Zac#1

6 minutes ago, Aus Traveller said:

The cancellation was because of a pandemic. Will your travel insurance cover you? I think you might have more chance getting a refund from Carnival.

Good to hear from you,

Carnival and my T/A both offered a full refund which we accepted.

Don’t no if Insureandgo will give a full refund or credit on another cruise, still waiting for a response from them. The policy was purchased months before COVID-19 was around.

Hi all you Cruisers,

Has anyone received a Full Refund from Insureandgo.

Carnival cancelled our cruise due to COVID-19 we did not cancel.

Been to Mystery Island many times.

Look for a local who would be near the Pier and ask him for the Boat Tour.

Remember the MONEY goes to the locals which comes in very handy.

They also have a tour that takes you to the local village on the mainland, well worth doing.

Sorry for multiple answers boeckli there must be Gremlins in the system.

Zac

1 minute ago, Zac#1 said:

 

 

Hello boeckli,

I have taken Travel Insurence with Insureandgo on many occasions.

I have claimed for missed ports a few times with no problems but these missed ports were INTERNATIONAL.

All they asked for was a copy of the ID Page of my Passport and a letter from the Cruise Company ( Pursers Desk ) as proof of a missed Port.

I have never been asked to supply my Medicare or Private Health Card.

 

Regards Zac.

 

 

31 minutes ago, boeckli said:

Claiming for a missed port on a domestic cruise. InsureandGo have requested a copy of my passport and copy of my medicare or private health card as proof of residency in Australia.

Would this be a standard requirement? Have any others needed to provide this?

I'm generally reluctant to hand over copies of these kinds of documents ...

Any experience you can share would be appreciated.

31 minutes ago, boeckli said:

Claiming for a missed port on a domestic cruise. InsureandGo have requested a copy of my passport and copy of my medicare or private health card as proof of residency in Australia.

Would this be a standard requirement? Have any others needed to provide this?

I'm generally reluctant to hand over copies of these kinds of documents ...

Any experience you can share would be appreciated.

Hello boeckli,

I have taken Travel Insurence with Insureandgo on many occasions.

I have claimed for missed ports a few times with no problems but these missed ports were INTERNATIONAL.

All they asked for was a copy of the ID Page of my Passport and a letter from the Cruise Company ( Pursers Desk ) as proof of a missed Port.

I have never been asked to supply my Medicare or Private Health Card.

Regards Zac.

I have never been asked to show my 

Without submitting that info your claim my not be processed

2 hours ago, gbenjo said:

Sydney Cafe camera has now  either been cleaned or replaced. 200 percent better picture. Can actually see people walking around the promenade deck.

Thanks mate

2 hours ago, gbenjo said:

Sydney Cafe camera has now  either been cleaned or replaced. 200 percent better picture. Can actually see people walking around the promenade deck.

2 hours ago, gbenjo said:

Sydney Cafe camera has now  either been cleaned or replaced. 200 percent better picture. Can actually see people walking around the promenade deck.

Thanks mate,

It does make a difference, nice clean picture.

12 minutes ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

Its working again for me.

What am I doing wrong, still getting username and password box up.

1 hour ago, Muckyduckway said:

Crisis over - it's back!

Are you sure it’s back?

I am still unable to access the site.

Zac

1 hour ago, Muckyduckway said:

We've been watching the ships arriving live in anticipation of seeing the Norwegian Jewel arrive on 1st December. The site went down a few days ago and now requires a username and password, with no avenue to create one.  Hopefully it will sort itself out, we need our fix!

Having the same problem.

There is another site that is quite good, but they need to get up there and clean the Camera . cafesydney.com  ( Live Cam )

Zac.

Sorry for getting involved.

VisaLink is a private company offering a paid visa service.

 

Why would you use them over and above the Australian Government Smart traveller site that links you directly to each relevant country's own government immigration and visa website ??

I must have wrongly interpreted your request.

I use visa link for information,like DO you require a visa in a particular country.

I do not purchase the visa through them.

Hello Kit,

When sourcing Visa requirements for overseas travel I use a site called

Visalink.com.au.

As mentioned earlier Smart Traveler is also very good to find any particular issues that are current in the country that you are visiting.

Hope this information is what you require.

Regards,

Zac

Rather be there than here , it’s only minus 7 degrees in Perisher today.⛷

I have never been to Rarotonga before. :)

I was wondering for these who have been there, What did you do there??

 

We are only there for the day :(

Hi,

Are you cruising, if so what Cruise Ship and the date.

Zac

Hello castaway01,

We are doing a14 night cruise departing Port Canaveral

3 Nov to the Southern Carribean.

Selected a Sydney T/A which included Flights , Hotel, Cruise Package.

Flight is Sydney to Houston to Orlando.

Return is Orlando to LAX to Sydney.

If you need more info

Zac ( dunga007 at bigpond.com.au )

Where is the RCL roll call page? I am a senior and not sure what you mean. Can you send a link? Thanks

Maeve1941,

You placed your question on the Australian and New Zealand Thread,,,,,,,, just scoll back towards the top of the Main page and you will see the heading ROLL CALLS.

RCL Meet and Mingle is there ,just click on it to open and then search for your cruise.

Zac.:halo:

Hi, I went to a meet and greet on MSC Seaside and it was great to catch up with Facebook friends, do you have something similar here in Australia? We are doing the 19th October re-positioning cruise on Ovation of the Seas from Singapore and wondered if we could do the same on this cruise? Thanks

Hello Maeve1941,

To answer your question, we certainly do Meet and Greets in Australia.

There has already been a Roll Call established for this Cruise.

Go to the R.C.L Roll Call Page and you will see the Thread.

Ovation of the Seas

Singapore to Sydney Relocation Cruise

19 October 2018

When you read through it you will see all the information you require.

Enjoy your Cruise.

Cheers, Zac

Most likely that website address has been banned from Cruise Critic.

Thanks mate,

Just drop the “ g “ of the web address in Post # 8

Zac

Do not know why the web address keeps coming up as DOTS.

Gremlins are at work.

Zac

Hello Everyone,

Just realised I gave out the wrong web address in POST#8.

Regarding Ship Webcams and Ship Tracking.

Try this ( *********** )

Cheers Zac

Oh I wish for bridgecams on all the ships so as we see the action !!!!:')

Hello NSWP,

Have a look at this website.

( cruising.me )

It has Ships webcams and ships tracking etc.

Cheers Zac

Voyager is at the OPT and Solstice is moored in the harbour at Athol Buoy....out of sight of the cams.

Where do the passengers for Solstice come ashore?Are they dis/embarking today or is it just a port call day?

 

 

 

 

Hi Kiwi Kruger,

I have seen Tender Boats from Moored Cruise Ships either Tender to the Steps near the Overseas Terminal just in front of the Cruise Ships ,also to the steps near the Opera House ( Mrs Macquaries Chair ? ) near the gates to the Botanical Gardens, I think it may be determined by marine traffic eg Harbour Ferries.

Cheers Zac

I may have to go on this ship to check out the interesting wallpaper in the lifts. :D

 

Thanks for the great review.

As a Princess cruiser like you and I too am interested it seeing what they did to the old Dawn.

Hi Sewgood,

The wallpaper murals that are in the lifts are great.

I have heard of people getting into every lift on the Pacific Explorer just to see all the different murals ,from Polar Bear facing you as you enter the lift, to a Wooden Suspension Bridge that faces you, to a Gothic Church Etc.

I have been on the Pacific Eden and they have the same setup.

I assume all ships that go into the P&O Fleet will have these Lift Murals.

Cheers Zac

It could be called EPIC ROCK. They play Bohemian Rhapsody & Somebody to love. In that show..

Hi Hunter69,

You may be correct, those songs were in that show.

Thanks for the reply

Regards Zac