rwdennis

We just canceled our July 17th cruise out of Dublin before our final payment.  Thankfully, we had refundable deposits and had also booked our flights using Flights By Celebrity so are not out any money.  Really wasn't interested in letting Celebrity hold onto almost $19K hoping that our cruise still happened or tied up in FCC.

4 hours ago, jonthomas said:

Yet we are in Florida, where our house backs onto a golf course. I have never seen  from my window, so many people playing golf. Neighbours are inviting others to a drink and grill. It is unbelievable. What will it take for people to stay home? 

I played golf this past Thursday and am planning to play again this Thursday.  However, I will be walking and maintaining a safe distance from others playing in my group.  Even the shelter in place orders allow for getting exercise outside in small numbers.  Now, I do think having people over to your house for a party in the current situation is probably not very wise.

My question is whether this is only for Caribbean sailings or more broadly available?  We are sailing on Reflection in the UK in July and it is listed as available in my cruise planner.  My kids will be all over this if it is truly available - I'm tempted to go ahead and book it and hopefully X will honor it.

I just heard back on our 12-night July 2020 sailing on the Reflection (booked on June 30) - $100 OBC approved.  We also have 2 perks promotion for our cabin.   BTW - sometimes it pays to NOT get the perks . . . we have a second cabin that we booked using a group rate from our TA that saved us over $2500 off of the current "2-perks" rate.  

We did a Med cruise last year on the Reflection and my two boys (10 & 12) really had a great time.  Even though it has a reputation of catering to an older crowd, there were still over 200 kids onboard.  They really enjoyed the kids club not being so crazy like it was on RCL and the food was definitely better.

We have sailed on several RCL ships (Allure, Harmony, Freedom) and all of us, including my two sons (ages 10 & 12), actually strongly preferred the Celebrity Reflection.  In our experience, the food was significantly better on Celebrity and they really enjoyed the kids programs on Celebrity.  We did a 10 day cruise in the Med last year and while there were over 200 kids on board, it definitely didn't feel nearly as chaotic as Allure or Harmony.  My overall impression is that Celebrity is nicer but also more laid back - no required formal nights (evening chic instead), not having to have reservations for all of the shows, etc.

We stayed at The Westin Europa & Regina for 2 nights before boarding a cruise for our honeymoon - it was wonderful. Water taxi took us straight to the hotel from the airport and then from the hotel right to the cruise terminal. Also within easy walking distance of St Marks. The fact that it was a Starwood property was an added bonus.