Oceansaway17

On 4/3/2024 at 5:27 PM, BND said:

I'm in the NN/Yorktown area and will be boarding tomorrow.  Weather has calmed way down, but yeah, lots of rain all up and down I-95 today. Very messy drive.

hope you have of had a good time. I think you are on the ship right now.

Vision might get to return to Baltimore by June 1st.

I too have wondered about the Dougout last year and this.  I guess one can get burnt out of cruising and perhaps they are doing other vacations.  He was good in his threads.

Serenade was lucky to not be in Taiwan during earthquake.

Feel bad for all those affected.

so glad this thread is still going and bridge was beautiful too

Vision coming in tomorrow is better than today given really bad weather 

Glad I saw this thread. I am on Icon May 4th and I just logged into app and was able to book 4 shows inc Aqua, Wizard of Oz, Starburst, and Effectors.

make sure you have your name selected.

I feel lucky now.

well, I am a diamond plus and if on a given day, I can't go in I would just say loudly to anyone near the door, please go and get me a couple of those nice chocolate dipped strawberries and I will quietly leave ya'all alone.  Thank you. 

It is called fancy accounting and no one person may understand it all. 

I think reserved seating is a bit silly.  Most of the time the seats are nothing special.

To it says that folks can keep drinking of gambling and then march in just in time for the show.

3 hours ago, bobomonkeyrage said:

What would you have the Hotel Manager do? As a parent I absolutely agree that it is terrible to be letting your kids run around unsupervised, especially in a library or similar location. I'm not defending that. 
But the Hotel Manager and staff are in a no win situation. How exactly would they control that? 

aw but they have a responsibility to keep other passengers safe.  Running and bumping into people and causing them to fall and end up in the medical center is not right.

I am not impressed with the crew members who let situations get worse.  They have the right and should use good judgement to stop running.  Too many crew members only want smiles not complaints and they come off as lazy if the won't get involved. 

On a ship last year, I saw a kid in buffet during the very busy times just running around fast in and out of tables and people carrying food.  I said something to one of the mangers with a suit and he just smiled and shrugged.  The next day I saw the same thing and mentioned to him again that if he did not stop the kid and say something to the parents, then if I was bumped and fell down, I would sue the cruise lines and especially mention his name. 

Guess what within a couple of minutes he went over to the parents and stopped it.

Crew members need to keep the peace and safety of all. They are not there to listen and talk amongst themselves and ignore what is going on.  I think they are afraid of a bad rating.

I am sorry but people are minding their own business too much if safety is involved and they look the other way. 

I find it odd that Princess won't ask for dining requests at the time of booking. So many other cruise lines will.

But for last year on my Alaska cruise, once I paid in full I was able to book.  I found it interesting and good that I could book any MDR and any hour and table I wanted.   So Princess is that er odd but stick with it and keep up to date.

18 hours ago, westcoaster said:

Everyone is going to have their own experiences with the weather, but if you look at averages, then May is much drier in Alaska than September.  Compared with May, average September rainfall is 65% higher in Ketchikan, more than 2.5 times higher in Juneau, and nearly 5 times higher in Anchorage.  As others have noted, May also has much longer hours of daylight.

 

And the Coral Princess is a much better ship for Alaska than Caribbean Princess.

YES YES YES I agree.  Snow still on mountains for nice photos in May and best is 3rd week or 4th.  Sept can be miserable with fog and drizzly weather.   

I found June to be almost perfect. 

I think Coco Cay prices are very high. Plenty of free stuff to do.

I mean if you prepay and then the weather is iffy, well that's money not well spent.

NO need to do the water park since Icon has its own water park now.  

9 hours ago, CSHS1979 said:

Sunset tonight, all cell phone through a window

 

 

gorgeous photos.

Thank the man for us all.   And give the nice white doggie and hug.  

Just now, grapau27 said:

Thank you.

I absolutely agree.

Prayers 🙏 for Prince William and his young family.

aw see you are a diamond plus on RCI and proudly display it too.  Good to try various lines.

 I am going on new Icon in early May and can't wait to see that ship.

Toodles

yet another way to get more money for Royal.

But I can not blame them as so many folks are not happy with the quality of beaches and the vendors bothering you.  A nice controlled area would be nice just hope they have vendors with manners and nice stalls for us to go up and shop.

1 minute ago, bennybear said:

Yikes such terrible news!   I am so saddened to hear of the loss of life of two crew members, how tragic! 
 

And the awful news for our Princess of Wales and her young family.  I have been upset about the bullying nature of the media.    A cancer diagnosis is always hard to process with out such intense scrutiny.  
 

We so enjoyed seeing her and Prince William when they visited Alberta on their honeymoon.  Wishing her all the best and the time and space to receive treatment and heal. 

I feel for William right now.  His father and wife ill. and issues with Harry.  My goodness he needs some prayers too.

31 minutes ago, ger_77 said:

What a terrible day; first the Princess of Wales reveals a cancer diagnosis, and now to hear that 2 crew members of the Nieuw Amsterdam have been killed in an onboard explosion.  

 

Heartfelt prayers for a full recovery for the Princess, and for the souls of those killed and for all who knew and loved them.

I know and news is also sad for the two wars and the USA elections and well just so many sad stories on the news.  I thought Kate did the right thing and talk directly to the camera and I liked her comment about "you are not alone"  I think she recover nicely.  

not just HAL but other sites as well.

HAL also needs to do business the same way Princess and Carnival do in regards to cancels and refunds.  just saying. 

4 minutes ago, Dolby1000 said:

Taking a tour of the entire Alaska Rail system is a definite bucket list item, such a trip is very pricey though.

well there is a difference between the upper area near Anchorage and Denali, and the Skagway train which is strictly sightseeing.

The upper area has many combinations out of Anchorage or Fairbanks.

5 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

I just know 4 or 5 days ago, on another site there was a post from someone on board Rotterdam that said they had pulled away from the dock at St Maarten and suddenly gone dead in the water, no power, mechanical problem, concluded the poster. In fact, it turned out to be a medical evacuation. 

yea in fact overall since I joined CC I hear more stories about every cruise line.

So many things can and will go wrong. Feel bad for the families of the two. 

not leaving but not changing either.

I have a cruise on Symphony this year, and wanted to move to next year around the same time, well it would be $1k more so staying put.  RCI must be trying to pay off debt sooner than later.

You can or could purchase an All Access tour that does all three.  Really interesting and I have done it on Ovation and Oasis

Like others might have said, if pricing for 1, the website should not bring up rooms that require 3-4.  And also have an option to select no changes if you still want the room.

Glad I have stopped sailing on HAL as I do not like the changes/refund policies and so now this is also annoying as well.

3 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

Maybe we shouldn't rush to release such info? Maybe let HAL do it?

I agree then you know the whole story.

Wow this was certainly sad.   I would be nervous if I were a crew member living near that part of the ship.

advice is to  book the Cinque Terre tours as soon as available.  I held back for just a few days and all 4 were gone.