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Dec 23 is sailing date......I guess lots of time to get crew organized and food and drinks....lol.....looks like the next 4 sailing are sold out.....our trip on the ship is in April so any kinks should be ironed out.....

We are on the ship but not until April....so no sweat for us worrying.......I hope....

Saturday morning at noonish.....still there.....will try to get a friend to go over and see what is smoking....lol

Wow...thanks for that link....never knew it existed....lots of cabin pics....

Looking at decks 4 5 6 and the last few cabins both side of the ship show shower only.....are they nice ones.....I wonder what the deal is with no bathtub....just made the tub area into shower only????.....just off the Rotterdam and the shower was big and was lovely....did not miss the bathtub....lol.....thoughts anyways as doing a booking....Thanks

Off the coast of Washington now....about half way.....really rough seas.....over 4.3 meter waves....wow and only half power???.....not lots of fun onboard....yikes

Now people can look and see how the progress is going.....I bet there is some glitch.....murphy' law...lol

Thanks.....I guess I was trying to read between the lines....lol.......makes more sense......my sister lives in Victoria so will get here to give me some updates.......

Well....do not like that part that says work in the port put off until January....sounds bad....

Too-tall cruise ship docks in Victoria to have its funnel removed Funnel removed from ship Carla Wilson, Times Colonist - Nov 22, 2023 / 5:12 pm | Story: 458784 Photo: Darren Stone, Times Colonist. The cruise ship Carnival Panorama sits docked at Ogden Point in Victoria on Wednesday. Cruise ships don’t usually dock at Ogden Point in late November, but the Carnival Panorama isn’t in Victoria this week on a late-fall trip to Alaska. The vessel had been experiencing propulsion problems that forced cancellations of several sailings, and arrangements had been made for the 1,055-foot-long ship to go to a shipyard in Portland, Oregon, for repairs. The problem was that it was too tall to fit under a bridge on the approach. According to the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, Western Stevedoring, which manages Ogden Point, stepped forward last week with a suggestion to resolve the problem — bring the 2019-built vessel to Victoria Shipyard, where workers will take off the funnel to lower the ship’s overall height. Maintenance work at Ogden Point has been put off until January to accommodate the ship, Stella Garcia, spokesperson for the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, said Wednesday. After the funnel work is complete, the vessel, which arrived at Ogden Point about 6 p.m. on Monday, will return to Portland for its propulsion-system repairs. When that’s finished, it will return to Victoria to have the funnel re-installed, Garcia said.

Wow.....am now rethinking doing this cruise.....the prices seemed to be too good.....reading all this I can see why....lol.......for us up in the middle of BC it is a hassle to get to IAH or HOU and flights are not cheap....then need a hotel the day before the cruise....maybe one after...fog???......a long shuttle ride....1 hr??? and the hassle at the port....not a relaxing week trip....and the ship seems to have problems.....and not much of a Black Friday sale perk.....plus have been to the ports before.....oh well....back to the drawing board

Black Friday seems to be a bust for me.....the 28 day collector cruise in Asia is about $600 more....and my private fare seems to have gone to mars....lol......seems to be a scam promo with free crew tips...haha...

I wonder if they do a good "fix" job will the ship have to go over to Asia and then back.....was looking at the cruise back from Asia but far tooooooo many seas days......??

great post.....I get lots of email....screaming special rates just for you....lol......but have never phoned and asked the Hal lady to check rates for me.....will try some time....I bet it depends on who you get also to go and spend the time to look....

You are more like me....book and then if lower phone....

Well we were on the Rotterdam....21 days in the Baltics......Just took all the stuff in the fridge and put in a drawer....told the steward where they were....they had no problem with that......then we..... had the "all in package"....so each time we went by a bar took two cans to go and put in the fridge for our use....after a few days the fridge was filled with pop, water and beers.....easy to sit on balcony and have a cold drink..... also....at each port we always find a grocery store as like to look at what the "local culture" is eating and buying.... usually bought a couple of tins of local beers to bring back to the ship....or pop etc and never had any trouble bring back on ship....so another way to get pop and water.....never tried for a local bottle of wine but with the all in package did not need any wine.....also took glasses of wine to go to the room....no problem with that also.... Hal does not like plastic bottles to take on at embarkation...so take something to put water in when get off at ports.....with the all in package we took cans of water with us that were from the all in package.....and water from the tap... also why not take a suitcase with a six pack of water or pop with you when you get on.....??? others probably have more tips than us.....we liked the drink package but really never used it to the max.....we were lucky to use maybe 6 or 7 and that was not all alcohol drinks....pop, coffee, water etc....

Wanting to book a cruise and wonder if it is worth waiting until the end of the month???....do they have any special perks added as if I book into Fall 2024 there are already lots of perks if do the 60% off "all in packs"....just wondering...

Thanks....mostly what I had thought....I guess when on an Asia cruise be prepared for lots of Asians....lol....saw a review of an RCL cruise ship over there and all done up for the Asian culture...even had three casinos....lol

Wow....I guess not many people been on this ship in Asia.....would have thought someone would have been....oh well.....I wonderd if it has been all re designed for the Asia market

Looking at an Asia cruise next fall and happened to see this one for 11 nights.....have been on MSC a few time so know the drill for us North Americans...lol......anyways what about the ship over in Asia?? and the different cultures there.....would I be impressed with the service etc and still the European flavor or would the ship be transformed into an Asian culture experience???...fairly easy for us to fly over from Seattle or Vancouver to Tokyo....so air not a problem Thoughts.......hopefully by someone who has done the ship and not just made up stuff...haha

Well it boils down to two ideas.......SNA at 1:30 or 5PM at LAX......leaning towards the sna one as with 7 of us and two kids arriving home at almost midnight is not a great idea if do the lax one.....lol......the other one gets us home 7 ish.....way better.....suck up a few extra bucks for better stress levels....haha....and a bonus.....going have to stay overnight before the cruise...cheaper hotels around the sna airport....so a win there.....

Not much longer than going to LAX with more traffic and bigger airport and hassles....lol

Hey thanks for that tip.....they have planes to Van or Calgary that leave in the 1:30 pm range..should be abe to get to that time frame..better time and home earlier than the 5 pm out of Lax......now will see how long to get to that airport from the cruise port......

my thinking is the 5pm one....lots of time to play with....thanks......then no rush to get off ship either.....I wonder if Carnival has transport to Lax or better to do your own....there will be 7 of us.....???

Have a choice of flights back to Canada.....11:35 or 12:25 or way later at 5 pm....what is the best one.......assuming that you could be delayed getting off and then trying to get Uber to Lax....what are your experiences.......looking at booking flights soon to get home........doing the 7 day Mexico cruise in April.....Thanks....