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Many give a dollar or two per bag to porters. Others don't.

Not so far. Lots of us wish they would.

Do you have a link to this information, please? (end of discount for Elites)

Very interesting. I don't recall seeing any mention of this before. Thanks, Andy!

Steak is on the anytime dinner menu every night in the MDR. You may also have a steak at the buffet every night, at least on M and S class ships. Not sure about Century's buffet.

In an earlier thread, when the BOA credit card was first announced, poster ghstudio asked:

"Are the "private journey" excursions that are discounted with this card the same as the celebrity excursions you can book on the ship....or are they some other excursions? The term "private journey excursions" seems to have been invented with this card."

As far as my searches tell me, this question was never answered by any other poster. Does anyone have any idea what Private Journeys means? Does anyone know what the discount is?

They do salute the stateroom staff, and many others, on stage, usually at the farewell show, but sometimes at another opportunity during the cruise.

Yes. It's an old shipboard tradition. Were you in Select Dining?

Usually it is timed so that those in Traditional Dining get their entree, and the salute to the staff takes place before dessert.

If in Select Dining, the timing might be different for you. Have never seen it so dark that you couldn't continue eating, though.

Are you certain that request came from Celebrity? The use of the term "members" implies to me that it came from Cruise Critic.

Did Steiner also operate the hair salon?

Where or what is the Bristle?

I wonder if the OP was trying to put people off booking Century so the prices of upcoming cruises would go down and he/she could jump in and pick up a bargain. Now, there's a conspiracy theory for you.....

You should see the way the Jimmy Buffet fan club cruises decorate their doors! Lights, palm trees, hula dancers (the blow-up kind), sharks, pirates (life-sized cardboard cut-outs). People who have rooms at the ends of halls expand theirs around the corners. It has to take nearly a whole suitcase just for the decorations.

On Celebrity, it's not unusual to see a small stocking or a little wreath hanging from the number marker, or a sign taped to the door. I've never seen strings of lights or large 3-d decorations on that line.

Lots of people put a little personalization on their door so they can find their rooms more quickly. Maybe more so after the drinks packages came along....:)

"Not sure if it will go back down enough to make up for the $200 of onboard credit. Any advice appreciated!"

No one can know if it will drop enough to make up for the $200, but it might, or as Andy pointed out, it might go up. And the cabin you want might disappear, or Aqua Class might sell out entirely. Then where would you be? If there is a stateroom you want, and the price is ok now, then book now and continue to watch for price drops up until Final Payment, which is a long way off.

Never received one ever. Noticed that the site is down for maintenance now. We can only hope that one of these days it will all be fixed. Maybe if we all ask Santa.......

See this thread:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1958338

And there have been others discussing this change as well.

Check the Celebrity website FAQ. I believe this issue is covered there and that as long as one passenger remains the same you can change the second passenger.

If the ship stops at a port whether docked or tendered passengers must pay the port fees. Political feelings make no difference. Whether you leave the ship or not makes no difference. The port fees are assessed to the ship, and passengers pay them as part of their cruise fare.

The only way I've ever seen a port fee as a line item, although its after tge fact as far as your booking goes, is when a port is missed and the port fee is refunded.

I've heard people at Guest Relations attempting to get their port fee refunded because they didn't go ashore that day. Guest Relations had to explain that this isn't how the system works.:)

There was just a thread about transferring a Future Cruise Credit and I believe that it was not allowed.

Travelers checks, while increasingly useless in most situations, nay be just tge ticket here. Especially if your bank or other financial institution sells them for no fee. The ship charges no fee to cash them. This would give you USD which you would have to change to the local currency, but at least would keep you from having to carry large amounts of cash for most of your travels.

There are several upcharge items on the breakfast menu. Steak and eggs is one I remember. Also mimosas and bloody marys, natch. I agree, I would rather they have no upcharge items. But then, I never wanted to order steak and eggs anyway.

Nobody has ever reported success with exceptions to the time frame Celebrity specifies. I would not expect to have it approved, but the answer is always no until you ask.

Had a waffle this morning. My first thought was that it wasn't a Celebrity waffle, I wonder if Texed would like it.

May all your waffles be hot and tasty, Texed.

Even Cafe al Bacio servers seem confused by this

Apparently premium coffees are the espresso based, cappuccino for example.

Specialty coffees have flavorings, whipped cream etc

When the program was first introduced, the non alcoholic package included coffees with alcohol but that has since been corrected.