Banjo

I was on the Constellation last month. I know I had a drink prior to leaving Tampa and when docked in Key West, don't recall any added costs. I did have a drink package.

I used Uber to catch my Tampa departing Constellation cruise from a airport hotel just a few weeks ago. Was at the hotel under 5 minutes and had me at the cruise terminal drop-off in around 20 minutes. Worked great and it was under $20.

Thanks, will be on the Connie Monday. I will check that out.

I been to Labadee just once on Celebrity. It was back in 2015 and was on the Silhouette. I liked it. Did the boat tour they offered. It was nice and relaxing. Also did the zip-line they had. It was good, reasonably long and thrilling. What I liked about the zip line it went across the water, so no fear of the line snapping and me landing on land 🙂 I did not partake of the buffet. Cannot comment on that. Just had a beer.

Looking forward to doing it on my upcoming Edge Suez canal cruise in November. This cruise has a good number of sea days. Talk about the good old days, about a decade ago I did one on the Emerald Princess. They gave you a bath robe. Really nice heavy one (the kind you get in Aqua and suites). Still have it and use it.

Now on Celebrity it seems out-of-pocket tipping become a lot less. I been on 3 cruises with Celebrity since covid decreased, all on Edge class ships. On all of them auto tips were included in the price of the cruise. We rotate between the 4 MDRs, so never see the same waiter or asst waiter. Only steady staff member was the room steward. Always throw him/her a few bucks depending level of service and if I had any special requests.

Just saw your post, so they did away with it. Oh well.

I have not been in awhile, but the Elite or higher used to or still has a High Tea on a sea day. Problem is they had it around 3pm, ruin dinner 😞

I recall back in 2014 I booked a Black Sea cruise out of Istanbul, I believe it was on the Summit. The cruise included several stops in Crimea. It also was cancelled because of the Russian takeover of Crimea.