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Great update...

Can you tell me who the Martini Bartenders were on this sailing please..thxs:)

1605 AQ CLASS. DECK 12. BED by BALCONY.

Huge long balcony at start of hump. table 2 chairs and stools.

Shower has Aqua shower unit.

9344 CC3. DECK 9. BED by BALCONY.

Normal size balcony for CC class.

2157 AQ SUITE. DECK 12. BED by BATH.

Normal "sky suite" size balcony. Location on hump, overhang just as wide as balcony will get lots of sun. \nice cabin great central location. Shower has Aqua power shower unit.

2176 SS2. SUITE. DECK 12. BED by BATH.

Normal sky suite/balcony. Large overhang great for shade.

Central location, opposite crew door.

4109 SIGNATURE SUITE. DECK 14.

Exclusive access corridor to suites. floor to ceiling windows.(as in sky lounge). Separate bedroom, bathroom, lounge Hallway. Window from Bedroom to lounge. Glass is darkened using switch. Balcony large with hot tub table chairs and lounger(similar to RS balcony). Great decor/pleasing shades and color.

UKTOG and EXCITEDOFHARPENDEN would too be great additions...

Does anyone know where Paul Baya CD is now, I last saw him on Silhou Nov 11.

He does tend to take out the New Ships after Nick Wier has opened them up....

Hi Arno,

Just off Connie 2 day Cruise AMS to SOU and your Chart is uptodate..:cool:

Too great days as well........:D

I am on Constellation for 2 day cruise on Weds this week will report back upto date info.

Please complete or correct the following names and positions for the chart:

 

 

Alex

Ante

Cemal Ozcelik Solstice

Danuta

Eduardo Luz

Fabio Scaglione

Fatih Korkmaz

Lazo

Merick

Nikola Havidic ML

Prastalo Srdjan

Predrag Pajovic

Sirjan

Vladimir Savic

Zafer Colak

 

 

Hi Arno,

Top picture, top left is Lorenzo Davidou.

Arno, its the Party Band that gets my vote.......

thanks Arno, cant wait to meet Him again on Reflection He is great.

HD - Damien OCONNOR

AHD - Robert FLACK

 

And the wonderful Karen will be in Al Bacio :D

On facebook Damien is now working for Disney Cruise Lines or is that him having a :D:rolleyes:.

Had "only been told" it was Sue Richardson. :confused:

Hi Arno,

 

I plan to keep posting here as long as I can still cruise and type. :D I think it is a great info. source and would hate to see it disappear.

 

Very little talk about Reflection. Only thing I was told was that Pagonis was to be Master.

 

Hope Joanne is doing well.

 

Anne

Nick Wier is CD.

Deck -12

Cabin # - 2122

Class – SS2 Starboard or Port Side -Starboard

Bed near?(balcony or bath) –Bath

Quiet Cabin – Quiet Cabin, occasional bumps from Oceanview cafe above.

Balcony View - No obstructions. Great View.

Balcony Size? Large.

Was wind a problem? Nope

If an aft cabin, was soot a problem? N/A

Any specific problems with this cabin? None

Any other comments? Great, convenient location close to the central elevators and the pool area.....

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Deck 6

Cabin # - 6596

Class – D1

Front Starboard, Front Port, Back Starboard, Back Port, Central Park, or Boardwalk - FRONT/MIDSHIP

Bed near?(balcony or bath) –Balcony

Quiet Cabin (With comments on problems. Note if connecting. ) – YES &NO PROBS. BUT SMALLER THAN USUAL D1s.

Balcony View - GOOD SEA VIEW. SEE ABOUT 15% of LIFEBOAT IMMEDIATLY BELOW. NO OBSTRUCTION AND NEARER SEA THAN HIGHER CABINS.

Balcony Size? 2X THE SIZE OF NORMAL D1S, AND SQ IN SHAPE. LOTS OF SHADE TO WARDS THE CABIN DOORS DUE TO OVERHANG.

Was wind a problem? NO

Any specific problems with this cabin? JUST SMALLER AND LIMITED DRAWER CLOSET SPACE. SMALL SAFE FOR SUCH A LARGE SHIP!!!!!

Any other comments? MOST COMFY BED SLEPT IN ON CRUISE SHIP.

EQUINOX Deck 7

Cabin # 7316

Class - 2B

Starboard or Port Side -Starboard.

Bed near?(balcony or bath) Bath

Quiet Cabin-YES

Balcony View - Great view

Balcony Size? Normal or oversized for class? - Normal

Was wind a problem? NO

Any specific problems with this cabin? No

Any other comments? Cabin was towards the aft from the central elevators. Personaly I prefer to have bed by Bath, it gives a larger area in that part of the Cabin. ALSO on Equinox the shelves and safe have been taken out of the wardrobe. The shelves gone, create more hanging space and the safe has moved to above the mini bar in the central cabinet area (much better).

EQUINOX 6153 Deck - 6

Cabin # -6153

Class - 2B

Starboard or Port Side - PORT

Bed near?(balcony or bath) balcony

Quiet Cabin- Mostly - see additional comments

Balcony View - Great view

Balcony Size? Normal or oversized for class? - Normal

Was wind a problem? No not on this 2day as no wind really.

If an aft cabin, was soot a problem? No

Any specific problems with this cabin? No

Any other comments? The cabin was opposite the front elevators. The state atndants trolley was left outside the door on occasions. Balcony was normal size but there was no left frosted partition so got a view of whole side of the ship as balcony is 1st on hump. Not a prob grt view, but wind could be and if look down and left then see all the tops of the lifeboats down the side of the ship.

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And so back to the purpose of this thread, RCCL's Independence of the Seas...anyone got anything to add?...perhaps you have just returned from a cruise on her...maybe some suggestions/ideas etc you would like to pass onto those yet to sail this beautiful ship.:D

YES she is a super ship,just like her half sister SOLSTICE in my aviatar. Looking forward to Christening her other half sister Equinox in 10days time. Liz we both Christened Independence so she is just fine, an my letters are bigger than yours...........:p RICH.

Cabin 1042 is on the Sky Deck, and since it has a sofa bed, isn't the bed near the bath?

Yea Schplinky, I think you mean 1542 as 1042 is defy on Sky Deck 10 :confused:.

Deck - 10 SKY

Cabin # - 1086

Class – CC1

Starboard or Port Side - Starboard

Bed near? – Balcony

Quiet Cabin – Yes,

Balcony View - GREAT,TO RIGHT VIEW START OF HUMP

Balcony Size? Normal

Was wind a problem? no

If an aft cabin, was soot a problem? n/a

Any specific problems with this cabin? NO. QUIET.

Any other comments? nice location,near elevator banks.

DECK= 10 SKY STARBOARD.

CABIN=1090

CLASS=CC1

BED=BATH (1086 IS BALCONY ssssssh had a sneaky look....)

VIEW=GREAT,towards aft see hump but no deal...........

SIZE=NORMAL.

COMMENTS= LIKE BEDS AT BATH EASIER TO GET INTO CLOSETS THAN NEXT TO COUCH. CABINS TO AFT WERE ALL ALL CONNECTING.GREAT LOCATION MID SHIP AND QUIET NEXT TO ELEVATORS.

ALSO a BIG thanks to RCL for considering our concerns and puting the benifits back to what they were before. Royal we love you.................:)

I can now book on board my Dubai cruise on Brilliance OTS (spring 2010)..........:cool:

RICH..........................

Well done guys, we ALL deserve a big pat on the back for this..........:)

RICH

Has anyone seen our favorite X Maitre d' ? His name is Shaddie Sahadi (as close as I can get to the spelling) He is from Australia and the last time we saw him was in June of 2004 on the Summit in Alaska. He made my birthday something special by getting us an invitation to the Chief Engineer's Table for dinner. We are hoping he will be on the Solstice, is there any way to find out where he is???

We asked about him on Summitt in March and they told us he had left Celebrity and was living in S Africa now. He is a super guy who went out of his way to make you feel welcome, nothing too much trouble:) .

RICH...................

We will have $500 OBC for our upcoming Connie cruise. $300 is in Celebrity Rewards American Express and $200 is from shareholder OBC. Are you saying that if we don't use the entire $500 (which is pretty improbable), we can get money back?

 

Jo-Ann

Your two OBC`s you have will still be combinable under the new rules, its putting shareholders with booking on board OBC and Celeb Capt Club $ off Vouchers that will be a no no :eek: .

Its been posted earlier that some passengers cash there OBC for cash at the casino, -minus3% charge for doing so, so I guess you could do this with your unused OBC on last night of the cruise.

Hope that helps........... RICH

I honestly believe that RCI does not care about the people that are spending the 100 dollar OBC that may cost them only 30 dollars on drinks or even those that have 400 dollars worth of OBC and spend it all on board;what I feel they have trouble with are the people who cash out the OBC in the casino and pocket it costing them $97 and especially those who cash out 400 dollars of OBC costing them $388.

WOW I didnt realise that could happen. Why have they not stopped that from happening by keeping casino "cash withdrawal" separate on accounts. Or put a rule that cant be COMBINED with cash withdrawals

Basically correct, but I know of at least one cruiser (me :D) that would cut my spending my just about the OBC. I have a budget for out of pocket expenses and rarely exceed it. Yes, I would have to spend a little bit more (and that would be extra profit), but it wouldn't be as much as the OBC I lose for a particular cruise. I am also more willing to consider another cruise line since some of the repeat-cruiser perks are now gone or cut. Why not try another brand since I don't feel I am getting very much for my loyalty? Even if I try only one time and return, they will lose a LOT more than they made off of me by cutting the combined OBC.

 

Before anyone flames me and says I shouldn't run away over this issue, I'm not saying that. I laugh at people who take one issue and say "I'll never cruise with these bozos aggain!". What I am saying is that the overall rewards for loyalty to the RCL/Celebrity brand is getting less and less enough to keep me from considering others. For the past 7 years and 22 cruises, I never even priced other cruise lines. Now I will look at others and may find one I like. That's the risk RCL is taking.

I agree but love the Celebrity and RCL cruises too much to change over this even though Iam not happy or agree with it. RICH