We arrive in the morning. Are we quarantined to the hotel or what is that status? Dinner tomorrow, etc?
The best news ever -Thank you! I am glad you arrived safe! Looking forward to a great trip!While it is highly recommended we stay in the hotel, there are several restaurants with outdoor seating nearby as long as you feel comfortable with that. They are not quarantining you in the hotel.
Edit: The one bummer is that we are meeting in the lobby at 4 AM on Monday for our transfer to the airport for our our flight to Ushuaia, better get to bed early if you want some rest!
Have a good trip! It will be worth it!
We were on the inaugural last month. You can get dinner at the outdoor place couple blocks away. Turn right when you exit the hotel and the restaurant is under the freeway overpass. The restaurant is called El Mirasol de la Recova. Great steaks.
Looking into doing Antarctica with ABD and found this thread. Does anyone know what you get going the ABD route versus booking directly with Ponant? The prices are about the same. For reference we love Disney, which is why our first thought was ABD. However, we don't have children. The on-ice-champagne and included drinks from the video posted here are appealing but it looks as if it wasn't ABD. Wondering if ABD would do similar or if they change the programming on board to be more kid-friendly.
Thank you so much for the quick reply! This was really helpful to knowWe did the first ABD trip in December... I think the main difference is having the Adventure Guides there to make sure all goes well and trouble shoot for you if anything happens. They're always there to take photos, chat, encourage mixing and create a good atmosphere. The ABD trip would also be a mix of people with at least a similar interest in Disney, primarily English speaking, etc. We did the on-ice sheet- champagne on our trip which was really so much fun.
I don't think the on-ship programming was changed for our trip. I think the Adventure Guides added activities for the kids. All of the lectures from the ship's naturalists seemed to be the same as they would have for any cruise..... the lectures didn't seem to be changed to be "kid" friendly (not a criticism).
My family would probably go ABD again if the schedule worked for us but if it didn't we would definitely consider booking with Ponant directly.
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