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But did they say which year? We have heard such things before, but no announcement has been forthcoming.....

Ummm...the bath mats?

Some stewards do them as a matter of course, some don't. It doesn't mean you had a "lousy" steward. You are more likely to get them if you have children in the stateroom. In future, if you would like them, a word to your steward and you will probably have them the following night.

As far as anyone can tell, the information on the Facebook page does not match what actually happens on board, so the Cruise Critic answer to the final question would be:

"You would not be charged for the 11 days. You would be charged b) 8 nights."

Great idea for a thread

1. shore excursions and airport transfer refunds went onto my SeaPass account immediately while I was still on board and that has been refunded to my credit card already

2. Cruise fare has not been refunded to my credit card

3, Future Cruise Certificate has not been received as yet

4. Haven't submitted receipts for meals for the two days where they put me up at a hotel in Vancouver yet -- will do that late in the week

5. Ditto for airline change fee and difference in airfare -- will do that later in the coming week

No, nothing to do with any credit card company but I had just come across a woman in tears before I wrote that. She had no credit card (a fair amount of cash with her, so she said, for settling her SeaPass account). No hotel she called would give her a reservation because she had no card to guarantee to. She couldn't rent a car (not sure why that was an option, but she was crying about it). She was among those whose post trip begins Friday in Anchorage but she's been assigned a flight to Vancouver and is being told to just buy a plane ticket and Celebrity will reimburse her, but she can't buy a plane ticket. It's a cautionary tale.

For those who haven't followed the thread about the Millennium cancellation, and in the hopes that a new thread with this info might live on,

We know from Cruise Critic that some passengers travel without a credit card. They choose not to have one, or are unable to get one due to poor credit ratings.

While its true that passengers can set up a cash account, and can prepay all cruise fare, beverage packages, gratuities etc without a credit card, when something goes wrong, as we are experiencing now, passengers who do not have a credit card are very much at a disadvantage. You might say that they are in deep weeds.

The problem is that many of us are having to make our own independent hotel reservation WHICH MUST BE GUARANTEED WITH A CREDIT CARD OVER THE PHONE or on line. Emphasis intentional.

People please, figure out some way to get yourself a credit card. You never know when something will happen to change your plans!

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I just remembered the name of the Party Band: Magnitude

Millennium August 2013

Master: Konstantinos Patsoulas

Staff Captain: Konstantinos Lampropoulus

Chief Engineer: Konstantinos Zannikos

Guest Relations Manager: Jacque DeGuzman

Hotel Director: Sheldon Thompson

Cruise Director: Paul Baya

F & B: Doug Shelley

Executive Chef: Michael Fernandez

Captains Club: Rose Dalisay

A Capella: Top Shelf

Other Music: Justin Wade, Guitar; the Garnette, easy listening and jazz in Rendezvous Lounge; Upscale Trio, dance music, Rendezvous Lounge

Will have to add party band later

The chart is not predictive -- there is no September chart available in August. The only way this one gets put together is that passengers report in after they cruise (or rarely, during a cruise).

Staff have contracts that vary from 3 months to 6 months, occasionally even more. The contracts are for a time frame, not for a particular ship, and so in the space of a 3 month contract they can move from ship to ship, or stay put. It all depends on the vacation schedules of the others in their positions, as well as promotions, retirements, etc.

Both formats worked fine on my Mac and Iphone.

Thank you for doing this for us.

Infinity. IN

Equinox EQ

Eclipse EC

"No offense, but seeing alot of threads on TV's makes you wonder why go on a cruise if the TV is so important...stay home, save your money and watch the TV 24/7..."

I guess you have never caught something on a cruise and had to stay in your room for a while.

Or had trouble sleeping and wanted something to watch in the night.

Copied from another thread, from a passenger just off Eclipse:

"Last week (20/7 to 2/8) we had Captain Pannagiotis, Ian Creswell as cruise director, Perry Grant, Kyle Thommasson (who was amazing!!) and Ray Brown Jnr (Jazz band)."

while a few posters have reported some success with a workaround to be able to use the inputs, most have failed, so you should not count on being able to use the TV as a monitor for your own device.

He was one of the good guys. My condolences to his friends, family and colleagues.

It's time for me to get new glasses. I mis-read the chart, but someone has corrected me. Rossy it is.

It's a little early to know who might be there when you are sailing. They rotate in and out, often on a three-month schedule but that isn't set in stone.

Recently it was Donovan Campbell, host not hostess.

when are you sailing?

Oh of course -- I apparently need more sleep -- duh! Thanks, Andy.

Each ship and each position is different. Some people stay with one ship for three months, some for four months, some as long as six months. They are constantly coming and going, to vacation, reassignment, or even retirement.

Because the OP depends on those who come back from a cruise to send him updated information, the more of us who contribute, the better the chart.

isn't that GRM? Or have I always misunderstood?

My experience is that BOTH TA's have to be involved -- it can't just be a one-way linkage. Your TA links your reservation to your friends, their TA links their reservation to yours.

"if they serve lobster and you would rather have 2 tails than the dessert, can that be ordered?"

Generally they won't bring two lobster tails simultaneously, but if you finish one and would like a second one, they will bring you another. You can also have dessert that evening if you still have room for it.

"How do you find out if you're elibible for the free galley tour?"

If you are Elite, it will be listed on your instructions sheet along with the other Elite events -- look for that in your stateroom on arrival. It should be stapled to the coupon sheet you'll also receive

If it's a general free galley tour, open to all, you'll see it in the Daily program

"Can you tell me if it is possible to order an item from the MDR menu in BLU?"

Possibly. This is easier on some ships than others. Sometimes the two galleys are quite far from each other and it's difficult to get food from the MDR to Blu. I would check the MDR menu early in the day when it is posted, and if you see something you would like, talk to the Blu MaitreD to see if it can be arranged.

'are escargot on the appetizer menu in any restaurant at all or still no availability?"

There have been a few reports from returning passengers that escargot were served on some cruises. It appears that the availability is still not reliable, so all you can do is hope that when you are cruising, there are escargot on board for you.