karabear15 Posted July 23, 2022 #726 Share Posted July 23, 2022 11 hours ago, Ken the cruiser said: Thanks for following along with us! Give us a couple weeks to rest up and you can follow along on our “Live” 24 day Celebrity Summit Canada, Iceland and Greenland B2B. 😁 I'll definitely be following along with this "live" as the hubs really wants to go to Iceland. He made mention of it last night and I said don't worry, there's a cruise for that! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esprit Posted July 23, 2022 #727 Share Posted July 23, 2022 We are back home in the U.K. with all our luggage 👍😂 Our BA flight operated by Iberia was only a few minutes late on push back but we landed 10 minutes ahead of schedule 👌 Passport control and luggage reclaim was a breeze too. We all the bad news recently about Heathrow we expected the worse! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billish Posted July 23, 2022 #728 Share Posted July 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, Esprit said: We are back home in the U.K. with all our luggage 👍😂 Our BA flight operated by Iberia was only a few minutes late on push back but we landed 10 minutes ahead of schedule 👌 Passport control and luggage reclaim was a breeze too. We all the bad news recently about Heathrow we expected the worse! Welcome back. Sounds like you had a good cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esprit Posted July 23, 2022 #729 Share Posted July 23, 2022 (edited) Being up so early for our disembarkation we caught sight of the Edge coming in. Our SIL will be boarding it later to perform some work for a few days on Audio/Visual tasks. I suggested he fix the lights on the Magic Carpet too! Edited July 23, 2022 by Esprit 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esprit Posted July 23, 2022 #730 Share Posted July 23, 2022 I hope everyone on board following this thread gets home as successfully as we did🙏🤞 I’m staggered at the number of views you had Ken and look forward to following you again on Summit. Over 700 posts and not a single plated meal picture. Must be a record👍😂 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JimmyVWine Posted July 23, 2022 #731 Share Posted July 23, 2022 (edited) Ken: Thanks for the detailed presentation. And a shout out to Esprit for weighing in on the last leg as that journey will be our next (and first post-pause) cruise. Nice to have two cooks in the kitchen. I promise to reciprocate, though because our cruise is the last of the season with that itinerary, there is no rush to get things up and running as a “Live”. But there will be a post cruise Journal to follow in hopes that it provides guidance to future cruisers. Pay it back and pay it forward! Edited July 23, 2022 by JimmyVWine 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LACruiser88 Posted July 23, 2022 #732 Share Posted July 23, 2022 7 minutes ago, JimmyVWine said: I promise to reciprocate, though because our cruise is the last of the season with that itinerary, We board on October 26th for 37 days and will start a "Live" if no one else does before me. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted July 23, 2022 #733 Share Posted July 23, 2022 18 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said: We board on October 26th for 37 days and will start a "Live" if no one else does before me. You are boarding just after we depart (we are jumping ship two days early in Messina to spend six days in Sicily before returning to Civitavecchia to board the Island for another tour of duty (LOL). I will do some reporting, but no plans for a "live from". I will be interested in how the atmosphere is on board, Dining situation, internet reliability, and activities on board for the sea days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysalis Posted July 23, 2022 #734 Share Posted July 23, 2022 29 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said: We board on October 26th for 37 days and will start a "Live" if no one else does before me. We board on October 15th for 48 days, and might just try to add to the discussion.... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnSD Posted July 23, 2022 #735 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Thank you for this posting - we are onboard September 3-24/. Sounds like the ship and the excursions were great! I especially appreciate Esprit posting that their Iberia/BA flight ran smoothly,I’ve been worried about that. Fingers crossed that our flights are smooth and our luggage arrives. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubi Posted July 23, 2022 #736 Share Posted July 23, 2022 2 hours ago, LACruiser88 said: We board on October 26th for 37 days and will start a "Live" if no one else does before me. Oh that would awesome. I can follow along until we join you! 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted July 23, 2022 Author #737 Share Posted July 23, 2022 5 hours ago, Esprit said: We are back home in the U.K. with all our luggage 👍😂 Our BA flight operated by Iberia was only a few minutes late on push back but we landed 10 minutes ahead of schedule 👌 Passport control and luggage reclaim was a breeze too. We all the bad news recently about Heathrow we expected the worse! Glad you had an awesome uneventful trip back home. We arrived in Philadelphia a couple of hours ago from Barcelona with 2 more legs to go before we get back home in another 6 hours or so. 😂 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted July 24, 2022 Author #738 Share Posted July 24, 2022 (edited) We just touched down in Alabama at 11:15 pm which equates to about a 26 hour adventure from the time we woke up this morning. But for a little excitement we did see a lightning storm just out of Charlotte that was pretty cool! Edited July 24, 2022 by Ken the cruiser 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnevale Posted July 24, 2022 #739 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Esprit, thx for all that you contributed to this amazing blog. I really appreciated your first hand account of the dancing you did during the first week. I am hoping there were more opportunities during the second week. Was this the case? Was there ever dancing outside when The musicians played there? Thx again! Glad you are home safely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esprit Posted July 24, 2022 #740 Share Posted July 24, 2022 45 minutes ago, Carnevale said: Esprit, thx for all that you contributed to this amazing blog. I really appreciated your first hand account of the dancing you did during the first week. I am hoping there were more opportunities during the second week. Was this the case? Was there ever dancing outside when The musicians played there? Thx again! Glad you are home safely. Thanks Carnevale for your kind words. Unfortunately we did no dancing whatsoever the second week. We sort of lost interest in trying to. On previous cruises we have got into it and carried on throughout the duration. We really missed the old Wheelhouse bar on the Grand Class ships with the dance floor tucked in the corner. We had many great dancing nights with like minded dancers. A small band would play there unlike in the Wheelhouse on Royal class ships. I really don’t know what happened on this last cruise in the Piazza. We were in Bellini’s most nights (except the last due to an early disembarkation) during the second week and it was extremely quiet compared with our Royal cruise. There was one night when Xcite played up on deck but we didn’t bother to check it out. Despite the lack of dancing we had a great cruise. I hope you will not be put off. Every cruise is different which is why we return time and time again. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted July 24, 2022 Author #741 Share Posted July 24, 2022 (edited) We made it back to the house around 1 am CDT with no issues. I have to admit we really enjoy being able to track our bags on the airline app, in this case AA, while we’re flying home. But I do have one lesson learned if flying out of Barcelona on AA. Make sure you check in to your flight prior to arriving at the airport. If you do, you can get into the usually very short Verifly/Already Checked In “fast pass” line which for AA is to the right of the regular checkin line. We finally realized this after standing in the regular line for about 15 minutes and saw the “fast pass” line which saved us a good 30 more minutes to just check in our bags. 😁 Edited July 24, 2022 by Ken the cruiser 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzingnut Posted July 24, 2022 #742 Share Posted July 24, 2022 @Ken the cruiser, I've been following you along with the "hoards" and have enjoyed your VERY Live From! This is Linda of Linda and Dave....of HAL and the "Amsterdam Cigar Club". Looking forward to your next trip in 2 weeks. Hope you get some good rest in so you are ready to go do it all again! Linda R. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIkkiGR Posted July 24, 2022 #743 Share Posted July 24, 2022 On 7/21/2022 at 4:26 PM, Ken the cruiser said: That could be a possibility. It was definitely shoved way back there behind the paper laundry bags and totally out of sight. I will throw one in the suitcase just in case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarzanacruisers Posted July 25, 2022 #744 Share Posted July 25, 2022 We embark in Athens on the Regal on Aug. 6. Does Princess require the original CDC vaccination card or is a photocopy sufficient? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted July 25, 2022 #745 Share Posted July 25, 2022 52 minutes ago, tarzanacruisers said: We embark in Athens on the Regal on Aug. 6. Does Princess require the original CDC vaccination card or is a photocopy sufficient? Everything I have read, you need the original certificate, no copies. Are you from the US? We took the original certificate for boarding and a copy when we’re in port, as some places required to see our vax card. Princess website: Europe We will accept the EU digital Covid certificate. For international, non-UK guests, the following formats are acceptable proofs of full vaccination: Digital or paper records, or QR codes, showing the vaccine type, the date of each vaccine administered, the individual’s name and date of birth or other identifier. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted July 25, 2022 Author #746 Share Posted July 25, 2022 1 hour ago, tarzanacruisers said: We embark in Athens on the Regal on Aug. 6. Does Princess require the original CDC vaccination card or is a photocopy sufficient? We always take the original cards and our passports just in case. But we also keep photocopies of both on our iPhones as a backup when we go ashore or have to upload them in some app. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnevale Posted July 25, 2022 #747 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Flight tracking on the AA app is a great step forward especially right now with so many stories of delayed bags. For airlines that don’t do this we have found that using Apple air tags works very well. On a trip to Italy on Air Canada in May we were able to see where our bags were every time we changed planes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilliebean28 Posted July 26, 2022 #748 Share Posted July 26, 2022 On 7/23/2022 at 1:46 PM, LACruiser88 said: We board on October 26th for 37 days and will start a "Live" if no one else does before me. Yes, please!! We'll be on with you beginning Nov. 6th so I'll jump into your "Live"! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIkkiGR Posted July 27, 2022 #749 Share Posted July 27, 2022 On 7/24/2022 at 7:40 PM, Ken the cruiser said: We always take the original cards and our passports just in case. But we also keep photocopies of both on our iPhones as a backup when we go ashore or have to upload them in some app. Off topic Ken. Is there still dispensers of shampoo & conditioner in the showers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RV Queen Posted July 27, 2022 #750 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Ken, did you have to fill out a SpTH (Spain Travel Health Form before entry and get a QR code for entry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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