I know only about the Dream, but: yes thay have a private room: we were in it during the Remy brunch on the Dream. To complete the story told on the podcast: we were told that Remy brunch is only served on sea days!
BTW: we really, really, really loved it. We were wasted after six courses of food with champagne
, but it was worth it!
Sounds like a fabulous experience, Emiel! I really want to try it. I hope I can get some folks to join me!
They offered Remy brunch on our last sea day only (Eastern on the Fantasy June 16-23). You had to go up to Remy to book. Sounds awesome & well worth the money, just for the champagne alone!!!!
I think we are going to do it on our March cruise & do Palo brunch on Costa Maya day on this cruise instead.
I wonder if they'll start offering it online any time soon? Thanks!
If you had unlimited money, you could afford to self-insure your trip. It's the folks who can least afford to lose the cruise fare or pay a huge medical bill who need insurance the most. I don't buy trip insurance for US land trips, but I do for cruises.
Boy, ain't that true, Nancy! I buy the insurance for expensive trips, or trips outside of the US. My Medical insurance isn't good outside the US, and, so far, all my recent foreign trips have been
ABD's.
We're the ones who had to leave the cruise last month, and I was glad a million times over that I'd gotten passports for our DDs. Once we were off the ship and outside the bubble, they were our absolute guarantee that we would have smooth passage back to the States for all four of us. The trip insurance we didn't book for the last trip cost us $200 for PCC4. It's a personal decision, but I wouldn't wish the red tape, extra cost, and stress we experienced last month on anyone. You just never know what might happen. We were so fortunate in so many ways, but we still had quite a lot to deal with that would have been covered up front by the trip insurance policy we bought for our next trip. I'm just glad that, on top of that, we never had to be worried about being outside the US without passports!
XO
Liz
Boy, I'm glad everything ended up OK for you.
What an ordeal!
The first time I got trip insurance was my very first cruise. It was Southern Caribbean, so long & expensive. I ended up with a scratched cornea ($300 just to see the ship's doctor!) so it ended up paying for itself (I'd gone through a
Travel Agent, and he talked me into it). The second time I needed trip insurance, I ended up with a torn rotator cuff 2 weeks before a hiking tour of Yosemite. Hiking was really beyond me at that point. Insurance reimbursed me for the tour (not cheap!) and paid the airline change fee so that I could still do the second week of my trip, which was visiting family. The 3rd time I needed it, I tripped and fell on a dewy deck staircase, and slashed my head open. (While I'm a bit accident prone, it could happen to anyone!) Spent the morning in the ER (including a CAT scan) and missed my flight home from Alaska. The insurance included a "concierge" service (many policies do) that dealt directly with the ER (I never even saw a bill), called the airlines while I was on the phone & got me re-booked on the same flight the next morning (and payed for all change fees including the increased airfare), put me up in a hotel by the airport for the night, and reimbursed me for a couple of meals. I was *SO* grateful to have the insurance, and not have to worry about any of the details except getting patched up & getting to the airport the next morning.
If you never need insurance, then, obviously, it seems like a waste of money. The first time you really need it, you realize how much it's really worth. It really depends on how much risk you're willing to take. Me -- not so much any more!
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