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« Reply #210 on: October 29, 2009, 04:14:55 PM »
I was going to buy myself a Kindle to take on the cruise, but instead I guess I will just pack a few used paperbacks.
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« Reply #211 on: October 29, 2009, 04:18:17 PM »
Quote from: TCB on October 29, 2009, 04:14:55 PM
I was going to buy myself a Kindle to take on the cruise, but instead I guess I will just pack a few used paperbacks.

Does your ship have a library?
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« Reply #212 on: October 29, 2009, 04:18:27 PM »
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DR TCB - Couldn't you have just hailed a taxi when you got to port?

Well, the Port of Civitavecchia is actually 45 miles from Rome.  Since I have never been to Rome before, and since my Italian is minimal, it was easier to just suck it up, than to risk missing the ship.
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« Reply #213 on: October 29, 2009, 04:19:16 PM »
Quote from: JoseSPiano on October 29, 2009, 04:18:17 PM
Quote from: TCB on October 29, 2009, 04:14:55 PM
I was going to buy myself a Kindle to take on the cruise, but instead I guess I will just pack a few used paperbacks.

Does your ship have a library?


Actually it does, and a very nice one.
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« Reply #214 on: October 29, 2009, 04:20:52 PM »
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DR TCB - Couldn't you have just hailed a taxi when you got to port?

Well, the Port of Civitavecchia is actually 45 miles from Rome.  Since I have never been to Rome before, and since my Italian is minimal, it was easier to just suck it up, than to risk missing the ship.

Well, isn't that what tipping the porter is for?  ;)
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« Reply #215 on: October 29, 2009, 04:25:55 PM »
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Quote from: TCB on October 29, 2009, 04:18:27 PM
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DR TCB - Couldn't you have just hailed a taxi when you got to port?

Well, the Port of Civitavecchia is actually 45 miles from Rome.  Since I have never been to Rome before, and since my Italian is minimal, it was easier to just suck it up, than to risk missing the ship.

Well, isn't that what tipping the porter is for?  ;)

Well, the price for the transfer in Euros didn't sound nearly as bad. I guess the U.S. dollar doesn't buy what it used to buy.
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« Reply #216 on: October 29, 2009, 04:33:01 PM »
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I recieved my cruise documents this week.  This is my first cruise in seven years, so it was kind of a shock to have all the documents delivered by e-mail.  I used to love to get the whole packet of plane tickets and ship tickets and shore excursions; and go through them one by one.  The e-mail version is not nearly as exciting, but I guess it saved the life of a tree.

Since I booked my own hotel reservation in Rome, at one third the price the cruise line would have charged me for the same hotel; the cruise line will not allow me to buy a space on their transfer bus from the hotel to the ship.  So, today my travel agent booked me a separate transfer, at a cost of $175.00 U.S.!!!

Then why not take a cab?  The taxi driver can unload your luggage & there should be someone from the cruise to tag it and take it from you. 

I know what you mean about the email documents.  This was our first time with them and it was strange.  I find it easier to check out the excursions on line than in the cruise book, which we still received along with our luggage tags and a few other items.
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« Reply #217 on: October 29, 2009, 04:34:41 PM »
Quote from: TCB on October 29, 2009, 04:19:16 PM
Quote from: JoseSPiano on October 29, 2009, 04:18:17 PM
Quote from: TCB on October 29, 2009, 04:14:55 PM
I was going to buy myself a Kindle to take on the cruise, but instead I guess I will just pack a few used paperbacks.

Does your ship have a library?



Actually it does, and a very nice one.


I'm sure they will also be happy to received any paperbacks you wish to donate, once you are done reading them of course.
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« Reply #218 on: October 29, 2009, 04:38:31 PM »
Quote from: TCB on October 29, 2009, 04:18:27 PM
Quote from: JoseSPiano on October 29, 2009, 04:14:26 PM
DR TCB - Couldn't you have just hailed a taxi when you got to port?

Well, the Port of Civitavecchia is actually 45 miles from Rome.  Since I have never been to Rome before, and since my Italian is minimal, it was easier to just suck it up, than to risk missing the ship.

I should have remembered this.  We originally were going to fly to Rome and then take the train to the Amalfi Coast, before we decided to take the cruise to the Baltic.  I still want to see the Amalfi Coast & look forward to your photos.  I doubt you will be posting from the ship, simply too pricey.
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« Reply #219 on: October 29, 2009, 04:43:29 PM »
Quote from: Jane on October 29, 2009, 04:33:01 PM
Quote from: TCB on October 29, 2009, 04:09:49 PM
I recieved my cruise documents this week.  This is my first cruise in seven years, so it was kind of a shock to have all the documents delivered by e-mail.  I used to love to get the whole packet of plane tickets and ship tickets and shore excursions; and go through them one by one.  The e-mail version is not nearly as exciting, but I guess it saved the life of a tree.

Since I booked my own hotel reservation in Rome, at one third the price the cruise line would have charged me for the same hotel; the cruise line will not allow me to buy a space on their transfer bus from the hotel to the ship.  So, today my travel agent booked me a separate transfer, at a cost of $175.00 U.S.!!!

Then why not take a cab?  The taxi driver can unload your luggage & there should be someone from the cruise to tag it and take it from you. 

I know what you mean about the email documents.  This was our first time with them and it was strange.  I find it easier to check out the excursions on line than in the cruise book, which we still received along with our luggage tags and a few other items.


From everything I read online last night, a taxi would not be any cheaper than the shuttle bus that I have booked.  It is based on the distance the port is from the center of Rome.   It is lucky I didn't decide on a limo, that would have cost me 500, and that is in Euros.
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« Reply #220 on: October 29, 2009, 04:45:21 PM »
DR TCB is your hotel savings still better than the cost of taking their bus?  I would think so.
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« Reply #221 on: October 29, 2009, 04:48:39 PM »
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DR TCB is your hotel savings still better than the cost of taking their bus?  I would think so.


Oh yes.  Oceania wanted $900.00+ for two nights at the Grand Beverly Hills Hotel.  I paid less than a third of that, so even with the transfer costs, I still came out way ahead.
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« Reply #222 on: October 29, 2009, 04:50:22 PM »
It just came as kind of a shock when they told me the cost.  I was thinking maybe $60 or $80, so I was a little stunned.  I will get over it, once I pay the credit card bill.
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« Reply #223 on: October 29, 2009, 04:56:18 PM »
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Quote from: Jane on October 29, 2009, 04:45:21 PM
DR TCB is your hotel savings still better than the cost of taking their bus?  I would think so.

Oh yes.  Oceania wanted $900.00+ for two nights at the Grand Beverly Hills Hotel.  I paid less than a third of that, so even with the transfer costs, I still came out way ahead.

For a second, I thought that you had written "Oceanic" and was thinking, What?  It really exists?? :o

;)

(If anyone doesn't know, it's the airline on "Lost.")
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« Reply #224 on: October 29, 2009, 04:57:37 PM »
Did you put holds on any of the excursions?
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« Reply #225 on: October 29, 2009, 05:00:46 PM »
I shall shortly be on my way to see Parade at the Mark Taper Forum.  Keep the home fries burning until my returning.
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« Reply #226 on: October 29, 2009, 05:03:40 PM »
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Did you put holds on any of the excursions?

Yes, for three of them

A half day Pompeii tour
An all-day tour of Florence
A full day in Pisa

I still may book the Monte Carlo tour.
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« Reply #227 on: October 29, 2009, 05:06:16 PM »
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Did you put holds on any of the excursions?



I still may book the Monte Carlo tour.


I am still waiting for a lunch invite from Prince Albert.
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« Reply #228 on: October 29, 2009, 05:14:11 PM »
Can someone tell me what the difference is between a laptop computer and a notebook?
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« Reply #229 on: October 29, 2009, 05:18:32 PM »
DR TCB - lots o' links when you Google:

notebook vs laptop
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« Reply #230 on: October 29, 2009, 05:20:18 PM »
Wonder how opening night is going...
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« Reply #231 on: October 29, 2009, 05:23:39 PM »
Quote from: Ginny on October 29, 2009, 05:18:32 PM
DR TCB - lots o' links when you Google:

notebook vs laptop


I should have known that a librarian would know.
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« Reply #232 on: October 29, 2009, 05:26:28 PM »
I believe the cows will be home, before elmore shows up from his after-party.
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« Reply #233 on: October 29, 2009, 05:34:59 PM »
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« Reply #234 on: October 29, 2009, 05:36:53 PM »
This guy likes everything but the set....and I keep forgetting that Mr Kevin Spirtas is one of the producers!

http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-ny-theatre-broadway/ny-review-finian-s-rainbow-1004031891.story
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« Reply #236 on: October 29, 2009, 05:39:20 PM »
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« Reply #237 on: October 29, 2009, 05:40:22 PM »
Of course the WICKED ites and SPRING AWAKENING crowd Conrad Birdie fans over at ATC and BROADWAY WORLD can't understand how such a boring and outdated show can possibly be entertaining.
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« Reply #238 on: October 29, 2009, 05:40:51 PM »
Very exciting!  And MR BK is at PARADE!

Happy Birthday to Dixie Bell!
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« Reply #239 on: October 29, 2009, 05:43:34 PM »
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Did you put holds on any of the excursions?

Yes, for three of them

A half day Pompeii tour
An all-day tour of Florence
A full day in Pisa

I still may book the Monte Carlo tour.

In Florence we had the best Ribollita (tuscan bean) soup.  If you can be sure to try this.  It takes several days to make.

In Pisa we had the best 4 pizza ever, a 4 cheese pizza.  I also had an incredible caramel, or caramel swirl, gelato.  It was exceptional gelato even by Italian standards.   Overall my favorite flavor was stracciatella.  Except for the 2 days I was sick I had at least one cone a day.    Near the end of the trip when I knew I might never have anything as good again, and I haven't, I had 2 cones a day.
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