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Anytime I see the soft serve machine operating very limited hours and rolled out and set up by the pool area, I expect a crew member to be staffing and serving.  In which case, the line to be served is very long and very minimal sized servings are dispensed.  Worse than the Bacon Police!

I submitted for GE renewal two days ago and received email notification it was approved today.  No interview needed.

Just a tip for everyone to help with the search or insurance claim.  I like to take photos or videos of my luggage and contents just prior to packing.

Pictures of the luggage are invaluable when describing your luggage.  Sometimes airport personnel (especially international) have a storage room for unclaimed luggage to which passengers may or may not be granted access.

I have multiple sets of luggage….so did I pack the blue Nautica with white trim or yellow trim, or maybe the black Samsonsite?

4 hours ago, travelberlin said:

Several years ago there was also a report of a crew member hiding in the balcony and who assaulted a passenger while she was sleeping. Do not forget to check there also.

That one was horrible!  He literally attacked her and tried to kill her!

11 hours ago, F27TW said:

 

I'm guessing he was hiding under the bed in hopes of hearing some bouncy-bouncy-squeaky-squeaky above him. 🤪

Maybe hoping to hear unfiltered feedback of his daily service.

A food diary can be helpful in pinpointing triggers.  Educating yourselves makes selecting foods less stressful.  Eating cleaner most of the time, regular exercise, and drinking water is healthy advice for most everyone.

I will be looking for reports of any menu changes.  Do you really expect lobster roll sliders will remain complimentary?  I don’t.

I enjoyed the Thrill Park once this past year because I won a day pass in an onboard raffle.  The queues can be massive, limiting the number of rides you can achieve in one day.  No way would it be worth $170 for me.

Well, that’s punch to the gut.  My sympathies.

I just read an article which related passport processing times have improved, back to pre-pandemic levels.

32 minutes ago, PescadoAmarillo said:

That’s rather specific. Bad steak?  Here, have a pedicure. 

They offered a massage first, then the haircut.  I declined both but requested a different room steward, which they were not amenable.

The Do Not Disturb may not be enough.  A cabin steward walked into my cabin while I was taking a shower.  I queried later why he did not hear the shower running.  His answer was he was eating a piece of candy.  Yes, I reported the incident.  No, Guest Services was not at all dismayed.  They offered me a free haircut.  I declined.  

4 minutes ago, euro cruiser said:

There is work going on at the Trastevere station:  DA FS NEWS - RFI presenta il progetto di restyling della stazione di Roma Trastevere

 

For those going to Trastevere, there is bus service provided during construction.

Thank you.  That helps me so much.

Guess I will be learning the layout of another train station this year.  Trastevere  was so convenient with just a short walk through the tunnel over to the very next platform to board the connection to Civitavecchia.

On 9/4/2023 at 6:52 PM, euro cruiser said:

You simply purchase a ticket to Civitavecchia.  The change is not at Termini, generally the change will be at Roma Trastevere. 

I don’t know if the train station to interchange is determined by season.  But when I look now, Ostiense comes up rather than Trastevere.

On 11/5/2023 at 12:06 PM, Pellaz said:

 

No way of knowing how "deep" they go behind the doors, but yes, they seem small. 

I remember thinking the door to the brig was surprisingly narrow, too, at least on Horizon.  As a fluffy cruiser, maybe I wouldn't fit through the doorway, so....wheee!   I can act with carefree abandon onboard!  😄    (Nahh, I'd just be confined to quarters for the duration.)

Or they will get you in there with a shoehorn and a little Crisco.

The room contains some square tables.  Depending upon usage, the room can get very quickly filled to capacity

I’ll believe it when I see it.  There is the customer base who books cruises well in advance.  There is the customer base who books cruises onboard.  There is the customer base who books cruises when they have an opening in their calendar.

IMO Ambassador status earns you one free 7-day cruise.  Nice, but nothing else which registers for my ongoing cruise experience.  They can throw bottles of wine or tastings in the ocean for all I care.

12 minutes ago, Babr said:

Not sure what you are asking. Travel insurance is not part of your regular medical insurance that you use at home like Aetna or Humana. Those entities absolutely have all your medical records.

 

Comprehensive travel insurance covers both travel and health risks when you are away from home and provides additional benefits like evacuation and repatriation. They are underwritten by companies like Nationwide or Generali. When you submit a claim, they ask for documentation and records. You can deny access, but they can deny the claim for failure to provide information.

We have an annual travel insurance policy, so I am familiar with the claims process.

36 minutes ago, Babr said:

Actually, no.

 

We are talking about travel insurance, not your ordinary healthcare policy. They have a right to and will examine your medical records to determine if the claim is valid.

 

Read the list of exclusions to see what other activities you might want to avoid.

So you have travel insurance which excludes drinking, or excludes reimbursement if you were injured in conjunction with drinking alcohol?

Further, you believe medical insurance companies do not have access to and read your medical records?

12 hours ago, Babr said:

Just as well you didn’t buy travel insurance. It does not cover blind stinking drunk.

Actually, the insurance will not ask you what led to being injured.  Present medical expenditures.  They reimburse.

15 hours ago, toxicfairy said:

It is a story.  But at the time we had 4 people in 1 room, no place open to get food, no restaurant at the hotel. We got lucky in that the manager of the restaurant across the parking lot got flooded out of his house and was staying at the hotel. He went over everyday and made food so every one hot meal a day.  

We had insurance so got back cruise and  ruise extras. However we were out the money for 5 day hotel stay, van rental & gas to get home. 

Curious what insurance you bought.  The cruise and cruise extras would have been refunded by the cruise company.  I would think travel insurance with a delay or interruption clause would cover hotel, food and incidentals.

16 hours ago, ldtr said:

  The Sapphire has an IC.  

What deck?

I found it on the Princess website, on deck 5.  Confusingly, another website’s deck map does not indicate IC on Sapphire at all.

On 7/25/2023 at 2:19 PM, Billy Baltic said:

Is half and half really that good? On this side of the pond we survive with milk!! 

Can we offer you milk to put on your scone rather than clotted cream?

9 minutes ago, gumshoe958 said:

Banks and post offices will only accept them if you have an account with them.

 

Technically, if you just want to exchange them you have to take them to the Bank of England in London. 

The obvious workaround would be to ask a British friend to exchange them for you, then they can pay them into their bank account.

What you suggest has logic.  But how many of us have British friends kind enough to take on this task?  I might have one but no way to know when I shall see them again.