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43 minutes ago, sofietucker said:

So I am compelled to say that if you get the proper travel insurance*, you at least will be compensated for missing ports. Every time we've missed a port, we've been paid $100 each, per port.

*That is, NOT the cruise line's. 

 That being said, the recent, heinous pattern of cutting port times, being announced well in advance, is not up for compensation. (And of course, O posted the announced changes the day AFTER final payment was due...)

You are saying ur insurance carrier will pay you for missed ports even if you are not out of pocket any money or physical mishaps?

How's this. Nautica March 2011 Beijing to Hong Kong with 4 port stops in Japan. Earthquake and tsunami we where on board March 11. All Japan ports cancelled. Never been to Japan booked this cruise for that reason but that's life.Had a great time.Food and amenities fantastic on the ship. Did 4 other ports in the region. 

11 hours ago, osandomir said:

Was that an extra charge? A lot have changed since 2012😉

NO

1 minute ago, roberts2005 said:

Very nice. What level are you with Hyatt?

 At that time I just applied for the card a year before and earned enough points  to book.

12 minutes ago, roberts2005 said:

Thinking of staying at Sheraton Grand using points. I have platinum status, so will get to use their lounge

When we stayed at that Park Hyatt in 2012 they sent a limo to pick us up at airport and then took us to the ship 4 days later.

4 hours ago, Sthrngary said:

@ORV You are killing me.  Excellent food and Eggs Benedict for breakfast.  I am having dry toast with a black coffee trying to lose enough weight to go on my cruise, LOL.  Embrace being treated like a rock star.

 

Cruise well and enjoy every moment.

My wife has her LEO prepared to order at Waves. And other omelets 

3 hours ago, roberts2005 said:

Thank you

We stayed at The Park Hyatt Sydney  before our cruise on Nautica. 

One of the finest hotels in the world and great location. Get a credit card associated with the hotel and stay for points.

Always look for the porter bringing the luggage to the staterooms when our category is called and hand him a few bucks never have to wait more then a little while ,all brought together.

44 minutes ago, ORV said:

One new thing I see is that the boutique is now selling pre loved high end purses, LV, etc.  They looked brand new. 

Also selling pre owned Channel bags at very high prices 

On 3/9/2023 at 9:16 AM, pinotlover said:

Chile changed the rules for entry two days before our boarding in Buenos Aires. Everyone entering the country must be vaccinated and boosted or have a negative test within 48 hours.

 

Oceania required everyone to either show their vaccination cards upon boarding or be tested at the dock since most were unaware of the new requirements before departure from the States. Some had foolishly left the cards at home believing they weren’t needed. 
 

The cost for the test , at the dock, at the dock was $100 each. They were again required to be tested before entry into Chile while aboard ship within 48 hours of Chilean entry. Cost aboard ship, $250.

Where you on the Antarctic cruise that started in Chile?

We docked at Terminal B March 2 from our 20 day cruise on Riviera. 

We disembarked at 8:45 for our 3 pm flight home.

We got our luggage flagged a porter no lines went past immigration porter took us out to taxi area got taxi was at delta's terminal at 9:40.could have made the 12 noon flight 

6 hours ago, ORV said:

We had dinner last night in Toscano, I had lasagna app and Osso bocco for a main. Enjoyed the company of a nice table of 6. The food was just as superb as it’s been in the past. Great service all around. No issues here. It was also the captain’s party and drinks were flowing pre dinner. Breakfast this morning was pecan pancake and fruit. Once again excellent food and service. I’ll let you know if there’s any bobbles. 
 

On the new updates of the state room, the wood trim wainscoting is a wonderful touch visually for us. Much better than plain walls. I probably won’t post any more pictures until we get back to a port with cell phone service. We have two sea days then Great stirrup cay. After that I think Jacksonville. Some people are upset about the itinerary change, and possibly justifiably so, but I’m not in charge, the Captain and Miami are. I personally am just happy to be on a cruise, but I have been to Bermuda multiple times. I can understand those that booked this for Bermuda being unhappy. 
 

More later, trivia calls. 

We where on the 20 day February cruise. Ate in Toscana 3 evenings always the Lobster Fra Diovolo been consistent for the last 13 years 

32 minutes ago, JDincalif said:

Bathrobes are provided in all stateroom classes. And passengers are notified quite politely that these robes will be collected the evening prior to disembarkation 😉 

That's right but when I saw it gone I asked for another one and it was there when we got back from dinner.

1 hour ago, MEFIowa said:

They come with the room and I might want it some evening on the veranda depending upon the weather. Or if my neighbors go out on theirs and I have to put it on to put some clothes on. I'm mainly on the veranda from about 2100-2200 before going to bed or 2230-2330 if I saw the comic. When it is dark. And I shut the curtains or have the room lights off, so I'm just enjoying the waves and the stars in peace sipping 

 I hang mine on the hooks put outside the bathroom on the Riveara .After the first 10 days I  gave it to the room stewards and got a clean one for the next 10 days

53 minutes ago, MEFIowa said:

Bathrobes are in your cabin. We had them in both our A4 Concierge Veranda (Riviera, 12/2021) and our B2 Veranda (Sirena, 11/2022). They take up a lot of space and we don't use them. So, we squirrel them away somewhere we aren't using for storage. (You can't keep them.)

Why dont you give them to your room steward instead of shoving them away?

They also ran out of Santana Margarita Savione Blanc after getting 2 bottles the first week on board. 

1 hour ago, pinotlover said:

But it may well have impacted those people routinely posting here that sign up for the infamous 10:00 flight out of MIA to wherever. I bet I’ve seen 50 posts from people, over the past 5 years, wanting to know if the should ( or should have) booked that flight. You might be surprised at the number of responses telling them it’s fine, NO problem.

THERE was a poster on the first  half of our cruise who posted got off at 7:30 and made his 10 am flight to Arizona 

The key factor to me was we flagged a porter and went directly out through customs and into a cab.No lines

5 hours ago, InsGuy3 said:

Did not impact embarkation either, for us. We were all checked in and in our Suite at 11:15 am.Let the good times roll!!

We disembarked at our assigned time 8:45 am got luggage cleared customs in taxi and at MIA at 9:20

21 hours ago, schmerl said:

Just received an email saying we will now be leaving from Terminal B rather than J. Someone said it is more difficult to get to terminal B. 

Just got our disembarking info end of cruise MARCH 2 TERMINAL B. Ending or 20 day Riviera cruise

On 2/25/2023 at 7:29 PM, Jancruz said:

Been on over 500 days never saw shoestring fries..

Jancruz1

Had them today for lunch in Terrace.  Fish and chips on the Riviera 

16 hours ago, LHT28 said:

Is this  the one  under entree?

 

Tonight's menu is exactly the same,except it's monk fish not halibut 

16 hours ago, LHT28 said:

Maybe for top suites  but never  have  had lunch in GDR  for concierge  that I am aware of on embarkation day

They do have  a lunch for B2B pax  by invitation

 Lunchtime was a Prvt. Function in Jaques looked to me like TA FDR  Function 

4 minutes ago, Firstin87 said:

I agree that dressing up a bit makes the experience more special.  What can be challenging is trying to balance packing for a 20 day cruise with not bringing too much luggage since we are flying with not under- or over-packing and either having to do laundry quite often or finding that we brought a lot of unnecessary items to lug around airports.  I am looking forward to wearing a couple of my nicer dresses that I don't wear often, and my husband will dig his old dress shirts from work out of the closet for the specialty restaurants.

My wife had the same problem for this 20 day cruise and 10 days in Florida before boarding.   Her advice repeat repeat repeat 

6 minutes ago, Firstin87 said:

Do you feel you fit in OK at GDR without a jacket?  Does it get cold there?

 

 

I wear a long-sleeved shirt