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1 hour ago, OzKiwiJJ said:
Once you get the email saying it has been accepted gp back into the app and select the applicable cruise line. You will then be able to enter your booking number, name, date of birth, and email address.
That was some time ago. It was all sorted and we're now on the cruise and have spent the credit.
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10 minutes ago, crystalspin said:
Roger @Crew News has researched the new prices for Premium and $tream (Surf is only available as part of HIA now).
https://rogerjett-photography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Internet-Pricing-2024-1.pdf
I don't know what you are seeing on Navigator, because $100 doesn't touch 30 days! But you do save 20% if you buy before sailing (several days before sailing btw).
ETA, oh I found it. If you have Surf as part of HIA, it is $100 to upgrade to premium for 26-31 days.
https://rogerjett-photography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Internet-Update-from-HIA-Surf-Plan.pdf
I've just found that as well - the $100 is to upgrade. Thanks for the chart. Looks like it would be $440 for us. We would just get a one device plan and share it between us. Even with a wine package each, it's drastically cheaper that HIA.
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We're currently on a 31 night cruise with Have it All and we're looking at a 28 night cruise without it. On the Navigator app, we're seeing 30 days for $100 but don't know if or how we'll be able to access that.
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On 8/26/2023 at 12:04 AM, crystalspin said:
There is no more Social Plan, at least on ships with the new system (which name escapes me). Only Surf and Premium. Premium includes Audio and Video apps, Surf does not.
Cruise Wi-Fi Plans & Internet Packages (hollandamerica.com)
Surf is now only available with their Have it All fare. I'm looking for a price for the most basic plan (now Premium) for 28 days.
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15 minutes ago, HowiefromMaui said:
When I go to the app, choose Carnival Cruise Lines and click on redeem the first box to fill in is the Booking Number.
I have no idea what pops up on your screen. Sorry, I'm in the USA.
Thanks for your suggestions. It has "Redeem perk" but it only says "Your uploaded brokerage statement is being processed." so I guess I'll just have to wait and hope they're prompt.
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2 minutes ago, HowiefromMaui said:
If you submitted your booking number and your brokerage statement they know what cruise you're requesting your stockholder benefit for. Question is did they acknowledge receipt of your submission? If so you're good to go, unless for some reason or another your request is denied. Then more communication with CCL Administrative Services would be required.
There was nowhere to enter the booking number, hence my question.
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I've just submitted my CCL statement to Stockperks for a cruise starting in 5 weeks (so getting close) but it hasn't asked for any of the cruise details that Carnival say you need to submit. Does that get asked when Stockperks accept your share holding? Thanks
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19 hours ago, LittleFish1976 said:
You're very kind @sfred. I have had an exhausting afternoon - been on the phone for the last 6 hours trying to organise exactly that. Outcome - unsatisfactory.
The call centre for Australia is off-shore, in the Phillipines apparently. One fellow I spoke with just after receiving the email fobbed me off that they would send me an email during the day - of course nothing has eventuated from that.
Then I spoke with a brilliant woman in a travel agency who went in to bat for me but they told her (after 2 hours on the phone) that they couldn't complete the booking through her as I made the original booking directly with Cunard - no matter that it's a new booking.
The second Cunard employee at the call centre I spoke with for the last hour and a half was well-meaning, I'm sure, but totally lacking in authority or ability to access information beyond what any of us can see on the public website, nor had he the ability to make this new booking. He has emailed the UK as I pressed him to resolve it and I will have to wait until Cunard Uk starts work in an hour and gets around to my problem, then emails Cunard in the Philiipines call centre who are now closed for the day. In 14 hours when Cunard call centre in the Phillipines re-opens it may be too late to make the booking and get me on the ship which sails in 22 hours from now.
I haven't had a holiday in four years. I've got the dogs being cared for for a couple of weeks at the kennels at huge expense and a suitcase packed and ready to go. To think that the ship will sail tomorrow with empty cabins and I will miss this much-anticipated break just because the computer says 'no idea', is really so very disappointing.
What is the point, seriously, of Cunard's direct sales centre for Australia if they are unable to make a booking? Anything simple we can all do ourselves on our home computers. The fact that the call centre can do those sorts of bookings ONLY is pathetic.
We've just been on Cunard and I ordered a birthday chocolate cake through the "Australian" call centre. Unfortunately, the person was very poor at English and we ended up with a plain sponge cake. Both the head waiter and the purser's desk tried to make out that it was my fault
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Just to fill in about Cunard's attempts to clean the hull in the last few days. We were on the Burnie cruise and the email we got has already been published in this thread. Instead of taking a day and two nights to get to Burnie, we raced down there and got in position overnight. However, the wind was 28 knots so we did those holding pattern rectangles for 24 hours. Unfortunately, by then, the wind had been up to 44 knots (a strong gale) so we did get to go to Burnie, the cleaning couldn't be done and we didn't get our OBC or FCC, much to lots of peoples' disappointment.
My sympathy goes out to the passengers due to leave to NZ today.
Let's hope some better methods are found to deal with this recent problem/requirement.
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On 7/12/2016 at 9:48 AM, realnurse2 said:
There are 11 destination pins and assorted HAL pins- orange oval and a couple of blue/white ones that look like the funnel of a ship. These are the freebies given out as game prizes.
The complete set is Canada- New England, Alaska, Caribbean, South America, South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Mediterranean, Panama, Northern Europe, Mexico.
My Australia pins say Australia-New Zealand. Am I right in thinking that the old series are thicker than the new ones? I've got four each spare of the thick Australia & New Zealand pins and of the thin Asia pins plus three thick Alaska and one thin South Pacific. The pictures on the thicker ones are whiter than on the thin ones. I haven't got either type for Mexico or Panama, don't have the thick ones for Australia-New Zealand or South America and only have thin ones for Alaska, Australia-New Zealand, South America and South Pacific. Anyone interested in swaps?
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Restarting this conversation, we've been on Westerdam for 9 days around NZ and have won 12 pins. All but two are Alaska. They are also awarding certificates for sports.
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22 minutes ago, Ashland said:
There was mini golf recently on Navigator, Explorer, Harmony, Jewel and Serenade.
Thanks. Maybe it's just ships in the southern hemisphere that they've got rid of mini golf. We've got some of the ludicrously large ships which don't have mini golf.
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2 hours ago, John Bull said:
I recall a "golf course" on an RCI ship out of Southampton. Explorer, I think.
It was up high on an exposed deck.😲
John, Thanks for the comment. Explorer certainly had one when we were on it back in 2017 but lots of courses have been removed since then (several of the HAL ships for example).
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This was the most nearly appropriate topic for this query.
My question is: Are there any cruise ships still with mini golf cruises? There has been a trend over recent years to get rid of this facility that we really enjoy. I'm primarily interested in ships that predominantly cruise outside the USA.
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We're definitely not first time cruisers (having done 40 cruises, with seven more booked) but I couldn't find an appropriate place for this question.
My question is: Are there any cruise ships still with mini golf cruises? There has been a trend over recent years to get rid of this facility that we really enjoy. I'm primarily interested in ships that predominantly cruise outside the USA.
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1 hour ago, knots4crewzing said:
Not to happy about this either. we,re on the April 1 2022 sailing . and the ships are totally different Radiance is so much smaller. Explorer was our home away from home for so many years in NYC.
Radiance being so much smaller than Explorer is exactly why we like it and had booked it for a now cancelled South Pacific cruise in February 2022. Feel free to send it back down under.🙂
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3 minutes ago, grahaminca said:
That still shows the cruise we were booked on that has been cancelled. I understand that Radiance will actually be in the Caribbean.
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59 minutes ago, grahaminca said:
Just received an email that our 1/7/2022 cruise on the Explorer is now canceled and we can transfer onto the Radiance. I dot know rccl reasoning for this. They identified in the email that the itinerary is "similar destinations" to the original Explorer cruise, however looking at the Radiance cruise schedule, it is in no way similar destinations. Get your act together and keep the people happy to enable you to stay afloat.
Grahaminca
Grahaminca,
Where is the Radiance cruise in January 2022 supposed to be? We were supposed to be on it in February from Brisbane to the South Pacific but they've just cancelled that and I can't now find where Radiance is supposed to be after October 2021.
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We'd recently taken a leap of faith and booked Radiance of the Seas from Brisbane on 8th February 2022. I've just received an email saying it's cancelled. We chose that cruise because a) it covers my wife's birthday, b) it's from our home port and c) Radiance is the biggest RCC ship we want to go on. I've looked for alternatives and there's nothing for Radiance of the Seas after October 2021. Are they selling yet another of their smaller ships? There are also no RCC cruises in 2022 for Brisbane's brand new cruise terminal. It's not looking good for our future Royal Caribbean cruising (after 12 previous RCC cruises and 25 other cruises).
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We got a taxi from the Port gate (we were still on the ship with a night in port) to India Gate (equivalent to USD2). Then we bought return ferry tickets to Elephanta Island - make sure you're in the right queue, there are ticket windows to several other destinations as well. I'm not certain but I think ladies could use a shorter queue.
On Elephanta Island you have to pay the entry fee in Rupiah cash but I think you can buy them online in advance. You can pick up a guide on the island but we had read up on it before we went so didn't bother. There's a little train that runs from the jetty to the entry (Rp10 return). It's slow - we were overtaken by a butterfly - but fun.
The Island is well worth visiting and it wasn't difficult although we're well travelled. I'd recommend taking some water and at least a snack although there were stalls on the island.
As we were staying in Mumbai for an extra day and have been before, we ended up just going back to the ship (by taxi again).
Hope that helps.
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5 minutes ago, 3girlsmom said:
We had a cabin in the front (6018) & thought it was loud being over the cabaret so we tried 6079 (in the back right near your 6085) and thought it was great! Very quiet & convenient to everything. We liked that back area of deck 6 so much we booked 6075 for our next cruise. Do not worry about noise from Discoveries, it's a great area in our opinion.
3girlsmom, Thanks for that. We're looking forward to our first Azamara cruise.
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We've bought an upgrade to a balcony cabin (allocated as 6085) and I'm a bit worried from a noise viewpoint that it's directly above Discoveries Restaurant. I've looked at the spreadsheet and it's not mentioned but I wondered if anyone had any specific comments?
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1 minute ago, marinaro44 said:
I think you mean December 17th, not 13th.
Sorry, quite correct. We leave home on 13th.
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On 9/27/2019 at 5:51 AM, Bimmer09 said:
Carol also ranked the cruise lines she has sailed in this order: Azamara, Princess then Celebrity and I didn't argue.
Thanks for the comment.
Norris
I'd rank the major lines that we've done in this order: Cunard, HAL, Celebrity, Royal Caribbean, Princess, MSC & Carnival. We've got 10 weeks to our first Azamara cruise but we're hoping that they'll top that list.
Incidentally, we travelled from Bergen to Kirkenes and back on the Hurtigruten coastal ferry which we really enjoyed.
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Dawn passengers left “stranded” on African island
in Norwegian Cruise Line
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One way to solve this problem would be for cruise lines to stop charging extortionate prices for ship's excursions. It seems to me that their markups are typically about 200% on top of the operators prices.