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Received an old style Serenade block on board on the day we made 350 - 10 Nov. No idea of the existing inventory.

For those who might be interested, this is the reading/library area added to 12 as of 18 Nov: RAE

06:30 EST and still can't access an Arrival Time.

Check-in was available to enter travel info for my wife and myself (which I did successfully) but the 'Arrival Time' item on the check-in page comes back with a 'Not quite ready for you' box. Two most recent cruises (Nov 2022 and Apr 2023) let me select an 'Arrival Time' 15 or 20 mins after midnight. Any one aware of any issues?

Yes, I have 'decoded' the bed locations. What I am interested in determining is what is in the 'double sofa bed' space in those rooms where the deck plan shows no symbol.

We've been switched from Reflection to Beyond. This is will be our first time on an "E" class and I'm trying to learn as much as I can before I commit to a room swap. I definitely want 'bed by the door' and a non-connecting cabin. On the deck plan I see two variations in cabins that are configured the way I want. One type has a 'double sofa bed' symbol (ex: 12122 or 12126) and the other type has no symbol at all (ex: 12144 or 12150). I've seen a couple of pictures of a cabin with the 'double sofa bed' symbol but haven't found a picture of the 'no symbol' cabin. Anybody know the difference between the two layouts?

Just got my new passport. Straight renewal, no special situations. Paid for expedited processing and paid for express return. Chronology: Mailed doc package Priority Fixed Rate 04/12/2023 Shown online as "Received" 04/18/23 Received new passport via Priority Mail Express 05/23/2023 Looks to me like 5 weeks once they got it in their hands. I'm satisfied.

I too was waiting for Jewel. When that fell through I turned to Celebrity out of Boston. Three 11 day 'Boston, Maine, and Canada' trips through Sep 2024 on Eclipse - overnight in Quebec. Good ship, good itin. Still some space but filling fast. If you have Crown & Anchor, Celebrity provides reciprocity in their Captains Club.

That's what I'm hoping.... Want to jump on one of those as soon as available but no idea as to when I should start looking.

I see Jewel in Amsterdam in Aug 2024 and in Galveston in Nov 2024 but unlisted for Sep-Oct 2024. Obviously there will be a TA in there somewhere but anyone know what else is scheduled for those months?

We always choose aft JS when on a Radiance Class ship but don't like the 'steel cave' feeling in the aft JS on Voyager and Freedom class. On those two classes, we usually take 'top of hump' JS - really a better view and much closer to the elevators. YMMV....

Anyone aware of if and when we might see trips to/from Quebec in fall of 2024? Will Jewel do 'Fall Foliage' trips in 2024?