Bizziecruzer

Really enjoying your journey. Excellent review. 

Email address please? Thankyou 

35 minutes ago, Globaliser said:

 

Does it have to be Rotterdam? One obvious location for that length of time would be Amsterdam, but I don't know whether you have reasons for specifically wanting to be in Rotterdam.

 

If you do stay in Rotterdam, my first suggestion for accommodation would be the ss Rotterdam.

We are staying in Amsterdam post cruise. Ss Rotterdam booked out.

Can anyone suggest accommodation for 3 nights pre-cruise and "what to do" in Rotterdam. We are fairly active mid 60's couple. Thanks

Not sure if you get any discount for being solo. If not, look at booking a suite with 2 people being booked, with second person being a no show on sail day. 

5 hours ago, KAKcruiser said:

When you book Club Orange, you are booked at the lowest category and then upgraded to the highest category in that meta category.  That is probably why your price is lower.  

No I did a mock booking fir lowest category.  

We have not cruised HAL before. Did a mock booking to find out cost. Then rang HAL direct to see if Club Orange was available for our particular cruise. Operator asked if I'd like to book and did so over the phone. Price was cheaper than website with additional cost of CO included. Not sure why.

Thank you. 🙂

Hi. I have googled my question without any luck. Does anyone know if there are currently any issues with water levels from Amsterdam to Budapest?

Hi. We have received an email advising our checkin time. We sail from Kiel and we're wondering if they are strict with boarding times. We have been allocated quite a late one and would prefer to embark earlier to off load our luggage.  Thank you.

Hi. We will be on the Costa Firenze to Norway early September. Whilst we have cruised before, we have never been on a Costa ship. 

Anything different that we should know? Thanks in advance for any assistance  

Hi does anyone have email address for Carnival Australia's President. Thanks in advance for any assistance. 

13 minutes ago, yes!yes!yes! said:

Thank you for the link, but it didn't give me the dinners or flowers options.

She usually gets strawberries, chocolates and cheese platters free from the casino.

I know she would love some flowers and maybe the steakhouse.

You could gift some OBC for her to book a dinner.

Hi Try this link. https://book.princess.com/cruisepersonalizer/thirdPartyGifting/searchLanding.page

Hi all. We have a cruise booked on Costa Firenze later in the year. Wondering if anyone can post their experiences if you have sailed with Costa. (No Concordia input thanks 🙂 )

We have been told that announcements will be made in English and Italian as a lot of Italians travel on Costa. We have also been told that there are some limits on restaurants you can go to on a basic fare.

For comparison, we have previously sailed Princess, Celebrity, Royal Caribbean and P&O.

Thanks in advance for your input.

On 1/3/2023 at 12:09 PM, bazzaw said:

Frankly, although I have received the benefit many times over the last several years, I have always been surprised about it. Why? - because Carnival Corp are an American Company and American Society is not Australian Society. I served in the Australian Military for 20 years RAAF and RAN  and am not recognised by Australian Society as a "veteran'. I am only a mere Ex-Serviceman - big difference!!!!  😞

You most definitely are a Veteran.  

We were on the same cruise. Have been advised that a cheque will be sent. Payment of refund was approved, but due to holiday season, may take a bit longer for cheque to br printed and mailed. I find the online chat works best to correspond with Princess.

12 minutes ago, annenic said:

We have a balcony cabin booked for our cruise on Eclipse in December - it includes premium drink package and gratuities.  I have put in an offer for an upgrade to Concierge Class. So, my question is:  If I happen to win that move-up, do I keep the drink package and gratuities?  Or do I lose them?

 

I think I would prefer to stay where we are rather than do Concierge without the bonus packages especially as I think my bid was probably quite high (it was a while ago and I can't remember what the minimum bid was but I bid $250/p).  

 

 

You keep them.

On 10/23/2022 at 4:17 PM, lyndarra said:

I have never cruised on Eclipse but have done three on Solstice.

If you have cruised on Solstice is there much difference between them?

No much the same.

On 10/17/2022 at 11:33 PM, buchhalm said:

Vets as in animal doctors?

 

No, veterans. In appreciation of their service.

We are currently on the Eclipse. Did it first night at discounted rate. This was to avoid the first night dining zoo that occurs. Great choice. We had a nice relaxed evening. Experience was exceptional. Agree that for some people it is a once of experience.

Currently on Celebrity Eclipse Transpacific. Left Hawaii yesterday. No masks required at this stage for passengers, however crew are required to wear them. Needed a supervised negative test to board. Test had to be done within 2 days of boarding. Staff supervised (compulsory) hand sanitisation on entry into buffet. 

30 minutes ago, sewgood said:

Was that in economy class Bizziecruizer ?

I'm interesting in using them for our flights next October.

We used to love flying Air New Zealand in our 20's and 30's when they had direct flights to the USA but haven't flown with them for years now.

 

Yes, however we paid extra for extra legroom seats and a sky couch each. I got some sleep!!!

We have just flown to Honolulu on AirNZ. Whole experience was excellent. Cruising home.

14 minutes ago, 2boyzmom said:

how do you know the capacity?

We were advised by NCL. Booking for this cruise were closed off about 4 months ago. NCL having difficulty finding staff. Some bars and restaurants are closed.