Overlandandsea

Thanks for all the interesting advice. Does anyone know if they check assigned times in Barcelona port? We will try to get an early assigned time and stick to it. 

25 minutes ago, drakes2 said:

That's absurd for WCB to charge $19 for a cocktail. Most are quite good but certainly do not warrant that type of change. That's too bad as I was planning to go there on the beyond next week but will not bother now 

It depends what you're used to .. many European cities are charging that kind of rate for cocktails.

Thanks for that. From reading the rest of this discussion, I guess the key is to ask the bar staff what's available in my premium package rather than what isn't!

I would just add that clearing immigration at BCN is not always super-fast for non-EU citizens. Don't be surprised if it's an hour between landing and leaving the terminal with your suitcases!

Sorry if this is a stupid question ... we've booked the Premium package. Does this mean I shouldn't worry about price lists because we get whatever we want? Or do I need to keep an eye open for higher cost drinks? Then do I pay the excess?

Thanks all for the good advice!

44 minutes ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

You can book a reservation but you don’t have to. I think some people make reservations because they want to ensure a certain dining room. The menus are the same except for a very small section that is exclusive to just that dining room. If you have a long excursion day I recommend you head to the dining room with the shortest line. 
edit to say on our sailing the shortest line was usually in the Cypress dining room. 

Thanks so much! Very helpful.

1 minute ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

There is no set time/table on e class.  You pick your restaurant and your time. This allows you some flexibility and gives you a taste of all 4 dining rooms (if you choose). You can make a reservation for any of the dining rooms in the app but there may still be a brief wait. 
 

We loved Ascent!  I hope you enjoy your cruise. 

Thanks...that's good to hear!

Does this mean we book the dining room and timeslot each day?

On a few days we have all day excursions so hope to eat later!

We're looking to our first ever cruise on the ASCENT from BCN in May! Seems like we've made a good choice!

However, we're a bit confused about dining. We selected the Early Dining slot as flexible was not available. From the Celebrity information we understood that we would be assigned a dining time, restaurant and table, with the same waiter every evening etc.

Over the weekend, we watched some great guest reviews of the ASCENT and they mentioned that one can eat in any of the 4 complimentary main dinner restaurants.

So, now we're a bit confused. Is it set time slot, set table, set waiter... or free to go to any of the 4 restaurants and sit where we like?

Thanks EP!

Sounds fantastic! My wife and I are taking our first ever cruise on the Ascent in May in the Med.

As there are lots of port stops we went for an interior stateroom on deck 9, but chose the deluxe to have a bit more space.

We're really  looking forward to it.