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You may or may not need to make show reservations. In March we had to reserve the ice show. The last three cruises there was no reservations required. This was including a cruise about four weeks ago. It was all first come…..first served.

LOL…Did you read where I posted a “one” ship cruise line? I’m not stupid. Just reporting that “another” cruise line has removed the testing requirement. Duh me!!!

Another (one ship) cruise line removes testing for “vaccinated” guests. https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/27901-margaritaville-at-sea-stops-pre-embarkation-covid-19-testing.html

I love a good good dirty martini with olives stuffed with a good “fresh blue cheese” but will pass on this.

Now that’s a plan. That Bloody Mary sounds good to me.

There is no rhyme or reason how they work. We have a B2B booked on RCI next month. I received a notification a month ago for the second leg that our bid was accepted. Actually I received a text from Amex showing a charge before the email arrived. Still waiting on week #1. A lot of the cruise lines use the same third party company to handle their upgrade program. https://www.plusgrade.com/partners/

You will definitely enjoy it. 🙂

I’m amazed at the attitude of the OP but no matter what anyone posts here, they have made up their mind that rules do not apply to them nor does consideration for their fellow guests who do follow the arrival requests. If every person on that sailing had this persons attitude then there would be 5000+ guests standing there at 10:00 AM creating one heck of a mess. SMH…….🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

From my three check-in experiences thus far with RCI over the last few months, they are strict with arrival times. Stick to your assigned times to be fair to everyone please. Edit to add that on each cruise we have received notice on the morning of the cruise to “stick” to the assigned times for check-in.

I’m fully aware of that but it’s a start regardless. The ‘big three” can’t ignore what the small lines are doing. Time will tell but I’m on the side that testing is about to go away and quickly.

Agree. Since VV only has a couple of other ships in service it was probably easier to move quickly but I’m hoping that RCG has been working on a plan in case this day finally came and clearly it has.

Oh you can bet that he and every other cruise line exec knows it.🙂 They’re all watching to see who will blink first. Hopefully this announcement by Virgin gets the ball rolling for the rest. This will help bookings and the cruise lines know it. It was easy for VV to make this decision as they only have a couple of ships in service. For the larger cruise lines I’m sure there is more to figure out but hopefully they were working on a plan to execute before the latest CDC announcements.

Virgin Voyages removes pre cruise testing requirements. Looks like it has begun. Vaccination requirements basically still in effect. https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/27889-virgin-voyages-eliminates-pre-embarkation-covid-19-testing-for-cruises.html

Virgin moves quickly…..Testing for U.S cruises ends July 27th. https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/27889-virgin-voyages-eliminates-pre-embarkation-covid-19-testing-for-cruises.html

We normally stay at the Marriott but as you stated, it’s under a major refurbishment through the end of the year. I called the Intercontinental before booking and was told that both the bay and ocean view overlook the port but the bay view is for the fourteenth floor and lower. Ocean view is floors fifteen and higher thus the higher price.

We just booked through Larry’s. We fly into FLL but staying in Miami. Price wasn’t too bad plus it’s great to have someone that has your flight info so in case it’s late or early then they can adjust. Easy to book.

Just saw this posted elsewhere. https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/environmental-health/and-just-cdcs-covid-19-program-cruise-ships-has-ended

https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/environmental-health/and-just-cdcs-covid-19-program-cruise-ships-has-ended

The aftertaste is no joke but it only lasted for about an hour. It may get stronger and last longer the more that we take it. I’m drinking a ton of water.

We officially tested positive this morning and started Paxlovid. Started to feel the symptoms on Friday.This virus is no joke. I feel like I stepped in front of a bus. Hoping the Paxlovid kicks in quickly. We did manage to go almost two and a half years without getting this stuff. I guess it was our time. Thankfully we’re at home and not traveling. To the OP, just started reading this thread today. I hope that you and your husband are doing well.

If you’re referring to the casino offers website, it’s working on my end. They’re still having issues showing your point total but the offers are there.

We wanted to try the MSC product and since February 2020 we had MSC booked five times in the YC bit Covid always got in the way. At that time the prices for the YC was incredible but they have since out priced themselves. We tried the Haven in 2019 on the Bliss and I have a feeling that MSC will mirror our NCL experience. Big ships, high passenger count. Once you leave the Haven, it was an entirely different experience. No desire to cruise NCL anytime soon. The issue that I had with MSC was their shoreside customer service or lack of service. The CS reps that I spoke with were usually short, rude and totally clueless. Communication was seriously lacking. We haven’t looked at MSC in a while. I wonder if their new luxury division Explora will start to pull some of their YC guests away and prices will come down?

Agree with many of the other posters on this thread. You should not feel any different based upon your stateroom choice. Just be prepared to have a great time and enjoy the Celebrity experience.

Those angled balcony CS staterooms are the best. Love the extra space on the balcony. We have another booked for December.