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Decison made for us; we won't be renewing.  We only use it once a year so not worth the increase.

45 minutes ago, nycruiser80 said:

This post brought back memories. When I first started cruising in the late 80s as a kid, I remember Chandris Lines (the founder of Celebrity Cruises) offered such a service.

Memories.  Was this the Meridian?

7 minutes ago, EDVM96 said:

Is that a Princess ShorEx or independent?

I would like to know what tour that might be. Is it the Golden Circle? It's long, yes.

Independent, Golden Circle.

5 minutes ago, 555 said:

It's actually not a bad idea to skip lunch every now and then on a cruise considering the amount of calories people consume in one day. That's not even taking the drinks into account. 

Unless you are diabetic.

22 hours ago, EDVM96 said:

- Paying 3000+ pounds for a cruise.

- Not enough money left to buy food ashore.

- Priceless.

 

They recommend bringing a lunch from the ship on an upcoming Iceland cruise because "there will be no set time/stop for lunch".

You are allowed to bring food ashore in Iceland.  We're doing excursions and they actually recommend bringing food from the ship.  I checked the rules and there is no problem so check the rules for wherever you're visiting.

We did one river cruise and it was so stressful worrying about water levels.  Thinking spring and high water levels we booked fall, not even thinking of LOW water levels after the heat of summer.  We were very fortunate to just get through one of the canals before it was closed to ships following us.  We would have been so upset to have our river cruise turned into a bus tour!  We are going to Bruges May 25-29 before our cruise out of Southampton and are really looking forward to it.  Hope everything will be open for Good Friday!  

If this is a Princess excursion you can always cancel if something better comes up.  Is there a roll call for your cruise?  In Gibraltar we did a small group tour with Gibraltar Rock tours by John Lopez that a fellow cruiser organized and it was AMAZING!  

When we were on Sky Princess in Alaska they had a photography display in the Piazza.  The pictures were really close to the raised area where the entertainers are.  Naturally you are looking at the pictures and wouldn't notice the "step".  The poor gentleman in front of me fell and went down so hard he flew into the wall, breaking his glasses. They took him via wheelchair to the medical centre.  When I saw him later on the trip he said he heard nothing and was quite upset he had been charged for the medical services.  There was lots of security right after the incident and the display was moved so Princess obviously knew they had liability.  Such a shame the gentleman didn't get an apology at the least.

10 hours ago, nzrainbow said:

 I paid full single supplement for this so I rightly expect to be able to get into bed from either side should I really wish to do so.... 🤔 😅 🙃 

If you're travelling solo, the layout looks fine.  What am I missing?

We had a Princess transfer from the airport to pier and we didn't touch our luggage after it was loaded on the bus.

1 hour ago, hallasm said:

I think it was a wise decision by Viking after the problems with Viking Sky in Hustadvika, Norway In March 2019 - Viking were not the only ones who had to change itinerary or cancel the sailing.

We were on Sky Princess last May and, due to 30ft. waves in the North Atlantic, we missed our Iceland ports.  We couldn’t believe how angry people were!  Our safety is more important.  We’re trying again in June this year.  🤞🏻

People we know took a Viking cruise specifically to see the Northern Lights in February.  Not only did they NOT see them, their cruise was cut short due to rough seas.  😢

US dollars.

@gnome12We’ll definitely give that a miss!  The canal boats in Amsterdam were great.

@mskaufmanThat looks like a pretty small, uncomfortable boat!

21 minutes ago, travelbuds said:

Thanks for the tip. Did it look like renovations were needed?

I wouldn’t take the chance and there is significant savings booking in advance.

@travelbudsWe bought our National Express tickets as soon as the reservations window opened (3 months prior I THINK).  You can pay a bit extra to allow flexibility.  Not sure when you’re going but check with Holiday Inn to see if they have renovations ongoing.  

We are in our 70's, used National Express last May and highly recommend it.  We stayed at Holiday Inn Herbert Walker Avenue and it was a nice walk from the bus station to the hotel.  That being said, it was a gorgeous day.  If the weather had been inclement, there were no taxis at the bus depot.

A bit off topic but sticking with the theme of the gym for "mature" users.  I use a stationery bike at the gym 3 days a week to keep my knee replacement happy.  I have been on Grand, Regal, Sky and Enchanted Princess and have not found one stationery bike I can use.  They are all "racing" bikes.  😢

I thought the CHAT function was to contact staff when on board!  Learned something new today; not that it would do me any good since my husband has an old flip phone.  😂

2 hours ago, cherylandtk said:

Ever since the barrel chair was removed we prefer the deluxe balconies just for the seating. Of course, Princess holds those back as 3 person rooms so you have to go through a few gyrations to book a specific room as a double. 🙄

We've never had a problem booking a DB for 2 of us.

I found the pump bottle of body wash in the shower very awkward to use so I take an empty travel size bottle from Bath & Body and fill it up.  Much easier to squirt on my mesh shower puff.

We love their liquid soap.  We always bring bar soap and a FLAT soap holder for both the sink and shower.

I don't drink alcohol and hate blue cheese.  When I had the onion soup I asked for black with white cheese; no problem.  I definitely did NOT taste any alcohol.

radiotaxisonline.co.uk - you can prebook.