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Eemrald

Great news on everything back to normal. Since you are on the cruise we're going on in a few weeks may I ask you some questions.

Weather.... We are looking at weather.. Is it constantly raining or just Thundershowers are certain times of the day.

Is that wind related to the rain and how rough are the seas.

Also we've heard about the spotty Internet on board. Are you able to get online...and visit your favorite websites?

Enjoy your cruise.

Jane

There you are again with exactly the advice I'm looking for... When you booked the Raiatea tour did you seek out Tyrone or was he a vendor on shore as you got off the Marina? Was there a Tourist information booth? Didn't totally understand your "fir 9.30" comment.

Did you pay in USD or CFP? During the port tours is there any need for CFP?

This sounds exactly like the type of activity we are looking for.

Thanks again.... We will have many more questions since we are Feb 25th same tour Feb 25th.

We are first time Oceanic cruisers also. I will email you.

See you on the courts...

We're on the Marina Cruise Feb 25th..First time cruisers.. would any of you experience cruisers recommend a Norovirus precaution kit? I see the hand-wipes and purell.. What about any prescription medication or over the counter to preempt or if first sign of it?

Update..... Very strange roller coaster story about having to cancel our cruise... I started the process of filing an insurance claim.

It turns out that a week after our daughters diagnoses of life threatening pregnancy... The doctor came back and said it's not longer life threatening. The delivery is now AFTER the end of the cruise.

So I have another long story about how we then called up Oceanic to ask if we could get back on the cruise. It has it's down twists and turns and if anyone is interested I will write up it as lessons learned. Just don't know what thread to put it under.,

JaneCambridge

I see you posting quite a bit. Sorry to hear about the situation. We are on the same cruise on Feb. 25th.

I would not like to start a new thread but have a parallel question It does sound like many of the cruisers are in their cabins.

How fast is wifi with the other activities curtailed?

Am curious on your access to certain sites say CNN or travel sites. How is the speed?

Hello All

UPDATE: I initially had this under Oceanic Cruise yesterday.. It was taken off that forum and I am reposting this under Insurance Thread. I did get some excellent advice but looking for more. May daughters visit with the doctor is tomorrow and we are preparing a document for her to talk to the doctor about the form.

We were all set on our dream cruise OceanSparking Pacific Feb 25th-March 8th. Had Concierge Deck, restaurantsreservations, Flight arrangements almost all finalized, Shopping for deck wear,Reading tour guides of the Islands. Then got the call on a family matter, had tocancel. For anyone who wants to read on I have to give more detail.

Booked Oceanic in July 2017 thruGo Next. Deposits paid with final payment in early Nov. Total spent $11,600.Booked on a high end credit card (Chase INK Sapphire) which has trip cancellation insurance. We havedone this before and Card Member Services is actually Allianz. They coveredprevious claims(airfares up to $300) with the proper medical documentation noissues.

We found out in Sept that our daughter waspregnant with her second child... wonderful news...March 17th duedate....back from Cruise and then off to spend time with new grandson. Agrandparents life of bliss.

A few weeks ago our daughters pregnancy turnedinto a high risk pregnancy, placenta possibly out of the uterus. She lives in Netherlandswith Dutch Husband. English is spoken and understood. Due date with a higherrisk C Section moved possibly up to March 6th.

Had to start the cancellation process... Weheard from Oceanic that they have strict guidelines...Understandthat.. 75% cancellation penalty 30-60 days out.

So now we are going thru the Trip CancellationInsurance process. Spent at least 6 hours with all the supporting documents..All documents I have control over are laid out for the insurance claim reviewer.

Only item left is the doctor's form. This formwill have to be filled out by our daughter's doctor in Holland who may or may not care about oursituation. I have filled out the basic part of this but Allianz says the otherparts of the form has to be written by the doctor.

So with all our calculations we have $9600.00coverage situation left to one person who barely knows us. Our daughter is theconduit but obviously she's focused on her healthy and the baby'shealthy.

We do believe the 25% portion of the fully paidcruise will be refunded to us based upon the spelled out cancellation policy.If I'm incorrect in this assumption would like to hear about that also.

Any advice to us as we go through this process? Has anyone had a large claim covered like

this with Card Member Services?

If you have read this far...Thanks for listeningand would love to hear shared experiences that may help our refund process. Ifthe refund is made and the experience is pleasant with Oceanic we will becruising again at some point in the future.

Newbie here on our first Oceanic Cruise.. Sparkling Pacific. Marina. Feb 25th.

We are an active couple.. Enjoy workout classes and pickle ball tennis.

I have gone through the Life on Board and Activities class. Wondering the quality of the instructors. If you are looking for a good workout are there instructors on-board to lead workouts in the classes offered?

Looking at the weather in the area. looks like the morning time will be the time to get the workout in.

Also how active are the sport courts to find other players?

Need a way to work off the intake of those quality calories.