Rare Mycruiseobsession Posted May 11 #76 Share Posted May 11 Did they offer a cheaper wifi option on Embarkation day? Will be on Explorer later in year and I am conflicted about the cost being worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinbadThePorter Posted May 11 #77 Share Posted May 11 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Mycruiseobsession said: Did they offer a cheaper wifi option on Embarkation day? Will be on Explorer later in year and I am conflicted about the cost being worth it. I didn't see anything like that, but I wasn't looking since I'd already decided the internet package wasn't worth it. I've been posting whenever a signal appears on my mobile. Which is not often on this cruise. 😀 We were supposed to leave at 4 pm but we were held up as they couldn't retrieve a tender from the water until nearly 6pm. Part of the joy of being on a 30 year old ship. Off to Port Douglas now. Edited May 11 by SinbadThePorter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mycruiseobsession Posted May 11 #78 Share Posted May 11 7 minutes ago, SinbadThePorter said: I didn't see anything like that, but I wasn't looking since I'd already decided the internet package wasn't worth it. Ok I think you have made up my mind! I can live without wifi! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ceeceeDee Posted May 12 #79 Share Posted May 12 20 hours ago, Mycruiseobsession said: Did they offer a cheaper wifi option on Embarkation day? Will be on Explorer later in year and I am conflicted about the cost being worth it. Depends where you are going. If it is a domestic cruise, there are usually enough port days to use fee wifi in a local cafe or library, unless you're desperate to be contactable. We bought a wifi package for our next cruise as it's the South Pacific and I want our pet sitter to be able to contact us in case anything goes wrong with our fur babies (and since I will have wifi, probably post to CC). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinbadThePorter Posted May 12 #80 Share Posted May 12 Sailing past Horne Island right now. Sunny, warm and very windy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted May 13 #81 Share Posted May 13 2 hours ago, SinbadThePorter said: Sailing past Horne Island right now. Sunny, warm and very windy. Curious if you saw James the juggling guy. Sounds like an interesting show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinbadThePorter Posted May 13 #82 Share Posted May 13 7 hours ago, arxcards said: Curious if you saw James the juggling guy. Sounds like an interesting show. I avoid jugglers, comedians and hypnotists like the plague. We are skipping Port Douglas and going straight to Cairns. I suspect that this is related to the missing of Conflict. No tendering due to some kind of failure perhaps. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mycruiseobsession Posted May 13 #83 Share Posted May 13 @SinbadThePorter That's really interesting! So I guess you'll get to your Disembarkation port Cairns a night early or will you be having an extra sea day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinbadThePorter Posted May 14 #84 Share Posted May 14 15 hours ago, Mycruiseobsession said: @SinbadThePorter That's really interesting! So I guess you'll get to your Disembarkation port Cairns a night early or will you be having an extra sea day? We are arriving at Cairns in the next hour or so. Staying onboard in Cairns tonight. The scuttlebutt is that there is a problem with the impellers, but that info may be worth what it costs. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mycruiseobsession Posted May 14 #85 Share Posted May 14 @SinbadThePorter enjoy your over nighter in Cairns! I hope they have good weather for you! Are you off home tomorrow or going on another cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinbadThePorter Posted May 14 #86 Share Posted May 14 1 hour ago, Mycruiseobsession said: @SinbadThePorter enjoy your over nighter in Cairns! I hope they have good weather for you! Are you off home tomorrow or going on another cruise? Weather is cloudy with a few showers around. Not too bad. Off home tomorrow. The following cruise is to PNG which we've seen often enough. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare yes!yes!yes! Posted May 14 Author #87 Share Posted May 14 On 5/13/2024 at 5:22 PM, SinbadThePorter said: I avoid jugglers, comedians and hypnotists like the plague. We are skipping Port Douglas and going straight to Cairns. I suspect that this is related to the missing of Conflict. No tendering due to some kind of failure perhaps. I avoid them too 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinbadThePorter Posted May 15 #88 Share Posted May 15 One last remark about P&O. I did not realise that they bill your credit card daily, not at the end of the cruise. So you end up potentially with dozens of small transactions turning up in your credit card account. Had I realised this I would have put cash on the ship account instead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mycruiseobsession Posted May 15 #89 Share Posted May 15 (edited) 2 hours ago, SinbadThePorter said: Had I realised this I would have put cash on the ship account instead Exactly this! I only ever load cash on P&O. Their pre authorisation holds drive me crazy and seem to take ages to drop off post cruise. Edited May 15 by Mycruiseobsession Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ceeceeDee Posted May 15 #90 Share Posted May 15 2 hours ago, SinbadThePorter said: One last remark about P&O. I did not realise that they bill your credit card daily, not at the end of the cruise. So you end up potentially with dozens of small transactions turning up in your credit card account. Had I realised this I would have put cash on the ship account instead. That's why we check our cruise account at least once a day so we can potentially pounce on mistakes immediately. Never had a problem, but there's always a first time for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted May 15 #91 Share Posted May 15 2 hours ago, ceeceeDee said: That's why we check our cruise account at least once a day so we can potentially pounce on mistakes immediately. Never had a problem, but there's always a first time for everything. Alas, we got caught with one, as I was only looking at the total and hadn't spotted the $180 in payments that had already been taken. The dollar figure seemed about right but found after disembarking that Barb's purchases came across to my folio for payment on my credit card, but her OBC didn't and she disembarked with her $150 non-refundable OBC intact. That could be a FCC for 15 eggs bennies, but P&O said bad luck. In return, it has cost them far more than $150 already. So, it is more than annoying if you are having a good time and just looking at your outstanding balance. In balance though, theses are actual card charges and not holds, so there should be no lingering holds if they do it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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