Prewitt

I was recently on a day visit to a ship Southampton. I had this conversation with a Check In co-ordinator. She was quite clear that nothing has essentially changed and as mentioned previously it is a matter of attempting to regulate the flow of passenger traffic through the terminal. According to my notes of the day they started checkin for passengers at around 1010! We were sat in the pre-boarding waiting area and I saw people walking in at that time.

Seems to be new policy, not only restricted to Southampton.

I will board Legend OTS in Hamburg on Sunday, I received the same "attempt" to regulate the flow of passenger. "...seating space is extremely limited etc...". I don't like it though, beeing advised to board at a specified time. My train arrives at 10:15 in Hamburg, I will be at the terminal around 10:30 and following RCI's boarding times deckwise would mean that I would have to kill a lot of time before I'm allowd to board.

Does anybody happen to know who will be entertaining the Schooner Bar on the Legend in late August (Norwegian fjords) or on the Splendour at the beginning of October (East Med)?

We always enjoyed Anselmo Boles and closed out the Schooner Bar with him several nights last year in the Med. He was awesome.

Does a current list of piano entertainers exist?

Maybe we can start one from here...

No way I'm traveling 5000 miles to go on a $3000 cruise just to stare at my wife! I'll be damned if I don't get an ocean view! :D

Well if you'd have an inside cabin then maybe you would go on a $700 cruise instead...:p

And if all you do is to stare at your wife then something might be wrong anyway...:D

What I like most about the inside cabins is that they are affordable...

Of course I would't mind having a suite with balcony if money was no issue, but on the other hand I prefer to spend the dough more on the numerous possibilities on a cruise...

I will experience the differences between AIDA compared to Royal Caribbean in a few weeks, when I'm on my first cruise with the Splendour of the seas departing from Venice...

As I cruised with AIDA ships several times all I can say is that I enjoyed AIDA very much. There is always a relaxing and easy atmosphere on board. Buffet restaurants are included, there are specialty restaurants with service, you have to pay extra.

Of course personnel is part German, part International, so English speaking should not be a serious matter.

Although I love cruising with AIDA I wanted to try another cruise line, so I'm excited to get on board of an "American" ship.

Embarking in 22 days:)