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Question for the ladies that dressed up for PJ party - what footwear did you have? Bedroom slippers don't make good dancing shoes and dancing shoes look odd with PJs. For reference - this is what I'm rocking for PJ party. Still trying to convince my husband to do the same.😂

I have a solo cruise coming up next week. I am packing 2 swim dresses which mostly cover the back so probably no sunscreen needed there. Will also likely use the solarium pool more than the outdoor pool. Alternatively, you can always ask someone (female) to rub in your sunscreen for you. Most women (myself included) are happy to oblige.

Odd that RC will provide kettles and Celebrity won't given they're owned by the same parent group. I like having tea before bed and can't see myself making the trek to OVC, might have to settle for a bedtime whisky instead.

Thank you for the update. I'm on the 7th Feb sailing and really looking forward to my first cruise with Celebrity. Are there live bands at different bars? We just got off Quantum and I love how there was live music at each bar, the ship atmosphere was fantastic. Also, is the wine selection at Cellar Master well represented across the different wine regions around the world?

We recently sailed on Quantum of the Seas and did a ship tour to Duck Island in New Caledonia. AUD was accepted for purchases and snorkelling equipment hire.

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. Very foggy this morning in Sydney, quite surreal.

I’m on the same cruise and will most likely end up at the Lawn Club during sailaway.

We're sailing with with RC (Quantum of the Seas) in a couple of weeks and I looked at the pedicure prices. It was AUD$140 for a traditional pedi with shellac on the ship and about AUD$45 at my local salon.

3 weeks till we fly out for our cruise. Have the usual end of school and work related events over the next week and a half that we can't really get out of but will be in self enforced isolation the week leading up to our cruise.

I'm going on the Eclipse in Feb 2023. I asked my TA about a month ago and she said I could upgrade to the Premium package for about AUD$160 but prices can change. Waiting to see what Black Friday deals come out but if the price doesn't change too much, I will most likely get the upgrade as I like my martinis.

$850 for Flowrider is ridiculous. I could buy a surfboard and go down to North Cronulla for that money.

Doing the wine cruise on Eclipse in Feb, cannot wait to see what she's like IRL!

Thanks for the update. Getting excited for our Dec cruise.

This was our experience from our P&O cruise 2 weeks ago. YMMV. staff were quite strict about hand washing in the buffet and hand sanitisation in the MDR. Everyone waiting for their table outside Dragon Lady had to be masked up and there was staff on standby handing out masks. We had to mask on at embarkation and disembarkation. People were quite good on the first day with masks but not as vigilant on the last day and staff didn't really enforce the rule (not that we were expecting them to anyway). We didn't use the lift but I read online beforehand that masks in lifts were also mandatory. The theatre had 'sip and cover' rules but again, I don't think the staff were overly strict with that mandate. In saying that, most of the older crowd were pretty good about keeping their masks on. There were areas like The Sanctuary we could go to to get away from the crowd and eating outside of peak dining hours meant we were also able to easily avoid the masses. We have another 2 cruises this year with one of them being the Dec 28th South Pacific Quantum cruise and will continue to mask up if required and wash our hands before meals (which we have always done on land pre COVID anyway).

On our Explorer cruise a couple of weeks ago, our initial boarding time was 12.30 and we were able to get an 11.30 slot closer to the date. We ended up getting on the ship itself at about 11.15 because there was no queue and VeriFly made the whole boarding process really easy.