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Thanks. We’re going to give HA Rotterdam a try this winter. We sailed Cunard this summer, and though a bit subdued for us, loved it.

what is the "vibe" and demographics on HA Caribbean cruises compared to RCI, Celebrity, and Princess?

thank you! got it!

I can only see my next cruise on the App. How do I find subsequent cruises to make dining reservations, etc.?

We tendered last year on the Vision. 2 hours post arriving was not an issue. Note, we were on a smaller ship (1/2 the passenger capacity). 1.5 hours might be tight on a larger ship.

I recall recently getting a "refer a friend" email, which I deleted. Does anyone have it? thanks, Elaine

How is it working to just walk up and say you'd be fine with a share table? Pre-Covid, we were seated almost immediately around 6:30pm, both on Europe and Carib. cruises. Wondering now for AU/NZ/ Asia cruises? thanks, Elaine

from above, thus why I am asking. I'd assume that Sydney is up to par (or surpassing) USA hospitals, so the chance of medically necessary evacuation from SYD back to USA would be nil? Then, question is, is it worth it to up the already $75K medivac cruise insurance to $500K?

We are traveling to Oahu, AU, cruise to NZ, then cruise to Japan, before returning to USA. We will have cruise insurance. I see it only covers up to $20K sick/accident and $75K med evac. We have Fed govt BCBS (under 65). Should we get GeoBlue for additional evac (5 sea days in Sea of China)? We will have a week in AU pre-cruise that cruise insurance would not cover. But, I assume it's unlikely to need (or even get authorized for) med evac from AU, given the excellent medical facilities. And GeoBlue wouldn't cover HNL, as it's in USA. We are early 60s.

Husband wore new black leather shoes, not patent, which he could wear with trousers other nights to conserve luggage space (multi-day train traveling afterwards). More comfortable and widely available in many sizes. They looked completely appropriate-I even didn’t notice he didn’t have patent on. I very much enjoyed the roaring 20s night, esp the ladies’ dresses.

Just had 7316, balcony. Great location, small amount of noise from people at night a few times. Didn’t bother us at all-and I’m very picky. I’d take this area again.

a RT transfer to Aix from Marseille? If so, could you share the booking site? Thanks, Elaine

Good to excellent MDR Explorer Seas in Europe (from Ravenna in Aug 2023). Fish perfectly prepared, Meat was good/very good. DH got a med+ prime rib, when he asked for Med-rare, but it was a huge piece, so he kept it and said it was fine. On par with Celebrity and Princess for this cruise. Better than Vision (Europe) last year.

Using above math (3X7) + 1 extra point=22, plus my post 2011 cruises is 56 points, which is what C&A shows. Thanks for insight. Weird though, a 7 night (from last year) that's counted in that 56 doesn't show up, and DH is at only 49 points with that 7 night (as well as all others) showing up.

So, from 2007-2010, if I had below cruises, I should get 7x3 plus 1 extra=22 points on conversion? 7 night OV 3 night OV 4 night OV

Sorry, meant nights. Question is do the prior 2011 cruises up to 7 days all get 7 points+1 extra point? I read elsewhere on CC that this is how C&A calculated them.

C&A points--are cruises prior to 2011 counted as # days+1? What about for a 3 or 4 day cruise? I read somewhere that prior to 2011, we got 7 days+1 point? I've got 2 little 3-4 day cruises, and if that's the case, it's not reflected in the conversion. It would push us into the next level. Also, will C&A desk recalculate it for us via phone, or is there somewhere I send an email? Thanks, Elaine

you have to read the fine print. some do drop back off at Athinios and you tender back--ours did. Others dropped off in town. I picked ours based upon that. The ship's excursion staff doesn't always know--ours insisted we'd be dropped off in Fira. When I asked him to read the excursion details, he then saw it was back to Athinios. FYI-it's a bit of a (short but somewhat wild) ride on the bus getting up the hill on the curves. Coming down was fine--maybe the glass of wine....

Just there last week. Cruise ships anchor and use water shuttle and/or tenders. Water shuttle is port service, tender is ship's tenders. For our cruise and the other ship anchored that day, it seemed that if on a ship's excursion, likely going to the "new" port. If DIY or other private excursion, then to "old port" that has the cable cars/donkey/walk up trail.

We got the bag on day 5 of 7 day cruise (Explorer out of Ravenna).

Sailed QV Aug 13. We had Open dining. We arrived each evening around 6:30-6:45pm and had a table for 2-none at the same location, but we had a choice of several options. All were very good seats. We shared (our choice) 2 evenings. By 7:30 onwards, we noticed a line-some nights not much, others, significant.

Thanks all. We had regular balcony, deck 7 and happy to get 1:30 arrival time assigned. Needed to know to book national coach. All set for our 1st time on Cunard.

Our first Cunard cruise. On other cruise lines, we can choose our boarding time, and earlier times tend to go faster--so it matters when one does online check in. As Cunard assigns times, does it matter when we check in online at 21 days for boarding time? Will checking in right at 21 days get us an earlier time? Also, what time does online check in start? thank you, Elaine

My invoice also says full refundable.

When I price out the Plus For the new Princess 24 sale, with 3rd and 4th free in cabin, the 1st 2 have a Plus fare and the 3/4 are zero cost, except for taxes/port fees. Do they still get the Plus drinks package (and included gratuities)? Great deal if yes. Still happy if not.