Lotus Girl

On 3/4/2024 at 7:58 PM, purpleally said:

Seabourn gave you $300?  Probably cannot combine with referral but I think it’s always worth a try

i can refer you:  purple19gray@aol.com

@purpleally Hi, I sent you on a message on Monday. Not heard from you?

13 minutes ago, purpleally said:

Seabourn gave you $300?  Probably cannot combine with referral but I think it’s always worth a try

i can refer you:  purple19gray@aol.com

Yes, OBC was part of the UK booking offer just now.  I will email you.  Thank you. 

Hi, we're new to Seabourn after many cruises with Azamara lately. There is $300 OBC with the cruise that we've booked for 19th October 2024. Happy for someone to tell me how the referral process works and do what I need to do.  Look forward to hearing from someone.

44 minutes ago, uktog said:

It’s good advice. Unbelievably Karen comes from my home town in Scotland and her parents live in the next village to my son 

Did Karen previously work for Celebrity?   

You'll be pleased to hear that you are missing snow in your village today as well.  

21 hours ago, NewSalty said:

Assuming that you've already booked the cruise...

 

You need to either sign-in on the Azamara website, or use the "Manage My Booking" link at the top of the home page.  (If you haven't already linked your booking to your sign-in, you may need to request Azamara to do this.)

 

Once logged in, you'll see a list of your bookings - select the one of interest, and you'll be taken to the "Seaware" system, where you can, ah, manage your booking.  There's a section there for Excursions, it shows pricing and allows you to select and pay for excursions if you so desire.  (Although using OBC to pay is not at all straightforward.)

 

Caveat - this is based on my experience with the US site, it might vary in the UK...

Thanks for the detailed update and yes booked on the cruise leaving on the 22nd December this year.  Tried what you suggested and I still can't see pricing. I can see all the excursions, just not pricing and the all important Book button! Will send an email to Azamara and see what they come back with on the issue.

Can anyone post up how to see the actual price of excursions? I know how to get in to see what’s available, just not how to find the price and book if I’m interested.  Thanks in advance for any help.

Pursuit - 8 night Turkey Intensive from Athens

Bid Date:   July 22 2022 (email received offering upgrade) 

Cruise Date: October 27 2022

Cruise Length: 8

Loyalty Level: Discoverer Plus

Cabin type booked: Club Continental Suite

Cabin type bid minimum:   Club Spa Suite - £1,095 pp; Club Ocean Suite - £1,435 pp; Club World Owner's Suite - £1,685 pp

We're happy with our N1 suite so won't be putting in a bid for an upgrade but thought I would post up the costs.

On 5/1/2022 at 6:09 PM, ckone said:

We fly into BCN Friday AM and will get the test before leaving the airport. Same company for the return. 

Hi, is this flycovidtestcentre.com in the airport on levels 1 or 3 you are using?  I am trying to organise a test with them as well just now for the 30th May and would be interested to hear about your experience.

Will it not be 8348 on Silhouette  that is the wider one?  If only my PC hadn't died on me last night, I'm sure I had the photo! 8344 is too far to the right to be the wider balcony.

On 1/7/2020 at 12:02 AM, kldt said:

Thanks!  We bit and booked a Suite Guarantee.  Just got assigned 6190 which is probably the worst suite on the ship.  But then again, can you really have a bad suite on a cruise?  I would lose $475 OBC to switch to a S2, so we are staying.

I've been in 6190 and was a bit concerned before I sailed however once we got on board, we loved the room.  The first time the magic carpet goes up was fantastic to watch and as there is no-one on it at the time of it moving, you aren't inconvenienced.  The room is in a great location and I loved that I could sit out on my balcony and listen to the music coming up from the magic carpet when there were singers performing.  It's not as bad as you think it is going to be....

Thanks for your informative review.  We're on the 2nd March sailing and I've just been comparing some of our trips to what you've mentioned.  Did you do any trips with Celebrity or did you do them all privately? Just curious to see if you did any ship trips and if they were okay or not. 

Karen

20 hours ago, cshim said:

Hi Karen,

 

What experience have you booked?

 

Chris

Hi Chris

We have booked a balcony with the fantastica experience.

Karen

Wonder if anyone can help with this?

On the description for my room, it has: "For a charge: Access to the exclusive sun deck".

Does anyone know what the charge is per person per day and where is the exclusive sun deck? Is it the Aurea sun deck?

We are sailing on Bellissima in March.  

Thanks

Karen 

Taxi's are available outside the port exit. The trip should take 25 - 30 minutes. Airlines prefer that you arrive 3 hours in advance to get thru Bahamas customs and US Immigration and customs before boarding.

Thank you. Is the airport as bad as I have read in that the lines are long and immigration and customs take for ever? We disembark at 12 noon and have a 3.47 pm flight to Miami.

We were remarried at Sandals Royal Bahamian for our 25th wedding anniversary. Obviously, loved loved the resort. We're going to try for a day pass from Symphony of the Seas on Friday, Nov. 30. I see you're on MSC Seaside. What day will you be in Nassau?

 

Kathy

We're actually on Mariner of the Seas first and in Nassau on the 18th of November and then on Seaside which is in Nassau on the 30th November, so as there's 14,446 passengers on the 18th with six ships in port and 20,407 passengers on the 30th November with five ships in port and Seaside arrives at 12 noon, it'll likely be the 18th we'll try and go as Mariner is in port earlier. Not sure we'd get a pass to Sandals at 12 noon if you can't book them in advance.

Google says 5.7 miles and 22 mins. Sandals is located on Cable Beach for reference. Here's a good link with info:

 

https://www.bermuda-attractions.com/bermuda2_000184.htm

Many thanks for the quick response, I'll take a look at the link.

Karen

Hi, can any recent cruisers confirm if the ship docked early or was it right at 12 noon? If it did dock early, were you able to get off earlier? I'm trying to arrange a few things for Nassau but timing is key to getting it correct. I realise that anything can happen on our actual cruise but curious to see if the ship was early in arriving in the past.

Thanks

Karen

We are in this very situation in November. We arrive in to Nassau at 12 noon on MSC Seaside and have a flight out of Nassau at 15.42 pm to Miami. This is the only flight we can get as we are flying back to the UK from Miami at 11.00 pm that night. How far away is the airport from the cruise port and are there taxi's readily available at the port when we disembark?

Can anyone advise how far away Sandals is from the cruise port and the approximate taxi cost?

We got married at Sandals in Jamaica in 2001 and haven't been to any other of their resorts so it would be nice to go for the day if we could get the chance.

Thanks

Can I ask if you purchased the 3 specialty dining package prior to cruising? We are undecided what to do as I believe that the package menus are limited and not the full menu but looking at the menus you've posted, it looks like the teppanyaki can be upgraded if we had the 3 meal package?

Stumbled across your post, so looking forward to your review as I've read your previous reviews in the past and they are always great and informative. Interested to see what class your sailing. We're sailing on the ship on the 24th November this year in Yacht Club after reaching D+ with Royal Caribbean and Elite + with Celebrity. We're curious to see what YC has to offer on MSC.

Does anyone have up to date information on this?

I have rented 2 loungers with what looks like a hood that comes up for some shade but no idea where they are located on Coco Cay. We are there in November 2018 and would be good to know where we are heading to when we get on to the island.

I went on the Mariner July 13. I can try to answer as many questions as I can for you!

I had a blast, Nassau was gorgeous.

Can I ask if you self disembarked? If not, what time did disembarking start? We are trying to plan other things for the day after getting off the ship.

Thanks

Karen

Great review, most entertaining! Can I ask if you did self disembark? If not, can you advise what time, if you know, that self disembarkation started from? I trying to plan a day to Sawgrass Mills the day we disembark so want to get off as soon as possible, take my case to the hotel and leave it there and get on a bus to shop, shop, shop :D

Thanks

Karen

Hi,

Sailing on Journey on the 20th November 2018 - 4 night cruise to Key West & Havana where we have an overnight. Have any UK cruisers done this trip that can advise on the Visa situation?

Thanks

Karen