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Which makes we wonder about the future of no charge for air deviation as a perk for those Gold and above. Will there still be an air deviation charge? I guess we'll have to see how it plays out. Looking over the list of perks for various levels it appears that more than a few have had their value diluted. I'm for cutting some of them out and boosting the SBC back to at least the levels they were before the last "Club Adjustment"

Unfortunately, that ship sailed for Celebrity years ago. Royal is also converting or has converted all their Cigars bars into libraries or other venues. Definitely the cigar lounge on Silversea was one of the best I've seen. I miss cigars.

Exactly! Hence My question asking them if it's about being on the General Manager's VIP List. I was on a couple of cruises with some folks years ago that were at that level before it even existed, I think they were one of the first to get there. They got all kinds of stuff including many free excursions, very special treatment etc. They gave my wife and I a couple of excursion tickets they were not going to take as well as some bottles of wine they were not going to drink or take home.

No, I got that, let me explain it once more to you. Below where they say "it", I would think that pronoun they used is referring to the title of this thread, Silver status VIP Shore Excursions Check in. They said, I said, Thus, my question if they've been getting the perk for their past 50 cruises. If they have then it does exist, if they haven't been getting it then it's because of their current level, not some perk that was a failure that should be removed from the list.

No, I didn't misunderstand at all. The VIP shore excursion perk is supposed to kick in at Silver, 10 credits. They have at least 60 credits which makes them President's Circle. 50 +10 = 60 The General Managers VIP list perk kicks in at President's Circle. This is why I asked them if they have been getting this perk for their past 50 cruises. Understand now? Perhaps I wasn't clear in my post. You have as many or more credits than I do, have you had this perk offered?

So this is supposed to happen at 10 cruises. Have you been getting this for your past 50 cruises? I've got Silver tripled and never had the service offered. Maybe it's because you're on the General Managers VIP list.

Have you googled the distance between the Gardens and the port? It's a ways out there. I've read somewhere that it's doable by bus, but that's more trouble than I care to go to. We took the ship's tour. Once on Oceania and once on Celebrity.

If you've never been to Butchart I highly recommend it. We've been twice, once on our own and again with friends that was on an Alaska cruise with us. Loved it. Of course it helps if you like flowers.

Just to be clear, you get soft drinks or any other non alcohol drink all day. You also have your mini frig stocked with sodas of your choice.

I was thinking it was 9/1/23? At any rate we need to know if Mlmdaisy booked with Olife, SM, or nothing at all. In all those instances the 25% off excursions would apply with a minimum number. Daisy, did you get a certain amount of On Board Credit for excursions, or just a certain number of excursions?

Yeah, I think that was on the Platinum, I only have the no annual fee Everyday. I've got Celebrity and Oceania offers on it multiple times.

Just to get back to this concept. I have 3 cards that I see when I log in to my online acct. I kept putting offers on my card that would have this type of offer on it. After the first 100 I got another 100, after the second 100 I got another hundred, after the third 100 it stopped, this was about a week ago. Then it started dribbling and drabbing 3 or 4 a day. This is for all three of my cards. At this point the added offers are around 20 or so. The card I'm trying to get the offer on shows 309 offers added to card. My point is that it doesn't appear to be limitless on adding another 100 each time. Seems like around 300 they throttle you back. FWIW, I do have the Celebrity offer but was looking for an Oceania offer. I do have an offer I used on my Hilton card for my Youtube TV- $20 off when you 57.99 or more. Up to 3 times. Just posted today. It always pays to keep track of these things. Since I'm old and retired this is one of my hobbies, but it only takes about 10 minutes a day. Free money is good.

Yes, it's obviously marketing spin. Why I posted it and what I find interesting is; A. Their description of Ember, probably an answer to the erroneous early perceptions of it on Social media, probably as inaccurate in the other direction. B. No mention of Polo at all. By the same token no mention of Terrace or Waves either. I also noticed what you mentioned and was like......What?

Heavens knows they need it. What a mess. I don't have a page there, but I do see your posts there.

Do you not read other people's posts at all? It's not a state secret. Let's try this, what is about the biggest social media site most people use? Here's a hint. Not X.

It is called Oceania Cruises Insights Panel, My problem with the survey is that there was no option for neither or none of the above. You were forced to choose between one of two. Many of them I had already done, and the other choice I wasn't really interested in. Also given the choice of a 35 day cruise or a 7 day cruise I'm going to choose 35 days, although I probably wouldn't go on one that long. Our longest cruise was 32 days and it was longer than I prefer. I find 18 to 25 days about right.

So you never tip anyone off the ship?

For those that don’t get the Oceania magazine this is interesting. This is not in a story about just Vista or Allura, but their cuisine in general.

So what you're saying is it requires paying attention to detail? I notice many people have trouble with that. But do agree their website leaves somewhat to be desired. But, it doesn't hold a light to being anywhere as bad as Celebrity's website.

I think you guys are talking about two different things.

As has been discussed in the last day or so here that is definitely valid, but also the shower in the tub is an option. It is unfortunate that Marina didn't get the same room updates as Riviera. Probably even more unfortunate is that they didn't go that route back in 2008 or 09 when these ships were being designed and built.

Well we have 8 more after what we have booked and paid for after next week, so if I win the lottery it's possible.

And the price you paid for your cruise should have nothing to do with them changing their procedures to suit each of our opinions or perceptions of the way tendering should operate. Personally I see it exactly opposite as you, there are myriad reasons for management allowing those that book tours to have first tenders.

When you did your free cruise plus extra days you had to pay for did you get a cruise credit for the additional part?

Our TA only sends the Oceania invoice.