Wildcatllamas

Looking forward to your new review. I'll be on Scarlet in December. Hope your shirt arrives in time!

A friend of mine just said she got hers. She is booked on a cruise next February using an MNVV. She called in and asked. She said she was so confused about the rules and what originally was shown. The rep couldn't add it but she went to her supervisor and it was added on. So try calling in versus email.

As much as I love to go to Hawaii I would be all over a trip to Hawaii. And to meet the foreign port they could stop at Cabo rather then Ensenada (ugh).

Well there are way more of us that would like to see sailings from the West coast due to the high cost of getting to the East coast. Thank you for your thoughts though.

A ship to do that cruise it has to be built in the US. There were exemptions given for Pride of America and Pride of Aloha. Pride of America was about 50% completed at a US shipyard before NCL purchased and moved it to Germany to be finished. A ship could do from US to Hawaii and back with a stop somewhere to meet the foreign port requirement. Another option would be to do complete passages through the Panama Canal doing a back and forth.

I didn't get one recently. At least they are continuing to check interest.

And now my flight out to Miami has been changed. Arrrg.

Thanks everyone. I was thinking the same thing. I'm going to be on the phone today to get this changed over. This is the third time American has moved my flights up. Last year it moved an 8:15 AM flight out to a 4:55 AM flight. There is no one at the airport other then the folks at American gate and check in. I ended up with a 6 hour layover at DFW. So I complained when I called American and they kicked in a pass to their club. Thanks again - you're the best.

Please don't kill me. I know this has been covered a lot but the search feature didn't pull anything up and I am dealing with a sudden schedule change with American. I was slated for a flight out to home at 1 PM arriving Colorado Springs at 5:15 PM. It appears that flight is off the books (and people complain about cruiselines) and I am now on a flight departing at 10 AM arriving in the Springs at 4:05 PM. My other options are at 2:02 PM or 3:30 PM both arriving in the Springs at 8:07 PM. I live an hour and a half from the Springs and have to be at work the next morning at 6 AM. I have checked all the other airlines going from both FLL and MIA and nothing is showing up close to what would be ideal. Now all of these are also looking at what will the weather be in Colorado on the return? So if the stars all align and the tides are just right - the cab driver hits 90 to the airport - well you get the picture. Can I make it for a flight that early?

They are very firm and as Walter said very thin. When I asked for a topper or something back in 2021 they just brought a couple of the comforters and folded them up on the bed. Didn't really help a lot. I cruise again in December and have thought about shipping a small memory foam travel pad to my hotel so I could carry it on. I have joint issues and firm beds are not fun. I will say this though as firm as these beds are they are comfy compared to the beds I had on Princess - one was in a concierge mini-suite with all the new bedding and the other one was just a balcony.

I just booked that one on Tuesday. I have never been outside of the Western Hemisphere or gone from home as long as this one will be, but have to take that jump at some point in life. I was complaining about airfare from airports in Colorado to Miami. Well never again after pricing to Europe, although there are many sources that feel airfare to Europe will be coming down over the next few months. I am going to plan on going into London about 4 days early to do some sightseeing. When I look back to the day I started this thread it has been a strange road we have all traveled on. And now that we all know "What Happened to Brilliant Lady?" do you think we could sell the movie rights?

That's what I thought. It's part of a multi cruise for repositioning.

I was just looking at one on Resilient Lady that is a 12 night from Portsmouth to Barcelona with a stop in Casablanca that looks interesting.

I have been booked on 3 NCL cruises that were then chartered and I got absolutely nothing for two of them. They offered one cruise option but even their staff couldn't move the bookings over. The third one came with a $50 obc and a list of sailings that weren't even close to what I wanted. So it can and does happen across the cruise realm. Some cruise lines are worse then others for chartering out their whole ships.

Take care DrSch. You were a wealth of information.

Wow. Teach me to have work issues tie me up this morning. Things look like the are blowing up.

I'm 70 and did my first cruise on Virgin in December of 2021. I was 68 and the friend who went with me was 73. I have my next cruise with them in December. We both loved Virgin and are anxiously waiting for the full 2024-2025 itineraries to open up. I have cruised Norwegian, Princess, Celebrity and Carnival(ugh) and I really prefer the laid back feel of Virgin. I think you will be just fine.

Oops! But that would be a cruise I would definitely do.

Just yesterday a friend reached out to me all excited that she had just seen Brilliant Lady being in Iceland in July of 2024. She said she had seen the itinerary and it was out of Portsmouth. When I asked where she had seen it she couldn't remember. I wonder if the Saturday night Labor Day party was a bit to much for her.

librarylady19 we are going to wear out their website as often as we check 😄

Just checked the website and still nothing. I doubt they would change mid-day. I check every morning about 10 AM MDT.

I so agree on VV going out of the West coast. If they did Hawaii it wouldn't take much to force me to do that cruise. And as to the Mexican Riviera there are other options. My parents lived in San Carlos which is located there at the port of Guaymas. They have beautiful beaches and years ago there was a Club Med there. VV could possibly do what they have done at Bimini in an area like that.

Oh those dreaded "any moments". We have been waiting impatiently since April for one of those "any moment" and now you dangle another one in front of us.😉

Now that would be something I would definitely be interested in.

I think if I was going to book anything I would check tomorrow and then on Friday. That way if a new promo is to hit following the sailing yesterday it might be between tomorrow and Friday the 1st.