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What is the best way to get from the the tender port to Alykes beach? I want to hang out at the beach and have lunch for the day and I do not want to rent a car.

Thanks in advance for your replies.

Neil

Has anyone been successful in getting your Nixplay picture frame to pair to your phone app using the ship wifi?

I need help from an blogger.com "expert" (which I am not one). I am trying to allow custom readers to add comments, but they seem to be having problems. Is there anyone onboard who could look at my settings to see what I am doing wrong?  Also, is there a way, without using a third party script or plug-in, to allow the readers to be notified when a new post is posted?

Has there been a suggested time and place for board gamers to meet?

Have Kitchen Tables experiences restarted on any ocean cruises?

We are traveling from Houston (afternoon) to Rome (3 day Oceania pre hotel) on 6/11 for our 6/15 embarkation.  Will arrive in Rome on 6/12. So we will be unable to do a 3 day before embarkation PCR test at home in Houston. 

It appears to me we have 2 choices:

 1. order the Inspire test kits (proctored exams) advertised by Oceania, and book an appointment late afternoon the day before we embark, and do it from our hotel room on our tablets, with Zoom. As Denie is doing (see 6 entries previous)

2. Let Oceania do testing at the terminal (for a fee) , which may delay embarkation.

Do I have all the options correct?

Which would you chose?

I can not believe Oceania will not be doing testing for pre-cruise travelers at their chosen hotels!?

No he would book it separately because he said my current cruise was booked by a TA!!

I understand not being able to change works cruise booked by TA

I am onboard Viking Sea now and want to book a new cruise and get the current onboard booking deal. I was told by Viking new cruise consultant that I can not do it because my current booking was booked using a TA. What ?!? You mean only people who book the current cruise on their own are eligible for the onboard new booking deal?? I can not believe this. 
How have others handled new bookings while on a current Viking cruise?
 

What percent of people use TA’s to book their Viking cruises? My uneducated guess is 90%. Anyone have real data on this?

BTW I am just trying to add on British Isles as new booking to my next year’s World Cruise. I know others have done this but perhaps not while on a cruise. 
 

Help  me understand why Viking will not do this while I am onboard to get current onboard new booking promotion.

Thanks in advance for your help.

I just received a printout from my TA. It appears to be all the same info as before, just not in a nice bound booklet. No big deal. Thanks for all your responses.

Pre-covid, I took a Viking River cruise and was provided (about 2-3 weeks before cruise) a little Cruise Documents booklet which contain info about the cruise, excursion info and air travel and port info. It was a handy all-in-one booklet. Does Viking still provide this? Do they do it for both River and Ocean cruises?

Thank you all for your comments. I'll stick with morning flight.

I am flying back on my own booked flight returning from a Caribbean Islands Adventure trip from San Juan on March 21. Currently I have a 9:20 am flight, but can switch to a 2:55 pm at no charge. What time will I need to leave the ship to leave enough time to make a 9:20 am flight? I think my  decision will end up choosing how early do I want to get up to make a 9:20 flight vs sitting for a long time in the airport for the 2:55 pm flight. I assume taxis are available early in the morning, true? Does Viking have several bus transfers I can pay for even though I did not use Viking Air and how early does Viking start their busses in San Juan?

Thanks in advance for your comments.

We are on the Opulent Mediterranean itinerary next year. I notice it appears there are no Culinary Discovery Tours offered on the entire cruise. Is anyone seeing any tours for other itineraries? I expected that our typical Med cruise itinerary to have at least one offered?

I just had my TA call about our Med. cruise in April. My costs so far are cruise fare, business class air (thru Oceania), excursions (thru Oceania), and pre and post hotels (thru Oceania).

 We are ready to cancel and re-book same exact cruise in June 2021.

The first Oceania agent told us on the cruise fare was eligible for Future Cruise Credit(FCC) , but I would lose my business air, excursions and pre/post hotels.

My agent then asked to talk to his supervisor. He told us something different. He said we would only lose the pre and post hotel cost, not air or excursions. We then asked about the cost of the air deviation fee. After holding,  he returned and stated he did no

know and now was not sure about credit for  business air booked w/Oceania. He said call back on Monday and he will have better answer!!

If you look at Oceania statement, they only mention FCC for cruise fare, no other costs.  The cost of my business air, is nearly the cost of my cruise fare! To lose this will be unbelievable, while other cruise lines are refunding, or giving future air credit air also.

I am not trying to get any refund and am ready to book another trip in June 2021.

Has anyone got both cruise fare and air covered by Oceania?

I have arranged a Hotel and airport transfers with Oceania and 3 night stay at Westin Excelsior. I realize than this is more expensive than planning transportation and hotel on my own. We are just going with Oceania this time.

As discussed above, I will plan on several hours before I get to hotel. We have a food tour by night starting at 4:30 pm, so I will not plan now to cram in anything else. If we get there in late morning, then we can decide what to do. Probably rest up from cruise!! ,  and hope  hotel will get us in room early.

Thanks for all for your thoughts.

I end  my cruse on a Saturday at Civitavecchia and have a Oceania arranged shuttle from the ship to my hotel in Rome (near Villa Borghese). The ship arrives at port at 6 am and according to Oceania,  all are off by 9 am.  What time generally does the shuttle leave for Rome hotels and about when should I expect to arrive at my hotel? I am trying to plan activities for Sat in Rome.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

We end our upcoming cruise on  Sunday Feb 16 when the  Eurodam docks in Ft Lauderdale at 7 am with 5 other cruise ships. Quick math results in about 19,000 passengers leaving these ships. We have a 11:45 am flight out. Do you think there will be a problem getting a taxi to the airport and making our 11:45 am flight.

Are there better options other than a taxi to get to the airport?

I am worrying about nothing?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Thanks to all for your response. I used  your suggestions and have booked the trip:-)

I know that for certain cathedrals and museums, they may be closed on Sundays and Mondays. There are many trips from Amsterdam to Basel, each starting on a different day of the week. I plan to leave Amsterdam sometime during the last week of April 2021. Are there any ports/cities that I should avoid on a certain day (like Sun/Mon) to insure I do not miss anything?

Thanks in advance for your help.

One of the few indulgences we do on a Holland cruise is buy the the couple's Thermal Suite and Thalassotherapy pool package for the entire cruise.

We are going on an 11 day cruise on the Eurodam and the current pre-cruise price is $339. I would prefer to wait and buy once I am on the ship as I can then use some of my OBC to pay for spa/pool package. As I recall from other cruises, the price is the same  whether bought per-cruise or once on the cruise.

Can other's verify this is still true?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

My TA called and told me 9 pm is a hard time. So. we are going to move our Tapas and Wine food tour to the previous day and since most Barcelona restaurants appear to not open until 8 pm, we will just eat on board before we leave at 11 pm. Too bad I would rather eat onshore , than on the ship as long as we are in Barcelona.

I just called Oceania about my original question. FWIW, the person at the other end of the phone said I needed to be back on board by 9 pm for an 11 pm departure. I then asked if I only could make it back by 9:30 pm , would that be OK? The Oceania person said " I guess that would be OK also". What?!?!? So I think I will make my tapas and wine tour reservation, call Oceania again in a few months to see if I get same answer, and then once I am on board talk with an Oceania person on the ship to verify 9:30 pm will be ok.

Clear as mud!

We are starting a cruise from Barcelona next April. The ship leaves port at 11 pm. We were hoping to do a tapas and wine tour from 6-9 pm and be back on board by 9:30 pm. Is there a "required" time that all passengers need to be on board? Typically on other cruises, it is 1 hr before departure. Does anyone have onboard experience with this late of departure time?

Thanks to all for your advice.

Our cruise ends on May 9. 2020, and according to Oceania, our cruise disembarkation in Civitavecchia  is at 8 am,. We are staying in a Oceania post cruise hotel in Rome (near Villa Borghese) and using an Oceania transfer. I am trying to plan activities for the afternoon.

What time should I expect to be at my hotel?

If disembarkation starts at 8 am, when would people with transfers to post hotels start disembarkation?

Thanks in advance for your help.