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  1. The Voyager TA may 2025, more than 1 person booked b3b because 3rd leg ended in athens greece. I just booked 2 legs, and struggling with rome which is where 2nd leg ends. Flight prices for end of may 2025 just coming out this week finally. Flights come out from royal 11 months out says my TA. I'm impatiently waiting.
  2. Yes I looked and that's what it says on the hotel I booked. Also I read the spanish steps are close to this trevi fountain. And its not like in the movies, it's very crowded. 2 more days and I'll be able to see flights Thursday may 29. If bad I'll just stay longer is my plan. Pick the cheapest flight and put the money toward more hotel days. I'll try and pre book the pantheon. Pantheon2 min walk Piazza Navona5 min walk Trevi Fountain9 min walk Rome (FCO-Fiumicino - Leonardo da Vinci Intl.)35 min drive
  3. I saw, day traders took profits and ran. Hopefully will establish a new higher support level. As cramer said people keep acting like all this strong cruise booking is going to go away. .. wouldn't last. Idk as more capacity is being added might soften prices. Still, prices seem worth it to me overall. I've still been booking.
  4. This sounds like my pick. I'm waiting for excursions to drop for may 2025.
  5. Still in play. Market and dow were down friday but ccl eeked out a small gain, today looks green pre market. I took a screen shot here because after today you cant see where it was right before earnings. In fact it dipped a bit after hours the night before evenings, so some bet wrong. Bullish chart.
  6. I use my obc before the cruise for excursions and individual lunches or dinners when they are on a sale. Idk how much obc you have but I dont have enough to cover the cost of internet before the cruise so I dont use it for that but I'm sure you can use you obc and then the rest with a credit card. I get 2 days free as D+ and use obc or even real money onboard for a extra day but not for the whole week, I always submit my 100 shares of rcl for another obc amount. I'm solo so it covers most of my auto tips. But you already prepaid them. I never prepay tips.
  7. Wow, so it's just certain days is why it didnt come up when I tried a random day. So they do have some cheap rates. The one I saw went thru a different airport I think though, no idea where but if it's a 11 hour layover I could get a room there too? I've never flown out of the country to be honest. A friend keeps pushing me to do something new. I admit I'm kinda clueless. I booked 3 days at the hotel. Hopefully I can add more hotel days after flights come out. I keep thinking it's a mistake. One of those you are blue color so its 34% off prices you are saving $127. Thinking it must be a mistake. That's a pretty huge discount. I am confused but want to see its either the coleseum or pantheon.. 1 or both is in rome? I can walk and have breakfast tivoli or spanish steps area. The hotels they tell me might have a excursion to one or the other if I cant book ahead. Thanks. Fingers crossed I can get a reasonable flight with it being a jubilee event for grandparents and families.
  8. I just might. And worse come to worse change hotels after 4 nights if I cant add more nights. It is driving me crazy to wait. Or even just book 3. Tuesday and Wednesday been lower cost flight days.
  9. I have a friend with a house on amelia island. Maybe this winter we can all get together. I took off the tags on those throw rugs I got in the bath mat section. I'd say ooops not going to last. Clean: spot treatment only. In other words they cant be washed, but will do for now. I'll have to google micro fiber bath mats some day. At least for now I wouldn't slip and fall on all those slippery tiles. Still stuff to do. A little each day. Did I mention the elevators. There is no freight elevator. My plan was to bring my old one and look around and find something classy that reclines and all that. Before my movers arrived a neighbor warned me a sofa wouldnt fit in the elevator... almost but not quite. This old one was carried up 8 flight of stairs with lifting it over hand rails all the way up. This one is very light weight. Those motion ones are not. A new sofa and love seat will be a issue. I need to be 110% sure before I decide. Ain't going to be cheap to get it up here. I cant believe we are replacing both elevators but werent willing to raise the cab to make a higher ceiling. The elevator guys I talked to said raising the cab in the elevator costs a lot. I wish they had added that in to the cost. Seems like a defect to me. But those on lower floors maybe not so much of a issue. Already raised my hoa here to cover replacing both elevators, a little more might have been worth thinking about. People come here and never leave! The guy who lived here bought when it was new in 1991 and died living here. His trust sold it. He was a original owner.
  10. Another site shows a flight home on Icelandic air. 35 hours, 1 stop. $604. Went to their site and they dont show you can fly from rome to orlando, fco to mco. The one stop is in YUL.must be a long stop. Best price but its thru a 3rd party. Still searching. That's one long flight.
  11. I've been over it, and could hear bass well into the night. Not all the music, just the bass came thru to above where I was. I dont remember having noise issues below and think I've been below as well. Below the galley i heard noise, the kitchen itself. Princess was the only really bad noise, treadmills above our heads and we heard the rhythmic thump thump thump as soon as the gym opened.
  12. Lol not a united member. I used to have a sw card, does that count. Flying sw this oct. Not sure I've ever flown United, flew american last spring break. Someone posted if a United flight was free he wouldnt book it. How bad can it be?
  13. As I said there is 1 solo room and I dont know how many nights to book. What if I booked 4 nights and then 6 was better price to fly home. I'm arriving on a Monday. If there were other solo rooms it would be easier to cancel and rebook. Yes its refundable, walking distance to all the things I want to see, tivoli, spanish steps, etc. But small, single twin bed. If there were other cabins the same easier to rebook. I'm telling myself I waited for months already, I can wait another week. Booked at least 3 months ago and sorted thru hotels since then to make my decision. Ac, airport shuttle, only thing is breakfast turns out to be a surcharge, not free. Trying to be patient one more week, as finally i can see flights the day i arrive. I asked my TA a couple months back and he said flights arent released until about 11 months out for royals sea2sea. So by the end of this week i can get a quote for 4 or 5 days stay from him to compare. First TA and not sure I have a huge interest in rome, but everyone says if you are there go see stuff. I wanted to see greece, especially athens and 2nd leg hits a couple ports in greece, so I added the 10 day to the TA. Have mixed feeling how long I even want to stay, but waited for months I can surely wait out this week. I could stay further away from tivoli area but i want to be able to walk, so doing a small solo room for the same money as further away. I dont want to figure out their train system if I dont have to. Oddly I hate italian food and skip that night in Mdr when I cruise. Lol. But I'll eat bread and cold cuts or whatever. I want to see greece. Leg ends in rome. But yes I'm booking a refundable hotel. If a jubilee event wasnt the next weekend I'd feel more comfortable guessing and just say book it, and worry about flight price later. Well hopefully this TAP is ok to book. I just want a few days stay 4 to 6 and a cheap flight home. Thanks all. Just me. I took 4 years of latin and interested in greece and some non crusing friends are saying you are going alone? Yep. I don't work, 2 stops are ok.
  14. If there is space they can move to night 1. Lots of bogo that might too, so do it asap when you board. Cant move it ahead of time.
  15. It is a list sorted by price. I'm hoping to stay 4 to 6 days may 31 to july 1, but that's as far as I can see so far. Obviously if I get off a ship in rome port that day I cant catch a 5:55 am flight, but I see this every day, a few seats left on TAP much cheaper. I'm not too crazy about that early in the morning either, just wanting a cheaper flight home. Waiting on my TA to give me royals price air2sea to compare. Hes leaving for a cruise himself july 7th so cutting it close for him to call in and get a price before he leaves. I dont want to wait a week for him to get back where he can see air2sea either. I want to book a hotel before someone else does. Only 1 solo room there available. But I need flight rates to decide. Hard to be patient. That weekend is also a jubilee event in rome weekend. Demand is high for hotels. TAP every day comes up as the cheapest option. Then the open seats on the TAP flight book up.
  16. Clearly it's about $200 cheaper than anyone else. I'm doing a TA to spain and then 2nd leg ending in rome may 26, 2025. I plan to stay a few days but want to book my flight home first so I know how many days I can book a hotel to stay. I can only finally see to may 26, I'll wait a few days to see rates from rome FCO to MCO orlando. Several sites show this TAP as cheapest flight home to florida.
  17. Yes it says $200 obc. For missing 4 ports and cut short and ending in spain instead of uk.
  18. I'll be there over memorial day and jubilee grandparents and families event. Arriving may 26 2025. Add me to the new crowds. I said something on my roll call and someone jumped on me saying it wouldn't be any worse than usual. Hotel threads here seem to lean to thinking it might be more busy. The guy on my roll call all smarty pants, like news flash memorial day only celebrated in USA and completely ignored jubilee. I'm going to go ahead and book. He is sure it wouldnt be any busier than usual. I've been waiting on air fare rates to drop, today I should be able to see may 26, but not beyond. Cant book hotel until I see which days air fare is better than other days. I need to know how many days to book, dont want to run into a super high flight and there are some. I'll be flying home from rome to orlando. I see 2 airports in rome. I only want FCO right? I also see I can click to attend the jubilee event. Anyone have any thoughts on attending?
  19. I love the aft view. Its my favorite. A couple months ago royal decided to make aft view more expensive and it's own category, calling them sunsets or similar name now. Aft view is worth more to me and I dont even care about the Havana myself, I cant lay out in the sun and dont drink really. I'd pay more for the aft though.
  20. I'm booked Southwest because I couldn't find any other airline from orlando. I googled every airline flying into Hobby, didnt want IAH further away and know hobby better. Then I checked every airline, alaska etc... Southwest was my only choice. Was reading a blog about how seating on sw is like the hunger games, seat saving and how it's a fight to get a seat. I saw they upped the early bird from 20 to 25 now too. Doesnt sound fun. I dont have any other choices so booked southwest. Flying to San Diego from orlando oct 2025. Maybe I can use that credit or there is another airline flying to San Diego from here. Going to be a long flight to calif. Jumped on the Panama transit someone posted. Ends ft Lauderdale..just have to get there via plane. I'm waiting for some miracle to replace flights. So uncomfortable. But I've never done a Panama transit. Seems that cruise was crazy popular, everyone jumped on the balconys and gone in a few days except wierd balconys, connecting or spacious 3 days later. Crazy popular. Surely I can get to San Diego.
  21. Most here say go to izumi, not much of a line and they always book my solo bogo. Allure is one that moved my 2nd night to night 2. But they allowed izumi sushi side for one. I also have done chops and 150 on allure as a solo bogo. Pay for night 1 and had to eat night 2 for the 2nd free night. They said they just got a letter from head office and that's how they interpreted it. Be prepared to eat in specialty night 1 and night 2. ..but they could have changed by now when other ships werent doing this. Did bogo on allure just last sept. It was a b2b as a solo. Since I mentioned 3 restaurants thought I'd add i did it both weeks on the b2b bogo solo.
  22. If celebrity summit is considerably less expensive and goes to st john, seems like a no brainer to me.
  23. I'm so sorry to hear this. Pets dying still breaks your heart. They are like people, you still love them as much.
  24. Jet blue damaged my checked luggage and no one around to even make a claim to. Never flew them again. I'm booked on sw to hobby for oct cruises on harmony. No other choices from mco. They were also flying into IAH but didnt take delivery of planes as planned and cut IAH totally and dojb,ed us up. I'm a bit earlier but now non stop both directions, about $200 each way. Prices dropped a bit. I wanted to use the credit for early bird check in, but they said oh no have to pay with more real money not with the credit from prices dropping. Not thrilled with them either. Not a huge credit but $23 and cant use it toward early bird check in, have to book again new flight maybe to JS the credit I got when prices dropped a wee bit. I'm now flying out of hobby home at 11:10 am but shouldn't be a problem a little earlier than before. I hate flying. Flying home from rome next may will be my next flight. Only way to do a TA is usually a one way long flight. Hoping to book within the next week.
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