highway180

I hear a lot of whining here. I just finished an amazing Alaskan cruise, out of Seattle, and was blown away with the service, food quality, quantity, all of it. Even though the Solstice is old and in need of a refresh, it was great, I sat here pre cruise listening to all the complaints, and almost cancelled .Glad we did not. I only had 2 complaints; first the wine selection in the packages is horrid. Bring your own ! Second; didn't make any money in the casino!! to everyone reading this: just enjoy, life is short, I did. Cheers

DEFINITELY print out your luggage tags!!!! Just returned from the Solistice and met 2 families who never received their luggage. the porters put them on the wrong ship in Seattle , with hand written tags! It is rare but it does happen, and these people had young children, not fun.

Yes we did. Plenty of it with 4 adults and a 4 year old

you will have no problem what so ever!! Just returned from our cruise on the Solstice. Disembarked at 7:15, ( yes we got lucky), we were actually at the end of the line for walk off.There were 5 of us, one in a stroller. Immigration was a breeze, and there were an overabundance of transfer choices. Many drivers practically begging for customers. We had a car pick us up, paid $20 per person. The airport was no problem as well. We had Pre check and were at our gate at 8:45am for an 11:18 flight .

Good to know thank you for that information. This time we are taking the parents as well.

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Are there any restrictions on what we may bring onboard in regards to snacks, as in juice boxes, goldfish crackers? Referring to packaged items . Thank you in advance

Correction, I found an upcoming cruise that the sale price worked! Thank you

Not for me. Must be certain cruises.

July 28th out of Seattle

We have an upcoming sailing on the Solstice....no upcharges in the app

7/28/23 cruise doesn't exist as well LOL

Got it, thanks. Does anyone know of a car service that could do the transfer to the airport? Other than Seattle express? we are 4 adults and one child. most likely need a van

Thanks for your honest replies. I believe we will roll the dice on this one, walking off with our luggage, booking shuttle with Seattle express.. We have Global entry, and also flying Delta Priority. Being in the transportation industry myself, I am no stranger to traffic issues, as we have have them constantly here in the Boston area. No stress here. Plan B, if no other flights available, grab a hotel for a night or 2.

Having never flown out of Seattle, will an 11:18 flight on a Friday morning cut it too close ? Cruise ends 8/4 on the Solstice. Thanks in advance for any insight

Yes I noticed a big increase on pricing myself...no real deals there.

the reps told me it was meant for new bookings only, booked this week. It was broadcast to anyone with cruises sailing after June 5th for some reason. They even denied I could see the pricing myself?? Oh well, life goes on.

The original intent of the sale was to only apply to sailings BOOKED 5/24/23 - 5/30/23, sailing 6/5/23 through 5/27/24. That said, some of us were able to see the sale prices in our cruise planner and took advantage of it. it worked for me on excursions and dining. I could not do the beverage package online, and like most of us who called, got turned down by Celebrity, and i did talk to a supervisor. They explained my cruise didn't qualify, as it was booked last year, but sailing in 2 months. As typical when these errors occur, some jump early, and others don't., but they always correct the issue at some point.

Agreed, I was in the same situation, taking my daughter and her family to Alaska in July.. My wife was initially pissed i had cancelled, and couldn't re book immediately, after the others had already rebooked successfully. I got lucky. .

Yes it gets a little tricky at times. We are traveling with family, and we decided as a group to roll the dice and cancel our excursions and rebook at the lower price. My daughters family had no issues, but when I went to rebook i had difficulty finding my last excursion, and when i did, it showed sold out. I waited for a few minutes, and luckily was finally able to book it. Needless to say it was a bit stressful not being able to book it right away.

That was not the issue. Celebrity has no problem splitting packages as I did due to medical reasons....My wife is a diabetic (but you have to cal to accomplish it) The pricing was only supposed to apply to New bookings with certain sail dates. My sailing was booked last year so technically it did not qualify, even though my cruise planner would allow it. I might have been able to cancel what i had, rebooked through the planner, then called again to change my wife's plan back to the zero pkg. More work than it was worth

i just looked at my cruise planner for a cruise next year, and the premium drink pkg was "on sale" for $137.99 per day plus grats!

I feel your pain. Cheers to those who were able to score a deal!!, Another wonderful Celebrity IT screw up. I was in a unusual situation. My wife had the zero pkg, i had the premium pkg. So i called to get the 50% discount. After multiple attempts, X came to the conclusion my sailing didn't qualify: booked it last year, but sailing this July., so I was told no, supervisor said no. I had explained that it was in my cruise planner and i could purchase it at any time. They said it was impossible, so I offered to send them a screenshot, but told it wouldn't change things. the problem having done so, I would've had to upgrade my wife and I both, which was more than I had originally paid. Did however rebook my specialty dining and excursions

Most if not all of the oysters sold are farm raised.

And why is that???? they do not go bad during certain months. Locally we can harvest them except during the summer. However the commercial oyster farms ship them year round.