busby

3 hours ago, helen haywood said:

Celebrity’s IT is terrible.  The E Class ships seem to be all Anytime dining but still the website will let you pick traditional Early or Late in addition to Anytime.  Thus the website will not let anyone “booked” as Early or Late make a MDR reservation because it already has an assigned time for you.  

It  was amazing, best send off ever, so many tears, 

On 7/25/2023 at 4:06 PM, JeanieC,Aston said:

In Olden the hotel has a huge speaker outside of the hotel.

Every cruise ship on leaving gets the same farewell Andrea Bocelli singing Time to say goodbye.

Its blasted all across the fjord,,,makes the hairs stand up on your neck.

 

 

 

 

We are booked on Apex July 24, itinerary includes Gerainger and Flam ,been to Flam before but well worth a 2nd visit.Did a 14 day cruise to North Cape pre covid ..fantastic 

Thanks for all the info, we sail on Apex in  May next year,so looking forward to it. 

Our cruise cancelled on Discovery for 19th September , would like to amend to next year but depends whether we are able to choose cabin etc.need a code before we can do this ,

On 5/25/2020 at 8:44 AM, WeeCountyMan said:

I have a shop made booking for later in the year and not confident it will go ahead, even although it's a few months away.

 

If it's cancelled and shops are not re-opened, and reservations made there not included in the refund process, that will simply extend the ongoing telephone contact problem.

 

When shops do re-open they will be inundated with less than satisfied customers - and the staff will take the flak for TUI's chaotic handling of the situation.

 

 

 

Hi we were booked to cruise on Discovery Sept 19th ,had an email cancelling it ,last week ,only paid deposit  balance was due on 29th June ,we were a shop booking ,waiting  for refund code .

On 9/21/2019 at 2:29 PM, coachman8 said:

Having cruised around the med quite a few times now, I was looking at the Baltic cruises on Explorer 2 for next year. The itineraries look interesting and the two I'm considering are

 

Baltic Charms 20th June  - Oslo, Gdyniak, St Petersburg, Helsinki, Stockholm, Visby, Warnemunde, Kalundborg or Baltic Explorer 11th July - Skagen, Kiel, Tallinn, St Petersburg, Helsinki, Stockholm, Warnemunde, Copenhagen.

 

I know both are similar itineraries and price and would welcome other cruisers opinions if they have travelled on either route before and the highlights. My (wife's) biggest concern is the general weather day to day and sea state. Having been in the Med for the last 6/7 summers and enjoying great weather and calm seas, are we going to be able to swap for the same !

 

I would welcome any advice/experiences other cruisers have had to help us with our decision.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have done a Baltic cruise twice in St Petersburgh  we used Denrus for private tour only 10 of us on minibus  booked online no problems at all  saw much more than people on cruiseline tour as we were able to get around better.All other stops we just did our own thing .

I always pack the just incase clothes ,try to use basic colour black & white then add a colour but seem to always have more than I need !!!!

I’m glad you find it useful busby:) I’m trying to get a lot of it done this weekend, and I’ll add some photos as well.

 

The hair dryer was located in one of the drawers near the vanity. The outlets are located at the vanity. The hair dryer has a button on the handle that must be depressed in order for the dryer to work. Should you have long or thick hair, you may find it useful to bring a thick rubber band to hold the button down while styling your hair.

Thankyou 😊

Thanks for your review,very helpful we sail on Silhouette on Saturday21st my one question be it a minor one ,where is the hairdryer situated .

Buses were available from ship in to centre of Stockholm 2 years ago for a small fee feel it is too far to walk.

Thanks, just checked dates finishes 15th July husband just told me that was why we changed our dates

Thankyou, we sail on 21st July,hopefully no problems realise world cup game in St Petersburgh whilst we are there .

We are sailing on the Sillouette in July ,thanks for your review ,this is our third celebrity cruise .

Thanks for blog have enjoyed reading it, sailing on Silhouette in July to St petersburgh did it last time on eclipse .

We use clips to hold towel on lounger when windy not as a reserve sign ,really useful on beach visits, did see some really bad lounger rage!!!on our last cruise, staying in a hotel in Spain few years ago actually saw some guys take loungers into their apartment overnight ...

Just returned from Asian cruise, Celebrity take care of visas for Vietnam but still have to go through immigration queues as you disembark , don't forget your copies of passport , enjoy your cruise we had an amazing time .

We are sailing hong kong to Singapore this month, we were advised by travel centre to have typhoid ,tetanus, polio & diphtheria vaccinations ,also had our annual flu jab too, all done on NHS at our local GP surgery . On daily countdown now so looking forward to this cruise Olwen

Sailed with Celebrity Baltic cruise July last year used DenRus tours for St Petersburgh only 6 of us on 13 seater coach no queuing at any of the main sites because we were such a small group. price for 3 days definatly worth looking at .

Thanks for your report we are doing hong kong to Singapore October this year so it was good to have insight

Travelled with Celebrity Eclipse on Baltic cruise in July last year, booked private tour in St Petersburgh ,no problem at immigration first come ,first served no privelage given for celebrity tours no pushing or shoving very well organised by staff .

We visited St Petersburgh last year,used DenRus tours, only 6 of us in group great value ,no waiting in queues booked on line visas included in tickets no problem at immigration definitely worth a look

I'm doing the identical itinerary in February.

 

Can i ask how long it took from going down to collect a tender ticket to arriving at the port in Halong Bay on day one?

 

Were there any delays getting on or off the ship at any ports due to immigration?

 

I'm specifically wondering what time to arrange to meet our tour guide at Laem Chabang (in Thailand we're doing Bangkok on day one and the area around Pattaya on day two because i really want to see a monastery and museum there)?

 

Anything you recommend or don't recommend doing at any of the ports?

 

Also not asia board related but did any of the food onboard stand out as being either really good or pretty poor?

 

Thanks for any help.

Hi ,we are doing the same cruise in October and see you have booked tours in Bangkok with a tour guide meeting you at the port can you tell me which company you have booked with please Olwen & Peter

We are doing this cruise in October2017, interested in private tours can you recommend any we want to do Bangkok on 1 day and pattya on the 2nd also do we need visas for Vietnam thanks for great info Olwen