Traveling Mike

I have done a lot of GTY Cabins and have been assigned 6 months out and have been assigned 2 days out. For me, I book them because I do not care where it is so it is no big deal to wait.

On Friday I am leaving for Sydney and will be gone 33 days. I will be on the Ovation for 28 days. I just realized I am going to need a 2-pack of Deodorant. Will the bottle of shampoo be enough for 33 days. So what I am asking you experts is... What am I not thinking about that I might run out of?

I just find the best deal around the Airport. Unless you are going to spend the day enjoying the town of Galveston there is no need to pay those high prices.

The question is not can you get on the ship with the food but can you get off the ship with food.

They already have the port schedule booked. I seen it on a different post.

We ended up going on our cruise and really like the cruise and the three ports. I have family that live in Texas and I lived there for 3 years. For some reason from central California the airline price to Texas has always been high. Back 20 years ago we could fly from California to Florida cheeper than we could fly to Texas. That still hold true. I will probably book more cruises out of Galveston but will take extra time and drive to the cruise port.

Here is my review of what you get to see. I was not impressed. I set the video below to skip to the 2:20 time to see the VB.

I have been on the Millennium, Reflection and the service made me want to come back. I was on a B2B on the Beyond and the wait staff in the bars was lacking. The bar tenders were in good supply and fantistic. The wait staff in the buffet was also great and always ready to give me everything I needed.

I am on the Ovation in April for a 18 night cruise and they do not offer the UDP. You can get a 3 night, 5 night and 10 night dinning plans. the 3 and 5 night is about $44 USD a night and the 10 night is about $36 USD a night. The 10 night cruise that I am on just before the 18 night has the UDP for $415 USD.

That is what I thought but I do not understand why they are entering their information. I have done this for years and as soon as you select your room you get the final price on the left hand side. That price has always been my final price.

I am confused what you are trying to do.

I did the artic cruise in Sept 2022 and they did not let us know about the lights. the trick is most of the time you just seen a white smear in the skyline and when you looked through your camera/phone you could see the colors. I did get to see the lights without anything but it was 3 am and the only ones out was me and 4 deck hands cleaning up. You just have to be lucky.

The bid process is designed to fill the ship. They are not selling very many Large Balconies so they want to move people to be able to sell more smaller balconies.

Great Diogram above. The only thing it does not point out is your brother can connect his phone and his computer and take 2 of the 4 devices.

If you live in LA it is easier for you because you have direct flights to most places you wan to go. I always fly in the day before but I am traveling out of Fresno where I have to drive to LA or San Francisco or fly with connecting flights. I book a lot on Air2Sea and know they will help if I miss my flight or connection. The problem I have is they will get you to the next port if you miss your cruise; where is that next port and how many sea days are you missing. I just find it easier for me to fly in the day before get a good night sleep and make my way to the ship rested. Notes: You can move or cancel your air2sea flight anytime before your finial cruise payment. You will have to pay difference or you can get the lower price. RCL sells hotel rooms but they are no bargain. You are better off finding your own hotel. Most of the time the hotels near the port are expensive. You are better off finding a hotel a short uber dive away.