Diesel

October 26, 2026 - Brilliance

If only in Barcelona for one night, Sagrada Familia is a must see. Be sure to book your tickets to Sagrada Familia well in advance. We were there about a year ago. We booked our tickets to Sagrada Familia about 45 days in advance and were already limited to what days and times were available. Something else we really enjoyed in Barcelona was the Barcelona Tapas, Taverns & History Tour which we booked through Devour Tours. A guide took us throughout the Gothic Quarter on a very informative and interesting history and architecture tour. We also stopped in 4-5 different family-owned restaurants to try different dishes and drinks which were all included in the tour fare. We've decided we will be looking for Devour Tours options in other cities we visit in the future.

As noted above, it is $50/person to do Chef's Table if you have the UDP. It allows you to make the reservation in the Cruise Planner. I believe there is a message when making the reservation that reminds of the $50 upcharge.

I am sure I am wasting my time by responding to this one-time poster, but I will anyway in case anyone else reads this that hasn't seen or been a part of the Quest show. First, the Crazy Quest game is advertised as "Adults-Only". You don't need to use your imagination much to figure out what that means. Yes, there will be some self-humiliation, some sexual references, etc. If you're not comfortable with any of that, you should probably avoid. However, knowing that this is an "Adults-Only" event that is held later in the evening, the majority of attendees know what direction the game might go and have a very fun time interacting and laughing with other guests.

I just found the website: https://thecruiseglobe.com/. This looks like a lot of fun. I can't wait to get started on mine and see from others. Great idea, Thumper44!!

We also took a cab from hotel to Barcelona port last summer. Our hotel front desk ordered the cab for us. If you let the hotel desk your number of passengers and luggage situation, they should be able to determine what you’ll need (i.e. - 2 car cabs or one larger vehicle).

I can's speak for Cabo but the casino closed during our previous overnights in Oslo and Havana. We had a double-overnight in Bermuda. The casino did open late at night (9pm-ish) during those overnights.

I can’t say for certain if UDP is available on every cruise, but my upcoming cruise had the UDP available. Then, there was a short period of time a few months before sailing where it wasn’t available. It didn’t say “sold out”. It just wasn’t available. A few days later it returned. I’m sure it had something to do with the algorithms they use to maximize revenue. I would just keep checking back.

We are boarding Jewel in eleven days for the first time and are really looking forward to it. My vote for this poll also went to Voyager Class. Mariner and Navigator have been our favorite ships thus far.

Yes, we received the booking confirmation showing the new OBC. It has been printed and placed with our other travel docs.

I will second this option. We stayed at the Hilton London Bankside which is somewhat near Waterloo Station. Direct train ride from Waterloo Station to Southampton the morning of the cruise. After the cruise, we took a taxi from Southampton back to Heathrow. There was no direct train from Southampton to Heathrow at that time (I believe that is still the case) and would have involved a couple train changes. Taxi cost a little more but was a direct ride and comfortable. We slept most of the ride.

Just wanted to provide a quick update on this. I called and spoke with customer service last evening. They also were unable to cancel the packages I had already reserved. However, they did offer an OBC that covers the savings I could have received by cancelling and rebooking. I'm satisfied with that as we'll use the OBC for additional tipping for outstanding service or entry into a slot tournament.

I have an opportunity to cancel a beverage package and a Zoom package on an upcoming cruise and rebook them each at a lower rate. However, when I try to do this in the Cruise Planner, I get a message that says "Cancellation failed, so please try again". I repeatedly get the same message. Has anyone else encountered this? The cruise is in 30 days. Is there any sort of maximum number of days before the cruise that you're allowed to do this? I have previously cancelled and rebooked some other items already for this cruise. Is there a limit to the number of cancellations and rebooks you're allowed to do? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks

Depending on your boarding time, I would strongly recommend spending a couple hours touring the USS Iowa. It far exceeded my expectations with how many areas of the battleship you’re allowed to explore. There are guided tours, but we did a self-guided tour to allow us to get to Navigator OTS at our designated boarding time and start taking advantage of our drink package.

We were just able to get 10:30 for Jewel out of Galveston next month. As cdixon22 stated, I'm guessing it varies depending on ship and port.