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is there assistance available? maybe a wheelchair and someone to push it, even if there is a charge for helping. it would be acceptable. thank you for the help

I will be sailing Dec 7th on the sunrise,I do not use a scooter or chair but I do use a cane, will I have a long way to walk to the ship entrance or will there be any help available?

I'm a little confused. I assumed that since you "friended" me and I accepted ... that it would work like Facebook and we could chat privately. If we can't chat privately' date=' ... then what's the advantage of the friend request? Can anyone shed any light on how this works?[/quote']

 

that was exactly what I thought. maybe someone can help us..:confused:

cash ... I have never friended or been friended by anyone on here... so not quite sure what to do. I attempted to "friend you" back (I hope it worked)... but now what? How do we communicate privately?

Hmmmmmm I was hoping you would know :)

can anyone out there tell us if you can privately communicate if you friend someone on this board? Thank you

WOW! It DOES sound too good to be true. I've done a little online research (Trip Advisor etc)' date=' and so far I can't find any negative comments about the People to People program. (I like to be particularly careful - guess I'm just a little bit of a sceptic)

 

Sounds very interesting!!! Thanks for sharing![/quote']

 

perhaps we could have lunch in the dining room , when we board, it should be nice and relaxing at that time. are your aunt and uncle agreeable to the St John snorkling "adventure" ? I have friended you on these boards so we can make plans. :)

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We (and my aunt & uncle too) were moved to deck 11 also. They are nearer the front, we are nearer the back. How do you suggest we "find" each other on the ship to discuss the excursion? Would you like to email me your response?[/quote']

 

DD's Mom, have you seen this tour I saw it on another thread, I think we will do this in the Bahamas

 

We took advantage on our last cruise ( Feb 2013) of a program operated by the Bahamas' Ministry of Tourism that we would highly recommend to anyone tired of the excursions that the cruise line offers and in search of something more interesting than power shopping. The program is called People To People and complete information on it is available at http://www.bahamas.com/bahamas/people-people. This program asks for basic likes and dislikes info then matches you up with a native Bahamian at the island of your choice. ( We opted for Freeport. ) This person will act as your guide and show you around the island based on your listed likes and dislikes. Our contact called us about a week before our arrival to introduce himself and discuss our day in Freeport. He then met us at the port, showed us around the island and the town of Freeport, and returned us to the port about an hour before takeoff. Our particluar contact was a retired Bahamian police officer and was a totally enjoyable and interesting person to spend a day with. We saw areas most tourists would never find and learned a lot about the area, it's people and their culture. In all, he escorted us for about 6 hours in his personal vehicle. The program is at no cost and is by far the best way to see what an area is really like and learn about it's people and culture. We attempted to buy him some gas ( it's $5 a gallon there) but he adamantly refused our offer. After some insistence on our part he did agree to allow us to buy his lunch which turned out to be another great experience as he took us to a place well off the beaten path that had excellent food and just happened to be run by a neighbor of his. Something he did mention in passing that I thought was interesting was he did many of these escorts and had found that couples without children and those not interested in heavy partying seemed to enjoy the experience more. As for us, we would highly recommend the experience. In fact, the next time we go to Nassau (been there three times already) we will avail ourselves of this opportunity again just to see a much different aspect of the island.

 

Sounds too good to be true :)

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The same thing happened to us and we also got the same rate! :) What deck did you get moved to?

 

We may be interested in sharing a taxi to Trunk Bay (we've been there snorlking before)... but we are traveling with my aunt and uncle ... so I'll want to check with them to see if they have made plans for for St Thomas. We're not glued at the hip and don't necessarily do everything together, but we may want to do whatever they are doing. Just so you know ... we're not exactly kids. We're retired ... but not "old" LOL

If they're interested ... would you mind if my aunt and uncle join in? (My uncle is more fun than a barrel of monkeys)[/quote']

 

We are on deck 11 in the front. We are not kids either, I am old enough to retire but still working and Stacy is almost 50(don't tell her I told you :D) as for your aunt and uncle joining us the more the merrier. Glad we "met" DD's mom...:)

MSC Poesia in 3 weeks, 3/9/13 7 nights $299 just got upgraded to a balcony. can't wait..