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We always use air tags in our luggage, also had some toiletries in the bags. LF performed well for us and would not hesitate to use them again.

We always send our request for shareholder credit once we have fully paid for the cruise. Seabourn has always been quick in their response to our email.

We used Luggage Forward in Brooklyn this past December. You do need to pick out your bags at the pier and take them through Customs. We used a porter and it was very easy. We told him where we were headed, Luggage Forward, and he took our bags through Customs and over to the Luggage Forward folks.

The title of this thread should be revised. The complaint has nothing to do the the Celebrity ship Beyond.

No, but you might find King Crab ashore for $80 or more. There are severe restrictions on fishing for Red King Crab. There is a small allotment for Golden King Crab. The supply is insufficient to supply cruise ships.

You need to dress for the weather when tendering by Zodiac, you will also need to wear your life jackets.

Great reminder for the rest of us. Check your passport every year so you can renew ahead of time.

Changes in the itinerary are just the nature of Expedition cruises especially in Greenland. Did you make independent arrangements for tours?? We missed at least one port on our 14 day trip last September. Sea and ice conditions were the reason for our change last year.

Celebrity was wrong to oversell the cruises, no doubt about that. However, the cruises were far enough in the future that final payments were not made, only deposits. At least now folks reading this thread will learn to never book non refundable or non changeable airline fares. We are not Zenith, but we have still sailed enough to have many cancellations not even including COVID. If you are planning your once in a lifetime trip to a certain destination, don’t book a cruise.

Am surprised they don’t have porters in Portland!? We have easily found them at ports in the U.S., NYC, Brooklyn, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Honolulu. Are you scaring them away?

We are on the Odyssey South Pacific, Papeete to Honolulu. All ports, except Papeete and Honolulu are tender ports. We have seen passengers with sticks and canes go ashore with little difficulty. Two passengers have scooters and I have not seen them get onto a tender. One can walk around the buffet unaided. The tenders require you to walk down a flight of stairs and then be helped onto the ships tender. I am fairly able bodied, right now, and find maneuvering around the tender difficult but doable. Hope this first hand experience helps.

Seabourn will include breakfast out your hotel. If your flight is to Greenland you will have an early start. The charter plane takes you to Greenland and picks up the passenger who debarked. Those passengers are loaded onto your plane and flown back to Iceland.

Our weather has been humid, but not hot. 82 or 83 degrees F. Is as hot as it’s been although it felt warmer in the sun. Five sea days is about normal for us as we love transatlantic and transpacific cruises. The current one had an unusual number of ports but they were all great. The one very hot cruise we had was from Greece, it was over 90F every day.

QM2 is ready to sail again on 5/2. She is sailing on a special Coronation cruise to Liverpool with fantastic prices all the way up to Queens Grill suites. Only went on sale today but it may be sold out.

It was certainly available in December 22 for U.S. travelers.

The porter will know where they are, invaluable.

I like the new color, black or dark blue, rather than the bright aqua. I might actually use it after the cruise.

As a comparison, for lunch today on Seabourn Odyssey. Too many lines of food to capture. Celebrity fans may remember Mario as he began on Celebrity.

We were put in an accessible suite years ago, never again. In addition to the problems with the shower, the sink was set at an odd height making in unusable without discomfort. The closet only had a bar set at a low level so all of my clothing was puddles on the floor. It is worth paying extra for a non guarantee suite and avoiding the pitfalls of a accessible suites.

Agree that those cheerfully serving coffee in the square deserve accolades! Amazing the different variants on coffee ordered. We have also found this to be the only place for great iced tea. Our best meals so far, including service and food, have been in Earth and Ocean, although I would rate the ribs on TK night to be the absolute best pork ribs on any ship. We have only been on since Papeete and have few, if any complaints. Of course the great itinerary and weather has surely colored our experience.

I believe one or both of the sofas will convert to a bed so you can choose either of the two sitting areas to convert to a bedroom at night if it is essential your bedroom have a window.

To avoid the PITA after debarking, use a porter. They hauled our luggage quickly through a fast Customs Line right to the LF pick up. We tipped them and it was well worth it to avoid the hassle. LF won’t pick up your bags on the ship if Customs is involved as they need to look at your “guilty” face as you walk through with your luggage. The dogs are also checking your luggage for bad items.

Since South African government mandates actual passports, if you don’t want to carry yours best remain onboard the ship.

We had a mix of a great pianist, string trios, and a harpist in the Commodore Club in December. All three acts were wonderful and you could appreciate the music and still be able to speak to table mates. Never had a problem getting a seat and are sailings were fully booked. Never experience the “Black hole of Calcutta” in the Queens Room unless you are speaking of the behavior of the ballroom dancers.

You can’t compare this to COVID forced cancellations. No company in the world knew how to deal with a global pandemic. We didn’t know how countries were closing down, where airlines and ships would be allowed to travel and all of this changing every day if not minute. Canceling voyages because of technical issues happens and there is a course of action that will be taken. Everyone will be unhappy and disappointed but it is not an unheard of event.