paularmstrong

always wanted to do a transatlantic by sea but we are doing a back to back from barbados next thursday , have fun

travel irons are big no no on ships

Thanks for that

When is this please

I thought it was transferred to cabin , maybe wrong here,

Hoping to do this at Newcastle we go Feb 2nd and are staying at airport hotel

good point noted

We did this 3 weeks ago with jet2 and found it great , again we were staying at airport hotel so quick bag drop around 7 pm then early morning flight walk straight through to security . Flying from Newcastle to barbados in February again staying at airport hotel so great to know we can do this again

NYE people dressed formal for this as well as usually one formal night per week , this was the norm few years back , things are getting less formal now . Last cruise i did was celebrity and they had dress to impress night and i wore dinner suit , I changed it for something less formal after there were not many at all in dinner suits

we docked in there a few year ago and you had to fill forms in at immigration at port , you do realise if you have cuban stamp on passport you are not allowed in USA on standard ESTA visa for a number of years

agree fully , prices have gone daft , we allways liked the atmosphere of marella ships but they do not compete with the bigger players ie celebrity , princess , royal caribbean etc , do realise you get drinks package but pricing cruise prices higher than those other ships mentioned good luck with that one

every time we have been caribbean with princess , we have booked flights indipendently which involved getting out of cabin 8am last day , breakfast then making your way back to airport for an evening flight ie waiting hours around an airport , unable to go anywhere because of suitcases , We said we would never do this again so allways round off with at least 2 days at another resort. We think marella do have the best itineries and the ships have come a long way, allways a better atmosphere and as much booze as you want