tomservo

I noticed on the app that room service does not list a fee except for late night delivery. We have an upcoming sailing and are not in a suite. Are they suspending the fee on some sailings, or is the description inaccurate because I’m not onboard yet?

9 hours ago, davekrnavek said:

 

I've been digging through this for a bit now, too, and from all the available materials I've found, it looks like you'd be able to walk from the train station to Molo Del Bicchiere, which is right across from the fort. From there, it looks like there's a shuttle that will take you to Largo della Pace (the Blue line from that "Terminal ADM Sud" graphic you posted), which looks like it then continues onto the cruise terminals. But they also appear to have a green line that takes you straight from Molo Del Bicchiere to the cruise terminals, which is my plan:

 

 

If you search "Molo Del Bicchiere" in Google maps, it shows up right across from the fort, and also appears to be in the place that they suggest to pick up a shuttle on this page: https://www.civitavecchiaport.org/from-civitavecchia-train-station-to-the-port/

 

Also looks like a much easier walk than trying to get straight to Largo Della Place: 

 

We'll see what happens this June. If anyone sees a red faced couple wandering aimlessly with two worn out young kids, please say hi! 😉

I’m not in front of my computer, so don’t quote me on this, but I believe you are correct in that the green line is a viable option however:

1) I think you do have to pay a small fare to board this bus

2) I believe this bus will go straight to your cruise terminal but you need to make sure you get the right one that goes to your terminal. 
 

But yes it should be mentioned as an option as well. I don’t necessarily need a free option, I was mostly trying to avoid boarding the bus at the station since there will most likely be a wait and a line to board the bus. At least this one is a little further from the station, so I think it’s a good option.

When in June are you going to Rome?

1 hour ago, tomservo said:

Quick question about getting from the Civitavecchia train station to the cruise port bus stop. I know the main walking route goes about a mile to the Largo della Pace, but I found a video on youtube where the guy says there's a free bus near the Fortezza Michelangelo that takes you to Largo della Pace. What is this bus? Also how do you go in the other direction, from Largo della Place to this bus stop near the fort?

Did some more digging, looks like this is a free shuttle provided for tourists by the city. It appears to run this route:

https://civitavecchia.portmobility.it/en/shuttles

So I think the directions in the video are accurate. I think I've mostly answered my own question (doesn't look like I can take it from Largo della Pace to Fortezza easily, unless I'm in for a long shuttle ride), but otherwise wouldn't mind it if someone could confirm what I found above.

Quick question about getting from the Civitavecchia train station to the cruise port bus stop. I know the main walking route goes about a mile to the Largo della Pace, but I found a video on youtube where the guy says there's a free bus near the Fortezza Michelangelo that takes you to Largo della Pace.

I'm not sure what this bus stop is but it's in this area:

What is this bus? Also how do you go in the other direction, from Largo della Place to this bus stop near the fort?

Bonus question - cruise lines really charge 90 dollars for a 15 euro trip?

51 minutes ago, Hutcha said:

I can't believe I'm beating @Two Wheels Only in answering this. It's the small victories in life.

 

There's a great thread here, where he outlines all of the configurations.

I think this is a great room to have. I had it on the Bliss, but I was on 13 and had the smallest balcony. Deck 9 has the largest balcony, so a great snag. The room is fantastic, and has a lot of space. I did not miss being outside of the Haven complex. It was about a 3 min walk to get there.

 

Enjoy!!

I can't comment on deck 9 but we were on the Bliss in 11312, it was one of the aft facing suites with the bathroom on the outside instead of the bedroom, and we loved it. We loved the room, the balcony, and the bathroom with the sea views. We paid a fair price for it as well, and we would definitely book it again if we got the chance. For us the room was well worth it even if it wasn't in the Haven complex.

On 4/9/2023 at 8:56 AM, muggo11 said:

I am on my first Oceania cruise and was given a bounce-back offer with an unspecified discount.  Does anyone have experience with this and know what I might expect?  (I will, of course, call the number they gave me when I get home).  Just curious about others’ experiences.  

Did you call? What did they come back with?

6 hours ago, jean87510 said:

Probably the best bet is forego AquaClass until kids get older.  You won't be able to dine there, use the classes or the other features if you don't let anyone watch the kids.  Please note I am not criticizing you.  I have 5 of my own and older 2 had ADHD so I understand.  We didn't start cruising until 14 yrs ago because it was too difficult doing it ourselves.  I think your plan with balcony and inside will work.  Plenty of time for the upgraded stuff in the future.  Also FYI I'm currently going to be on my 7th Celebrity cruise and it's my first time in a non inside cabin as we got AquaClass.  And in December on my 16th RCCL cruise, I went in my first suite.  But I still had a great time no matter what cabin I was in as did my kids when they went with us.  

This is our 5th cruise together as a family, I don’t want to overstate our difficulties with them, for the most part they do alright. They can handle a few hours here and there in the kids club, maybe 1-2 hours a day on average, but we do spend the vast majority of the cruise together with them. What I meant about not leaving them with anyone was in regards to the comment about leaving them with family, they’re enough of a handful that I wouldn’t want to leave them with family for a week (let alone a weekend!) I just wanted to figure out a way for my wife to experience Aquaclass, I think she’d really like it (getting 2 AQ cabins would be prohibitive)

11 minutes ago, Ferry_Watcher said:

 

On the Solstice (on the deck dedicated to Aqua Class), there are only about 5  interior rooms.  They are thru an door not adjacent to the main corridor, so not truly across the Aqua Class cabin.   Maybe it is different on the ship you want to book - what ship are you planning to sail on?

 

https://www.cruisemapper.com/deckplans/Celebrity-Solstice-676/deck11-846

 

If you are hoping for a more romantic cruise with your wife, maybe you should leave the kids home with the grandparents or aunt/uncles.  Could be a win-win for both the adults and the kids

Sorry I forgot to mention, this is on the Edge. My kids both have ADHD and are very active, so we don’t typically leave them with anyone because they are a handful. 

2 hours ago, Arizona Wildcat said:

Then during dinner IF it was possible; what do you do with a 6 and 8 year old?  Let them run loose?  Tell them to stay in the cabin?  Hire a sitter each night? 

Kids club

Just now, JFontaine said:

Can you upgrade your Blue Chip room to one Sky Suite and put the kids on a pullout? Everyone would eat in Luminae. 

Yeah we thought about that too, but the Suite upgrade is 4k and adding 2 more people to the room is 4k. We're going to end up getting a BCC balcony for me and a kid and an interior for my wife and the other kid. On this sailing it was cheaper to get the interior (2600) than to add 2 people to the balcony (4200).

27 minutes ago, Ferry_Watcher said:

 

Are there even interior cabins on the Aqua deck?

 

CCer's see the same question from passengers who want to book one stateroom at the Retreat/Suite level, and also an Interior stateroom for the kids, grandma, or uncle Joe.  It never works out the way they hope.

There are, the only way to book kids that young into an interior is if you get the cabin across from them (or I guess next to as well).

I just got off the phone with Blue Chip Club (who I'm booking my cabin through), they confirmed that we could not switch cabins once onboard, which is what I thought would be the case. They did however, say that it might be possible to book an inside cabin for our kids, as long as it was across from our cabin. There weren't any available on this sailing like that, but it was interesting to hear that it might be an option in the future. I think I've heard of cruise lines allowing this kind of cabin situation before...

33 minutes ago, cruisestitch said:

No you cannot switch the names once you are on board. You can switch which cabin you sleep in, that is you can get a key which will access a cabin other than the one you were assigned to, but it won’t be anything other than a door key. Your idea to get the parents together in Aqua and the kids not, just won’t work. Sorry.

Yeah I didn't think we could, which is why I thought it was weird that one Celebrity rep insisted that I would be able to.

52 minutes ago, AstoriaPreppy said:

This is a bad idea.

 

Is your goal to eat with the family in Blu, or are you just trying to get access to the thermal spaces? If you’re looking to dine with the family in Blu, you’ll almost certainly run into issues on board with the hostess/maitre’d. Celebrity limits AQ rooms to two passengers, essentially to keep kids out of AQ and Blu.

 

The only exceptions for children in Blu is when an adult takes a child on a solo trip. Or one-offs for suite guest who want something other than Luminae for the evening… otherwise it’s kind of a no-kids space. 

 

 

The goal is to get my wife's name in the AQ cabin so we have the option for the 2 adults to eat in Blu or use the spa. I understand that my kids wouldn't be able to eat in Blu. We eat dinner together all the time at home, on cruises they prefer the buffet and kids club after rather than sit through a sit down dinner, and then we can have a nice dinner by ourselves after we feed them.

54 minutes ago, emmas gran said:

OK I think 8 and 6 are too young to be in a cabin unsupervised. You have no guarantee as to their safety. Also if you book yourself or wife in an inside and the other in Aqua in theory only one of you should have Aqua access to Blu

They wouldn't be unsupervised, we would still keep it to one adult and one kid in each cabin. Was just wondering if we could switch the names on the cabin.

I want to book Aqua class with my wife and an inside for my kids (I don't want to pay AQ prices for my kids), however Celebrity won't let me book an Inside with their names on it because they are too young (8 and 6). If we booked one adult and one kid in each cabin, could we switch the names onboard so that my wife could eat in Blu and go to the spa? Either way we would have one adult in each cabin. When I spoke to the Celebrity booking agent they insisted that we could switch the names once onboard, but I wanted to confirm whether or not this was the case. Anyone have any experience with a situation like this?

8 hours ago, babblinbabs said:

Where would we find him?

He performs during the ice show. He was really good. 

5 hours ago, HicksRA said:

We were in the Suite Lounge on independence a few weeks ago and drinks were not limited to the old restricted menus as before. They were brought from the bar, not the little in-lounge bar as they used to. Frozen drinks and premium liquors were available.  I had my Hendricks & tonic every night. 

Similar on Oasis right now. Able to get beer, house wine, cider, hard seltzer (ie Truly) from 11-11 everyday. From 5-8, you can get any(!) mixed drink from the standard menu that is 13 and under, except frozen drinks. We’re most of the way through the drink menu at this point. I believe the same change applies to the diamond lounge and the drink passes. 

14 hours ago, mac_tlc said:

We had some great conversations with them a couple weeks ago. Ask Nadia how her 12 cats are doing! She really misses them.

 

mac_tlc

I did end up talking to her briefly about it, she was like “how did you know? Who told you!” and I was like, “you know, some dude on Cruise Critic” 😆

She definitely loves animals and is super nice. She says she makes her family show all the cats to her when she FaceTimes them.  

29 minutes ago, luckyinpa said:

For anyone who has not seen the aqua show that it should be the sole reason for you to book the ship. It is fantastic. Beyond fantastic

It was very good. I joked to my wife that poor guy on the hoverboard at the beginning probably has no idea who Marty McFly is. Kids these days!

9 minutes ago, Radio said:

All of the pools are busy now

There is a max capacity for each of the pools now too, I’m not sure what the capacity is but it’s pretty low (maybe 20 or 30) and there’s a wait to get in. 

6 hours ago, Jasukkie said:

Well, I was very polite and only getting a simple cappuccino last month on Ovation but they said two punches for large, which is what I've been told in the past as well. I've never been on Oasis class so maybe that matters? 

Well there goes my theory lol

We had a large today and it was only one punch. When I asked the barista how the card worked and he said one punch for any size, the way he said it was like he knew that was the ship wide policy. Maybe it’s an Oasis thing?

8 minutes ago, Heymarco said:

We need to get this in writing. 🤣

Honestly I think part of it is Royal being very flexible with everything as they try to woo people back into cruising. 

7 hours ago, DanieleBelle said:

If Im in a junior suite do I get to board early?

Typically not really, I don’t think the jr suites have priority boarding, but I could be wrong. Right now no one is getting priority boarding, at least those with kids who need to get the day of test. 

Ship was much calmer today (it’s rocking a little right now). Tomorrow is Port Canaveral, I wonder how many people are getting off. We’re staying onboard, we’re only getting off for Coco Cay.

Ice show was very good. Except for Star Class, it doesn’t look like Suites get their normal benefits at shows and events.