barryod

Will be on the Celebrity Eclipse in April from Miami to Ireland. Looking forward, as on all previous cruises, to meeting friends I haven't met yet.

I believe there is only one PH on Reflection. It also has the Reflection Suite and 5 Signature suites. :)

Please excuse the poke here. Wanted to say Hi Texed. Kathie and I are gearing up for the 4/9/16 Solstice out of Sydney. Hoping you are all well and I'll be sure to have a waffle in your honor....or 6 or 7:D

Just want to share a quick experience we had with Capt. Bob on the 12th of this month. We sailed on the Reflection and were booked on his snorkle excursion. Waters were a bit rough and when Bob met us on the dock, he advised us of same and offered a refund should we not want to go out. We went out with Ty and could not have had a better experience. On our way to our last place to snorkle, we came across a pod of dolphins who allowed us to hang out with them. Swimming with dolphins in their natural enviornment trumped any snorkle time that day. This doesn't happen every day so we all considered ourselves very fortunate. Whenever in St. Maarten, I know who I'm boating with!!! And did I mention the KLM 747 taking off while we were 50 yds off shore? Crazy!

If one is leaving and arriving at Miami port, but flying out of FLL, would the progam still be available?

Hi Sandi:), loving your review...as usual, wonderfully detailed and

fabulous photos too:D

DITTO Sandi!!!!!!

I was addressing the issue of notifying the cruiseline. You are CHANGING the reservation from double occupancy to single occupancy if you notify the cruiseline. You MAY be rebooked in another cabin (depends on the waiting list for the cruise). Has nothing to do with insurance.

Went on a cruise in 92, cabin mate got ill and canx the cruise. Stayed in the cabin without any adjustments. Friend was reimbursed. Guess the key is not telling the cruise line.

Barry

I have been told NOT to cancel the other person in the cabin. You are essentially CHANGING the booking to single supplement (which MAY save some money). BUT since you are changing the booking, you may also loose your cabin and be rebooked into something else.

 

DH THINKS he wants to go on a cruise (booked more than a year in advance). Then at the last minute, he bails. Twice he has done it to me. I was SPECIFICALLY told NOT to cancel his booking or I could find myself in another cabin (QE2-Jan 2007). I was told to just say he had to cancel at the last minute and there would be no problems at check in. There were no problems with X-I just had the cabin to myself (January 2004-SA). And I had a severe allergic reaction to macadamia nuts on the flight, so I missed the QE2 cruise as well.

It's one thing to bail out because you don't want to go and another thing to die or become ill. Ins canx policies are quite explicit when it comes to reasons acceptable for canx a cruise and simply not wanting to go isn't one of them.

Barry

Hi Sherrie,

If the cruise was paid for and both parties purchased the cruise insurance with the cruise line, then there would be no cabin or cost change. Death would be treated like illness in the ins. carrier's eyes.

Barry

Hey Redhawk94,

Don't know when you're going to cruise but have you given any thought to downsizing your cabin and with the savings, purchase beer on board? Just a thought.

Enjoy your cruise.

Barry

I kind of like them on Celebrity's M-class ship as it's a short walk up to get waffles with all the good stuff on them. Balconys are great!!

Barry

Tara,

We're going on Celebrity's Summit out of P.R. in Jan. '09. Bonairre and Aruba are two of the islands. We also love the ABCs but the other islands on this cruise are great as well. We're doing a family and friends cruise of about 40 people and plan on having a great time.

Good luck with your hunt.

We have a TA who has been taking care of our cruising for 25 years and, knock on wood, without incident. She also lives and works from her home bus. which is 1500 miles from where we live.

Enjoy your cruise!!

Barry

Tandoorii, thanks much for the effort you put in to that list. It's a great check list and allows those cruisers (such as myself), to keep abit occupied while waiting for the clock to move faster towards cruise date.:D If and when I find myself not interested in a tip given by a fellow cruiser on this site, I simply scroll down to the next. Happy cruisin' Tandoorii and keep this stuff comming!!!!