cotton93

Came off Ovation a week ago, Bing Bai is in the CL she will be there until sometime in April and have to say she is a real gem.

Jingjing Wang is in the DL, only went in there once and didn't meet her so not sure how long she will be in there.

Hi David,

Could you please add the following:

4th June, 2015 - Allure of the Seas - Mediterranean

13th March, 2016 - Legend of the Seas - South Pacific/Fiji

Many thanks,

Raina,

Absolutely loving all the pics and your review. You are one amazing daughter to take your Dad on this adventure. Great to see he is enjoying himself, the smile on his face says it all.

Loving your review, agree Vancouver is fabulous, have been there a number of times as our son lives there.

Look forward to the rest of journey back to OZ.

Hi we personally used Carl's Tours back in 2012 with a group of 8 people from our cruise and had a fabulous day with him. He speaks perfect English http://www.papeete.com/carlstours/index.html

Thanks! I did not realise you could do that....can i ask how that works? Given that it would be more economical for me to by a solo policy to cover myself and my DD for the first, do i just buy the policy to cover those extra days at the start of the trip...so have the start date as the date we leave australia and have a end date at the end of the addional days (even though we are still on the trip?) so that the other policy can kick in?

 

The other alternative is using InsureandGo which has a 45 day option :)

We have just added the extra days after the 38 days from the Annual Policy, so not sure if you can do it for the beginning of the trip. My best advice would be to give Travel Insurance Direct a call. Any time I have called them they have been very helpful. If you happen to go with them under options there is a section for campaign code if you put in TIDTHANKS you get a small discount. I can also vouch for them when making a claim as two years ago when I had an accident 3 weeks short of going to the USA for two cruises and land vacation, had no hassles making the claim.

I have also looked at InsureandGo's annual policy, but for us is way to expensive (because of our age).

Thanks....i should have said that i did look at TID (though not closely enough :o) but i cannot use them as my trip overall will be for more than the 38 day limit they have in place. :o

We have also had trips more than 38 days, when that happens we just buy a single trip policy that covers the extra days.

Hopefully someone can help me with this..does anyone know whether these annual travel insurance policies cover people travelling separately? I am travelling with my DD first on another trip before our cruise and DH will join us in Singapore and we will be taking the cruise together before flying home. The PDSs does not seem to explicitly say that all people covered under the policy must travel at the same time so i am wondering if we can take out a family annual policy...or whether we need to take out 2 annual policies. Not expecting to do separate trips for the rest if the year though so apart from this trip, any others we take will be as a family :confused: thanks.

We have Travel Insurance Direct annual policy and partners listed on the policy can travel independently and be covered. Pasted below is from their PDS.

A few words about the Annual Multi Trip plan.

›› This policy must be purchased within 30 days

before the start of your period of insurance.

›› Under a family policy, your adult travel

partner listed on your Certificate of Insurance

may travel independently of you.

›› Dependents listed on your Certificate

of Insurance are only covered whilst

accompanying you and/or your insured travel

partner.

In April we stayed at the Prince Hotel, great size room and bathroom was big, highly recommend great staff, easy walking distance to Pavillion Mall, Bukit Bintang. Had great views from our room of the towers.

Hi, will leave it to you guys and see what you come up with.

Next year we have a big trip planned for May/June for about 6 weeks, so depending on dates etc we'll have to see if the purse strings will stretch for another trip over to the USA and of course will have to add in Vancouver to see the kids. :)

Prices are up on RCI for Anthem :eek: Think we'll be waiting awhile before we go on that class of ship.

Hi David,

Nothing like getting in early, so can you please add us to the following:

03 May - Rhapsody of the Seas ... Singapore to Dubai

17 May - Rhapsody of the Seas ... Dubai to Istanbul

Thanks,

I'm sure that your son is elated to have you stay longer, it will be Vancouver's Indian Summer and weather should be just fabulous. San Diego, it not unlike Vancouver, as it is on the ocean with lots to see. I live in US now but Vancouver is still my home. Life as well as travel is a journey, just think of the stories you can tell, when you get back home down under. I don't drive on the wrong side of the road either when I am in the Southern Hemisphere.

We also love Vancouver have been there a few times, now we get to stay a bit longer, this has just been a little bump in the road in our plans, over it now and all is good. :)

Glad you worked it out, and you have a lucky son as well. We all hope your Panama canal cruise goes well.:D

We are only thinking positive !!!! :rolleyes:

Update, we have decided to let our DS in Vancouver have the pleasure of having Mum & Dad stay for an extra six days :D have now booked flights down to San Diego and accommodation for 3 nights, so will now have time to have a good look around that area.

We are not into driving on the wrong side of the road.

Thanks once again.

Fingers and everything else is crossed for the ship to make it back for Panama Canal cruise. :rolleyes:

Is it possible to get onto the solstice which is going from Seattle to San Diego I think the departure day.:D

That cruise was pretty well sold out, and now I believe is completely gone. Anyway what was left price wise was :eek:

Celebrity should be picking up the tab for your flight costs to join your second cruise and the 9 day gap. Can you find an alternative cruise to fill the gap?

Hi Jill, our TA is going in to bat for us, but I'm not holding my breath on getting anything.:rolleyes: Not able to find a cruise that will fit with our dates or location.

That's no good Merrilyn.Is there no way you can get compensation for having to find your own way from Vancouver to San Diego?

 

Time will tell !!!!

 

Jill

We are affected by the cancelltions of these cruises.

We had booked B2B ...... they've cancelled the first cruise but not the Panama Canal one.

Now we have to get from Vancouver down to San Diego, plus fill in 9 nights ........ so "NO" the refund from the cruise will not cover all of these expenses!!!!!!!

So no I'm not happy. :(

Here's a couple of photos from Rhapsody in March 2013, we were in cabin 8042.

Hi David,

Could you please take us off the 30th March, 2014 - Celebrity Millennium.

and add the following:

27th March, 2014 - Voyager of the Seas - Fremantle to Singapore

9th December, 2014 - Celebrity Solstice - Auckland to Sydney

Thanks for doing such a great job, very much appreciated by all. :)

 

Merrilyn & David, I so enjoyed my cruises on the Mille. Are you doing the Vancouver to San Diego voyage? If so, I've got some wonderful cruise friends from the UK , Ade & Anita who are doing that sailing, and they are so much fun, and always seem to be at the Martini Bar after dinner. If your plane changes in Dallas either way on your trip going or coming, I'd be happy to rescue ya'll from the airport for a few hours.

 

Kelcie

Hi Kelcie,

Yep, we are on that cruise, so looking forward to catching up with Mari Lynne who will also be on that sailing, you never know we may meet up with your friends around the ship. We are then staying on for the Panama Canal cruise.

Sad to say wont be able to catch up this time as our flights are via LAX, our favourite airport for layovers (NOT).

Regards,

Hi Kelcie,

You can put David & I down too. :) Length of cruise at least 7 days even better it was more, well we could always do a B2B depeding on the $$$$'s. Will be fantastic to catch up with everyone again.

We'll be over in USA/Canada for 7 weeks in September/October, going to Las Vegas, Vancouver, 2 cruises on Millennium, Miami, Washington and New York.

Fingers are crossed prices wont be over the top. :rolleyes:

Hi David,

Could you please remove the following, obviously missed it previously.

09 March ... cotton93... Voyager of the Seas ... Fremantle to Singapore

and add the following:

13 Sep 2013 - Celebrity Millennium - Vancouver to San Diego (9 night Wine Cruise)

22 Sep 2013 - Celebrity Millennium - 14 night Panama Canal - San Diego to Fort Lauderdale

10 Dec 2013 - Radiance of the Seas - 10 night South Pacific

30 Mar 2014 - Celebrity Millennium - 14 night Singapore to Hong Kong

Cheers,

Hi David,

Have had to cancel the following::(

Majesty of the Seas - August 27th, 2012 - Bahamas

Allure of the Seas - September 2nd, 2012 - Eastern Caribbean

Please add the following:

Radiance of the Seas - December 20th, 2012 - Queensland.

Cheers,

Hi David,

Have cancelled 9 March 2013 - Voyager of the Seas - Perth to Singapore.

Can you please add the following:

7 December 2012 - Rhapsody of the Seas - 11 night Queensland

11 March 2013 - Rhapsody of the Seas - 12 night Sth Pacific/Fiji

Thank you for all you work in keeping this list, very much appreciated by one and all. :)

Cheers,

Merrilyn

Sorry about that . Had to go back to Feb 1 and do a copy and paste and then realised I still had to update from that date on. All fixed and will show up on the next one.

 

Thanks David, you're the best and all the work you do is very much appreciated.

Cheers,