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Is it still possible to switch between devices for the internet plans?

Let's say I have a 1-device plan, and needs to connect to my laptop by kicking my phone offline?

Remember it was possible years ago, so just wants to know if it is the same recently

Thanks a lot

22 minutes ago, karli_ratte said:

ok, just checked and indeed our order has changed to digital only too. I do have an email confirmation from May though, that says that I paid for the all inclusive digital online PLUS PRINTS photo package. It even says on the confirmation that I get to take home all my professional prints. Well, we're boarding on Thursday, let's see if I get prints or not... 

I am also boarding on Thursday from Amsterdam

By any chance we are on the same ship?

We all know very well X is sneaky, but this time quite unacceptable...

Apparently they got rid of most “prints” packages except the 12 prints for $140 package on cruise planner

So, the story... :

I have added the unlimited prints package to my cruise planner quite a while before, just to realise right before clicking the pay button on the final confirmation page, that the product actually reads “Unlimited Digital”... (The “unlimited prints” prints can't be found any more on cruise planner)

Lucky I spotted it, or I would have just wasted another $200 on that... But X substituting my cart's “unlimited prints” item with “unlimited digital” is really too sneaky

Feeling as deceived as receiving a pair of jeans for a white shirt, or an iPhone for an Android phone

I just found this thread on Quora, which may give you some idea on bar soap vs shampoo; not sure if this also applies to liquid body wash...

https://www.quora.com/What-will-happen-if-you-wash-your-hair-with-soap-like-Lux

I got an "upgrade" from MoveUp last summer on a British Isles sailing; I am not sure if any has changed from below:

- A separate, better quality tote bag (heard that they have done away with it; any one can confirm?)

- A voice mail on your phone every evening from the concierge guy/gal

- A destination seminar, which IMO is a sales pitch for their excursions

- A separate line for check-in

- Embarkation lunch in the MDR

- Welcome glass of bubbles at the door right after boarding

- Afternoon snacks brought to your cabin

We weren't invited to any special events throughout though........

They current do two different types of internet packages, "surf" and the faster "unlimited" package.

For my 12N, "surf" is selling at $161/242/322/403 for 1/2/3/4 devices respectively, and "unlimited" is $293/439/585/731.

From time to time they do discounts within the "Cruise Planner", and you can save like 20% off that price. (Each sale could be different.) As it won't be sold out, definitely wait for the sale.

Back-filling from a successful bid last summer:

• Ship:  Eclipse
• Length of Cruise: 12 N
• Cruise Sail Date: Aug 06, 2018
• Date email offer received: Jul 11, 2018 (first email); Jul 26, 2018 (second email)
• Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: PREVIEW
• Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Online TA
• Current Cabin: #7145 (Accessible cabin)
• Bid?  Yes/No: Yes

If YES -  Bidding Details:

• Cabin Category: Concierge
• Bid Offer: $150 pp
• Notification Date: Aug 02, 2018
• Accepted / Rejected: Accepted

General Comments (offer details, etc.)

- Originally booked a guaranteed Cat 2B, and later was assigned an accessible cabin which my parents dont prefer due to the odd cabin set up.

- Only bid for Concierge class (min from $100 pp), and offered $150 pp

- Minimum bids as seen in email for reference: Concierge ($100 pp), Aqua ($150 pp); Sky Suite ($1,000 pp); Celebrity Suite ($1,500 pp); Royal Suite ($2,500 pp)

It seems that things have changed a bit since our last cruise last summer on the Eclipse to the British Isles...

Of which many are nice surprises:

- There was no sail away event

- There was no galley tour (I only noticed the chargeable ones from excursions)

(It's either we missed this welcome card; or it was actually handled differently...)

And do you mind sharing how the tote bag looks now?

We got two bags in the last cruise - a shopping bag type thing that broke before the end of the cruise, and a more sturdy one that looks like a boarding bag. But i read several months ago that they have done away with the good one...

Thank you!

I tried to search around a bit, and found this: 

If you are very worried you may want to consider replicating what has been done - email the Tallinn port

Are concierge rooms entitled to a whole bottle?

I thought it was just the flute at embarkation that was the included one......

9 hours ago, Luvcrusn said:

You can order cappuccino or lattes in the MDR or any of the other restaurants on board under your drink package and after dinner and breakfast we often do just that. The coffee drinks from Café al Bacio are wonderful when enjoyed there, or taken "To Go." The regular free coffee served in the restaurants and OVC is Lavazza and is decent, but not as good as Café al Bacio.

We had 2 lattes done pretty poorly last time when dining at Murano, and we gave up on espresso based drinks for that entire voyage. We did find the filter coffee at the buffet quite decent (as compared to those dilute from concentrate things offered on Princess)

Since some people mentioned that the espresso based drinks are much better at the Cafe, I might as well give it another go this coming next cruise on X

If I am bringing anything suspicious or marginal, I normally put them in my carry on (and issues sorted out immediately), such that my other luggage will be delivered without issues...

23 hours ago, Jeremiah1212 said:

2 weeks ago they still had plastic liter bottles of Evian and plastic 16oz bottles for the classic package. Some of the bars had smaller (plastic) bottles of Evian but they were few and far between.

Did you mean premium package?

On 2/25/2019 at 10:59 AM, Germancruiser said:

Not bringing non alcoholic beverages? Thats new- i always bring a short supply of Organge Juice ( not from concentrate) for the Minibar in my stateroom- THAT was never - ever a problem! Can anyone enlighten me if that changed?

I was wondering about this as well...

I read that it was perfectly fine in the past to bring on-alcohol beverages, and cruisers just sent packs of bottled water or juices or soda onboard as luggage...

59 minutes ago, villauk said:

 

 

Correct, most of us wear them every day, all day and not just ‘high level executives’. My DS has to wear one at school too. I personally seem to have a problem with some of the materials used, leading to itching around my neck. Consequently, I’ve changed to the clip-on type for work.

 

Perhaps I just can’t be a loser 😎 🤣.

I do have a lot of colleagues complaining about itching around the neck, and especially from female colleagues... (Probably men mostly wear shirts with collar, so the lanyards are mainly on the collar rather than the neck)

I believe it's the stitches to prevent the edges from fraying, or the edges themselves, that are causing the itching

Thank you to all of you who has responded to my question.

On ‎2‎/‎22‎/‎2019 at 12:16 AM, Luvcrusn said:

If it's wrong when you check in you can go to GS or ask the check in agent to correct it.

Can I still change the BP assignments at check-in? Of course, I will try my TA first...

On ‎2‎/‎22‎/‎2019 at 2:27 AM, MaryNewton said:

Is not it better to order a full set. Then no one will need to pay extra and no one will be deprived.

Well, I have thought of, but since the other two don't drink much alcohol...

Last time, the two who drinks actually were happy with the $300 OBC, and didn't even spend the entire sum on alcohol. We were satisfied with the regular coffee, and were in fact disappointed with the latte we had in Murano the first night so we stopped ordering espresso drinks entirely for the whole cruise LOL

So, this time going with a BP is another experiment for us.

On ‎2‎/‎22‎/‎2019 at 6:07 AM, jcpc said:

You can definitely ask your travel agent to change the order of the passengers so that Guest 1 and Guest 2 are the recipients of the complimentary beverage package.  This should not be a problem for him/her to do, as we've done it several times with our travel agent.  Regarding water in the MDR (which is what I believe you were asking about).  My experience has been this:  When we order a large bottle of water the assistant waiter (or sometimes the waiter - whomever we ordered the water through) only wants to see one person's card.  Once he has looked at the card and sees that there is a beverage package printed on the card, he records the folio number and goes ahead and pours the bottled water to all 4 or us.  He doesn't ask to see each person's card.  So, in my experience, we all get the bottled water (not 2 people having bottled water and 2 people having tap water).  The assistant waiter only needs to have a folio number to charge the water to.  One time we actually told him that only 2 of us had the beverage package and he said he didn't care!  We usually have the same wait team every night and never have to show the card again to get water.

Now, it's a bit different with alcoholic beverages that you order from either the bar server or sommelier in the dining room.  However your post seems to indicate that you are well aware of that and have no problem paying for the extra drink.  I got the impression you were questioning the water consumption not the alcohol consumption and were in no way implying that you wanted to "cheat" the system.

Thank you very much; you got most of my worries answered.

To be honest, I didn't find any issues with the tap water during my last cruise on the Eclipse, so I really just wanted to know what to expect at the MDR / buffet onboard...

I quite like the way how Celebrity try to assign the same guests to the same area for Select dining, especially when we try to either stick with the "early" time slots before it fills up, or "late" when a lot of tables are open. This allows us to get to know our waiters, and also saves us a lot of trouble explaining preferences (for example, I prefer my water at ambient temperature rather than chilled, as I suffer from sensitive teeth and easily get a cough after having cold drinks).

On ‎2‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 8:24 PM, justcrusn said:

Well....

You cannot order a bottle of wine with a package. It’s by the glass.

you CAN purchase a bottle several ways, just not with a drink package, but you are free to share a bottle any way you choose.

I think this is referring to the "discount" on bottles associated with the BPs...

I would also expect a "discounted" bottled purchased would be share-able

We are a family of four sharing a cabin, and chose the classic BP as one of the perks.

Does anyone know how the BP will work in a situation like this, especially when we dine at the MDR or specialty restaurants? (Great if anyone can share their experience of a similar situation, like cruising with a group of friends where not everyone had a BP)

I know the BPs are not to be shared, and it's mainly two of us who drinks, so this should not be a big problem on alcoholic drinks. (And if the mood calls, we will gladly pay for an extra pour by the glass.) How about bottles/cartons of water - sticking by the rule would mean 2 bottles/cartons and 2 on tap water?

Also is it possible to swap order of the names on my cruise reservation? (I am with a US online TA) To make sure I have the BP on the right persons.

Thanks so much in advance for any help. It's our first time choosing the BP perk...

1 hour ago, WonderMan3 said:

 

I know there was some sort of promo credit button you select. I forget what the other option was called, "personal bank" maybe? So yes, you can choose to play promo credit before playing any money you may have added to your personal bank. You also decide the amount of money you want to transfer. Be careful when transferring promo credit to a machine as once you do you have to play it out. So only transfer the amount of money you actually want to play on one machine. You can always transfer more if you play through your first amount. You just don't want to have a situation where you transfer $200 of promo credit to one machine and then decide after playing $20 that you want to change machines. You can't cash out the rest of the promo credit, and I don't think you can transfer it back to your card either; haven't tried that last part myself so someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

for some random reason i had to remove my seapass card from the slot machine i was playing with that few dollars they gave out for free, and the credit shown on the machine became zero right away

i thought i must have lost them, but found out that the credit went back into the card

so i suspect that one would always need to play with seapass card inserted while playing with promo credit loaded to the machine already, and they shouldnt be confiscating your promo credit if you pull the seapass card out (accidentally, or to get a drink on your BP, etc.)

2 hours ago, ghstudio said:

 

You keep the book on-board OBC perk, however there is a table of perks and your new cruise will get the OBC perk appropriate to THAT cruise, not the original one.  So if you book a 14 night European cruise and change it to a transatlantic, your OBC will change from $250 to $100.  If you change the other way, it will increase from $100 to $250.  You do not LOSE the perk as long as the reservation number stays the same...and yes, you can keep the same reservation number even if you change your cruise.

I have always assumed the OBC amount would be reduced if you "downgrade" (which is laid out in the fine prints at the bottom of the leaflet), but wont be increased if you upgrade (which is not mentioned)

Just my assumption from interpreting the words; could probably be wrong...

1 hour ago, ghstudio said:

 

It has been that way since they started......as long as you win, they leave the chip(s).  When you lose, they take the promotional chips.  Essentially, if you buy $100 worth of promotional chips, you have to lose $100 in chips.  Sounds bad, but no one wins every hand....and I certainly lose 10 hands at a $10 blackjack table over the course of an hour.  I also win regular chips and hopefully, I leave with more than the $100 I lost during the normal course of plan.  Just remember to always bet promotional chips when you have them.

 

Now don't get me started on the 6:5 odds on blackjacks....now that's something to be unhappy with....

I think this is for chips only, and not for slots credits?

At least for the free play slots credit they offered to lure people to go there, they get replaced with regular credits as soon as you have bet it over, if my memory serves me right...

11 minutes ago, cruisestitch said:

You cannot apply the credit for booking onboard retroactiviely -- it is only for booking on board.

 

To do what you want to do is fairly complicated.  You would need to book the room you want, making sure that you can cancel that booking with no penalty. Then, on the ship, you go to Future Cruises, cancel the booking you made and immediately make a new booking -- you have to release the room, then they can book it.  It's all in the timing.  You want to make sure no one else grabs the room after you have released it.  

Thanks for getting back this quickly...

To make matters worse, I need to book with a US based TA (which i currentlt do, in order to use US T&Cs refundable deposits), so this will only make it harder...

Thinking outside the box a bit -- can i make a random booking on board for a different itinerary & ship so that i lock in a reservation # with the OBC from it, and later to have my TA cancel the old and change the onboard reservation # to cover it?

Sounds like gaming the system a bit though LOL

On 2/16/2019 at 12:45 PM, GottaKnowWhen said:

A little off your question, but a side comment. For several cruises my primary reason for upgrading to Premium was to be able to try some of those beers on their Premium list. I eventually realized that List does not equal Inventory. Most bars have little if any variety. Some servers will travel to another bar to find the tipple you requested, most will offer apologies and a Corona or Bud Light or some other light tasteless beer. Most ships do have one bar with a more diverse stock, if you really care then you can probably find it...

Stan

Thanks for sharing your experience. Personally I wont mind walking a bit to another bar to get what I want; but do the bar tenders know (and can tell me) where a particular drink is available, or do i have to treasure hunt it on the ship?

Does anyone know, if I have already made a reservation for a future sail, can I still apply the onboard OBC back into the reservation retrospectively? (I am booking refundable deposit with US terms.)

My case is that I am currently seeing an attractive cabin (a sweet sixteen) on a 14-night itinerary in 2020, but my upcoming cruise wont be until this August. While I am pretty sure the ship won't sell out this soon, it is more than likely I won't get that particular cabin. However missing out on potentially $200-250 OBC seems a bit sad...

Any ideas or experiences is greatly appreciated. Thank you ^.^

I think it depends whether you have non-refundable or refundable OBC

This photo (from Google map) should give a bit more perspective of the relative locations of Movenpick hotel and PTA.

The marked departure and arrival locations were of my previous experience, and not sure if they would be always the same for every cruise going out and coming back in.