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Hawaiidan

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    natural history, gastronomy
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    Oceaina/ Regent/ US NAVY
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    South Pacific and Europe

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  1. Thanks my friend, I used that this past week in going to europe.. My quandary is that is for " air travel arrival and departure. My question ( worry), is there a special restriction for cruise passengers. my plan B is if I am denied boarding due to covid testing, will O refund my cruise fare ? If so then I will have a 14 day tour of europe on my own by land ( I just did 2 weeks fine in Europe).
  2. I give up..... where do I find out which places, after August 1 ( I think thats correct for the end of testing) are going to require a person to test/????? I can not find any list .......Help me
  3. So where do I find out what countries require it? ( so I can avoid going there).... Who in europe? Because I was just there and no one cares. about that stuff
  4. they need to get their act together..... Need to test before boarding needs to be ; cancel if testing required. Just spent 2 weeekd in france.Germany, Switzerland.... No one tests only visiting American wear mask.... No one tests or want to see any doc of vac..... If O holds on to this useless silly stunt which will prevent nothing and appears a liability cover their butt why would you spend thousands to be in their play house of anguish ?? enough is enough. ..OK
  5. you are........its the source of choice for many of the top chefs in america....Michelin ** and *** people who make it their quest to obtain the very finest product of any type to present to their patrons. I just returned from France and Switzerland and did a tour de- food... I was suprised that the much touted Scottish and French beef is vastly lower in quality.... ( There they do excell in Chicken , Duck and Veal.) Of note the french flours and butters are the world class. I discovered in the Savoyard area Chamonix...... that the french turn out an exceptional sourdough wheat bread ...... screw the crossants mon amis.!
  6. Normandy requires a small group of 6 or less and a custom tour......you owe it to yourself...... and THEM.
  7. Ok I am confused... you said you booked direct with O.in another post. Are you saying the O sales guy offered you a $1200 pp discount off the regular fare? And.... in adddition you got $1500 more in free shore ex. ALL from and O agent??? That amigo is a first I have ever heard O giving huge discounts off its fares, far above what agents can do thats $3900 discount !!!!
  8. Wow...... thats a pretty spendy chunk of beef... like $90 from Snake River Ranch ( the premier meat source....used by Thomas Keller/ Per Se and French Laundry, and old Wolfgang Classy
  9. "If you have the opportunity see the Normandy landing beaches and have not, it is an unforgettable experience." That is an understatment every American needs to visit Normandy, Gettysburgh, Pearl Harbor and Arlington also worth of consideration is the costs of the cruise. Remember ships burn a lot of fuel... and the price of that fuel is going through the roof Iceland requires a lot of travel and 3 times the fuel of the Lisbon to AMS. fares will be vastly more expensive which can limit your travel budget. severely. Too LIS-AMS is going to have better weather and vastly more on shore enrichment options than primitive Iceland/ Greenland.
  10. Well might be but California is not business friendly lately... at least LA and SF have a ton of problems to deal with. San Diego is the only sane one.
  11. Well the current "edict" was issued for May-Jube-July" So I would guess August or end of ,or,mid july... My cruise final cancel is July 22. I would like to see it before then I just spoke with my Swiss and French friends and they said no restrictions or papers or tests for Switzerland. France has the vax rule BUT I was told no one checks and no one cares in France.. People are just getting burnt out...its been 3 years for God sakes.
  12. your looking out over a sea of orange... reflecting back in your face with the ocean in the distance.... thats the view However, if you like them I can not argue with that.... enough said.
  13. one would hope in a sane world.... however power is like potato chips, once you start it is hard to stop !
  14. Mike....you realize that by booking direct how much your loosing ? Benefit's, OBC's discounts, cash rebates that agents can giv eyou ??? Id think long and hard about booking direct... as you loose way more than you will ever dream.
  15. the net effect I see from all these " restrictions , tests, certificates etc. is that many Euro cruises are seeing high cancel rates for them The cruise I am on for 11 months was 100% wait list... within the past month everything from B4 to PH is now open.......... On factor is , even if O tests passengers getting off., is the excessive costs involved in getting the tests to get on the ship.!!!. Not the test so much which can cost $100 or more pp but the time , hotel meals taxi etc cost, added air fare for people who need to meet the 72 hour rule imposed but owing to where they fly from or days which have to be added several days of costs, just getting the required tests and waiting for a report... which can take days.. Big hassle... not what you take a vacation to do. Takes the fun and enjoyment away
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