cluso

Why did you pay final so early?

Confusing. I booked us originally on 15 June 2023, then got a lower fare on 2 Jan 2024. We have an A-2 Aft for Sep '24 Alaska/Pacific Coast. There are 3 categories of Penthouses available. I do have a O Connoisseur agent now. I should probably talk to her. Any hints on the Penthouse cabins--location, etc?

No, this will be our first O cruise, so I booked directly with them by phone. We have been on 4 "R" ships before. The way it's written, it says "Upgrade Now". To me that kind of means already booked can upgrade. But, then the fine print.

I noticed today that O is having a 4 category upgrade sale on some of their cruises. It says in small print "For new bookings only". One of my booked cruises is in the sale--I booked directly with O. I thought I have read on this feed some people were able to upgrade a current reservation. Is that true? Just call O?

Oceania Insignia Oct 16-27, 2025, great leaf peeping. "Canadian Connoisseur" Montreal to Boston. Most ports are in Canada.

Yep, Capt Tasos is great, have cruised with him many times. Cruising out of one of the many Norwegian fjords, he stopped the Constellation and did multiple 360"s. He called it "Dancing with the Waterfalls" which were on both sides. Pretty cool. Unfortunately, E class is not our cup of tea, so don't know if we will see him again.

We did safaris with "andbeyond". They have lots of locations in Africa. Just a heads up--Early, early morning, small bite to eat, then off in the Rovers BEFORE sunrise. After several hours, back for a normal breakfast. Multiple activities mid-day, then off again at dusk for several hours, then dinner. Those times are when the animals are more active. It was wonderful! Maybe you shouldn't tell Iain that part. 🤐

We are on Regatta this October, and we are not ready for a nursing home. We will be doing The Tail of the Dragon twice this July. Zoom, zoom. 🤪

We will be on that cruise too, our first Oceania (although we have been on 4 "R" ships in the past. Just booked another Oceania, "Canadian Connoisseur" Montreal to Boston October 16-27, 2025. Mostly Canadian ports. Tired of the Caribbean and also long flights over the ponds.

I guess I meant to say "OS" Oceania Select Excursion. What does that mean (since some excursions don't have that added).

I saw this listed on some excursions, but don't really know what it means. Newbie here, can you please explain.

Being O newbies, I guess we will be learning a lot on this first cruise. 🙄

Sorry about the repeat at the beginning of this. Anyway, the first invoice I received for this cruise said: "Schedule Change-Notification sent 6/8/23 Due to a berthing conflict, please note the call to Juneau has been replace with Wrangell." They must use that phrase a lot.

Have you tried taking it out of your cart or cancelling the tour--both from your account? I wasn't sure from your first post.

Thank you for your inputs, I am trying to get my ducks in line for a first time Ponant cruise. So, there is Ponant Bonus, First time cruise, Status match (Celebrity Elite+) and personal referral from someone that has sailed Ponant. Do you know which of these you can combine? Is booking directly with Ponant a good deal?

Thank you, This would be our first Ponant cruise and we are Elite + on Celebrity. Looking to upgrade our experience and downsize the cruise size. Also, once booked are you able to take advantage of any sales?

Advertising emails and the Ponant website list "Ponant Bonus" (a percentage off) for certain cruises. So, are those percentages already taken off when you see "Starting at...." OR are they taken off when you actually book? Thank you

Check out my input above this.

Check out Times Square Suites. That's where we stayed numerous times and will do it again in September 2024. Great location. Decent prices.

So friendly!

How fun! Fort-de-France, Martinique 14 Jan 2024, First day Of Carnival!

Awesome! Hoping to finally meet you two on board. We are doing the 12-day cruise, spending some time in Vancouver first. We enjoy that city. Kim

Hi Jim, We booked the 2024 Sep Vancouver to LA cruise on Regatta. It will be our first Oceania cruise but our 5th time on an R class. Got an A2-Conciege Veranda (aft). You get a few perks there. Celebrity Elite+ doesn't mean much to us with all the changes nowadays. Just got off our last booked Celebrity cruise a week ago. We looked at each other and commented that it might be our last Celebrity cruise. We want to downsize the crowds and upgrade the experience. Our first Celebrity cruise was in 1985 on Chandris Amerikanis before it turned into Celebrity. Kim

Agree

I figured that would be the answer. Oh well, this is our last Celebrity cruise in the foreseeable future (never say never). Three more cruises lined up for this year. One is Oceania's Vancouver to Alaska and down the West Coast to LA in September. BTW, Oceania is having a sale and yesterday I got our cruise fare reduced by $1200. Next year, we are taking Jim's lead and want to book Ponant on the Great Lakes. They have 10-day cruises on the Great Lakes now. 😁