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Yes, 14 days in August. Athens RT. It's a veranda cabin guarentee on the Seabourn Encore. Comparable in size to a Sky Suite. Stocked with two bottles of whatever alchohol we want, refilled if we finish them. Includes tips, wifi and drinks. I paid $3300 before tax, Infinity was $3k before tax, but did not include gratuities. I have not traveled on Seabourn before, but have been on other small, luxury ships. I would say the expereince in all cabins is equivalent to retreat class, likely better. I had to pay 100% up front and it's non-refundable, so maybe not apples to apples, but close enough. I was shocked.
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We took 4 cruises in the past 2 years in the Retreat and loved the experience and service. This year we were looking at Greece, and were shocked to find a 14 day Seabourn Greek island cruise (in a nonrefundable Guarentee cabin) to be the same price as one week in a Sky Suite on the Infinity. We found an amazing deal, so I know that is not the norm, but I had never really priced Seabourn and what I found is it's quite common to have the pricing be the same or less on one week cruises when comparing the Retreat and the entry level veranda on Seabourn. I just can't see paying the same amount to travel on Celebrity and we are big fans.
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Referral Coupon Thread- This is the only one!
gpension replied to Tucruisers's topic in Seabourn Cruise Line
Hi...I am booking my first Seabourn cruise and would love a referral coupon if someone can help me. Thanks! -
Call their accessibility department: https://www.celebritycruises.com/special-needs/accessibility I just cruised with a family member who needed a wheelchair for boarding and potentially on board. They had our name at the pier and provided a wheelchair with someone to assist until I got on, then as soon as we were on the ship they gave us a wheelchair to use for the week. You need to be clear with them what you need, but they were very helpful once they fully u derstood. You can also rent a wheelchair from a third party, but I just used theirs and it was fine. BTW I tried to arrange it through my travel agent and she told me celebrity doesn't loan wheelchairs. YMMV but it worked out fine for me.
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I have received 4 free cruise offers, including one for 2023, and have booked 3. One I elected a different discount to book a suite, one I booked a second full priced cabin for my kids and bought drinks and wifi, and one where I will also buy drinks and wifi for a 9 night ABC cruise. If they were not going to sell those cabins they just got a bunch of revenue from me 🙂 I don't gamble at all but must have joined at some point.
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Cancellations or no shows on embarkation day?
gpension replied to letsgogogo's topic in Celebrity Cruises
We were booked in Aqua this summer on the Solstice and tried to Move Up to a suite with no luck. I went to the main desk and while it was a long line, it was worth it. We received a call right after the ship set sail with an offer to move to a Sky Suite! They told me Suite were sold out but I asked them to check if there are no shows and there were, so I would wait in line....it might be worth it! -
Quarantined onboard - did you receive your cruise rebate yet
gpension replied to stromer's topic in Celebrity Cruises
I had to call. I was quarentined in mid-july and I just got my reimbursement and credit -
I called today and was able to book a 10 day Edge Southern Caribbean cruise under this deal. The agent said every 2022 Caribbean cruise was eligible.
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We just sailed in 2133 during our Solstice Alaska cruise. We upgraded onboard, so were given the chance to go see the room first with the Retreat Manager. I asked about noise from above, and she told us the only issue she was aware of was the noise from the carts being pushed in the Oceanview cafe (it's a low-volume rumble). We actually heard it while we were there with her, and didn't think it was too bad. That was basically all we heard (sometimes footsteps, but that was rare). It really didn't bother us, but if you are a very light sleeper (I am!), you won't hear it at all if you wear earplugs. Other than that, we loved the location - close to the elevators and to the pool deck, and we are sailing in virtually the same location in December to Mexico!
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There was no availability for this promotion on Dec 3 when I spoke with them last Sunday. They offered me a different casino discount on a suite for that sail date (which we took)! But when we checked other sail dates it was available and was very generous (as described in other posts).
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I had that question as well! I don't see why not.