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Calendar in plan my cruise/Daily Planner on the App Problems
Jim_Iain replied to Dejlig Ko's topic in Celebrity Cruises
I wouldn't worry about it. It is normal for the app to perform as you describe. Out of curiosity I just checked my 11/23 Cruise on Edge and show a couple things in Cruise Planner but nothing in my Calendar for all the tours I have booked. I see this often and is usually up to date by the time you set sail. -
My fist date with my first lover was to see the movie and afterwards he would play the sound track for me every night to fall asleep. He passed away from HIV 37 years ago. In those days it was a death sentence and he was dead within 6 months of diagnosis. For years and years I dreamed of one day going back in time and seeing and talking to him for one last time. Iain knew the story and learned the music and played it for me on his Grand Piano on one of our first dates. He later repeated it last year on Solstice when we had a Piano in our Penthouse. IMG_2038.mov
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Reflection - Murano & Private Cellar Question....
Jim_Iain replied to Bo1953's topic in Celebrity Cruises
Bo - Very possible. We have done it a number of times. All you have to do is ask the Maitre'd. Some nites they have it blocked off for the Chef B Dinner. Iain booked it once as a surprise birthday for me with only 6 guests. Another option which we have done was made a reservation for the Luncheon they have on one of the Sea Days. Often if flambe items are offered they will not flame them in the room but just outside the entrance -
I've stayed beneath the pool and most recently in a RS on Apex below the Aqua Spa. Generally very quiet except on some evening you could hear scraping of chairs as they moved them to power wash the deck. I took a look at the deck plan and looks like your room might be adjacent to stairwell and possibly beneath the Swimming Pool and probably no scraping sounds of chairs being moved.
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While I can agree with you in a general nature I can tell you I have had a truly bad Guarantee Sky Suite. 2130 - 2136 - Accessible cabins and while that is ok with me - It is right underneath where they push the dirty and clean dishes in and out of the kitchen for the OVC. Starting at about 6:30-10 AM every 10 minutes it sounds like a subway going by. Reoccurs at lunch and Dinner times. All of the occupants in that area were complaining but all Suites were sold out. I can't imagine anyone finding that a location that would be acceptable. Luckily on the next cruise we won an upgrade.
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When on Apex all bars except pool bar were closed. Even Al Bacio Segundo was closed. They got around it by setting up an auxiliary bar on the pool deck next to Ocean View. Lots of servers available and servers in OVC were taking orders for mixed drinks and delivering tale side to those dining. Also around the pool they had lots of pool butlers taking orders. There was absolutely no lines.
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Curious about breakfast hours. Do they still offer some type of Continental Breakfast after 9:00? My DH usually never rolls out of bed until after 9:00. We are not big breakfast eaters and usually just have Coffee/Tea and a Croissant etc?
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New Suite Deposit Calculation Policy
Jim_Iain replied to NorthStarStateCruiser's topic in Celebrity Cruises
I suspect it is much larger than we can imagine. I've often looked at Suite Sold Out cruises and suddenly about 3-4 days before the final payment lots of Suites open up. -
Good point. When we lived in Ireland we used transformers for many of our appliances.
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I would check and consult you home office https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/india/entry-requirements For U.S Citizens we are permitted to use the e-Visa at designated seaports and airports. I would really recommend confirming on your Home office.
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I found that you can enter it if you neglect the space between the two middle names. Most of my Airline profiles just join the like one name even though they are both listed.
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I was recently on Apex and have been on both S and M Class this year. To me the sweet spot is the S-Class ships. While we really enjoyed Luminae on Apex I found that do to the much larger passenger count they food was on more than one occasion only lukewarm. I've never experienced this on either M or S Class. Regarding portions size we have had the opposite and often specifically ask for a small portion size. The waiters always seem to want to supersize anything. If you find the portion too small let your waiter know immediately he will bring you another and will speak with the chef so you won't be disappointed for the remainder of the cruise. On E-Class also you don't have the option of ordering from the MDR menu but if the restaurant isn't too busy the MD will fulfill any request especially if you ask a day in advance.
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What does Celebrity do for special occasions?
Jim_Iain replied to stah1mr's topic in Celebrity Cruises
I think it depends on both the staff and what class you are traveling. The definitely went all out for Iain's big day a couple weeks ago. We also got a Cake in Eden and then another the next night in Luminae. Needless to say there was a lot of waste and since we didn't touch the big cake and appetizers asked they send them down to the crew bar. Then Dinner in Eden -
On Land Tours your receive the same number of points per night as your Room Category you are booked in for the cruise. We were going to be 1 point short of hitting Zenith on a TP so added a land tour on the beginning. Turned out due to the date line they gave us an extra days points anyway.
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They definitely have it daily in Retreat between 3:30-4:30. On Apex they have Tea Tim listed daily in the Ocean View between 4:00-5:00 PM. You may wish to check the ship you are interested in and on the app select a current cruise and then Ocean View Cafe.
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LIVE from Celebrity Apex: Best of Scandinavia May 25, 2023
Jim_Iain replied to love2crews.'s topic in Celebrity Cruises
Wondering if they were telling you that to hype the experience. They offered it both on the TransAtlantic and the British Isle Cruise. Lyle, the Retreat Host had told us about it and wanted to know if we were interested. We are not big on Indian Food and declined. -
LIVE from Celebrity Apex: Best of Scandinavia May 25, 2023
Jim_Iain replied to love2crews.'s topic in Celebrity Cruises
Looks consistent to what we experienced on Apex in the Caribbean, Trans-Atlantic and British Isles. Looks like a pretty solid connection. -
They pretty much network like at work where you have a main pipe in and 100's of routers throughout the ship that feed the individual users.
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When I booked guarantee cabins, as soon as the cabin is assigned I was able to have my agent change to a more desirable cabin. Only restriction is that has to be in the same sub-category - eg C1 to C1 C2 to C2. I had also been able to pay upgrade to a higher classification after final payment when prices dropped to almost the same price.