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kdkstormy

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    Fraser Valley, British Columbia
  • Interests
    Volunteering, reading, walking (hope to be running soon)
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Still trying out itineraries and cruise lines, haven't picked one yet
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Haven't been to enough to choose one yet :)

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  1. We did book the last aft on deck 7 - others are available on other decks 🙂
  2. We cruised Holland in 2014 for my hubby’s 50th to Alaska. Since then we have been on a few Celebrity cruises. (Enjoyed the no smoking indoors) We have been planning a bucket list trip Florida to Vancouver for spring 2025. Holland has had their itinerary out for a while. Celebrity finally released theirs last week. Did a price comparison with Celebrity, Princess and Holland. Holland won by a landslide. We forfeited our $200 future cruise deposit from Celebrity but saved over $3500 CDN booking with Holland. LET THE EXCITEMENT OF PLANNING BEGIN 🙂
  3. Thank you! Explains why I got the last one on deck 7 for my cruise I just booked 😀
  4. Returning to Holland after Celebrity pricing has gone crazy! In looking at the aft verandahs on the Niew Amsterdam deck plans,are the ones towards the center bigger than the others?
  5. Well Celebrity finally released their Panama Canal repositioning for 2025 from Ft Lauderdale to Alaska which we have been waiting for. Did a comparison of pricing among Celebrity, Holland and Princess. The best deal was Holland which included: $300US each for Shore Excursions 3 Specialty Restaurant Dining each Gratuities Included Upgrade to Premium Alcohol Package Upgrade to Premium Wifi We booked a Sunset Balcony. I will contact my Celebrity Cruise Planner to cancel my placeholder booking I had with the FCC of $200. We will lose that but are gaining a lot more. The savings overall are more than $3500 CDN when factoring in what we would have to spend for what's included on the Holland cruise. Celebrity is starting to price themselves out of market share.
  6. I have medical insurance through my work benefits. I get trip cancellation separately and get that a few months before the actual travel date.
  7. I asked my cruise planner and she said they will be released in early to mid December
  8. Yes it is a work around - unfortunately these place holder bookings take away available space for those who actually want to book those sailings.
  9. She just called me back. She spoke with her supervisors and it is a system wide issue. They recommended putting in a place holder booking with a refundable deposit and switching to the 2025 repositioning cruise I'm looking for when they are released. Better safe than sorry so we don't lose the Future cruise booking benefits.
  10. Hi all Just got of the phone with my CCP. She was alarmed as well. She is digging into it - she looked at my booking number and it does say one year. She is worried the autobots in their system are using the new 6 months on all bookings and will make sure it doesn't automatically cancel. She will be making sure that that my one year stays in place. If any of you have a future cruise booking under the previous one year timeline, watch your emails for the expiration warning! Thanks to everyone for their input. If there are any further updates, I will come back and let you know 🙂
  11. I didn’t mean to create a heated debate. I have already sent an email to my celebrity cruise rep and will update all when I have more info. It was alarming to see the email. I have been so bombarded with Celebrity emails lately I almost deleted it without reading it.
  12. Unless they are changing the terms for previous future bookings as well. I will update everyone after I talk to my celebrity cruise planner tomorrow
  13. Unless they are changing the terms for previous future bookings as well. I will update everyone after I talk to my celebrity cruise planner tomorrow
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