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The Porch is on Reflection also.

Sorry pickels (did you get a new profile picture?), you are getting responses from all the long sailors.  We once did a 5 day and we had barely time to unpack before we had to debark.  We don't even like 7 day ones unless they are B2B with another one.  Our next is 40 days.

Not here.  Same thing as I said before on both Firefox and Chrome.  So annoying.  Maybe this is why I never get any emails from them.

I can't remember if anyone has mentioned it, but travelling westbound, you get some 25 hour days.  We have done the Honolulu to Vancouver 3 or 4 times and we love it except for the 23 hour days!!!  We like to stay in our timeshare in Kauai and then sail home.  This makes leaving Kauai easier!  I really do wish Celebrity would come back to Kauai as it is truly beautiful.

As for the amount of sea days, we have never been bored.  Celebrity doesn't want a pile of bored passengers so they do a great job of providing things to do.  Our record now, because of COVID, is 17 days at sea when no one would let Eclipse dock last March.  I can truthfully say we were not bored as Celebrity did a great job of keeping us entertained.

Pack a jacket for Vancouver and the first few days sailing.  Hopefully it will still be warm enough not to need it.  I'm sure you'll have a great time.

I'm having trouble too.  After I click on Log in, it says "Sorry, unrecognized username or password. Have you forgotten your password?"  I just ignore that and click on "account" and I'm in.  Doesn't make sense to me. 

I think your questions have been well answered.  I would just like to tell you that you chose the right side of the ship as Vancouver is a lovely city to sail from...no bias here!  September is usually a nice month here but you are near the end of it so you could get some rain, hopefully not.

As Hskr Crsr pointed out, you can upgrade to A1 for the price of A2.  In fact I just did that a few hours ago (not on your cruise) and saved $550 each.  I don't know why it was so much but who am I to complain?  One thing to keep in mind is that the A1 cabins are under the pool and there can be some chair noise.  I chose 1573 as it seems to be under a white space.  I would have preferred a cabin on the slant but there were none available on the port side.

Aww, Ellie such wonderful pictures.  He's a very hugable baby.  Just forget cruise Critic for now and enjoy little Thomas.  Before you know it, he'll be getting his driver's licence!

Thanks for the laugh, people.  I guess Geography is not a prerequisite for website descriptions?

I don't have any menus but I would highly recommend the Lawn Club Grill.  it is fee based, I think $45/pp but you can sometimes get a discount if they are not well booked.

Silhouette is my favourite Celebrity ship.  Enjoy your cruise.

1 hour ago, micheleg said:

Same protocol as when Norovirus is on board.  No self-serve anywhere.  By doing this across all lines, Noro most likely will be eliminated.  Another plus IMHO.  🙂

Absolutely.  Never want to have Noro again.

We've all seen people licking their fingers and then handling the serving spoons on the next dish.  I'm sure that is why Celebrity has decided to have servers behind glass serving the food.  Good move.

2 minutes ago, marieps said:

Try: AMA  Gonna do our first river cruise July 2022.
 

You will love it.  River cruises are so different and it's lovely to be docked in the middle of town.

Very good advice Flyer Talker.  Based on your name, I imagine you are on the Flyer Talk forum and know what you are talking about.  I just researched this same subject as we will be sailing from Tokyo and we want to spend a few days in the city prior to cruising.  Haneda is definitely the better airport for the reasons you specified.

1 hour ago, ALWAYS CRUZIN said:

 We sailed with Celebrity several times but no longer. Do not like paying for things we do not do, use or eat or drink. I will not pay double the price of other cruise lines. Disney is another way over priced ship. At lease Celebrity give you something for your money. We will miss cruising with Celebrity. 

I agree with you.  We think Celebrity is making a mistake in not giving an option to the AI for the reasons you have stated.

Always: Celebrity  Sailed them exclusively for 20 years, but this may change.

Never:  Carnival , Costa, NCL

Try: HAL, Cunard, Azamara

This is a great thread OP.  I also like the idea of posting on other boards to see the different responses.

12 hours ago, Mackdogmolly said:

 My next cruise 🤞is on the Journey and I doubt they will renovate by November ’21.

Yes, please let us know.  We would prefer the Den too.

I am not an Azamara cruiser yet but we are booked on the Journey Asia Intensive Apr 26, 2022. 

We have been to Japan twice.  The first time we arrived Mar 29 and later that week walked around Tokyo spellbound by the cherry blossoms.  They are indescribable.  So, I would opt for March if you want to see them at their fullest.  Apparently they peaked the earliest this year in 1200 years and looked beautiful Apr 5!  if you have the option to view them at night, it is spectacular.  They back light them and people picnic beneath them. enjoying the whole experience and drinking sake.

I fear we will be too late to see them at their best next year.

Maybe cherry blossoms are not on your list of interesting things to see at all. In that case the Apr departure date might be a little warmer.

Enjoy your cruise.  Japan is wonderful and the people are so gracious.

I have read that the gardens are open late to accommodate cruise passengers.  I'm not sure if you would have to book the tour through the ship for the late entry.  It takes about 35 - 45 mins to get there.  You don't say which month but in summer it doesn't get dark here till about 9:15PM.

We had a pool on our AMA cruise.

This is not as good as the previous sale.  OP would it be possible for you to book on-line through a US travel agent to take advantage of this?

2 hours ago, nijh said:

 Thank you!
 

I must have read that 5 times since yesterday, including once a few minutes ago.  Each time I thought why post that in a humor thread.  Never read it as  ‘vacations’.

 

Scary how mindsets have become fixated!

Thank you so much for posting.  You made the joke even better.  Hope you get to vacation soon having had your vaccination

We. too enjoyed a special sail past Venice.  The ship's horn really dispersed the pigeons!  We also visited on a land vacation.  Loved the Murano glass place.

12 hours ago, uktog said:

It seems to be coming up at c£7500 per person this morning.  I suspect there is a “sale” coming along and of course in the UK we can’t have non genuine sale offers, the item has to have been sold at a higher price at some recent point to comply with consumer legislation.  So the message for UK guests may well be dont book now given there is an offer running in the USA.  Maybe our sale will start tomorrow or later. Yes you can book in the USA but you take the risk that sterling might be in a bad place at final payment 

We deal with that all the time with our Cdn $.  You probably know that the current US sale is 60% off the second passenger.  Not quite as good as up to 40% (we got 30%) and $500 OBC.

12 hours ago, upwarduk said:

Are those prices p.p?

Sorry, I can't answer this as I didn't say it.  I was quoting govanguy.

1 hour ago, NantahalaCruiser said:

Would not entice me since the value of loyalty status, in conjunction with Always Included, has diminished to that of the value of one or two free bags of laundry and a scoop of gelato.

Exactly.

This is a very interesting thread.  We are so happy to have received our first shot of Pfizer.  Can't say zippedy do da yet, as we have to wait 4 months in Canada for the second one.  Hopefully as more people get the first vaccine that length of time might be shortened.

I respect the right of people who do not want the vaccine for whatever reason but they do not have the right to endanger the rest of us.  I do hope the cruise lines stick to their mandate of allowing only vaccinated people on the ships.  What would this world be like in a year or two if everyone refused the vaccine?