Excursion Plans ✔️

Those who know me well, know that I enjoy planning our trips. I really do. But COVID-19 sure takes some of the joy out of the process. It wouldn’t be so bad if we were arriving at all of the ports we will be calling on by air. That information is readily available. If you’re arriving by sea, however, it’s a whole different story. Frustrating!

So, here’s the plan I came up with to keep myself stress-free. Oceania is supposed to give us COVID-19 entry requirements for each port approximately 30 days before we sail from Miami. I’m going to wait to see that information before I attempt any further research on my own.

In the meantime, I’ve been doing my port research … following my usual modus operandi to figure out what is of interest to us. Armed with that info, we’ll be able to decide later what we want to do … hopefully without having to book bubble tours.

With a few exceptions, I’m planning for us to explore most of the ports on foot. This is our favorite means of visiting the places we call upon. Maybe have lunch ashore as well. I've got tours planned in three ports — one of them will be semi-private … six fellow passengers will join us; the other two will be for just Mui and me. We have one port where we will be mixing our modes of exploration by renting a car one day and walking around the next day.

The tour and car rental arrangements all have 24-hour cancelation requirements … and will be paid for on the day-of. So, should bubble-tours be required by any of the ports … well, no harm, no foul. But keeping 🤞🏻 that will not be the case.

By the way … we did a zoom meeting with the family yesterday and broke the news of our April arrival to them. As expected they were surprised … in a good way.Leia mais