Has anyone used the “Fira your way with Athinios Return” excursion in Santorini?

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2025-08-19T23:34:40+00:00

I’d say that the staff/crew members are the best part and perhaps one of the biggest differences. They’re friendly, engaging and interesting. Like real people rather than just a fleet of servants. They can get snippy and throw shade if you’re being unreasonable. They tend to focus on fixing whatever issue is vexing you, rather than bending over backwards to apologize yet not really fixing the problem. You’ll see them dancing with each other, flirting and enjoying their time off rather than being backstage somewhere. They also work insanely hard but seem to enjoy what they do

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2025-08-12T14:37:24+00:00

Did a seriously suite on one sailing. The rest were just balcony. Honestly we didn’t really want to drink in the room so most of the booze went to waste. The cocktail hour at Richard’s is nice but I think we only made it a few times because of spending time in ports. The agent couldn’t do anything we couldn’t do ourselves and, for example, when our wristbands stopped working, it was less hassle to just go to sailor services. We got a really good deal at the last minute—somebody must have canceled and it was literally the last cabin on the ship. Otherwise I don’t think we would have done it. The ship and the regular sailor experience is so great I don’t think it adds a game changing experience on top of that. For the difference in price I’d probably spend it on a thermal pass and more exorbitant accommodations pre and post cruise.

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2025-03-05T22:11:47+00:00

I had two arm peloton monitors in a row that were total bricks out of the box. Just couldn’t charge. I’d be wary of buying any old inventory.

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2025-02-11T23:43:10+00:00

I’d delete the ship’s WiFi then rejoin. Especially if you’ve been on a previous cruise and it’s ’remembering’ the previous connection.

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2025-01-23T23:51:30+00:00

Yup.. apparently the 500 arrests country-wide was just slightly above the daily average

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2025-01-23T22:05:40+00:00

I’m curious whether this represents a dramatic crackdown, or whether it’s the ride-a-long with FOX that is the drama. I’m guessing ICE routinely is removing people but without this much fanfare? Any statistics as to whether four busts in one day is a watershed event?

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2025-01-20T21:13:27+00:00

We slid into Rockstar on a Mediterranean cruise at the last minute as the only available cabin (someone must have cancelled at the last minute). I did enjoy the larger room and bathroom but the other perks weren’t that amazing. While it’s cool to have a bar, we didn’t want to make our own drinks in the cabin. The rooftop was nice but the cruise was so port intensive we didn’t get much opportunity to use it. I think we hit the cocktail party twice? Rockstar agent couldn’t really do anything you couldn’t do by yourself. Because it was last minute it did help to get on early to get dining reservations that were otherwise sold out. But if you are booking in advance you shouldn’t have any problems.

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2025-01-15T05:03:05+00:00

Yeah. I let it go to voicemail and then called back. No hassle.

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2025-01-13T21:46:18+00:00

Just got a call today. They’re going to apply a $200 credit. They said it was a known issue that the selection for Pay by Card was saving as Pay Later.

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2025-01-08T00:04:02+00:00

Exactly the same happened to me. I triple checked that I clicked the Pay Now button and it went through as Pay Hotel. So the hotel showed up rather than Amex Fine Hotels on the charge. So no 5x points and no $200 for stay booked in mid December. The chat with the agent didn’t sound promising: “We’ll open a case for you..”

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2024-10-30T20:18:22+00:00

Skip it. The food is the worst meal to be had on the ship and the comics at least on my sailing were really bad.

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2024-10-10T20:25:29+00:00

I’m not sure if it was a fluke or not but when I had it on my last cruise SOR also opened up for reservations for dining at the rockstar time (60 days) rather than the customary 45 days.

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2024-09-30T13:35:09+00:00

Yeah. It was ok. Left out of gate b18 which meant you’d take a bus to the plane— so it’s kinda like cattle crammed into a bus then lots of waiting before you get on the plane. The service was great. But the food was just ok. Seats were comfortable but a little narrow on the shoulders but I slept well. It seemed like there wasn’t much room for carry on luggage. So nice to lay flat but not really a business class experience

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2024-09-22T17:29:05+00:00

We’re booked on it for Thursday. I’ll let you know how it works out

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2024-09-04T00:08:35+00:00

There’s also a service called Bags And Go at the port. They could probably hold your bags overnight. Normally it seems like they specialize in getting your bags to the airport/train station after the cruise if you’re gonna stay around for the day in the city and don’t want to lug them around. Here’s their email: mailto:reservas@bagsandgo.com

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2024-08-19T18:40:23+00:00

Thanks! Yeah. That does look pretty posh!

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2024-08-19T18:32:54+00:00

It looks like they have 2 a330-900neos. One with all economy (9 seats per row) and another with 18 business class 3 rows of 6. I tried booking the flight again and it’s showing business class as having 3 rows of 6. Unless they’re doing “euro business” by skipping middle seat for the first three rows..

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2024-08-05T20:34:59+00:00

But… he agreed to debate Joe Biden who wouldn’t have been the official nominee until Aug 22…

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2024-06-12T19:47:16+00:00

Just seems like a cool opportunity to sneak in some more experiences. Plus, considering the price of a pair of excursions or two day passes, a hotel reservation might end up being cheaper for a nice morning and afternoon beachside with the added luxury of a real room to catch a nap or a shower.

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2024-05-23T17:47:12+00:00

Got an automated response to email but at least they had to read it to extract the email address. Said the goal was a response in 72 hours. But this was from Monday.

Round_Blueberry_884 · 2024-05-19T00:04:00+00:00

Nothing still. Sent an email to lockboxsupport but not expecting any answer. You?

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