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Are there umbrellas in the cabin on the Summit for the Alaskan cruises?  Next week, most of the ports will be cold and raining.  Should I pack my own? 

Has anyone done a back to back Northbound to Southbound on the Summit this year?  What time is All Aboard for the cruisers that are back to back that leave the ship to go on an excursion?  The ship leaves at 8:00pm. Does anyone have a picture of the letter and instructions for back to backs?

We purchased it months ago and our express pass does not have the key.  Now I guess we will have to keep proving it over and over with other documentation until we get to the cabin.  That not convenient since there is so many other things going on when you arrive at the port.  

17 hours ago, BeasleysMom66 said:

 

I just went on the Summit to Alaska and bought a 12 pack of Diet Pepsi at the gas station for $12.  The $1/can was a fourth what Celebrity charged on board.  While I wouldn't pay that much for a 12 pack at home it was worth the money to have a couple daily and not have to pay over $100 on board to do it.

 

 

Which gas station?  We are going on the Summit and do not want to spend $32.99 plus tax/gratuities for a few sodas. 

11 minutes ago, Difiroa676 said:

For  +- 100 dollars per person you can stay longer on the ship on disembarkation day. Only possible in a couple of ports. You can see if it applies tonyour cruise on the 'shore excursions' of your last port.

Darn.  I don't see it.  We will be on an Alaskan cruise and our last port is Vancouver, Canada. In the future, and if we happen to be on a ship that offers it, can you sleep in, or do you have to be out of your cabin?  What is the absolute latest that you can leave your cabin? 

We will be going on the Summit in the aft family veranda soon.  I read that it doesn't have many tv stations or movies to choose from so I bought a new iPad 10th generation and downloaded 30 movies for our 2 weeks.  I bought a 6 foot usb-c to hdmi cable.  Is that all I need?  What else should I bring so that we can watch these movies at night?

What is extend your stay?

We have a friend that was on another ship today in Skagway and she took a picture of the ship for us knowing that we will be cruising soon.  There definitely were lounge chairs on the deck of the Penthouse 6147 today.  I couldn't tell about the other decks on the aft since there was too much reflection. 

Still super high today June 2, 2024 for non-alcoholic drinks.  $45 US on sale for $32.99.  Way too much for a few sodas.  Too bad the bartenders will have to deal with ringing up all of our drinks.  Anyone know where to get a 12 pack near Vancouver cruise terminal?  

On 5/24/2024 at 3:26 PM, Ex-Airbalancer said:

It was the company line that they have dynamics pricing 

I think she was embarrassed when I ask her would she be surprised if she went in a store notice a price of $40 with 10% for a price of $36 than came back a couple of hours later to see the product was increased by a 1/3 to $60 with 25 % for a cost of $46 

so basically she will bring up the matter with the executive team 

i was very polite with her since she has to follow the company line 

Any updates?  It was $45 with 25% off ($32.99) all weekend.  Why do they think that someone/kids can drink $45 worth of sodas/non-alcoholic drinks in a day?

6.  What is the size/measurements of the Laundry bag on the Summit?  Is it paper that would rip or is it cloth?  Thank you.

Geez. My planner right now is showing basic WiFi at $20.99 a day per person not on sale, $19.99 sale price for Premium and $30.99 sale price for Premium 2 devices. It also is showing that the non-alcoholic regular drink package price is $45 now, up from $30.00 yesterday.  Sale price yesterday was $26.99, today it's $32.99.  Do they just randomly put different prices to see what sticks?  

1.  Does the Summit charge for in-room Movies? If so, how much?

2.  Does the Summit TV have more than 25 movies to choose from?

3.  Can you have movies downloaded on your phone and project them to the TV?  How is that done?

4.  Can you hook up a Roku or Apple TV stick and how can you do it?  

5.  On Alaska Back to Backs, Northbound to Seward and Southbound, the ship is scheduled to leave at 8PM from Seward.  What time is all aboard for B2B cruisers?  We are trying to figure out if there is enough time for a particular excursion.  

Thank you.

In my planner today, it shows $45 a day with a 25% discount making it $32.99.  That is now a $42 increase from the previous sale price of $26.99 which was 10% off $30.  If I do not get a package, and have a soda at dinner, do they charge again for a refill at that same meal?  I want to get the package but my sister doesn't so I was fine to buy it onboard at $30, but not at $45.  We are doing 14 days so that sure adds up.

On 3/5/2024 at 4:09 PM, dreamer321 said:

Celebrity Bottled/canned water $4, Evian $4, San Pellegrino $4, Canned Soda $4

The latest prices are listed in the Dining/Bar & Lounges tab of the app.

 

Does the $4 price for canned soda and bottled water include the extra tips/fees/taxes?  Is it less expensive for fountain sodas?

4 hours ago, Von & John said:

You didn't say which Cruiseline...
At some point the Cruiseline will most likely have a couple of B2B excursions available

 

Anything specific you'd like to see - other than Bears?
 

We will be on Celebrity and they are only showing 1 excursion that does not involve an airport transfer.  We've been to Alaska at least a dozen times but never Seward.  All my sister wants to see is bears, bears, and more bears.  Lol.  Thanks for replying. 

We are doing a Back to Back from Vancouver to Seward and then Seward to Vancouver in June.  What excursions are near Seward?  I only can find transfers and tours that start or end in Anchorage at the airport.  We are interested in any Bear/Wildlife/More Bears excursions in Seward, AK.  The ship arrives in Seward, AK in the AM and departs at 8:00pm, so I assume All Aboard would be 6:00pm - 2 hours before sailing since it is Day 1 for Southbound?   We are in the same cabin for both Northbound and Southbound so we will have no luggage.  Any ideas? 

10 hours ago, sunviking90 said:

" we are currently on the Crown Princess"

 

 

If you need anything or have any complaints, Gean, in passenger services/pursers desk is the man to fix things.  He was the most helpful when we had small issues thoughout our cruise last week. 

On 6/23/2023 at 7:41 PM, eclue said:

They are cutting back on the offers. we are just off the Crown Princess where I had 14,000 plus points and got a free balcony offer with $600 casino free play - no princess plus as I have usually had in the past.

I guess with the ships being more occupied the need for casino players is going down.

How do you find out how many casino princess players points you have?  I tried asking the casino cashier on the Crown and they sent out a "manager?" and then he went to the back room for a few minutes and came back and said my son had 0.62 and my youngest nephew had 1.3 or something like that but I don't think those were plus points, even though they've been playing for hours every night for the past 8 days sometimes twice a day.  Granted, their bets were small, between $10 - $50 on black jack and roulette, but how do you know if you earned enough for a free drink or something else?  My other nephew was able to get this current cruise we were on for $200 off per person and $100 OBC and he played only a few times, 4 years ago with very small bets, pre-covid.  The only thing that the manager said was that my youngest nephew could have a drink as a one time exception or something like that, but he is 19, so that was pointless.  My son received, I think, a "bounce back" offer on the last day of $150 OBC to be used within a few months, which is useless since we aren't going to plan another $12K+ (we stay in club class and up on 10+ day cruises) cruise just to use the minuscule OBC.  Plus he spent way less that the others and they didn't get anything.  How does this all work?  It doesn't make any sense. 

On 6/15/2023 at 2:00 PM, PacnGoNow said:

D736 is such a nice cabin with a great balcony.  

 

I asked earlier about the Aft, because some of it, not all of it, looks like soot from the exhaust system outside. But, yours is coming from the inside.

 

Sure hope they can fix it for you. Let us know how they handle this.

 

 

 

 

They came twice to "fix" it.  We weren't there the first time and whatever he did, did not remedy the situation.  So, I took down the grill/grate myself and wet a cloth napkin and reached inside to figure out what it was.  I wiped the sides and inside as much as I could.  I took pictures of the inside to try and figure it out myself.  The napkin was black.  So when they came the 2nd time, we showed them the evidence and they brought in tarps, covered the furniture and did something while we were on the balcony for the Endicott Arm cruising.  After that, the particles were reduced tremendously.  Only a few specks showed up after on the chair.  We were going to ask our neighbors if they had this problem too, but we never saw them.  So, if you are in a cabin from now on, put a solid colored chair under the vent and see if particles drop.  We couldn't see them on the other furniture or carpet because they had patterns and blended colors.  We also suspect something happened in that room previously because the carpet was new and none of the rooms around us had that same carpet pattern. 

We are back and it is definitely 18 and up.  It just sucked that a crew member put a damper on their first nights.  After we confirmed with the Purser’s/guest services desk and Gean, the passenger services crew member, called Skywalkers and double confirmed, Gean gave us his card to flash if they had any more issues.  Gean, on the Crown, was the best guest services crew member and he helped with any issue we had, big or small. 

Juneau:  It’s 11:12 pm and we haven’t left port. All aboard was 8:30pm. We heard someone in the elevator say that 2 people are missing. Anyone know what the real story is? 

3 hours ago, reedprincess said:

Nightclub is 18 and up. Drinking is 21 and up on US departures.

Casino is 18 and up 

Shows

Game shows

Music in different lounges

All perfectly fine for 20 year olds.

They can do everything aboard except buy a drink - on US departures.. 

 

We are currently on the Crown and my 20 year old nephew was told he couldn’t be in Skywalkers unless he had a parent with him. What’s up with that? 

Anyone have any answers? 

2 hours ago, MissP22 said:

Keep complaining until they move you. 

We will keep complaining for sure. This ship is full in all cabins except insides. Unfortunately we are in a suite.