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sofmall

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    Cronulla Sydney Australia
  • Interests
    Travel, rock'n'roll dancing, gym, knitting- Chris; rock'n'roll, cycling, tennis, motor sports - Jeff
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Celebrity, NCL
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Bermuda

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  1. To my mind it's more a matter of an area that's supposed to be a quiet and relaxing area for adults, now being used by kids. I adore kids, I was a teacher and have much loved grandkids, but I'd still rather see an area that was adults only, remain adults only. Sometimes we value that peaceful time.
  2. Having tried a Carnival cruise a few months back, and experienced feral drunken behaviour on the part of adults, and kids (not all, but a certain element) running crazy all over the place, no supervision from parents and giving cheek, it bothers me. BUT Celebrity is surely a different style of cruising so hopefully that sort of behaviour won't happen. I quite enjoy the Solarium between 5 and 6pm, and would hate it if during that time it's become a playground for kids whose parents are off having pre dinner drinks and chats. I wonder how it would work in the Millenium class ships, as there's a thalassotherapy pool in the solarium, and I seem to remember that children under a certain age, or unaccompanied children, were not allowed to use the pool.
  3. That's a start, I'll start searching for pics or videos of that cabin. Thank you!
  4. I prefer the one you booked too. Would you remember what number that cabin was please? The ones with the top of the lifeboat look unappealing... all that bright block of orange colour and some seem to have writing on them too. Thanks for your info!
  5. Wow, the window on the Panoramic is wonderful, and I never even knew about that category. For our Edge cruise I've booked the Deluxe Porthole View with Verandah because the Infinity V. doesn't appeal after reading reviews. Next time I'll be looking at the Panoramic cabins. On Celebrity Infinity I'd booked one of the oceanview cabins with the huge windows and we absolutely loved it. We had a beautiful view the moment we entered the cabin, no matter where we were. No balcony rail or doors or balcony furniture to interrupt the view and we loved it more than a balcony, which we usually book. But I read of obstructions witht the Panoramic cabins! Are they all obstructed or is there a secret few that are more desirable.
  6. 🙂 A new travel partner sounds a bit extreme. 🙂 I'm a night person married to an early morning person - I also have fibromyalgia so sometimes NEED more rest - and although we haven't travelled yet in an infinity cabin (we booked the porthole verandah) I can see the point of those who say it's harder when one sleeps in and the other chooses to relax on the balcony if up early. It is rather different from a hotel, as if it has a balcony it's a traditional balcony so one can be out there whilst the other naps. We do tend to get up at the same time when cruising as we don't want to miss out on anything! Can't wait to be back on a ship, and the fact it will be the Edge is an extra thrill!
  7. Thank you! I expected a clickable link to lock it in, but I guess it's the registering that automatically did it?
  8. I registered and watched the webinar, which I found quite interesting. I thought there'd be something to click at the end to lock in our points but there wasn't; it just said the webinar has ended. So how do I claim my points?
  9. OH YES! Back to back on Celebrity a couple of months ago and those cakes and pastries were heaven! At home I only indulge on special occasions, but on cruises I indulge lunch and dinner time if the dessets and cakes are good... and I certainly did! Came home to find I weighed close to 2kg lighter! So now I know the secret to weight loss I'll keep doing it! 🙂
  10. Yes, I've seen that sometimes too, but it doesn't allow you to choose your own cabin, at least that's the impression I have. Choosing our own is important, did a guarantee once for the heck of it and ended up very very forward.... couldn't use our balcony at all as the noise was immense, constantly. Not the lovely swishing and slapping of waves, but loud metallic banging constantly! It was on RC Ovation and looking back we should have enquired about it as perhaps we could have been moved. So we decided to give Celebrity another go and recently did two in the Mediterranean. Loved it! Have 2 more Celebrity cruises booked, but miss NCL and would book again in a heartbeat if the promotional package wasn't compulsory.
  11. No. 2 wouldn't be the worst idea, but we do love the beach and warm weather. No. 1 ... good suggestion but we leave on our month-long trip in 8 days so I think we'll let it slide.
  12. No, that's not it. We use our card a great deal, and up until my husband sold his business last year he put a huge amount through on it business-wise too. We also ALWAYS pay it off totally each month. I think it's just a thing with Australian financial institutions, they don't want to give cards to retirees, no matter what. They don't say so, they make you jump through hoops in the application and then don't even give a reason for refusing. As I said earlier, we have a few friends who it turns out experienced the same thing.
  13. After posting here I went back and sifted through the policies and Celebrity website, and got conflicting information. Does Celebrity even know what they're doing!: On one hand there's this: "You will be required to isolate onboard if you contract, or we suspect that you have contracted, COVID-19. You must have travel insurance which covers your medical care, quarantine and repatriation in the event that you contract COVID-19. We will provide a future cruise credit if you have symptoms of COVID-19 before you sail. We may refund all or part of your cruise fare if you test positive for COVID-19 during the sailing. Governments and public authorities continue to develop their policies and change their rules. Our own processes and procedures change in line with those policies. This means we may need to make changes to your sailing and/or what we require of you before and during your sailing with us." And also this (we sail in European Union, on 15 May and 24 May): COVID-19 Assistance* Book any Celebrity cruise that’s sailing between April 4, 2023 and May 31, 2023, and you’ll have the following reassurance at no extra charge: 100% refund for you, and your Traveling Party, if any of you test positive for COVID-19 within 5 days prior to the cruise or at the boarding terminal.** Pro-rated cruise fare refund for anyone who has their cruise cut short due to testing positive for COVID-19 or being suspected of having COVID-19 during the cruise. If the Celebrity cruise you book will sail from the European Union or the United Kingdom between you’ll also have the following reassurance at no extra charge: If you test positive for COVID-19 during the cruise, Celebrity will: cover the cost of COVID-19-related medical treatment onboard; you and your Traveling Party may stay onboard the ship for free to complete any required quarantine; and if you purchased Flights by Celebrity, Celebrity will help coordinate homebound travel arrangements for you and your Traveling Party, but without covering the cost.
  14. Good suggestion. Just get credit cards that cover Covid! (who would have ever imagined..!!) We do have credit cards, my husband recently retired from running a business so all that is well in place. Just apparently not the best card for covid cover. We do have income, from a few sources which were all provided to the financial institution, just not income from paid employment. So retired is the dirty word, I'd say. 🙂
  15. Get a better credit card 🙂 🙂 Tried that, though not the Amex... will look into that. Here we are, in our early 70's, self funded retirees, own a beachside home plus investment properties and Super, no debt, and we're not billionaires but we're certainly not broke!! So we applied months ago for a card that does cover covid in its Travel policies. We had to jump through hoops giving them more and more info. Finally.... they rejected us, no reason, said it could be our credit rating (gave us a code to open credit rating docs) or "something else". Well we found we had 100% credit rating. By speaking to a few friends they'd experienced the same thing. Rejection, looks like the something else is either age or being retired. Yet a young almost-kid who runs up debts on credit cards can get one at a drop of a hat!
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