Mturk
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From my Guest Ticket Booklet from this past March:
Port San Juan, Puerto
Rico Pier Terminal Pan American Pier East & West Isla Grande, Santurce, Puerto Rico
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We stopped in Ephesus last year and, if I may recommend, don't just go to a local beach. The ruins at Ephesus are just spectacular to see and second to none anywhere in the world. It's really fascinating to see how a city was built a couple of thousand years ago with roads and even a plumbing system that you can see today. We did it as part of our Holy Land cruise and we also went to see the House of the Virgin Mary and St. John's Basilica.
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I don't believe that you need a Visa but you can click on the attached link from the Canadian government to see if you do.
https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp
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We always leave the passports in the safe and bring a driver's license and a credit card. We keep photos of the passport on our phones. That being said, there was one time we needed to bring our passports and that was in Israel last year on our Holy Land Cruise. You actually go through customs when you get off the ship.
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1 hour ago, Jkaczano said:
Best of tour was available for $300 per person. Since there’s 4 of us…
That's much more than we paid. Just looked over my confirmation email and i paid $524 CDN for my wife and I. If i convert that to USD it would approximate $200 per person so that's a 50% increase!
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I'm probably late with this but last September we did the "Best of Santorini" tour. It was a great experience as part of our excursion was visiting the Akrotiri archeological site and our guide was an actual archeologist who helped work on various aspects of the site. Very informative! Of course we visited the famous part where we took pictures, went to a winery that overlooked the sea with more spectacular views and then went to an authentic Greek restaurant for lunch and some Greek dancing. An excellent excursion overall!
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19 hours ago, loki007 said:
On my cruise in july 2022 they located me to put the prime sticker on my seapass card mid cruise.
This is exactly what happened to my wife on Harmony in January!
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My wife booked the wrong week for spring break. We realized a couple of weeks later when we were looking for hotels in San Juan and she casually mentions that my brother and his family will be in San Juan at the same time and maybe we could meet up for supper the night before both families depart on their separate cruises. This caused some bells to ring in my head as I knew we didn't have the same spring break. How can this happen you may ask, well the answer is when researching dates for spring break she saw the calendar for Concordia University in St. Paul instead of Concordia University in Montreal. Luckily we were still far enough out that we were able to make the necessary changes with RCCL and the airline.
Another time, I forgot my iPad in the airplane after disembarking and only realized a few days later on our way to Aruba. It was a sea day and figured i would check on some work emails but couldn't find my iPad. At first i was convinced that i left it at the hotel in Fort Lauderdale but checked find my device on my iPhone and it kept showing that it was at the Fort Lauderdale airport. Once we got back i checked with the Air Canada desk agents and sure enough they had it in the lost and found!
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This happened with our August 28, 2023 cruise on Odyssey. The options we were given were to 1) rebook with one of 3 different cruises they offered around that sail date plus a $100 OBC ($200 if suite), plus an additional $50 for a third person, and reimbursement for non-refundable pre-purchased transportation change fees up to $200 for domestic changes and $400 for international changes; 2) if we preferred to select any other sailing (other than the 3 offered in 1)) they would waive the change fee but we would be responsible for any fare difference plus the reimbursement of transportation fees as in 1) and 3) a full refund of any paid portion of the cruise including non-refundable deposits. There would be no other compensation offered with this option.
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We stayed at the San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino. Very nice hotel with lots happening and right on the beach. Unfortunately when we were there last month it was quite windy and a little cool so we didn't go to the beach. Plenty of taxis right outside the door and about a 10 minute ride to the port.
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I think I only got a receipt one time for my diamond coupon drinks and I’m not sure if the count was there. Been on three cruises since becoming diamond.
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2 hours ago, Curt From Canada said:
The Chef's Table is not included in the 3 Night Dining Package, but there is an option to take one of the 3 nights and go to the Chef's Table (instead of one of the Specialty Restaurants) for an extra $49.99 per person ... the regular rate fluctuates between $79.99 to over $100. The main difficulty is that the Chef's Table can book up quickly and typically we want to spend a certain night there (Chef's Table is an investment in time ... it runs from 6:30PM until late). Usually we can only fit the Chef's Table in on one or two of the nights on a 7 night cruise.
Therefore, we book both and "shuffle" to a cheaper rate ... instead of (in this case) going to Chops 3 times in one cruise.
I hope that makes more sense ...
Curt from Canada
The reason I'm confused is that in the "what's included" section of the 3 night dining plan it does say that Chef's Table is included but with an upcharge of $49.99. This is what happened with us on Odyssey last summer. We booked the 3 night dining plan and selected the Teppanyaki restaurant as one of our choices once onboard making all of our reservations. We were just charged the additional $15 fee in our onboard account after our supper there.
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2 hours ago, Curt From Canada said:
Oooops ... I forgot to say:
Bonjour Montreal!
We are just around the corner (Rosemere).
Curt from Canada
Bonjour Rosemere! I'm actually in one if the suburbs, Kirkland so not too far away at all.
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I'm a little confused by this. If the Chef's Table is included as part of the 3 night dining package then why the need for the CC Shuffle? Am I missing something?
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6 hours ago, Mturk said:
I've noticed that it usually takes about week for the points to update on the app and on the website. We got off Voyager last Sunday so was fully expecting to see the points in my account this morning. Opened the app and the point total hasn't changed so I went to the website and sure enough the points haven't updated there too. However, when I check the "past cruises" tab, I do see last week's cruise with the 14 points I earned but it's just not reflecting in the total.
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Just checked the app and online and both are now showing the correct points balance!
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I've noticed that it usually takes about week for the points to update on the app and on the website. We got off Voyager last Sunday so was fully expecting to see the points in my account this morning. Opened the app and the point total hasn't changed so I went to the website and sure enough the points haven't updated there too. However, when I check the "past cruises" tab, I do see last week's cruise with the 14 points I earned but it's just not reflecting in the total.
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Last August on Odyssey was our first experience in a junior suite and at Coastal Kitchen. We absolutely loved the Coastal Kitchen experience and look forward to having the chance to use it again. We had no issues with making reservations, in fact, most evenings it was only half full and we even managed to have the same table most of the time. The views, especially the Mediterranean sunset, were spectacular!
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Just checked my expired Set Sail passes in my Apple Wallet and for both my August 2022 sailing on Odyssey it shows as Suite and my Voyager cruise last week it also shows as Suite.
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This will also work when ordering drinks. As long as you have both SeaPass cards then they will let you order.
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7 hours ago, twangster said:
That only applies to Royal direct cruises.
This made me curious, so I went to check my cruise which was booked through a travel agent. It is in fact "greyed out" and does say that "You don't have a balance due."
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14 minutes ago, whitsmom said:
I think United flies out of there (we flew with them once on the first leg of our Iceland tour. I have never flown American so I will check to see if they fly out of there. I think I will try to contract the train people and see what their schedule and etc is before I decide. We might just need to rent a car and drive ourselves. May see what hubby has to say on that...
I can tell you that there is a train station right at the airport in Montreal. I've attached a link for the train service for your convenience.
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If you're thinking private transfer then I highly recommend Cabroma. Their prices were slightly lower than other private transfer companies but the service was top notch in nice new cars. We used their services twice last summer and were very pleased with them.
San Juan Airport Hotel
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My brother and his family stayed there in March. He wasn't impressed at said he wouldn't book there again and that it was very basic. Another hotel to stay away from is the Ivy Hotel. It looked nice in pictures and i originally booked it for my family for our March cruise through Expedia. At the time of booking, the website said that i would only be charged when i checked-in but the hotel had other ideas and charged my credit card that same night. We decided that we would go back to the Marriott Stelaris and so i cancelled the reservation at Ivy, which had free cancellation. It took me about 2 months to get my refund and only after many emails and phone calls with Expedia and the hotel. It finally got resolved when Expedia wrote me a letter to give to my credit card company to dispute the charge. Once they had that they reversed the charge.