I am so excited
to finally be on the PC! In the past, it was either sold out, too expensive or the wrong timing.
I booked this week after one of my friends said she was doing the EBTA because its rates were better than the OGT ones for this cruise. Of course, I had to check prices! She was right - the TA is cheaper, but this one has been calling my name.
I'm doing my first long-cruise solo experience; I don't know if I'd try it on another cruise line -
DCL is fairly much like home
so I shouldn't get too homesick
Thanks to those who have mentioned SAS Shuttle, I'm flying into FLL and secured a Hilton Garden Inn room for < $100
The postive reviews for SAS on Yelp! reviews are additional confirmation that I have made the right choice.
Now I'm in the search for port adventures! I'm hoping to do a half-day Seaplane trip to Dry Tortugas National Park while we're in Key West.
And I'm on a hunt for the right ATV excursion in Puerto Vallarta. When we stopped there previously, we did a Tequila Tasting Tour - one sip was enough; to each their own. (Why doesn't this ship stop at the Coca Cola tour or in Reims, France, for champagne?)
I know little-to-nothing about Cartagena except that I MUST visit it - that'll add another continent to my Been There List, leaving only Antartica and Australia. I found out New Zealand is not part of that continent
Thanks Jeff Spencer (my next-town neighbor) for some good excursion ideas. We're both in North Alabama, house-bound from several inches of snow (which is a fairly rare thing here). The time is flying as I work to plot my adventures.
For those who are waiting to book Palo, as of this morning there are still lots of Brunch availabilities on
Days 6, 9, 11, 12, and 15. No availability showing for Panama Canal or Sunday, May 11 (would that be Mother's Day?)
We have been holding off on purchasing our flight back from San Diego, went on today and they are now 28 dollars more expensive a person.. (Southwest) Does anyone have experience in knowing if these typically go down again, or keep increasing? Someone on facebook reminded me of someone in our group working for SW?? Thanks!
aan1701 (Alan) works for SWA, but I'm pretty sure he works in an area not involved with pricing and sale schedules
I debated whether to buy my airfare now or wait a little, then one ticket went down $10 overnight and I jumped - I couldn't even hold out for Tuesday's prices. In the last few years, I have seen the cost of tickets go up after I bought mine; I hope the opposite doesn't happen this time.
I finally decided schedule mattered more than cost (and managed to come out okay, although I bought tickets rather than cashing in miles, as I had intended). The idea of biding my time in San Diego, waiting for an 8pm flight just wasn't appealing. I opted to take a mid-day n/s flight on SWA to ATL, claim my bags and do the 20 min jump home on Delta. Keeps me off the red-eye!
