Snowey88

(I just read all adults over 18 in cabin have to buy the pkg. ) 1 PKG would be enf drinks for me but that is still a lot of $$$ since we are doing a 13 day cruise. Next cruise is w X and we did all included but it was 10 days but still cheaper.

Thanks for the review. We were on the same time as you. My favorite excursion was with "Sandy Hoofs" in St. Lucia. Operator sent us a driver at $20 pp. We had a 2 hour horseback ride. I was able to go bareback and swim w the horse for about 20 seconds. It was awesome. The charge was $99 pp. Not a ship excursion. Facility was about a 30 min. drive. You have to be able to walk up a steep rutted hill with rocks to get to stables. Scenery was wonderful! Got to ride on 2 smaller deserted beaches. I did a roll call on another site with ship, title and date of cruise.

Our cruise leaves 1/2/2023 on the Equinox and sure hope the decorations stay!

Looked at Flower Cave and the restaurant is kind of pricey. Was wondering if it was in $$. It does have a $ sign. The cave tour is in Bds. Kind of confusing. I sent an email but was wondering if anyone knows here.

I gave up a few months ago trying to reach the CC. I decided to try about 25 minutes ago today and go in after 20 minutes of holding. Yea! Thanks Mrs. Tiki! I had opened the Visa, charged the required amount and did receive the $200 credit. In addition, the CC added the $100 promised to my account for my next trip! I filled out something when I got the credit card statement with the credit indicated for $100 but you have to call CC to get it applied (doesn't tell you that or I did not see it anywhere). THanks! Claudia -

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I respect that! We just came back from Alaska via Solstice and had a great time. I hate the hand sanitizer. I feel that the more you use it the more we create super bugs. ie, soon nothing is going to kill the germs. LOL. I have never had Covid, am vaxed & boosted. We sat at the martini bar maskless and at dinner but was just with my husband. On the plane coming, were were 1.5 hours on the ground and most of the plane was maskless. I felt like if anytime I was going to get it it, it was then. I was not happy with DH since he took his mask off. I guess it is the luck of the draw. We had a great time. We did not ride the elevators most of the time but I guess it just takes 1x. I am blessed. btw, I am O+ and I think this is in my favor, but who knows? Oh, and I did wear a mask in crowded areas.

Not a big deal. They have them at the pier. Make sure you have completed the ck in on the app. Sometimes that triggers the email for the tags.

Sorry for ghosting this thread. The internet connection was terrible. I did not get the upgrade package. I spent way too much time trying to do stuff on my phone. The X app kept saying that they were putting the finishing touches on and so it was basically useless. Worked ok before we boarded. We had a wonderful cruise. WE are not game playing/theater people so we did not go to any shows. WE spent a lot of time before dinner at the Martini bar. We sat on the ends so we would not be so crowded but let's face it, it is a cruise. We rode the elevator when empty and maybe 10% of the time when peeps were in it. Tried to mask when could. Never had Covid. I decided before we left that it is what it is. Oh, the Pike Market is packed and would recommend a mask. I bought flowers to bring to the ship for $20-$30. After the cruise, we found a nice place at the market that had good food and was not swamped. Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar. It is a little hard to find but that is what made it not so crowded. Near a public restroom. Across from Market. I had the mixed basked, clams, shrimp, etc. My DH found the place and called me. I had to have a local show me where it was. He initially stopped there for a beer but we decided to order. We had quite a bit of CC so I reserved the EAgle float (Haines). It was a HUGE job getting there for litterly nothing. Was not happy. I am a professional photographer and was thinking this would be the highlight of the cruise. The operators were all professional, not their fault. I fault Celebrity in that it was just too early to do this trip. Nothing to see. One eagle does not cut it for me. I know animals don't just show up because we are there. I have many pictures of eagles and it was basically a float trip with having to hassle with putting on boots, raincoat, getting in boat, taking a ferry to get there and a bus ride! It is all in the lit so I was not surprised. X should not have started this trip at over $400 for a couple to see what you can see on the ship. Disappointed. With that being said, we did do 14 years ago a heli landing on a glacier. That was other worldly and worth the money. We did the Juneau Whale watching with an ind. and were on a nice small boat. The ride was surprisingly smooth and not many people!! The same or cheaper than X. We did see 3 whales but don't expect them to jump fully out of the water. I have some nice tail photos. We ended up in the MDR on day 2 with a 10 top to ourselves! Not sure why but we loved it. We were next to a very cool group that have been traveling for years. It was fun to see them with their games and trinkets they brought on the ship. We were even honored with a mini British flag, and 2 flapping butterfly thingies. Ship was 1/2 full and we had plenty of room to spread out. There were times where we ate our breakfast at the last table where the door opens on the aft in the Ocean View Cafe. We tend to eat breakfast later than most so by the time we wanted lunch the Cafe was closing a lot of the stuff down. Pizzia & pasta was available. YUM. I understand they need to get ready for dinner. Just be aware when you decide to eat a late lunch. Our waiter and staff were wonderful. He was an X chef from the Philippines. He was pretty all business but at the end, we did get him to warm up. VERY efficient. Had wonderful selections. One of the items on the menu was Chilean Sea Bass and you would never know it because the words were not on the menu. He recommended it but I could not find it on the menu to look at it again. He pointed out which one it was and again nothing to indicate Sea Bass. He asked if I wanted the skin. Don't think so but he persuaded me to try it!!! YUM. They make it crunchy. Anyway, don't dismiss what the waiters recommend and ask questions. I love different foods and it was fun to try them. I had escargot almost every nite. Room attendant was efficient. We are not fussy people. We got what we needed and did not lack of anything. Skagway we just got off the ship and asked a cab driver to take us somewhere. We settled on going to a lake and having him pick us up in 2 hours. Around $90. We hiked around the lake and enjoyed it. The weather was beautiful. Oh, when we got back, it was so sunny outside that we sat outside the Oceanview Cafe (aft) and that is when it happened!!! I was looking at the mtn. and town when all of a sudden an eagle was coming my way (deck 14). I took my small lens off and snapped on the large lens and the eagle went parallel to me and soft of hovered there!!!!!!!!!!!! THE MOST awesome pictures! I was rewarded!!! If he would have went fast, it would have been blurry since I had the settings at 1000 sec. WOW. Don't miss Tracy Arm and the Glacier. We could not get very close, however, we have been to AK 2 other times and we were not disappointed. It was soooo beautiful. You have to get up early to enjoy it. We took lots of pictures. I had quite a bit of CC so, I had 89 left at the end of the trip. I had already hit the stores so I ordered the digi pkg. I made sure we and myself got lots of pictures. I had no intention of buying them. Don't need prints of us, however, with the digi pkg, you can enjoy them on your device. Glad I camped it up on some of the photos. Sorry again for disappearing. I am not sure if you get the upgraded wifi you will be much happier. I did not let it spoil my VACAY. My DH needs Wifi to keep in touch with his clients so it was kind of a buzz kill at times. Claudia

We just got back from the 5/6 sailing. Funny, the last ship & destination we sailed to was AK and on the same ship 14 years ago! Had a fab time and loved it being 1/2 full. Yes, it would have been nice to have the upgrades but the VIEWS!!! That is what you go to AK for. Never went to a show! We had a 10 top table to ourselves!!!

At Tuscan Grill 2nd seating everything is perfect. Had escargot as starters. So good. Veal next. BREAD great. DH says mom.

Guess it is state specific. Here in TX u have to be experiencing symptoms or be exposed. United HC does not pay for travel tests.

You might already know this but they must be proctored.

make sure because my insurance only pays for medically necessary, ie, exposed to Covid, feeling sick and not for travel. Funding for travel has dried up. I just found out yesterday. You can use the tests you get for free called IHealth I and find an on line proctor. Just be aware that I tried to use the IHealth proctor for the kit I already have and they said they were SOLD OUT. I don't know if they are sold out if you ordered the kit with them with the proctoring included. I tried to setup an appointment with IHealth for tomorrow and had to scramble for another method that does not cost $100+ pp.