Wayfairers

I’m sure someone has taken the train to board a cruise ship at Port Everglades. I’m just starting to check into this possibility and would love to hear from those that have done it. We’ve taken Amtrak from Memphis to New Orleans, but that the day after OJ Simpson did the slow motion run from the cops in his white SUV so it has been a while! How did you get to the cruise port from the train terminal? How was the experience? Any suggestions?

We are flying into MCO later this week and have to go to Disney for a wedding. I originally booked the sunshine flyer but then checked Lyft/Uber rates….they are a better deal for us and we don’t have to ride the shuttle to all the other resorts.

Strange…must be a glitch

Has any done done a private cruise through the Corinth Canal as a day trip from Piraeus Greece? We saw the canal from above last time from Piraeus and it looked interesting. The cruise ship offers an excursion but a smaller group would be nice.

I’ve never seen or found bed bugs (thank goodness) but I’ve heard you should check the edges of the mattress and you will see dark, black or rusty red specs if there are bed bugs. These days many places use a full mattress cover..in that case I look at the edges of the cover.

Some excursions are available for booking for our Jan 2024 World Cruise. None are available for our holiday cruise Dec 2023 same ship, the cruise prior to the world cruise. Thinking for short cruises the excursions are available later than for longer cruises.

I check hotels but I’ve never thought to check the cruise ship for bed bugs. Thanks for sharing…I’ll check in the future.

Thank you! I will remember that.

Thanks so much for the detailed info and the pics! Would you mind sharing the tour company you used out of Cape Town?

Yes that is the number I am referring to. No matter which board I am in it is always 035.

What is the 035 number in the picture? I haven’t noticed it being there until today.

The buyer could always check with P&O to make sure it is legit. If it is allowed CC would be a good place to sell it as everyone here likes to cruise.

Last time we were there we walked around town. Found a bar/restaurant. I was hoping we missed something amazing

We are booking a private tour in Agadir and the tour guide wants to meet up at Hotel Al Maggor. I see where it is on the map - about a 20 minute walk from the port. However, I’m seeing that a commercial port is used there and walking may not be allowed. I’ve also seen where there is a port shuttle offered that will drop you in town, but I am unable to find where it drops you. Anyone know where the shuttle goes to? Has anyone taken the shuttle?

I have as well as other travel sites. I am hoping to get first hand experience from people visiting by cruise ship.

Last time we were in Parintins we walked around town and saw the Boi Bumba show. Beautiful show and I’m glad we did it. But, we are returning and I am wondering if anyone has found something to do there other than the show. Maybe out of town?

We’ve never taken that train but sounds like it might be interesting way to get out of Casablanca. Hope you get some answers from those that have done it.

From what I’ve seen that doesn’t really work until you are on board

From my experiences much of the content isn’t there until you are on board. However, shore excursions are available for booking for your next cruise way before that.

I just found out to get on a waitlist apparently the website is the only way. That option wasn’t available to me on the app. of course I can always book on the website and a I’ve done that for the 2nd and 3rd cruises. I was hoping someone had found a way to see different cruise’s shore excursions on the app.

We currently have 3 cruises booked with HAL. When booking excursions through the app I can only access excursions for the 1st cruise. Has anyone figured out how to access excursions for the subsequent two cruises in the app? I know how to access them through the web page.

I agree. We are currently on a land trip. A month in Acapulco, Mexico (same weather as Caribbean) followed by a wedding in Orlando then flying back home on Spirit. We are traveling with one personal item each…a backpack that meets Spirit’s requirements so no extra charges. FYI….family that is driving to the wedding is bringing his suit, my dress and both our shoes for the wedding.

Thanks for the link to Trip Advisor. Temps 30-34C sound a little high for walking especially when humidity is added.

That is what I assumed….picking up those who did a shore excursion. We have been through the entire canal on 2019 Grand South America and will go through again on 2024 Grand World. Not sure any excursion will be worth doing for us. I’ll check them out though.

We are stopping in Colon 5pm to 9pm. Is that enough time to do anything?