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  1. Note that those are the Caribbean prices; prices are different in the rest of the world (often cheaper) and just for fun are priced in pounds or euros to make things a shade more complicated for Americans to think about. 
     

    But whatever you do, pre book. If nothing else you won’t have to pay the 15% service charge. 

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  2. I find Gary’s videos to be very entertaining. But you gotta be careful with his advice (or anybody’s advice for that matter.) Gary just did a video on Alaska where he bragged about his travel agent for being so smart and “finding” him a train that goes from Anchorage to Whittier. 30 seconds of Google time will find you dozens of articles on how to make the trip. Every one of them mentioning the train. There’s only a couple ways to make the journey. Also, keep in mind Gary spends a ton of money on luxury cruises. Because commissions are higher, TA’s have a lot more they can do for you when booking expensive cruises or suites.
     

    When it comes to run of the mill cruises, an individual who like to research and plan can do everything a TA can. And by booking everything direct, you’ll never have a problem when you want to change something and the cruise line says “we can’t talk to you, you have to talk to your TA.
     

    Keep in mind you are on a forum where most of us not only can research and plan, that’s part of the fun. Where a TA really helps us when you don’t want to have to deal with all the minutia - you just want to tell somebody that you want to take a cruise in October, have them ask you a few questions and get to work for you.  

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  3. 14 hours ago, mscdivina2016 said:

     

    The title of your thread here... Holiday road was a feature song in National lampoon's family vacation which was a movie based on a vacation full of disaster's.

     


    Great song. I was humming it as soon as I saw the thread title. I just hope the next post isn’t “Sorry folks, San Juan is closed. Moose out front should have told you.”

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  4. 7 hours ago, alohayall said:

    You can always give it a try - join us “normal” people and book Fantastica.


    No no no. Us normal folks sail Bella. The pampered and entitled said Fantastica 🙂

     

    Confession time: I’ve booked Fantastica for my next cruise. I’m (cue music) Movin’ on Up. To the port side. To a deluxe apartm… er, to a inside cabin on the 10th deck. Yeah I’m movin’ on up

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  5. This is just me, but I wouldn’t sail in the Gulf during hurricane season. If a storm comes while you are there, you are screwed. But I’d have zero problem sailing in the Atlantic or Caribbean. If a storm is coming, there are a ton of options. Just be prepared to be flexible. 

  6. 2 hours ago, Mum2Mercury said:

    You're so right!  

    I suspect that same person installed the idea of "we'll get you back to the ship" into cruiser's minds, insinuating that other tour operators don't do this.  


    I’ve often suspected that the cruise lines themselves are behind all the “pier runner” videos. I should point out, however, that I have an official diagnosis as paranoid, so maybe I’m not the best source on these issues. 

  7. 13 hours ago, finney1000 said:

    Has anyone else with an upcoming non U.S. cruise gotten any answers from MSC? We’re sailing from Hamburg next month, booked in 2020, and the rep said today we still needed insurance. Hopefully MSC will clarify this requirement on their website!


    On July 4th I booked a cruise leaving Cairo November 2022. The booking engine said travel insurance was mandatory for my cruise (US resident leaving out of non-US port.) Of course, this is MSC we are talking about. The rule could have changed and nobody bothered to update the booking engine. 

  8. I’ve gone snorkeling a few times. Had fun, but I’m very casual. Pretty much just “look, fishies.”

     

    Just booked a cruise which will have one (maybe two) snorkel stops. But then remembered that all my snorkeling was done back when I wore contacts. I switched to glasses a few years ago. I am quite nearsighted (-7.0) so I have to do something. 

     

    Option #1: Visit doctor and get some contacts. I’ve been thinking about doing this anyway. But I’m lazy. And cheap. 
     

    Option #2: Buy a prescription mask. Again, been thinking about buying my own mask/snorkel anyway in this post Covid world. 
     

    Any thoughts or suggestions appreciated 
     

     

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