jenf22

Bummer.  I signed my husband up for it on our July Silhouette cruise.  Kinda figured he would be cooking a steak... especially for $60.  Thanks for the review!

18 hours ago, ladychater said:

I shouldn't have to be "diligent.". It would be ever so simple for Princess to label the food.  Then the servers and customers would know what to eat and what not to. 

Our last Princess cruise we were at the buffet for lunch and my son comes to the table with fried rice with tiny little shrimp in it.  My husband loves fried rice but is allergic to shellfish.  I got up to find him to make sure he didn't get any.  I then went to the Asian section where the fried rice was.  It was labeled "Fried Rice".  I asked the server there and he said "oh sometimes it has shrimp and sometimes it doesn't".  I mentioned they might want to consider labeling it "contains shellfish" for those times it does.  Crazy they change the item but not the sign.  Lesson learned for us I guess.

18 hours ago, drwbrt said:

Another large batch of menus have been uploaded. https://www.supervaluebros.com/menus

Thanks so much for the menus and your review!  We're doing the same cruise in October.  Can you tell me what nights were Italian Night and the Chef's Dinner?  I apologize if I missed it.

1 hour ago, DCGuy64 said:

I would, too, but I'm curious: why do you say "once-in-a-lifetime"? Are you suggesting all of the passengers are unable to book such a cruise in the future? Many people on Cruise Critic take trips multiple times a year. I wasn't aware most of the people on that sailing were on their last cruise ever. Is that true?

Actually I said "my once-in-a-lifetime".  I made no suggestions as to the other people who book cruises.  We have WAY too many places on our list to spend a ton of money and vacation time to visit the same place over and over in the hopes to see the one thing we hoped to see on our first visit.  But thank you for reminding me why I try not to comment on Cruise Critic posts.

I would have been devastated to have my once-in-a-lifetime trip to the waters of Antarctica significantly altered AFTER we had boarded the ship.  We had the Star scheduled for Iceland/Greenland in June of this year.  A few weeks ago (maybe a month) NCL replaced all of the Greenland ports with Norway due to "weather".  We decided to cancel and booked something totally different on Celebrity for this summer.  What is discouraging though is NCL is still selling the same Iceland/Greenland itinerary in 2025.  At this point I'm not sure I would book NCL for Antarctica or Greenland in the future.

I read on CC somewhere recently about cruiseplum,con.  You can see a graph of prices since the cruise was released.  Otherwise, you can do mock bookings to watch the fares.

I love having a little alarm clock.  We use this one.  I like that it isn't smart like the phones and won't change the time on us in the middle of the night!

Amazon.com: Digital Travel Alarm Clock - No Bells, No Whistles, Simple Basic Operation, Loud Alarm, Snooze, Small and Light, ON/Off Switch, 2 AAA Battery Powered, Black : Home & Kitchen

I also would suggest a non-surge protector plug too.  There are never enough outlets on the ship.  We have this one:

Amazon.com: Multi Plug Outlet, Outlet expanders, POWSAV USB Wall Charger with 3 USB Ports(Smart 3.0A Total) and 3-Outlet Extender with 3 Way Splitter, No Surge Protector for Cruise Ship, Home, Office, ETL Listed : Tools & Home Improvement

I realize I was not the one asked but we did a lot of New Zealand excursions through Viator when we were on Celebrity Australia/New Zealand in January of this year.  It was an amazing trip!

I agree with your comment about the coffee!  We discovered on our last Princess cruise if we did 1/3 coffee, 1/3 milk, 1/3 water and then added about 4 little flavored creamers the coffee was sort of ok 🙂  Worst coffee at sea!  BUT if you paid for a latte it was great!

We travel with this kitty:

Amazon.com : Cat Lamp,GoLine Cute Kitty Night Light, Gifts for Women Teen Girls Baby, Night Lights for Kids Bedroom, Cute Christmas Kitty Silicone Nightlights for Children Toddler. : Baby

He's got multiple colors and we just leave him on in the bathroom all night.  He's squishy so he doesn't take up much suitcase space and he recharges via USB.  He's enough light so we can use the bathroom but doesn't mess with our night vision like the full light does.

2 hours ago, DCGuy64 said:

I'm interested in this thread because we also would like to do an Australia-New Zealand cruise in the next couple of years. I agree with @Seafan22 that NCL's pricing is much higher than some others, notably Princess and RCL, but even Celebrity. For me, one HUGE caveat is that most of those cruises are EITHER Australia OR New Zealand, not both. For the most part, the New Zealand ones start in Australia (Sydney or Brisbane) and then spend most of the time in New Zealand, with 2 days of cruising each way. The Australia cruises are only Australia. The only exceptions I found were with HAL and I've read that's mostly an older crowd. The advantage with the NCL Spirit is that you get 4 stops in Australia and a bunch in NZ, too. Given the distance from the USA, ideally we'd like to see some of both countries instead of just one. Also, NCL's site doesn't go beyond 2024 and due to other plans for 2024, we'd like to look at 2025.

We did Celebrity this January, starting in Sydney and ending in Auckland.  It did have one stop in Melbourne, but all the other ports were New Zealand.  We did talk to some folks on one tour who were on the Spirit.  We chose Celebrity because it was cheaper than NCL and we thought a better itinerary since it wasn't RT Sydney.  We prefer NCL over the other lines we've cruised (except maybe the Oasis class RCL ships).  We did Princess for the British Isles last summer because a similar NCL itinerary was crazy priced.  Like you guys, I don't get their pricing.

We couldn't get our travel router to work on Eclipse in Dec/Jan this year.  I've never had a problem with it on NCL.  I wondered if our router was too old.  Anyway, thanks for the tip about the Pixel 7!  We got our son one for Christmas, it would have been great to have used it on this last cruise.

We did a Princess excursion to Mont St Michel in July 2022.  For us it was absolutely worth it!  There was a stop at a convenience store both directions for a potty break.  Mont St Michel was extremely busy and it was so hot the day we were there, but hands down a highlight of our trip.  Such an incredible place!

7 minutes ago, drakes2 said:

That's actually not true.  The non alcoholic package is now called zero proof at a cost of $30 per day.  

I didn't post the comment about soda/water being included.  I'm just as confused as everyone else.  All I see in my planner is alcoholic options.  The kids package, soda package, and non-alcoholic package are all gone.  There is no Zero proof option.  Maybe they are still updating the site.  The previous poster said when they called they were told soda, water, and coffee were included.  Not sure why Celebrity would do that.

14 minutes ago, drakes2 said:

Does it apply to sailings in 2023. We booked 2 solo cabins cruise only fare.

No idea.  Would be awesome if it did though

8 minutes ago, Amhere219 said:

I called Celebrity reservations today about the drink package pricing. They stated that the "cruise only" fare now includes unlimited water, sodas, and non alcoholic specialty coffees.
Just to be sure, I called back, got a different person, and they stated the same thing. Hope it's true. 🙂

Hmm.  I wonder when that starts.  We board in 2 weeks and I paid for the soda package for my husband.  I see that option is no longer available.  Do I cancel it? 

This happened to me last week.  I gave it a couple of days and no change.  What I found that works is I log into my account then click "Cruise Planner"all the way on the bottom of the main page (the small font links at the bottom), and then click "Sign In" and it takes me to the planner.  Not sure why the process changed.  Hope this works for you

24 minutes ago, wrk2cruise said:

And that's where I would get MAD.  When I went the the iLounge and they charged me $9.99 for 1 day and $15.00 per day for the rest of the cruise because I had one voucher!

This.  I also purchased the $9.99 upgrade voucher but I saw the "per person, per day" business too.  I also see it lets me put multiple in my cart.  I purchased the basic 2-device plan because I don't have all-included.  This is our first Celebrity cruise so I don't know how any of this works.  Does the voucher upgrade both of my devices?  Will they be jerks and say I have to pay $15 per day for the rest of the cruise onboard?  I would pay the $9.99 per day now if that's what it takes to have them just upgrade me for the whole cruise.  BUT it does say "full sailing" and "package" so it's so confusing!

1 hour ago, davidtx said:

Can you please share it?

Sorry, the link I found was to get into my Cruise Planner since it wasn't working before.  That's what my post was about.  I just had the sale in my planner, didn't have to do anything special.  Though the excursion "sales" are still more expensive than I paid for them.

I have the 2 device Basic internet plan (I don't have AI), so when I upgrade to Premium does it do both devices?  I went ahead and got the $9.99 "package" and printed the screen.

Nevermind, found a link that works!

Sorry to bump this thread up but has anyone done this recently?  We're trying to decide if we should get the soda package or not.  Can we each bring on a 12 pack or is it 1 per stateroom?  I'm having a hard time finding the "official" policy.  I apologize if I'm just missing it 🙂

21 minutes ago, highway180 said:

ours is working fine, has been all day

USING FIREFOX

Using Firefox right now and still no go.  Cruise is in 44 days and the planner worked yesterday

Down for me too.  Says "Gone sailing, be back soon" when I try to get into my booking.

7 minutes ago, Juncti said:

Wonder if you both have separate cards/accounts, can you each pay 1k towards a cruse fare on ncl.com and each get the credit since you both spent 1k?

Yes you should both get the credit, assuming the offer is added to both cards.  We double dip all the time.  We have the same account (get one bill), but different card numbers and logins.  We both got the credits with the previous offer for a cruise that we're going on next week. 

Can someone tell me how I prepay tips please?  This is our first cruise with Celebrity and I can't find it online anywhere.  Thanks!

I did this last week - it took about a day for the online transfer page to recognize my reservation.  After I filled out the online form it was only a couple of hours before I got a confirmation email it had been done.  Good luck!