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Could you tell me what deck it is on so I do not have to go through all of them? TIA

Or Moderna?

Thanks, I will check that out.

If I am not mistaken, the Netherlands would be a fourth country requiring vaccinations

I was also wondering how you remove prepaid gratuities?

Just to add to this thread, Barcelona is a great port for sightseeing.

I feel sorry for the guides in St. Petersburg who have now lost their livelihood. And it was in St. Petersburg that the first protests were of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. It is a shame that the common folk suffer for the sins of the politicians. JMHO.

And you wonder why they still list it. Do they really think that people do not know what is going on with Russia?

The worst sales pitch forced on us was actually not on the ship, but on a HAL excursion in Turkey where we were not told we would be taken to a rug factory. DW did buy (not in the rug factory, a holder for her glasses for 1 Euro on that excursion. At one point at home, someone admired it and asked where she had bought it. And I guess the reply "Turkey" did not help them if they were looking to buy one for themselves. 😊

Our TA knows we will be requesting the one day early deviation. He has actually applied for it, but it was too early for them to grant it.

Same here. We have received a small credit a few times, but never an increase. I was under the impression that if there was a small increase, the cruise line ate the charge. I guess that was before they were bleeding money post Covid.

I asked if business was picking up with people now cruising, and he said it was. He was hopeful that he would be able to rehire some of his agents. (He is the President of his company.) He does not have their website working yet, but hopes to. I mentioned some of the things that I have read about on cc such as the airlines mess. (I mentioned that if this was still going on next summer, we might consider cancelling.) I said how I read people called the cruise line who said call the airline. I said how I had read how people then called the airlines who said the cruise line was the TA, call them. He said then they called him, and he has spent a lot of time yelling at airline personnel. He did say that we could be pretty well assured that our Newark flights to London and from Reykjavik would be non-stop I did ask, and he was not sure if the Prima will have an internet cafe. (He did not think so.) If anyone knows for sure, I would like to know that. I asked him to check if there was a price decrease, and since he said he would have to check and get back to me if there was, and he did not, I assume our price did not go down form when we booked way back last year.

Previously when these new muster procedures were being introduced, it was said by those who post on cc who have been employed in the cruise industry that the muster drill was really more for the crew than the passengers. It was the only time that they got to "herd" passengers to where they would have to go.

And that is really the only thing that matters.

Being a vegetarian, I have shed no tears over the steak cutbacks!

Our local Dollar Tree is now a $1.25 Tree. Is it the same everywhere? And watch out for this comparison or Carnival might raise their prices 25%!

I do not think it is still the case post Covid, but this was not unusual before then. For example we were on a Western Mediterranean cruise in 2012 from Barcelona to Barcelona, but there were other passengers whose start and finish were in Rome or Marseilles.

OK, the cruise we were on in which the passports were collected was in the Eastern Mediterranean

Maybe no complaints because the warm chocolate melting cake is just so good!

I am saying they are until they are not. And I did read that Spain and the Netherlands were among the countries still having protocols which is why I posted what about that since they both host several cruises.

Spain and the Netherlands are not on that list. We have had multiple cruises from Barcelona (including one on NCL.) And our Prima Cruise next year includes a stop in Amsterdam.

Yes. I once got help from our state legislator. I had a checking account hacked, and my state refund was supposed to go into an account that was now closed. They were able to get in touch with the state tax department who then had someone contact me. It was changed to our check would be mailed to us. And it was. Also years and years ago, my parents were able to get help from our Congresswoman. Mom needed a passport. She was born in the Ukraine in 1919 and had emigrated with her parents as a toddler. It probably helped that she served as a WAVE (and met my Dad who was in the Navy) during World War II.

Of the exceptions, the Netherlands and Spain account for ports on several cruises.

Usually, that is true, but sometimes ships do hold passports.

But we do not know if they were on a private tour. Actually, probably not if they came back by way of a taxi.