leith is a suburb of Edinburgh, whilst Rosyth is definitely a different town some kilometres away, On our last stay in Edinburgh, we based ourselves at a hotel in Leith - easy to get into the city centre and very near to two restaurants we wanted to eat at. Indeed, if I was on a cruise that was in port at Leith, my focus for the day would be lunch at one of them (a favourite UK place for us - which we visit when staying a two hour drive further south in Northumberland).

Yes, it surprises me just how quick it's been, now pretty much replacing our own Bonfire Night. Same with Santa Claus replacing Father Christmas. I reckon another few years, maybe a generation, and you'll only hear about Bonfire Night and Father Christmas in the history books.

From O's website GuestServicesEMEA@OceaniaCruises.com