Please answer to the following questions for YR02 9 day cruises tour from Chongqing to Shanghai.

a) Do I have to speak chinese for whole tour ?
b) Price of cruise per person is $1,109 for luxuary/standard?
c) It will be four person in my group. Is the total price $4,436? Are there any other expenses?
1) what city I have to fly into for "YR02" cruise' starting city Chongqing?
2) Does China Airlines have connection to Chongqing from Beizing?
3) what other expenses other than $1,109; like tips for state room cleaning, waiters in restaurants & etc.
4) How many meals served per day? Are all meals sit-down or buffet style? Need to reserve the seating?
5) are there excursion tour on each port calls? Are they an optional?
6) do I have to arrive in the departing port city one day earlier?
7) do I have to obtain Visa for the cruise?
8) How soon I have to buy the cruise? when do I have to pay the entire amount of cruise?
9) when do I have buy the cruise? What are the payment schedule? Need to pay the whole amount by certain date?

I had many cruises in the past and I would like to ask many questions as I would have an ocean cruises.
I will expect to hear from you soon, answering questions listed.
William Koh