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18 hours ago, tartist said:

Such great info! What was the river tubing like? Is it pretty calm & smooth? 

It was pretty relaxed and calm.  We had a guide for our private group of 5 people.  He sang as we floated down.  There were a couple smaller but quicker rapids, but I would say all in all, it was nothing to worry about.

We used Mark's Tours for the Blue Hole, River Tubing and Lunch at Scotchies.  Mark was very organized and communicated well through the booking all the way through the trip.  He gave detailed instructions on how to meet up right at the port once our ship arrived.  Mark was very professional and friendly while giving us a great tour while on the way to our various excursions.  He was very knowledgeable about where we were from (Michigan) and also gave us a lot of info and history on the island.  The Blue Hole was beautiful where he transferred us over to an amazing guide (Jamar) and we were able to jump off numerous cliffs and rope swings.  We then traveled over to the River Tubing which he transferred us over to another great guide.  Our guide sang songs to us throughout the whole tubing adventure.  We then went to Scotchies for Lunch and had great jerk chicken and pork along with rum ribs and delicious rum punch.  After that was concluded, he took us over to a shopping center to buy some souvenirs which we requested to do after the fact.  He has great pricing for the excursions and it beats going on the ships excursions.  He has a new tour van which is in great shape.  We had a great experience as there were 5 in our group and 2 others that joined.  i would definitely recommend and will use Mark's Tours again in the future.

We just got off of the Reflection from 2/26/23 - 03/05/23.  When we were in Cozumel, we were told to stay on Ship Time.

I'm excited that you will be doing this.  We will be boarding with you on Monday!! We fly down from Detroit Sunday morning and are staying in FLL that night.  I definitely get where you are coming from with how long this winter has been.  Safe travels and hopefully we will see you onboard at some point.

Once you are logged in, click on the upcoming cruise and you should see Manage Reservation.  Once you go to that, there will be a tab that says "Before You Board" .  At that tab, you will be able to print your luggage tags and also request them to be mailed. 

We will be on this cruise also!!!

Awesome! that is what i was hoping to hear!!

Thanks

We will be on the Reflection in March 2019.  I know that Power Strips are not allowed, but was wondering if the USB Hubs are.  I have an example of one pictured below.  Are these acceptable to bring onboard?

Going to be on Reflection in March.  Does anybody know who is/will be the Maitre D' in Blu?

7 minutes ago, Greenymac said:

What does DH stand for???

Dear Husband

I agree with everybody else.  We really don't utilize the Spa portion of Aqua Class but love Blu.  We always have far better service in Blu compared to the MDR. Also, like others have mentioned, it is not the 'healthy spa food" that you would think. 

Here is a link to some Blu menus.

https://images.r.cruisecritic.com/pdfs/celeb-blu-menu-dinner.pdf

After reading a lot of different reviews and posts about the Edge, I like the idea of how the Sea Pass cards are hanging on their door when guests board the ship and can enter their rooms right away.  We will be sailing the Reflection out of Fort Lauderdale March 11th.  I am hoping that we will get use the new terminal since the Edge will be leaving the day before us.  I am also hoping the other Celebrity ships have started using the same check in process with Sea Pass cards at your room too.  Can anybody confirm this?

I was worried before our Cruise back in February with all of the negative things I was reading here about the service on Celebrity going downhill. I have been on 3 Celebrity cruises and this last one in February on the Reflection was the best service we have had in any of our cruises ever. We have had suites, concierge class, and this past was Aqua Class. I would not hesitate to because of the comments.

We were just at Labadee for the first time in February. We thought it was expensive when looking at excursions before the trip and even on the boat. Once there, we decided to do it even though it was expensive as it was a "once in a lifetime opportunity to zip line over the ocean". We signed up that day on the island, and after doing it, I would say it was definitely worth it. I brought my GoPro along just in case and the video doesn't even do the justice. I would recommend doing it with one of the first flight times so you can still enjoy the rest of the day on the beach relaxing.

We had a hillside cabana which I believe was #11 or #12. It was a great view and you could see almost the entire ship in the background. Just walk down the sand and right into the water.

This was the view from our Cabana, which was zoomed in a little bit off of my phone.

We were there in February and had 4 people in the cabana. They had two waiting and were able to get us the additional 2 easily. You are going to love the Cabanas.

We were on the Reflection Mid February and the water was warm then. Also, they are fresh water.

Just got off Reflection last month and it was delivered to our room the last night of the cruise. That was a Western Caribbean Itinerary.

I really enjoyed the Zacapa Above the Clouds at the World Class Bar on the Celebrity Reflection. It actually influenced me to buy the smoking gun and wood chips that they use on board. It is just aged rum infused with Applewood Smoke.

We got ours at the duty free shop right in the port. You have to be careful though because some of the stores are not allowed to porter the bottles back to some boats. We were on the Celebrity Reflection and the only store that could get it back to our boat was the Duty Free right in the Port. We paid like $14.00 per bottle.