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  1. Thank you I know you are traveling! I hope it is awesome as that is on my list too!
  2. Hi Ken, I wanted to thank you for your wonderful "Live" report. We are looking at a summer 2025 (July) cruise Best of Japan on Celebrity. We are taking school aged family members so the timing isn't negotiable. Usually we book aft sunset type cabins but I understand with the heat and since those cabins are kind of blocked in on Celebrity (no corners) do you think we would be better off booking a regular side style balcony for better breeze? For reference we live in Central FL so we are familiar with heat but I do prefer not to be in it on the ship...Thanks so much! Hope the Galapagos are great!
  3. Thanks for the tips, I forgot about the Olympics, that is a very good point. And yes I know we could spend a LOT more time but combined with our cruises if we spend a week in London then it's still a month long trip.
  4. It's been a long time since I have been to London and my husband has never been. We want to spend about a week exploring the city as well as day trips to Dover, the Cotswolds, Windsor etc. In other words we want to do ALL the things. We are booked on Celebrity Apex out of Southampton Aug 27th through Sept 18th on a B2B. It's not a super strenuous cruise as we have done many of the ports before. Normally I'd book the week in London pre-cruise because hubby prefers to get that kind of travel done and then when the cruise is over go straight home. But I'm wondering if waiting to do London in mid/late September instead of mid-August will make a significant difference in price and crowds? We will be 47 and 61 at the time, no kids. But he can get a little grumpy with crowds which we dealt with pretty significantly in Europe this past summer. I'd appreciate any advice 🙂
  5. Thank you all so far, and I appreciate the fact that I am not the only one who is a little overwhelmed. I normally find myself a pretty capable travel planner but this one is a little out of my league.
  6. I debated posting this in a specific cruise line forum but thought I might try here first. I have traveled a good bit and I am usually in charge of all of our planning. We are Pinnacle with RCL and Elite Plus with Celebrity but neither offer the extensive South American trip I am looking for. Normally I'd never book a pre or post cruise extension with the cruise line but I am looking a pre trip Iguazu Falls and post trip Machu Picchu extensions (or vice versa). These both involve a lot of logistics, flights, trains and I am wondering if it is worth splurging for the offerings from the cruise line (Princess specifically offers something a little like I am looking for) but I'm not set on any cruise line at this point bc not everyone has the winter 2025 trips out yet. I'd also welcome any suggestions of better places to look for more in depth info on these...I know they are expensive but it's an area of the world I am super unfamiliar with.
  7. It's at 9am and is with Lisbon Riders in a minivan. We've paid 300EU and looking to split costs. It's 5 hours (or a little longer). We only have one full solid day to explore so we decided it was worth someone showing us all the best things to see (and have AC since Europe is going to be like the surface of the sun for the next few weeks.)
  8. We sail from Rome to Barcelona, flying to Lisbon for fun the flying to cruise out of Rotterdam so no one from my cruises is actually going to Lisbon 😂
  9. We like Lisbon Riders for private and group tours.
  10. We are staying in Lisbon for three night between Celebrity Cruises this summer and have booked a private tour for just the two of us for the day in Lisbon if anyone would like to join us (like another couple?) I hope this is allowed since I can't really figure out what group to post in to see who might be in Lisbon for a cruise during that time. (I know technically this isn't allowed but since we aren't cruising to Lisbon I don't want to post this in a ton of different threads??)
  11. I know this is an old thread but I just wanted to say how extremely helpful it has been for my planning for our 2024 GBR cruise. Thanks again!
  12. We are booked next January on Celebrity Edge with the following schedule for these ports- (well these are the ones I am asking about at this point at least)- Airlie Beach 7am-5pm Tendered Cairns (Yorky's Knob) 9am-10pm Tendered Port Douglas-7am-6pm Tendered We are a group of 4, all adults. With two of us interested in snorkeling the GBR (hubby can't dive anymore due to ear issues 😞 ) and my parents (in their 70's-good physical shape but probably no interest in snorkel as dad is subject to sea sickness.) It sounds like from what I have read so far that Cairns and Port Douglas might offer the best GBR trips but also have other neat things to see. I'm thinking we snorkel in Airlie (possibly through the ship since it is so far away). Then do the Jungle Train and Skyway in Cairns (Is that possible to do on your own? I see tickets to the train and skyway combo are much cheaper directly but how can we get there knowing the port is 30 mins I think from the train station?) Finally in Port Douglas it looks like seeing the Rainforrest, River Cruise and or Mossman Gorge are good choices? Thoughts on this? We are frequent cruisers but this is our first time to Aust/NZ and will end up being a month long trip. Thanks in advance!!
  13. Thanks for all the photos, unfortunately most of the ones that are left have some kind of window washing equipment involved as well. (roll eyes)
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