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@Tree_skier I guess I wasn’t paying attention to what ship you were sailing.  We’re currently on Celebrity Reflection and we were docked across from you in St. Thomas!  This is a shot from San Juan.

15 minutes ago, LabMom57 said:

I drink a lot of water and having it rationed with a limited on number of drinks per day is annoying.

None of Celebrity’s beverage packages, Classic or Premium, limit your water consumption or your alcohol consumption.

Are you saying you didn’t go to any of the four MDRs because you couldn’t get a reservation on the app?  You do not need a reservation.

There was a Dillard’s in Augusta, GA…totally different merchandise.  Cheaply made schlock from “designers” I’d never heard of.  So I thought I was just killing time when I went with my friend…. 

5 hours ago, Momof3gurlz said:

I’m hoping to spend some time at St John’s Town Center either before we check-in or the next day.  

We had lived in Fernandina Beach for over a year before a friend took me to St. John’s.  OMG!!!  The Dillard’s there is better than the Lenox/Phipps Rich’s and Neiman Marcus in Atlanta in their heyday!!!  I LOVE that store!!  I bought a $300 dress I have absolutely nowhere to wear…except on cruises…😆

I’m not a morning person.  Perhaps I should start with an Aspen Coffee!

3 hours ago, RTShaker said:

Looks like the second picture to me.

Unless Celebrity has totally changed the Cafe al Bacio menu, there used to be Irish Coffee, Cafe Ole, Cafe Kingston and lots more.

This is an older picture.

If you are still onboard, could you post a picture of the page that lists the coffee drinks with alcohol?

@aussielozzie18 Just wanted to say I broke something in my ankle skiing for the first time when I was 15.  A person skiing in front of me fell and I tried to avoid them and when I fell my straps didn’t detach.  I had surgery with pins and screws.  I was in a cast for awhile (don’t remember exactly how long as it was a million years ago and being in a cast when you’re 15 seems forever…)  But, 49 years later I can tell you I never had any issues with the fix.  I was soon back to riding horses, running track, long jumps, racing up the stairs….  I was disappointed my hardware didn’t set off metal detectors at airports…I had thought that would be cool…😎  I’m certain orthopedic surgery has advanced even further since back in The Dark Ages…

@dani negreanu Would love some photos of anything your resident chef has cooked recently!  I love to cook…read recipes…shop for ingredients…eat…😁

August 7 is National Lighthouse Day!!!

1 hour ago, molly361 said:

I don't know the answer and since I'll be gone I don't really care but do the Estate sale people dispose of whatever doesn't sell?  Just curious

We downsized when we moved from our large house in Georgia to our smaller house in Florida.  The estate sale company we used said they can either throw away that which is left over after the sale…or not, your call.  We moved the furniture we were keeping on December 15, 2022 and only went back to our old house once in late December to meet with the estate sale people.  The sale was in January 2023; we never went back.  I have pictures of how the house was left totally empty and clean.  No dings in walls (and we had large pieces of furniture on two floors…) no scratches on floors.

I was extremely happy to have it all taken care of for us!!!  It certainly does not get you top dollar…which luckily was not important.  I look at it as they paid ME and left me an empty house to sell.

Would your map dress on embarkation be courtesy of Charla? 😜

We recently did a five night sailing on Equinox (a S Class ship.)  Our cruises are normally seven nights or longer (oh how I miss the Eclipse’s fourteen night sailings!)  I definitely noticed a younger demographic on the five night cruise.  I joked to my husband that it actually was nice not seeing the valet parking lot of scooters at the hostess stand area…

13 hours ago, Jimbo said:

Beautiful Sunset, I forget what State are you in again.

Florida.  Just.  First Coast.

Lovely sunset tonight.

Diana wasn’t interested….

@Jimbo You are just a ray of sunshine…😜

3 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

If I were to come back as an animal, I know where I’d want my forever home to be. ❤️

Well, you’d be welcome here too!  (Of course, you’d be promptly neutered at either place…)

28 minutes ago, GenerationX said:

I want some butts!)

Top Gun!!

That’s a pretty intimidating octopus guarding your martini!

@bobmacliberty I had lunch today at Down Under and the Amelia River looked like an angry ocean!!  Never seen so many whitecaps there!!

Sorry for the ad…but this is a video made by a person experiencing the same noise issues.  I repost it whenever I hear people poo poo the banging noises by saying ships naturally make noise at sea.

Unfortunately, yes, I experienced this on Beyond.  It definitely is a known problem…albeit not one that seems to be often able to be fixed.  There needs to be some kind of modification in the ship’s design.  Please go to Guest Services as often as necessary to get some resolution. I don’t believe there are no other cabins they could move you to…I think they just don’t want to set a precedent.

This looks like one of those “which one of these things is not like the other” puzzles…. 😜

If you read descriptions of cabins here…an interior cabin is actually slightly larger than an oceanview cabin. 
 

https://www.cruisedeckplans.com/ships/cabins.php?ship=Celebrity-Reflection

@dani negreanu Please rest assured that nothing you could share about the horrors you are experiencing would be considered “party pooping.”  This is the thread YOU started.  We all have shared highs and lows of our lives.  You were so kind to me when I was worried about Minnie’s surgery…reassuring me that it wasn’t silly for me to love a cat so much.  When you post, whether cheerful or sad, we are all so relieved to hear from you!  Since there is nothing other than prayers we have to help you, please allow us the opportunity to share in your joys and your sorrows.