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FYI, many would not classify Princess as premium. Premium is often defined as lines such as Viking, Azamara, Oceania, etc.

I'm considering a cruise with 9 sea days, not a crossing, and am also concerned about sea day activities. I'm used to Crystal and have always heard that none of the other luxury lines could ever compare with what Crystal offered.

IAH is over 70 miles from the Galveston cruise terminal. You really need to have a plan on getting to the airport.

Do not stay around the airport. It is in the middle of no where, a long way from anything of interest in Houston. It's also not the "best" neighborhood. Staying near downtown would probably be better. There is enough to see and do in Galveston for at least 2 full days. See the list above on Galveston. For Houston see visithoustontexas.com

I booked door to door and as of late last night my flights were still listed on the airline website. Guess it takes a while to cancel all of them. ☺️

My friends who were scheduled to be on the Muse from mid Nov to early Jan have had it all cancelled.

Did you see that Diana Kennedy, the expert on regional Mexican foods, died yesterday? She was up in her 90s.

Nothing better than the crowds booing Altuve, all 5'6" of him, and he just keeps smiling and proceeds to hit the first ball thrown out of the park!! P.S. And if you think the other teams haven't "cheated", I've got a bridge to talk to you about buying!!

I wasn't going to mention it, but I will. Your "beloved" New York Yankees went 2 and 5 against the Astros for the regular season and by all rights it should have been 0 and 7!! 🤪😋☺️ Patty

Brian, please contact me when you finish your cruise on the Silver Moon as I will be on the Silver Muse in November and it seems they are similar ships. xoxoxo Patty

Most likely. Be one of the first off with your own luggage. Odds are you'll get to the airport with time to spare.

As I understand it, those are just grocery stores. Costco and Sam's Club (owned by Walmart) are what we call warehouse clubs. They sell food, but many other items, often in bulk. You could go in and purchase tires for your car, patio furniture, a diamond ring, a giant bag of coffee and really good deals on very drinkable wine.

In the US, Costco is considered much "higher end" than Sam's Club. I can assure you that it would not be surprising to find Silversea cruisers shopping there!

As a life long Texan who has lived in the Houston area all my life, except for college years in Dallas, but that was over 50 years ago, I'd say it is absolutely impossible to experience Texas at any one location. That being said, I'd recommend the San Antonio-Austin area. Those are still big cities, but smaller than either Houston or DFW. If you are comfortable driving on the "wrong side of the road", rent a car and get out in the areas between the big metropolitan areas. And to the Dallas person above, you are delusional if you think there is less crime in Dallas than in Houston. 😲

I'm on the Muse, November 18, Hong Kong to Singapore, and my travel agent called today to say that final payment has been extended to Sept. 4. That's 75 days out for my cruise. It's only logical that if the Japan cruises are changed, the cruises that follow will have to be changed too. This a case where Door to Door makes things a lot easier with itinerary changes highly possible.

As to weather, timing and Alaska - I have done 6 Alaska cruises, very late April to mid September and find weather to be a crap shoot. I have experienced every kind of weather at every port. Que sera, sera.

Just read that with Omicron, the current variant that's rampant. the incubation period is 2 to 3 days at most. So, it's just as likely that the exposure happened at the airport or on the plane.

One thing I can tell you for sure, the Gulf Freeway (downtown Houston to Galveston) was started about 1954 and since that time there has been constant construction somewhere along the road !! It's a given. 😲😵😜

I've been to Ephesus twice (well, three times if you count the day trip and the evening concert on the same day). As I recall, the drive from Kusadasi isn't all that long, about 30 minutes. The evening concert at Ephesus is one of the best cruise excursions I've ever done. All I can say is, DO IT!

As a reminder that "Big Brother" is watching, at least as it concerns the internet, there was a big banner ad for Abercrombie and Kent when I went to weather.com this morning. I assume it's because so much that I've been reading here and on Facebook has reference to them. The Shadow Knows! Patty

Since we now have some idea what will happen with Serenity, Symphony and Endeavor, wondering when there will be any news on the 4 "new" Crystal riverboats and what the new buyer plans for the Mozart.

It’s about 70 miles from IAH to Galveston. No hotel would provide a shuttle for that distance.

Your experience on Crystal was a 180 from what the vast majority of long time Crystal cruisers experienced. That being said, there are those of us who wish we could have the Crystal experience again, no matter what you choose to call it. 😜

Lisbon?

Agree with you 100%, but he has managed to turn selling overpriced crap to enough people to get his net worth to 5 to 6 BILLION dollars!! 😲😵😜