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It’s great that they can move this device to where it is needed.    It is quite ugly and takes away from the aesthetics of the pool area.   Having it movable makes sense.

Our cruise is tomorrow on the Journey.  Guess I am supposed to be upset about the Azamara amazing evening.   Not even on my radar, when it happens it will happen.   We have received no emails from Azmara.

I am so glad we never are in a rush to get off the ship.   It totally depends on Port Security and local customs police.   We have cruised for over 30 years and have often had a delay for the ship to be allowed to debarked passengers.   We also don’t count the on global entry as it depends on personnel being available for an additional s best to wait comfortably on the ship and let the crowds fight it out. Before we leave.

Yes, see lines 9,10 and 11.

Warn us when you are cruising as you will certainly use much of the available bandwidth when she posts.    The only thing worse is streaming videos.   I only hope for enough bandwidth to stay in touch and will not post photos.   We once had a friend who was cat sitting for us.   He sent 4 or 5 photos with each email and successfully kept us from uploading his emails as well as any others.   This was on a transatlantic and internet service was not great.

If 600+ guests appear at the port to embark at one time there will be a wait.   The Azmara ships are not that small.

Whenever you cough or sneeze without covering you mouth and nose you are spreading germs(viruses or bacteria).   While they may not be currently making you sick they can cause illness in other passengers.   If you have an attack it would be polite to leVethe public area and tend to your needs in private.    Remember that quite of few of your fellow passengers are elderly or have compromised immune systems.   Hopefully your doctor has given you medication to control your symptoms.

If the new ships have 600 or so Suite Guests there will never be a concierge available to escort each one on or off the ship.   Perhaps they should provide this to a more limited number of passengers in the higher end suites.    If you are paying thousands more for a higher end Suite there should be additional perks.   When Celebrity changed to the current suite program the Celebrity Suites were downgraded and only receive the perks given to Sky Suite guests.

Sorry for your loss.   Does this now mean we no longer need insurance to cover such events?   Sounds like Celebrity refunded your unused portion of your cruise and OBC.   This is a big deal if they didn’t have insurance.

There is a capacity problem on the Hobbit tours.   The one that actually goes to the WETA Lab is very limited as it is very small and only  so many folks can be in the public area of the labs at one time.   You shouldn’t have a problem going to the Hobbit village.   It can handle quite a number of tourists.   If you can’t get the Celebrity tour you should be able to get a local tour.

Now that we are retired we cruise twice a year and we don’t stick with Celebrity.   We love our home, family, church and volunteer activities so I can’t imagine being away from home that much.   However, we are still healthy and mobile.   Once we can no longer shop or cook meals cruising will become more attractive.   It is much cheaper than a nursing home!

United is not flying many of the 737 MAX9, they ordered under 30.   Southwest, on the other hand, ordered 250 of the 737 MAX 8s.   I would bet there will be a much bigger impact on Southwest.   We are booked on United on an A310 to Florida.

You will most likely have a day or two of rain, prepare for it.

Why are you going back to Celebrity especially is you have the ability to spring for Oceanarium.  I suggest to sample Seabourn or Silver Seas.   I’d also suggest Cunard’s Grill Class but you would need to dress for dinner.   

Sorry, he didn’t make us feel better!    On prior Celebrity cruises there has always been a DVD player hooked up to the living room TV.    We are only Elite + so we probably didn’t get the best service.   Seabourn and Cunard far surpass Celebrity in guest accommodation.   We will be checking on service levels on Azamara later this month, just hope the Butler is more accommodating.   

With the new promo “Kids sail Free” we may see changes in the kids programs.   Should make for a great increase in the number of kids so Celebrity will need to step things up to keep the kids happy.

Never had a problem dining in the MDR instead of Blu or Luminae.    As crowded as it can be in Blu, they would probably .   We certainly never checked with the Matre D in Blu or Luminae.    You don’t have assigned seating or an assigned table so it’s no issue.    We don’t bother the Matre Ds with this.

This is a test on Holland American Line, owned by another company.   Don’t see this coming to Celebrity unless they try it on RCL.    Even then there is quite a difference in policy between Royal and Celebrity.

We did not have a portable blue tooth speaker provided in our Royal Suiteon the Silhouette in November,   we usually bring our own but used our headsets so we didn’t disturb those in cabins around us.    We also did not have a DVD player and the Butler said none were available.   He also added a DVD player wouldn’t work with either of our TVs even if he could find one.

Sounds like it’s time for certain cruisers, even loyal ones, to try another Cruise Line.    There is no sense wasting vacation time and dollars on a cruise line that doesn’t meet your needs.

I also wish that cruising standards were the same as when I began cruising in 1961.    Cruising is no longer the elegant, top shelf experience it once was but cruising is much less expensive.   This was before Lidos and buffets, except for the daily midnight buffet.   Staterooms were much smaller, we even sailed twice with only a sink in the cabin.   The bathrooms and showers were down the hall!

Cruises are now mass market and have fallen to that standard on the popular lines.   Best not to expect anything better unless you pay for Suite class.

Looking at the photo of the Salmon, they still have a quality control issue.   It really sooks sad!

I was surprised that you ate in Cuba and had drinks with ice!   Let us all know how you are doing when you return home.   The U.S. CDC says there is an outbreak of Cholera and other less deadly intestinal diseases in Cuba.   They have severe problems with treating sewage with mush of it running untreated into rivers and the ocean.   When we visit I will bring bottled water from the ship and I won’t eat.   It’s too much of a risk for my husband and me.   There have been some deaths after Cuba visits.

There are few folks who want to cruise on Easter, therefore the low price.   Transatlantic, repositioning are cheap, or used to be, because most of us,use purchased one way airfare before or after the cruise.   When you count the airframe in addition to the cruise fare it is no longer as cheap.    We did save one time by taking the QM2 to Southampton to catch our Celebrity TA.   The QM2 fares were mush less than the airline rates.   

Most veterans have a wallet sized DD214.   My husband always carries his copy of 

the DD 214.    It proves he served, and what timeframe, rank, MOS etc.

I have a family member with severe allergies.   The mother would never allow him to eat anything in a buffet.   Cross contamination is too much of a risk.   She never trusts her sons or her own health to strangers.   They have severe allergies and don’t want to risk death.    I am surprised at the number of folks with severe allergies willing to put their lives at risk for a vacation.    I would not trust the ship’s personnel to give you the correct foods without allergens.   The Epi Pen can only do some much and emergency intervention is required whenever you use it.