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you might find this helpful - you can choose a date and see the predicted color indicator for the US, but I'd assume the Canadian provinces north of Maine are a week or so ahead? https://smokymountains.com/fall-foliage-map/

Yes, I followed your cruise with great interest!

How are you eeing menus in Navigator? I have a NE/Canadian cruise departing 9/30 and can only see a sample menu, not the menus for my cruise. Am I missing something?

Bon Voyage! Following along b/c we board the Zuiderdam in Quebec City on 9/30. Would love to see menus and programs (or hear about in Canada / NE specific lectures, etc) while I wait and you enjoy! thanks Mary

I've seen several references to seeing menus from OTHER cruises on the app (today someone referenced "this years" Hawaii menus in Navigator) and I cannot figure out if that is possible, or how I would do that. All I can get at are the options for my upcoming Zuiderdam cruise on 9/30. In the Celebrity app you can peek at a ships current cruise to see the menus and the daily news, etc. Is this truly possible? FYI, I'm on an android phone . . . thanks!

I have ONE OF THESE which I use on a table. Having not yet been on a HAL ship, I don't know if it would work on the theater chairs. If you search Amazon or your vendor of choice - there are options (like this) that might work if you don't think this will.

May I ask - where does Hendrick's fall in the Signature vs. Elite package? And Sapphire? Earlier this year I saw a listing of the included spirits and both of those fell within the Signature. The list linked above does not list them at all, so if they are available, I'd love to know if the fall under our Signature/Have it All package. Thanks in advance Mary

200 ?? I saw no more than FOUR kids on Celebrity Summit in December - granted it was the week after Thanksgiving so kids would have had school, but there were no issues with kids.

We just did this exact tour in Cozumel in December from the Summit. It was a great day, probably 18 or 20 people. Took the trolley/bus. They did reorder the tour, first cooking, then Ruins, then tequila. We were running late for the tequila tour which was fine - it wasn't much of a tour, really just a sales stop so we didn't feel we missed anything.

Forgot pics!!

Key West is awesome six toed cats. Conch fritters. Found the nfl at smoke joes tap room.... GO BEARS!!! beat the cheesheads!!

Made it to day 2! Getting ready to head into Key West . . . We enjoyed sailaway from the helipad, so neat to watch a bigger Carnival ship execute a three point turn before we could leave the dock ourselves. Got a bit windy as we approached the open seas, but was worth it! We were the last to leave, but my arthritic knees complained later after all that standing on the concrete deck! Kept exploring after that - had a drink at the Pool Bar, returned to our cabin to relax a bit and get ready for dinner. We're "open dining", so headed to Cellar Masters then in to eat. Lovely table for two - no adjacent neighbors, great wait staff (Jessmon as lead waiter) Then checked in on the entertainment around and about - Ended up in the Sunset bar for one last drink, before heading back to turn in. I will say we have yet to find a truly quiet lounge - once the Strings at Sea (Cellarmasters), DJ (Martini Bar), and a duo (Sunset) started, we wished we were seated further from the action. Will continue our search! Heading out to the Hemingway House, and then to find somewhere to watch the Bears v Packers game, since it doesn't appear to be an on board option today. Neither team can is really going anywhere this season, but the rivalry lives on!!

So, this is our first ever cruise, and we've already made a mistake. Got out of the hotel to port shuttle, were asked our cabin number and directed to Concierge Check In, and the porters didn't ask to check our luggage (looiking at their phones!) so we wheeled our own luggage all the way to the cabin (note to travelers - Delsey spinner wheels DO NOT work well on ship carpet!). BUt, found our cabin, dropped it all off, headed off to explore. At this point we have explored most of the non-cabin floors and had our lunch in the dining room. Found beers/cocktails in Rondevous and in the Pool Bar before and after dining, and are back in our room unpacking (mostly done). Just met our cabin attendant Jan. Excited to find that we've been invited to the helipad for sailaway, so digging out my tennies which are closed-toe! I'll try and post somewhat regularly - but from a newbie's point of view, so may have as many questions as I have answers. Let me know if I'm doing this "Live from" all wrong, I'll try and course correct!! Mary (and Hugh).

Have not sailed on an Eclass yet - but the size is what deters me. I prefer ships under 2500 people, heading out on Summit next week, and on Oceania Marina in March.

As a cruising newbie - this is one of my worst fears. ai hate confrontation and hope I can be civil to almost anyone - but I cannot abide bigotry. I'm shocked when people assume I'll be okay with it in fact. It sounds like you handled it well, and hopefully the offenders will not display that behaviour again - at least not to you!!