Lisa353

I think this actually happens a lot. Last year we did a TA on Anthem and we were 24 hours into our journey and they announced they were having to return to the US as someone as someone was going to be airlifted off. When that happened, people we were talking to said that this happens all the time and one time they were on a TA, someone died while on the ship and they had to stop somewhere for that.

We have done a couple of Panoramic tours with NCL and each time it has just involved being on a bus for 2 to 4 hours and only having 1 or 2 stops to get off to take photos. I think both times, we complained once we were back on the ship because of how bad they were.

I am Scottish and can confirm that our national animal is the unicorn.

I have been quite lucky that every time I have sailed the Med in October it has been mostly sunny and between 20C and 27C. It has been warm enough to wear shorts and t-shirt. I live in Scotland though so anything about 20C is warm for me.

If you are thinking of doing one, then I would recommend doing it eastbound. It was so good having the long flight there but then by the time you are back east, you are back in our time so don't have jet lag. We sailed on Anthem last May from New Jersey to Southampton. We had 3 ports and it was a 10 night cruise. Each of the sea days they just moved the clock forward by a hour at lunch time so you didn't lose sleep. It was so good when we got back to Southampton and only had the short flight home.

I agree. Croatia is a beautiful country. We stayed in Dubrovnik and from there we also had a day trip to Kotor and to Bosnia. I really want to go back again to see Split. Also if you are a Game of Thrones fan, parts of this was filmed in Dubrovnik.

We are staying at Casa Camper for our next cruise in October. We have stayed there before. It is right next to Las Ramblas. They do complimentary snacks 24 hours a day. The rooms are funky as you have two. One of your rooms has your bed and bathroom and then you have a second room across the hall which is like a lounge area and it has a hammock. https://www.casacamper.com/en/barcelona/hotel.html

What did Virgin say when you phoned them? That's very strange it has reverted back to you again. They must have some glitch on their system for this to happen.

It would be good to know what your TA thinks. My TA is still waiting to hear back from Virgin's Privacy team. It is weird that we are both from the UK and both having issues. There must be some sort of glitch with Virgin's app.

Our TA has not booked us into a circle. They don't do that. Our cruise was booked separate as we booked through our TA and our friends booked directly with Virgin. Also we are based in the UK and our friends are based in the US. Our TA has no idea who any of the names were.

That's what I was thinking. As Virgin are blaming our TA, they won't speak to us anymore about it so our TA is chasing it up with Virgin and with their privacy department. Thankfully we haven't reached the point yet where we can book dining as our cruise isn't until October.

Last week I was in the app and I had all these people who we don't know, linked to my account. My partner and I are linked to friends who are coming on our upcoming cruise in October and we asked them if they knew who these people were and they didn't so it was just random people. Virgin are blaming our TA but our TA says that it wasn't her that added them and we believe her because she is one of our friends. I would hate to think that some stranger has my private details in their account.

Thanks for all of the information you have provided.

Thanks for the information.

The 19th October is actually the date we were looking at. That is the cheapest week in October other than the first week but the first week isn't suitable for us.

That's not good about the mold in the shower. Hopefully they have sorted it now. Mamma Mia is one my favourite musicals. The Aqua show looks amazing.

That is a huge saving.

I didn't think of it like that. I suppose it is possible that can happen. I know, 15% is a big saving. I do prefer being a bit higher up but if it did end up being a lower deck, then we have still saved a lot.

Thanks for the information. You have had good cabins then. For the cruise we are looking at, if we went with the guarantee JS, then the money we saved would cover the price of our flights. It is a 15% saving which I think is very good.

Have you did a guarantee before? It looks like all Junior Suites are mid ship.

Has anyone ever booked a GTY Junior Suite cabin on Allure before? If so what deck did you end up getting? The GTY cabin is a lot cheaper than selecting our own cabin but we have never done a GTY cabin before. Right now if you pick the option to select your own cabin, the lowest deck available is deck 7. I know there are Junior Suites on deck 6. Does that means these cabins have sold already or would they not be available because they are being kept back to be used as GTY cabins?

Thanks for the information. We are from Scotland and have sailed the Med a lot of times so we have been to all of these ports many times. So we will be spending a lot of time on the ship. Also the sailing we are looking at will have 2 sea days. We do really like Anthem and will be on Anthem again in February next year. After everyone's comments, I think we will give Allure a go.

Thanks for the information. What sailing in October are you doing? It was October that we were looking at.

Thanks for all of the information. I didn't realise that she was going in to dry dock but that is good to know. We do Med cruises a lot because we live in Scotland and we would always pick Barcelona over Rome because Barcelona is quicker and cheaper to get to for us and also the port in Barcelona is closer than port in Rome.

Thanks. We sail the Med a lot because we live in Scotland so we have been to all of the ports before so we will probably spend a lot of time on the ship.