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It’s my understanding the Amtrak train will be starting back up again in Sept between Vancouver and Seattle. I can’t seem to find any info on a possible train schedule. Does it run in the morning FROM Vancouver TO Seattle? We are ending a cruise in Vancouver and for various reasons we’d like to be back in Seattle by early afternoon the day we disembark. 

I just booked Encore - aft 9922 …. Was this the best choice for the aft cabins or is this one of the narrow ones due to it being next to a HA room? 
 

There are two cabins on deck 12 still available 12312 or 12908. 
 

Should I stick with 9922 or switch to deck 12? 

22 hours ago, C-Dragons said:

The same process of X collecting passports happens when you cruise to Russia.

Nothing unusual… unless you miss the ship's departure as two passengers did on one of our cruises. Their passports, and luggage, were turned over to the local authorities since they had to find their own way back to the US.

When we sailed with celebrity to Russia,  X didn’t collect our passports- we kept them with us the whole time as we had to go through customs to and from the ship each time. 

55 minutes ago, jwlane said:

We were B2B in 12265 and 7315 on Apex in Greece last summer---no issues from any of your concerns.

Is any part of the balcony covered?

20 minutes ago, Jeremiah1212 said:

 

Anyone sitting at the tables along the rail outside of the buffet can see right in the deck 12 cabin balconies. It's not bothersome to me, but the lower decks can be noisy. People somewhat of an obsession with them, but the pros and cons of an SV vs. IV almost weight out one another. An SV balcony on a hot sunny day is practically unusable. 

Is Edge class sunset balconies tiered like S class? Where each level can see down to the other levels because they are tiered? 

Finally!!! 

Sunset veranda- balconies are huge and this will give the family more room 

12 minutes ago, thehowlingroad said:

 

https://sagatravel.is/ This is the one I used. Make sure to use their contact form if you have questions, they seem more likely to respond that way than by direct email.

Many thanks!

We are considering a private shore excursion. I’m trying to figure out whether the excursion time is do-able.
When is the all aboard time when sailing from a port? One hour or one half hour from sailing? 

On 5/31/2022 at 4:30 PM, lynncarol said:

If you get no response to the email, move on!  As mentioned, Saga tours was great.

Would you have the link to their website? I’m getting various answers through google and I want to make sure I’ve got the right tour company. Thanks 

Thanks all...thats what I thought.  It's been so long since we cruised, I'm having to relearn everything, lol.

Hi- when does OBC from a TA show on a cruise account? We want to buy a specialty dining package and would rather use OBC rather than pay for it ourselves out of pocket when we know OBC is coming . Thanks 

4 hours ago, danv3 said:

 

I'm sure this rule would get more popular support if there was even the slightest bit of logic behind it.  

 

No one can articulate a reasonable basis why someone driving from Toronto to New York doesn't need to test but someone flying from Toronto to New York does.  And lest anyone suggest it's because flying is different, ask why no one has to test when they fly from Los Angeles to New York (a much longer, but domestic flight).  

Further, cruises that start and end in the US, people just walk off.  No need to test to come back into the USA.  Makes absolute no sense at all to target international flights.

5 minutes ago, d9704011 said:

Take a train to Bruxelles-Central.  It is in the heart of the city, just steps from the Grand Place.  Easy to get around.

Thank you 

Is anyone familiar with the train stations in Brussels? If traveling g from Amsterdam, which train station in Brussels put you closest to city center/attractions, etc. Is it walkable from the train station or do you still need a taxi at that point? 

49 minutes ago, mafig said:

Thanks.  I was thinking it might be 1A.

I have gotten a complimentary upgrade 1b to 1A before 

My father just had a stent for a large kidney stone and I’ll tell you- he was uncomfortable, in pain and feeling like he had to pee constantly. He also had blood when he peed.  I would really really consider rescheduling this cruise. This is not an easy thing to endure. 

When we booked the Apex sunset veranda we were told that category didn’t qualify for the captains club one category upgrade. 

16 hours ago, kaymoz said:

I'm uncertain about the likelihood that one of us will test positive the day before we fly home from Dublin after travelling around Ireland for a week following  disembarkation.  But I feel that between that risk AND the high cost of arranging quarantine lodging at the last minute in an expensive, heavily booked area, I should have some kind of contingency plan in place.   I read of one woman who made a 'quarantine' reservation at an airport hotel, just in case. 
What have you done and what plans have you heard from others that sounded good?

I’ve read mixed plans-  many make a cancellable reservation without telling hotels they may be positive or some ask the hotels directly if they’re taking quarantine positive guests. It’s easy to make a reservation that has 24 hour notice cancellation. We may end up doing that as well. 

7 minutes ago, bananavan said:

I just wanted to let you all know that Celebrity has done the right thing. 
We are getting a pro rated refund of the days which were missed on the Transatlantic due to testing positive for Covid. 
My husband was unable to enjoy any of the second week of the trip so that is fair. 
Thanks again for supporting me and hopefully learning from my experience. 
I am the kid your mother suggested you stay away from. Wierd things always happen around me. 🙃

So happy to hear you are both back home . 
That was a heck of a trip! Ugh. 

On 5/2/2022 at 1:11 PM, Larainerenee said:

I just booked Odyssey Giant's Causeway tour too. We are on Apex, sailing September 1.

Do you have a link to this tour? 

On 4/28/2022 at 6:37 PM, XuGator said:

Apex - August 1st.  We dragged our feet also and now 25% of the excursions are sold out. A lot of the Icelandic glacier ones are gone , the Ireland castles , giants causeway - all sold out. 

We are also on Apex Aug 1- we just switched to this sailing and are struggling to find excursions. 
 

Watch the times for private tours we arrive at 10:00 am into Belfast and many of the tours I’ve been researching need more time than we have in Belfast.

Are you on the Roll Call?  

Our cruise on celebrity ends in Amsterdam. We need to COVID test for our flight to the US, up to one day ahead of time. We may attempt this on the ship, but I’m concerned about the strength and reliability of the Wi-Fi connection while out at sea that day. From what I understand, celebrity is doing nothing to help with testing.
 

 Is there any testing at the port  in case as a backup plan?  We are trying to determine if we can reasonably make our 1pm flight back to the US. I’m assuming we can early disembark at 7am. We need to be at the airport by 10am which means in line for a cab by 9am. That leaves a narrow window of time to get through port immigration and get testing done. 

20 hours ago, ev8876 said:

We’re waitlisted for anytime dining on our upcoming August 8 cruise on the Beyond.  Currently assigned to Select Early Dining.  If we don’t clear the waitlist prior to departure have others had any luck changing it with the MaitreD once on board?   Thanks. 

Great question. We are in the same situation with our upcoming cruise .

2 hours ago, Citrons said:

In Italy you have to do a 21 day quarantine in one of 3 mandatory quarantine hotels if you do not complete quarantine on the ship and pay the hotel bill for a 3 week stay in that Rome hotel.

Italy- is a max 21 days . They start testing at 7 and every 48 hours after until you test negative. If one is persistently positive - that’s where the max 21 days comes into play before one can get the certificate of recovery.

Many have reported staying in hotels of their choice or Airbnb. Not everyone is going to a government hotel. It’s been reported to avoid testing at the airport because they send you to the  government hotel if you’re positive and don’t already have a back up place to stay. 
 

Many trip insurance policies are covering a stay in a hotel should one be positive. Best to make sure everyone takes out insurance that potentially covers this. Crazy not to.