Kelownabccan

Ah.....QC....Quebec city......lol....have done the Eastern seaboard a few times....in the Fall for all the so called colors....haha.......NYC to Montreal....and return Kelowna has no direct flights to major places....have to go to Calgary or Vancover first D&N....thanks for the tips....usually I take a dark jacket and slacks and long sleeve shirt on cruises....wear on the plane and then do not have to pack....haha....and a tie takes no room.....then stash in the cabin and wear when I have to....easy....peasy

Well not sure what QC is but from here to NYC is over a 6 hr flight....so what the heck....3 more to Britain as only about 9 hrs.....lol.....flying time ....not including the layover.....it seems to be a marathon to go anywhere......even from here to LA last week was 6 hrs including stops....

Went on the computer and watched a few videos that people have done while cruising on the Mary 2....a true ocean liner....not a cruise ship was the general theme.....and very elegant....would be nice to go back 25 years in time to our first cruise when the ships were mostly all like that with the gala nights and most people "gussied up"...lol........could not believe the library on the ship.....that is an area that most ships do not have now....no one sits and watches the world go by and reads much anymore.....just stare at phones....haha....the last cruise we did the Panorama never got any wifi package....did not miss it.... Suppose if the price is right may give it a try as do like to wear my suit and wife loves her dresses....although flying to Britain in February is sill pretty expensive from Canada.....and we do get free luggage perks....a bonus.....but still lugging large cases is still a pain and hard on us....

Interesting comments so far.....I mentioned the Carnival one as we had just done it last week with the grand kids..my wife and I must have been the oldest ones going down the water slides in races against the kids.......actually was quite impressed with Carnival as we usually do HAL or Princess.....and have also done lots of other lines also.....We have taken a large suitcase on long cruises and used the laundry so not a big thing to dress up and be smart casual....lol.....do wonder if it might be tooooo much of "dress up" and dancing as one other poster said.....we still love the disco....fondly remember the 70's....haha..... Will keep looking ....sounds like a cruise line to try once anyways..... Thanks for comments to "wet my whistle"

Nibbling at the February 15th Queen Mary 2.....going to the Canary Islands......have never been there ..and the itinerary looks interesting...... not sure if It is for us as may be too "formal"....we just got off the Carnival Panorama with the grand kids and had a blast....water park and all.....and we usually travel "carry on" luggage on cruises so dress up nights and gala affairs may be too much to pack....lol..... Any thoughts appreciated....February in Canada is pretty cold....

Did some research.....we only need an evisa for two countries.....Vietnam and Cambodia.....easy to do on the computer and print out..... I guess you could just stay on the ship and not get off.....but not for us....want to see some of the culture....

We are on the Noordam for a 28 day cruise in Asia.....Tokyo to Singapore.....looks like a couple of countries the ship visits require a visa.....get them by ourselves or let HAL do them????.....any suggestions....Thanks

Ha ha......my wife says I am the dot dot dot writer.....Thanks ....

Wow.....had a great time.....did a family cruise and booked three cabins....two balcony and one inside across the hall from on of the balcony ones aft on deck 7.....very nice location.....quiet and not lots of traffic as only 5 cabins from the end of the hallway.....boy was the room steward a super person.....chatty, pleasant and did a fantastic job....seemed to have a radar system....knew when you were gone and snuck in....lol.... We lucked out.....6 days of hot sun and hardly any wind....even the day out of LA.....only poorish day was the last one heading back with a wild wind from the north and cloudy....so was fairly chilly.....even shut down the rope course and the bike race thing.....even the water slides were shut for a time....the water was cold....haha.... Food was great....loved the prime rib and lobster night....had both...lol.......figured the cost for the 7 of us in a normal restaurant would have been over $400 just for that dinner......so really good value ........even my 8 year old grand daughter had food she had never tired and loved it....frogs legs for "heavens sake" one night....the 6 year old...chomped on the squid one night and loved it also..... My wife and I actually were very surprised how much we liked the ship and the activities...as normally would not have picked this ship or cruise line but with the family they wanted a splash park and lots to do for the kids......we did not have the drink package but bought the new "wine Package" for 5 bottles....the wines we could pick were very good....no problems there....and brought two more on with us....so never really short on a drink before or with dinner..... Lucked out as with seven people gave us table 412 a round one....right at the window over the stern.....that was one of the best tables we had ever had on a cruise.....and the waiter...wow.....great and funny....he loved the two small kids....reminded him of his at home waiting for him to finish his contract.....no complaints there....got the table by finding the head "restaurant guy" the first day we got on and he organized it for us.....had early open seating.....5:30 ish.... Being from Canada....we flew into SNA....lovely airport and stayed overnight on Friday and then organized a shuttle from hotel to port and then back to airport on the Saturday morning......getting off the ship....super fast....did early get off with carry on.....got in line at 8;30.....at the parking lot to be picked up at 9;15....could not believe how fast it was....got to SNA before 10 and only bad part was having to wait 3 hrs to get our planes..... will try to answer some questions if I have time....lol.....being retired and all.....Thanks Carnival for a great time.....

Yes...there are sports book places to bet in the casino

Just off the Panorama ....for April 13 to 20.....it was a family cruise....had three cabins.....we were really impressed....great food and lots of fun....AND....we are old grandma and grandpa ....and two grand kids....they had a blast and even me going down the water slides.......6 days of straight sun and heat.....only cold day was the last one back.......now as to getting off....all I can say was WOW.....did early get off with just carry on......left ship on the gangway at 8:45....in the parking lot at 9:10....super fast....there was no hold ups with the gangway....must of happened later????....and we are just normal RED card cruisers......

Thanks...for the warning....the rest of us are not going to wait.....lol.....he is young so too bad and will wait......as they say...."the early bird gets the worm".....haha

Yep....a single adult who always seems to poke along....has his own cabin.....so looks like the rest of us will get on as soon as they let us and he waits....a lesson to be learned...maybe...lol

Well....not that positive for the "slow poke" for registering later....will see what happens when we get there....he may have to wait while we get on and enjoy lunch...lol....

We are a group of seven ....5 adults and 2 children.....six of us did our cruise docs early and picked a arrive at terminal 12 to 12:30 and got a boarding group #D05.....the procrastinator waited days later and got the leftovers....Arrive at terminal 1:30 to 2...and boarding group G06..... Will they let the slow poke get on with us as a family group.....or will he have to hang around in the terminal until his group called... How does all this work anyways....any tips.??? as I bet we all arrive at the port before noon from the hotel....we are all in one shuttle service van... Thanks

See if you phone has esim capability....they you can buy a package that covers the country you are in and get data....I use Airalo

🫠great news.....same here bad flights if miss the 1.30 pm one.....lots of time....to get to John Wayne airport it seems....

noticed the ship arrived before 7:30 this Saturday....like that....lol.....hope the same for our cruise in a month......

Noticed this morning the ship in port by 7:30 or earlier.....so getting off by 9:30 ish probably would have been a go.....lol... booked a shuttle service for pick up between 9:30 and 10 ish..... was getting worried about the 9 am arrival time for ship....

Last stop is Cabo....so maybe early....funny no ones knows arrival times....must be a data base somewhere to look at arrival times.....strange

It says on the site arrival at 9am....but I am thinking it is earlier than that with the latest repair??? Anyone know roughly.....want to try to get off early and order a shuttle service to pick us up....at about 9:30....am I being too optimistic???

Thanks....yep a big stress point for us.....probably in hind sight should have booked air out of LAX and taken the carnival bus to airport....but for 7 people....another $200 plus bill....yikes....and the planes to Canada left really late like at 5pm or close to Noon....not much choice to pick from....this one from SNA leaves at 1:30....so more breathing room....oh well....if booked shuttle no where to be found will get and uber I guess....

Asked the question again on the blog.....not sure if I can count on the shuttle service....iffy reports???....but who knows ....they are probably fine but need to know what I can use as a backup....lol

Have a cruise booked and looking at options to go to the SNA airport after the cruise a group of 7....five adults and two small kids.....arrive on a Saturday on Panorama and flights depart about 1:30 pm......any ideas for me.....looking at prime time shuttle but do not know if I can count on them to pick us up on time...????Thanks

we all have carry on luggage....so might be easier??? and do self get off???