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judygarland2009

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    The Midlands
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    P&O
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    Med

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  1. Hi. Just wondering if there is anywhere you can look up a past cruise journeys online to get the history of the journey. I was recently on the Ventura which didn't dock in Bruges due to weather (strange as the sea was calm and we had bright sunny weather). I posted on a Facebook forum and have been told that insurance companies will want proof and it cannot be a letter that is not addressed to the traveller. I'm wondering if the insurance can look it up online somewhere? If they can, I can point them in the direction of it if they don't like my generic letter
  2. I've been on quite a few flights where they were late taking off but they arrive on time.
  3. To be fair the travel agent I have booked through said not to worry as it is a package with RCL and they will be responsible for getting us to the ship. Its annoying though because I cannot do anything with my flights as I have no log in. I have no option but to go to the check in desk. It means if there are horrendous queues for security, I've not got very much time to play with.
  4. We are just taking a 10kg bag each and not checking any baggage into the hold. We will just use the ships laundry services if we need to
  5. Just triple checked and it definitely says that the flight is on the 5th June at 9.30am. I've made no end of calls and done online chats with RCL but they are adamant that my flight leaves at 9.30am. I said "so there are two flights reference VY6229 leaving within half an hour of each other?". If I was making my own way to the ship I would have booked a flight on the Saturday and stayed overnight in Rome. As it is I'm booking a night in London the night before so as to not miss the flight! I'm presuming there are facilities on the ship for us to do covid tests if the worst comes to the worst and we end up having to get to Santorini to board there.
  6. Due to travel on Sunday from Gatwick London to Rome. Flight is arranged by RCL and my original flight from Heathrow was cancelled when the airline went out of business in October, RCL have left it to the last minute to book new flights. Apparently they have reserved seats for us and we turn up to the check in desk with our passport and get our boarding cards. Although passengers that have booked direct with the airline will be able to reserve seats, food etc, we do not have this optoin. The only thing is, UK airports are experiencing massive delays due to a lack of staff. Personally I would rather have flown the day before to be on the safe side but when I asked if I could do that, they wanted £600 each per person! My itinerary says the flight leaves at 9.30am, however it has the same flight code as one leaving at 10am. When I have queried this, I am being told not to worry. I can only imagine that there has been a schedule change which is not reflected on the system yet. What concerns me is the timings. Looking at departures today for example, not one flight over a span of 6 hours actually took off on time. The minimum delay was 30 mins and the maximum was abuot 2hrs 45mins. If my flight leaves at 9.30am, it will be 1pm before I arrive in Rome. By the time the baggage is off the plane and the passengers are on the transfer, I reckon it will be about 2pm before we are on the way. The transfer is 75 mins provided there is no traffic. The ship departs at 5pm. By my reckoning, this leaves a window of less than an hour. There are also delays getting through passport control and security. I flew at the beginning of May and nearly missed my flight even though I had fast track security passes and just hand luggage! Normally I would have boarding pass in hand and go straight to security without putting any luggage in the hold. My question is, what will happen if the flight is delayed? We are sailing on the Odyssey of the Seas departing 5th June. The first port is Santorini and is a tender. Will RCL fly us to Santorini? I was thinking of booking my own flight out but the TA has told me this is a bad idea and the return flights will automatically cancel if we don't fly on the outgoing flight. The other issue is the covid test. I've booked it for Friday lunchtime which is two days before embarkation. Will they have facitiities to do another test at Santorini? That will be four days after my original covid test.
  7. I've been reading your posts and it looks fantastic. I've got Santorini, Kusadasi, Mykonos and Naples on the itinerary which are all places I've been wanting to go.
  8. Thank you Twangster. If only they gave this information to the Travel Agent who are being very vague or even made it obvious on their website. It's annoying now knowing which airport Im travelling from as I have at least 2 hours travel to the airport so will have to book a hotel the night before and sort parking.
  9. The travel agent has said that originally the flights were from London Heathrow with Alitalia who have been having issues (I think they were going under and have been bought by ITA) but now the TA is saying that they are awaiting information from RCL as to the replacement flights and they may be from Gatwick airport. Just seems a bit close to the wire. The TA is saying they are awaiting confirmation from RCL and they cannot confirm for definate which airport it will be until they have heard from RCL. Says on the cruise website that you should have flight details 30 days before.
  10. Is anyone else booked on the Symphony of the Seas departing 5th June? I've been told by my travel agent that the airport is likely to change but they still cannnot confirm for sure. I've booked a package with flights organised by RCL and I have no flight information whatsoever.
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