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I don’t understand why Blu isn’t open for Aqua guests on sea days or embarkation. Would make for a more pleasant experience for the guests. Oh & yes why is Blu & Luminae not open till at least 10 on a sea day? Don’t get that. Thank goodness for Elite breakfast. EDIT: a pharmacy is a great idea.

We have upcoming CS & MS guarantee booked. Agent told me they have no information that anything changing for CS. Im still waiting to have a reply from X re email I sent them regarding the changes & vaping. I’ll assume if don’t hear back by end of the week that maybe not interested in what a U.K. cruiser has to say. We are Elite, so not a new cruiser.

Also look for a cruise that has an overnight. We’ve done overnights in Venice, Israel & Istanbul. Gives you more than a taste. We’ve stayed in hotels when we’ve had overnights so gives you more of a flavour.

We booked a suite guarantee last week for Beyond & been assigned a MC/MS (?) on deck 12. I’m happy. Never had one before, usually CS or PS. I’ve also put in a small bid for Sunset suite. Don’t really mind what we end up with, though limited mobility so I may up cancelling my move up bid as think on some days maybe too much for me.

I know it amazes me everyone goes on about GTI I’m sure they are very good but there are other tour guides.

<hides> not sure! It’s near the palace. Walking distance.

It’s stunning & in a great location.

We used PK Travel last year. Just myself & husband. We went to Sounion. Excellent service. Think Demetris was our driver as we didn’t need a guide. His English was great but we are Greek speaking so used it as an opportunity to practice our language skills.

We stayed Here when we went https://www.melia.com/en/hotels/spain/madrid/palacio-de-los-duques-gran-melia?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=directories&utm_campaign=google&utm_content=2810 just near the palace.

I haven’t but when we were in Athens last year I used PK Travel. We just went to Sounion as I’ve been to the Acropolis etc several times. I love Sounion always blows me away. They would be able to advise if possible to do both.

We used Moti Bar Tuv at Travel Israel for myself & husband on our Apex cruise last year. Moti (fantastic communicator) couldn’t do it himself & seconded the tours to someone else - Meir (excellent) & Eli (outstanding). Worth every penny doing it just us. Was a bucket list for me.

We used Moti Bar Tuv at Travel Israel. We had private tours (myself & husband) for all 3 of our days in Israel. Absolutely fantastic. Worth every penny & meant we could go at our own pace.

Do you any recommend any particular tablets @sleepingcat?

Think P&O don’t allow smoking. I’ve never sailed with them but friends do. Do you mind sharing your research please?

I’ve only just booked Beyond this week. Have a suite guarantee as didn’t want to pay full price for something that is changing. And I won’t feel cheated if it’s terrible, and I’ll have snagged a bargain if it’s good! Next year on Apex in a CS that I booked in June. I’m always on the lookout for something else but for now X fits.

That’s inspired thank you! I love a Little dream.

I have loved reading this board as I’ve always wanted to do a world cruise. My grandparents did 3, including preview cruise in 1969 on QE2. Unfortunately bad health & regular medical checkups means I can only do small segments for at the most 4-6 weeks & that is pushing it. At the moment I’m seen weekly (& that’s NHS!) so it’s also probably not a real reality anyway. But s dream is good to have for the future. I’m also not allowed to fly for more than 6-7 hours so that adds more complexity. So any recommendations please for which line would be a good fit? We usually sail Celebrity. I’m not overly keen on M class. As I said it’s most likely a dream as I can’t see being signed off by my consultant for that length of time anyway so please do not feel the need to explain in detail. (Hope that doesn’t sound rude!) thank you Ann

On our cruise on Apex last year (so still within covid times) I found a carrier bag full of items in our bathroom drawer. As we’d only just arrived & not received our luggage yet it was clearly not ours. I spoke to housekeeping & asked them to collect. So they came & collected & I got beautiful flowers by way of apology.

We upgraded as I’m very particular with my wine. Still ending up buying bottles as weren’t really good enough imo on either premium & certainly not on classic. But I’m of the opinion that life is too short for bad wine! Think we paid the difference in tips. I know you didn’t ask but we also upgraded one WiFi package (2 devices) as we then saved a bit. We had elite discount as well.

I will usually have a coffee to keep me going but occasionally we will have lunch in port as we like to try the local cuisine.

We are booked in a CS next year. I wanted a SS but dh likes the CS. He also likes PS but way out of budget now he’s retired. He’s now swanning around all happy that he insisted on CS (Apex June) as too much uncertainty. However I’m happy with our upcoming Beyond suite guarantee (October) & been assigned a MC suite and £2700 cheaper than the actual MC suite price I’m happy (I think) 😁

You will need to layer up in October in the mornings & evenings as they are a tad chilly.

Well I’ve sent my email. Let’s see. I mentioned Butler Vaping IV

Thank you

Here I assumed it’s U.K. site (as shows fare in sterling) but I’m not certain https://www.celebritycruises.com/booking-cruise/selectRoom/stateroomType?pID=BY10M319&sDT=2023-10-20&sCD=BY&sCT=CO&roomQuantity=1