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What am I doing wrongly? I just cannot seem to be able to print a photo.

 

Jennie

Perhaps tell us what you are doing and someone can help.

Sitting at the pool trying to cut and paste some blogging into this thread. Every Cruise Critic page takes forever to load. Thank goodness I have an unlimited internet package. Interesting because my office email pages load and refresh super fast. Maybe the wisdom of the great Hondorner can comment on this.

 

Speaking of which, Hi Don! Hope all is well with you and Betsy.

 

Also, Hey to Rhea. Great to hear from you.

Sometimes it's not the ship 'net, but slowness on the other end. CC often runs slow if in heavy use...

 

sent from Galaxy Note 8

What I do before our cruises is to go to the User CP and turn off signatures and photos. It helps speed up checking on CC.

I kinda thinking with the Modern Luxury marketing and execution that has been reported lately this probably won't be happening on Celebrity.

You might put your post on the Theme Cruising section.

Never tried the shorts. Love TB camp shirts!

 

My REQUIRED attire is shorts, T-shirts, flip flops. I can interchange Camp shirts with T-shirts. Hard to upgrade from shorts and flip flops though. :)

Funny threads lately, one want to know if they can wear shorts, another wants to know if Camp shirt/Hawaiian shirts are okay. These are my staples of cruise wear during the day. If they weren't allowed I would probably be on another cruise line.

I have Tommy Bahama shorts that are one of my favorite pairs. I have a bunch of TB shirts. Also have belt, wallet, shoes, pants & hat by TB. Kind of like those Canadians with their Tilley. All quality stuff. No socks or underwear though.

Looks like your tour was with Patricks company?

I would say get all the pricing and get out a calculator. From the impressions I get here most people that book hotels/transfer through O do it for convenience.

The airport it landed at was a step above a cow pasture airport. It's a local municipal airport. It was closed when they landed, the employees had gone home for the evening according to local newspaper.

Plane just took off without incident.

Southwest is pulling out of this market in June. It was serviced by Airtran before they were taken over by Southwest.

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And another

Here you go;

The only rooms better than the C1 aft Concierge room are the FV aft rooms on the M class ships. If any way you can get one of them go for it.

Here's the setup

Number of reservations (Marina and Riviera):

Owner's Suite, Vista Suite, Oceania Suite

0-7 Sailing Days: 1 reservation at each restaurant

8-17 Sailing Days: 2 reservations at each restaurant

18+ Sailing Days: 3 reservations at each restaurant

Looks like you're a day short for 2 reservations. Your butler should be able to maybe get you some extras, ours did.

Here's the balcony on 12008, which is a side, port balcony. We have inside pics also if you need more.

Hi,:D I went to The Swizzle Inn and this is what my itinerary was for the

day....I took the Ferry to St George and walked around for a bit. Then

I took a bus to "The Crystal Caves". I can't remember which bus but

it is very easy to find out. I went on a tour of the caves and THEN

went to the Swizzle Inn. It is definitely walkable from the Caves.

I had a wonderful lunch and RUM SWIZZLE:D.....then I took the bus

to Hamilton (the bus stop is at The Swizzle Inn).....when I got to

Hamilton I walked around a bit and then took the Ferry back to the ship.

It was a great day for me:)

Thanks Lois, Is it on the beach, or where you can see the water? We're looking for a place to have lunch and a drink, and this sound like what we're looking for.

Bring your own, I think there might be some in the shop with the cigarettes & booze but the prices were higher than at home. Certainly no bargain like the duty free alcohol.

No shorts at dinner in any of the restaurants

You can wear shorts anytime in the buffet, including dinner time. I think shorts are also okay at Bistro on 5 and The Lawn Club Grill.

You're going to be hard pressed to find any cruise lines that allow shorts in the MDR & Specialty restaurants for Dinner though.

You might consider Oceania, but still no shorts in the evenings, other than the buffet, which is the best buffet I've ever had on a cruise ship, at least the one on the Riviera was.

We have sailed Summit to Bermuda and absolutely would do it again. We actually enjoyed having the 3 days in one port ---- no rushing to get back to the ship each afternoon, the chance to get off the ship in the evening, the lovely views from both sides of the ship. Bermuda is clean, prosperous, friendly with absolutely breathtaking scenery and gorgeous pastel houses (and moon gates!). No rental cars, but most cruisers buy a pass that includes all the ferries and buses, makes it really easy to get around on your own. Buy a good guidebook and just plan out what you want to see, but highlights are Horseshoe Bay beach, St George's (a pleasant historical town with good beaches nearby), Swizzle Inn, the caves and gardens, the bustling town of Hamilton across the harbor from the cruise ship dock --- I could go on and on. Summit is an elegant, more old fashioned ship but very well kept. We would definitely go again.

I'm curious about Swizzle Inn, is it doable from Hamilton by the bus? Is in on the beach? We're there on a cruise for almost 3 days in Apr and considering going there.

One of the big reasons (besides the smoking policy) we love O is that it is not noisy. No band at the pool, limited announcements into the room, no shrieking at others...just calm and tranquil.

 

You know how you feel when you've been out and you enter your home and shut the door behind you...and exhale...that's what we feel when we're on board. Sometimes luxury is just ....quiet.

On the Riviera crossing there was a band at the pool almost every sea day.

 

 

On May 10, we sail from Yokohama to Vancouver aboard Millennium. I have learned that a gentleman named Steve Gayda (as CD) will be on the last cruise of his contract on that passage. We know nothing about Mr. Gayda and look forward to learning - with optimism.

 

Happy Cruising to All!

 

BTW, what time is the midnight buffet? And does the crew sleep on the ship?

The first 2 Celebrity cruises we were on featured Mr. Gayda, booming would be an understatement. If you're close to a loudspeaker when he does his announcements you might want to cover your ears. Other than that he's not a bad CD

It got less customer flack than the "X The Rules" campaign did, so it sounded like a good replacement.

Here's my take,

1, they're way too short, do at least 2 of them together

2, much more of a party crowd than you usually see on Celebrity.

Guess you could say I am playing with semantics but, I am reading what is written and following the words that are in their printed material. If the wording that O printed were in a Contract, I would be 100% correct and if O wanted to limit what dress is "required", they would word it the following manner:

 

"For evening dining, elegant casual resort wear is required. Casual jeans, shorts, t-shirts or athletic shoes shall not be worn at dinner."

 

And, they should define what casual jeans are. Saying tennis shoes is way to vague as well as am sure they don't want running shoes, basketball shoes, etc.

 

Writing in the vague manner they did leaves people wondering what is approved and what is not. If we can't determine what O wants, it is ambiguous and buy most any type of law, ambiguity is construed against the writer which is O and we the customers are not bound by ambiguous statements.

 

Certainly we can agree to disagree but, if I choose to wear any type of jeans or shorts in the main dining room, I would be totally within my rights based on how it is written although I do admit that I would not feel very comfortable and in actuality, would follow their recommendations but, not be bound by them.

LOL, Perhaps they should have the same writer that worded the Smoking Policy write the dress code.

Can't edit the post any more but, as you stated I did mis-state the should part, it is not there and sorry I screwed up that portion. However, the words requested and suggested are used and those two words are sufficient to make my point that the dress code is a suggestion and you are requested to not wear certain items. You are not required to dress in elegant casual resort wear nor are the items in the second sentence required no no's not to wear.

 

Therefore, anyone can wear anything including casual jeans and while most people will not take advantage of what is written, the words as written are not rules that have to be followed, they are only suggestions and requests which are certainly not binding on anyone.

 

Notwithstanding my error is thinking a word was there that wasn't, the two words I quoted are certainly NOT definitive nor requirements. People may feel out of place wearing other than the suggested dress code and others may not appreciate people not following the suggestions but, they are suggestions as written and people have every right not to follow the suggestions and continue wearing what they choose.

Ok, now that I understand what you're saying I have to definitely disagree with you . But you're welcome to your opinion on the subject.

I'm saying nice designer jeans are included in Oceania's "Elegant Resort Casual" definition, and in no way is disrespecting the host's request. You on the other hand are saying wear whatever you want no matter what's requested of you, because of the way it's worded.

On the other hand you might just be playing devil's advocate playing with semantics.

We returned form a B2Bin SI on the 15th, one cruise under the old system and one under the new. Just checked our points on the website and they are up to date and correct. ~ Rick

Once you're Zenith does it really matter? I guess to keep track of getting to double Zenith, I did a little math today and if you do 4 10 night cruises a year in the top suites that earn 18 points a day, a new cruiser could be Zenith in about 4.25 years.

My kids were on the Constellation B2B2B from 12/9 -12/23. The points have posted for the middle segment but not the first segment. VERY STRANGE. Will wait a week or so and then call about it - especially if the last segment's points post and still not the first segment's.

 

This is why we save ALL our old seapass cards!

I'll bet that's a big file, no wait, more like a box. LOL.

"For evening dining, elegant casual resort wear is suggested. We request that casual jeans, shorts, t-shirts or tennis shoes not be worn at dinner."

 

 

Please read the above dress code again, you seem to be missing the first sentence where elegant casual resort where is "suggested" And the second sentence is a request and also uses the word "should" which is completely different from the word shall which is a requirement whole should leaves following what one should do being optional.

 

Thus three words in the dress code indicate that O would like you to dress in elegant casual resort wear and not wear casual jeans, shorts, t-shirts or tennis shoes but, not require that dress thus any clothing including shorts are acceptable no matter how unappreciated they are. Really simple by reading the whole code. If O wanted to require a certain dress code, they would have so said. They cannot ask people to leave a venue or change what they are wearing based on what they wrote no matter how inappropriate some people think the people are dressing.

 

Really nothing to discuss, the rule is what it is and really not subject to any interpretation.

I'm sorry, I have no idea what you are saying. Perhaps auto correct or something got the better of what you were trying to say. I didn't miss the elegant casual part, and really don't see the word should anywhere.

Could you go back and edit your statement?

As I have said many times before on this subject the dress code from Oceania is a REQUEST not a rule

 

You & I may not think of wearing casual jeans to dinner but those that like to "do it their way " may just take it as a suggestion & choose to wear casual jeans

After all they paid for the cruise & will do what they like regardless :D

 

YMMD

I do understand what you're saying, but that is another conversation. I agree that "request" is just a nice way of saying "please don't".

Let's try this again.

Would you agree then that any other type of jeans than "casual jeans" fulfill the dress code requirement? Or do you believe that all jeans would be classified as casual?