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bobby3334

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  • Location
    Nebraska
  • Interests
    Travel and Reading, archeology, law
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Princess, Celebrity, Crystal, Holland America, Cunard
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Maiden Voyage of Majestic from Rome to Shanghai49most of the capitals of Asia days , Suez Canal, UAE

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  1. Related to above question about laundry, how long does it take to come back if you send out? Thanks. Mike
  2. Do I understand correctly 2 days in Iceland if weather permits landing? My weather report has rain, wind, and cold for season there. I have been there in September when fairly nice. Halifax is recovering from very unusual cyclone. Mike
  3. How is Iceland? That rainy fog in your pictures is similar to Iceland last time I was there this late in year. Thanks Jim
  4. Iceland unseasonably cold unfortunately rainy all week. Some reports of parts of Halifax hit. Hope all improves. Thanks, Jim. Enjoy your great pics
  5. I just checked Halifax. It looked like it was just brushed by hurricane. Iceland is windy, rainy, and cool for next week. Storms in the vicinity. I have been there a couple of times but a little earlier in August or September. Hope it clears for all of you. High about 50 and lows around lower 40s. Mike
  6. Did they mention Halifax? News last night had it being closed down due to being in path of Hurricane…very rare for costal Canada. Hope not for all of you. Is the Irish Sea relatively smooth near Cork? Mike
  7. Similar to all 3 major cruise lines that choose this and leave or arrive at US ports. Read other lines like RCL or NCL.
  8. All changing quickly. Covid doing it. Impossible to predict future, I think
  9. But not usually in confined small spaces. Foresee no changes. Read about Covid on almost all cruise lines. You don’t have a choice generally to go unvaccinated
  10. Read CDC expectations for US this Fall with new variant. Also in Washington Post and NYT.
  11. All should in my opinion be using pcr but the problem is the time and expense. I know of no major line that requires pcr unfortunately. What about boarding the ship in first place if many false negatives?It gives everyone a false sense of security. Mike
  12. Thanks for your wonderful blog. I have been reading all major lines transatlantics from US to UK and as many roll calls as possible on major ships. I cruise a great deal but am in no rush at the moment although I did a great Alaska cruise but it was only half full. It is my understanding from a number of medical friends that with the nasal swab antigen test there are rarely false positives but frequent false negatives which makes one wonder about the use for boarding the ships. A second point is you can be masked and as careful as possible but the virus itself is so small (hundreds on the tip of a pencil) masking and distance is not infallible. When I read you were planning on 3 back to back cruises it crossed my mind you weren’t going to make it due to the length and the luck of the draw. Friends have done 3 but relatively short week long successfully (21 days). But it was when you described the complete change of passengers at Southampton and many presumably unvaccinated (due to age) school children and almost total lack of masking I became alarmed for you and your final cruise. Thank goodness it was your third cruise and not your first and apparently you are asymptomatic. The very best to the two of you. All the ships I have looked at seem to be planning as they go and neglecting the positives. Mike
  13. Vigo is also famous as one of the largest and best Escargot (snail) farms in the world and an hour away by bus is the famous pilgrimage shrine of Santiago de Compostela which draws people from all over the world. I have had occasion to be there in Vigo four times. Mike
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