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HELP! Is Holland America still offering Sommelier Suite packages for 2024? I can not find it on their web site. This could be a deal breaker if they are not!

Ah..sorry, i didn't catch that...If you saw the video from Split ,Croatia, I put Game of Thrones dragons in a room in Diocletians' Palace with my wife and me 😄 So I thought maybe you were serious!! Tough having friends/relatives in Israel right now..I know how you feel.

I would need some photos of the two of you

I don't know what you mean by "crop us in"...???

oops..should be 2023 in the title

For anyone who might be interested, here is my youtube review of our Oceania Marina cruise to the Mediterranean this year. The playlist contains 10 videos.

The waves look familiar! 😃

We went to Elbow Beach, September 5, 2023..We had it basically all to ourselves...No chairs, umbrellas, food, or PEOPLE!! but there is a Portolet if you need it. $5 per person by bus each way, $15( total) for a cab each way.

You are quite welcome. You will love the Insignia. Have a great cruise!

I only have a couple...scroll to 1:45 or so on the video. There are a couple of pics of the cabin.

I am glad you enjoyed the video and the music. Adding the music is the hardest part of making the video and I am pleased you appreciated it! You might want to check out our Greenland/IceLand/Canada videos from our cruise on the Celebrity Summit in 2022! it may give you some shore excursion hints! here is the link:

I am very glad you enjoyed our video. The piano player was there for Happy Hour every day, and then off and on after 6 PM . We also eat dinner late , and always managed to find live music somewhere for before dinner drinks.

The cabin was very nice..the bathroom/shower is very very small, but other than that a very comfortable room. ..No noise whatsoever!

Thank you for your kind words... I am glad you enjoyed it! I have no doubt you will love the Insignia as much as we did.

We read similar BAD reviews on the INSIGNIA a few weeks before we boarded her to go to Bermuda on August 30 to September 6, 2023. We have been on over 130 cruises, and so also considered cancelling because the reviews were so bad. It was to be our first OCEANIA cruise. WE LOVED THE CRUISE..even during Hurricane Franklin and Idahlia!! We found NONE of the negative issues we read about..okay, except the tiny bathroom/shower. It really was quite small. Food was great, service was great. never had to wait for anything, no lines anywhere...and the ship was lovely. I think you will have a similar experience on the RIVIERA...JUST GO!!

For anyone interested, here is our youtube video for this INSIGNIA cruise to Bermuda, starting with our train ride to the ship and finishing with returning to New York. It was our first OCEANIA cruise. I hope you enjoy the video!

How rough was it coming back to New York on Sept. 4? Well, here is a short video through our ocean view cabin window on deck 4, 30 (maybe 40 feet..not sure) above the ocean. The wave at about 3 minutes into the video was amazing.Make sure your sound is turned way up 🙂! WAVES!.mp4

THANK YOU!! Yes..my wife was kind of concerned...the Insignia has not been getting sterling reviews. You have allayed some of her fears! I hope your enjoyed Your trip from Reykjavik. We did a similar cruise last year and loved every minute of it.

LOVE your review so far! We board the Insignia when you disembark in New York...This will be our first O cruise...We are very interested! I hope you are enjoying Greenland/Iceland/Canada...we did a similar cruise last year. We LOVED it..and we are Caribbean Beach devotees! Franklin is heading you way. Let's hope the seas are not too too rough!

My wife and I are boarding the Insignia ( our first O cruise) when you disembark in New York....SO tell us your thoughts NOW!! PLEASE??? 😃I hope you do not hit rough seas with Trop. Storm Franklin coming you way....

Please keep us informed...We board the Insignia to Bermuda on August 30, 2023 ( the day you disembark in new York) and have an ocean view cabin...I can not imagine being in an ocean view cabin in BERMUDA with no A/C. I'm afraid...

I shall do so..I make youtube videos of our cruises...here is my youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/existentialtraveler. Follow me there:)

Hi..my wife and I are on the Marina with you in October.We have to agree..RCL ships...especially the new ships..are just TOO.... TOO BIG, TOO MANY PASSENGERS, TOO MANY KIDS, TOO MUCH LIKE AN AMUSEMENT PARK! We had a similar experience on the Voyager of the Seas back in February...we spent a good deal of our ship time in the elite/concierge lounges. When getting off the ship to catch a cab back to the airport in San Juan, my wife asked.."Where did all these people come from?" Probably our last RCL cruise. We will be on the Insignia to Bermuda in a couple weeks...our first O cruise...only 640 to 680 passengers...CAN'T HARDLY WAIT!! See you in a couple months on the Marina!

YES! We took a simialr cruise on the Noordam in 2022...and are curently book on the K'dam for Feb.2024.. It is an awesome cruise!! Judge for yourself...here is our youtube video of our 2022 cruise: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTY8CPGV3T9cgBKvJ04-OLyBkSLoxyRjG

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