Tealing

We have also used Mike’s Maxi Taxi in Barbados. Highly recommend this company. Very quick to respond. Mike is very knowledgeable and passionate about the island. He has a wealth of interesting facts about the history of Barbados. We had a great day with him.

We were on Equinox, Aug. 29th. sailing. We had a check in time of 2:00pm and dropped off our luggage around 1:30. We breezed through all the check points and were in our room in around twenty minutes. Awesome.

I did this on Reflection a few years ago. There was a ten, twelve and fifteen year old to taste and I think it cost around $35.00. There were only three of us there the barman was rather generous with his samples and wasn’t averse to replenishing one’s glass. Judging by the prices they were charging in the bars for said beverages it was fantastic value.

The cruise director is Pete Baker who I thought, did a great job. The Activities Director was Mark, I didn’t catch his last name. I’ve forgotten the Captain’s name.

We ate every night in MDR and overall the food was good. I am not much of a foodie though so my opinion might not be widely shared. We were, however, disappointed they no longer have tournados, which has been replaced by steak Dianne. Did see quite a few people wearing shorts and the occasional t shirt, even on chic nights. Heard a few comments about that.

I should have given special mention to the check in process. We were given a 2pm check in time but pulled up to a luggage porter at around 1:30. Breezed through the various check points and were in our room within twenty minutes. What a difference.

The entertainment was typical Celebrity. Lots of instrumentalists who were all very talented, especially the guitarist, and three production shows. It did become a bit repetitive though. They did a Broadway musical show but it was mainly the more contemporary shows they highlighted which didn’t sit well with some members of the audience. The magician was good but he did have some technical issues which didn’t help. There were two house bands, both competent but repetitive. They seemed to play Hotel California every night at seven when we were going for dinner. There were afternoon game shows and presentations by the cruise director, Pete, on sea days in the Celebrity Theatre. I thought the cruise director was very entertaining and gave us some insights about how Covid affected the crew when the epidemic began. They were showing sports in The Casino Bar and the Craft Bar but only saw Tennis and F.A. football in the passing. All in all, it was a great cruise and the crew were fantastic.

We booked our flights with FBC, Toronto to Fort Lauderdale, direct both ways by Air Canada. Out leg was changed from 8:30 am to 6:30 am., not too much of an issue as we are spending two days in Fort Lauderdale before the cruise. However, the return flight was changed accordingly from 12:30 pm to 11:15 am which is now out with the parameters of Air Canada’s wiggle room for cruise passengers. Our return flight was changed to 12:39 pm with a 45 minute layover in Chicago which I am not very comfortable with. I asked FBC to try and change it back to our original flight but one week later still waiting for reply from Air Canada. If we booked direct with Air Canada it would never have been an issue. Normally we book direct but FBC had a better price. Lesson learned.

We booked with FBC for return flight to FLL Aug.27/Sept.8. both Air Canada and both direct. Outbound still o.k. but return flight now via Chicago with a 45 minute connection time. Never been to O’Hare but not too confident about making the connecting flight. Just had knee operation so running out of the question. Air Canada still showing direct flight on their schedule but with all the cancellations, who knows what will happen.