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7 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

Our routine is pretty much the same for all the Caribbean ports excep Cozumel.  We get off the ship, walk around the port area for about an hour or so at the most and then back onboard in time for lunch.  Cozumel is the exception as we always go to Pancho's Backyard for lunch and margarita's.  We've been to almost all of the Caribbean ports of call at least twice and a lot of them are pretty much the same anyway. If you have seen one Diamond's International, you have seen them all.  

When in Grand Cayman I just get on an early tender to take a pic of the ship as shown below, walk around for a few minutes and then head beck.

7 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

 

 There have been reports of most of the bars onboard being closed when the ship tendered at Grand Cayman.  Was that the case on your cruise?    If so, which bars were open? 

 

Most bars were closed. The pool bar was open, but I'm not sure of which others. The Sunset may have been open as well.

1 hour ago, Dos Enchie said:

That is clearly not unlimited!  We have never had this issue in the past.

I guess it's like "All Included" which isn't.

4 minutes ago, Dos Enchie said:

We usually get the unlimited dining package with Celebrity. It USED to include all specialty dining (some with ala carte or upcharges) for both dinner and lunch, provided they were open. On a recent cruise, unlimited no longer meant unlimited. The new policy only allows you to use this for dinner every day but for lunch, only on sea days even though the restaurant is open. How is this unlimited??? We have complained for sure onboard and I will send a letter as well. I wanted to tell you so that you know how little you truly get with the “unlimited” dining package. We never would have bought this if we knew and we surely will not buy it again!

Are you saying the specialty restaurants are open on port days?

11 minutes ago, dcbiker97 said:

... The perks (liquor package, Internet) come with you from your original booking 

This looks to be a new booking, not a move-up.

I have considered this itinerary a few times but in the back of my mind it was always that an eastbound trip will be travelling in the same direction as the prevailing weather pattern, so you may end up in poor weather longer than in a westbound itinerary. But then you may end up in a good pattern longer.

Just walk up at your desired time, as always.

5 minutes ago, asctony said:

Why is it not show on the Celebrity App when you Check in? You make Final Payment & OBC should be there.

Travel agent credits are not part of your Celebrity booking so to speak. They are a gift to you from your TA once you are on board.

If you look at the deck plan, the wider part of the cabin is the bed, or you find a cabin with a black square or triangle and count every second cabin and those will be bed by bath.

28 minutes ago, leaveitallbehind said:

...(Celebrity does not offer this on embarkation day or Captains night and it is for 2 hours only on the days it is offered).

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The recently announced changes include drinks on embarkation day.

2 hours ago, LuvCruzn4Evr said:

...However, because our accounts are linked together, my total points are the same as his. If he were to sail without me, or vice versa, each of us would receive the points for that sailing since our accounts are linked.  

Actually your points are only what you earned individually by sailing, PUP, etc. What you do get is the benefit of the higher CC tier.

1 minute ago, zitsky said:

How does one find the elevators with a view of the sea?  Are they the main bank of elevators?  I’ll be on Millie.  Thanks.

All M class midship elevators.

IF the newby lives at the same address, and the CC accounts are linked, the benefits are also given to them.

13 minutes ago, pattyj 1204 said:

We just signed up for an Alaska Cruise on the Celebrity Summit. The cabin is 7155 on the Port side of the ship. What is a Prime Veranda? We wanted a midship room, but not Aqua Class or Concierge cabin. Thanks for the information.  

Prime just refers to the location on the ship. It is still a regular veranda cabin in the more desirable location.

2 minutes ago, LB_NJ said:

Just got emails from both Celebrity and Royal about a new status match program.

 

We are members of both programs.  
 

To me it doesn’t look like they changed anything.

 

Am I missing something?

All tiers are now matched, and SilverSea is now included.

10 hours ago, Water_Baby_ said:

I just looked at the email sent by X and it shows that the time for the sale has expired. 

I received a reminder email this morning letting me know it's the last day to save.

7 minutes ago, Sunset329 said:

During the current flash sale the 2-device Premium Wi-Fi Package is 40% off. Two questions. (1) can only one person in the cabin order the package or do both people need to order the package? (2) If one person in the cabin can order the 2-device Premium Wi-Fi package, can we connect our two phones to that one plan? Both of us want wi-fi by connecting our phones. 

Only one needs to purchase.  You can connect any two devices at one time.

When you switch to Al you lose the discount associated with the guarantee.

19 hours ago, miched said:

I apply door murals.   
 

Dresses  up the hallway

 

Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

 

I am of the opinion that your public space decorations should be left at home. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Your "dress up" is another's "tacky".

32 minutes ago, LB_NJ said:

I haven’t yet travelled on a Solstice class ship.  Do the lack of aft elevators lead to very long walks for those in the back of the ship?

The only time the walk is longer for the aft cabins is going to the Sunset Bar. The trip to Oceanview is just marginally further.

17 minutes ago, hcat said:

less choice and  def more cruisers for each set of elevs when they eliminated the third set of elevs....esp at peak times!

 

It was a big topic years ago...

But the total number of elevators is still 12 with the midship being 8 cars rather than 4 as in the M class.

Just go to the dining room of your choice at the time of your choice and you will be seated.

2 hours ago, OttawaJohn said:

My guess would be they meant the Golden Palace.  I personally don't think it's amazing but many people do.  Every year they do a sale on eggrolls and people line up for hours to get them.

I agree. To us they just didn't live up to the hype.

Sounds like a TA fee to me, not Celebrity.

Unless you have a refundable deposit, you will lose the deposit on the cancelled cabin, and then your remaining cabin will be repriced at whatever the current pricing structure is.