LadyBerard

When going to Bugaloe, as the taxi driver to take you to DePalm Pier. This is our go-to when visiting Aruba!

I understand your dilemma completely. Just returned from the Pearl this past Friday. I was/am having IT Band hip/leg pain brought on by walking only a few hundred feet. First day we took a shuttle to Horseshoe Bay. Second day would have liked to go to the Snorkel Park, but there was no way I could do the walk there, nor could I do the walk to Calico Jack's. We stayed on board the ship and I enjoyed the pool that day. I don't know if a taxi driver would have taken me and my husband to either, as they are an easy walk for most, as we did not even try to get a taxi.

Yes, we were three couples at the table (traveling together), and I believe each couple handed him additional gratuity. 🙂

The aft main dining room.......Summer Palace I believe.

I've just returned from vacation this past Friday. I know I quickly read of changes coming to Celebrity soon - perhaps Monday???. I thought I read about group rates in particular. I would like to read it again, but cannot seem to locate where I read it. Can anyone please enlighten me? Thanks in advance.

We just came home Friday from our cruise on the NCL Pearl. Although I am not going to give a review, as we did not attend most shows and don't want to post any negative remarks, I can wholeheartedly recommend asking for "Red" to be your server in the main aft dining room. We were fortunate to get him as our server the very first night, and immediately after dinner, went to the hostess to ask that we dine with him the remainder of our cruise! He was the most personable server we have had in many years on any cruise line. His recommendations for dinner were spot on; he was truly a delight! If it hadn't been for having him, we probably would have just dined in the buffet on the nights we did not have specialty dinner reservations. You will see him singing just about every morning when entering the buffet area. We did attend one show.....the 1969 music show in the Spinnaker, and we truly enjoyed that show.

Called and had AARP OBC applied. No change to our $1 deposit either. Kept same Have it All Plus perks too. 🙂

I booked our July 2024 cruise during the $1 deposit promo and signed up for the AARP OBC the first day it was available. Does anyone know if I contact Holland to have this additional OBC added, will I be required to pay the regular deposit now, which is $700 for the cabin? Cabin price is the same as when I booked.

Last time we cruised out of Tampa, we stayed at Marriot Water Street. Loved it there.

I don't think I will book this excursion. Watched a video on youtube for it, and where they take you doesn't look that great. Going to take an excursion to Spice Mill Beach instead. Lots of OBC from Celebrity. Normally, don't do ship excursions though.

I thought Redduit Beach was in St. Lucia.

We're cruising on the Eclipse in Jan. 2025. I was wondering what beach the above excursion takes you to.

https://escapelounges.com/us/locations/Fort-Lauderdale/

I just redeemed some points for obc for our Summit Oct. 2023 cruise. Will this obc show up when I log onto my Celebrity cruise acct. so I can utilize them precruise or will they just show up after I board the ship? First time I've done this, so I'm not exactly sure how it works.

Today, I upgraded our included Classic pkg. to premium for our Summit Oct. 2023 repo cruise and our Eclipse repo cruise in Oct. 2024. 🙂

Thank you. After reading the responses, I don't think I need to upgrade.

I am technically challenged. Why upgrade wifi? What will I be able to do if I upgrade that I cannot do with the regular wifi that I get with my free perks? I have never upgraded it previously; however, today, I can upgrade for $4.99 per day. Educate me please.

We are booked on the Volendam for July 20, 2024, and after reading the poor reviews, thought about switching to Emerald Princess. However, we prefer small ships, and love the seaview pool area on Holland ships. We also do not want to cruise with a lot of children on board. Decided to keep our Volendam cruise and not switch.

Thank you everyone. I was able to complete the check-in process after numerous tries of getting the picture to be accepted. It never was though. My edocs were not showing up though, so I called and got that straightened out. Printed first two pages of edocs, just to have, and took a snapshot of them too. Started packing!!!! Yea...........3 more weeks and off to Bermuda on the Pearl we will go to celebrate my big 60th!!!!

Check-in opened up for me today for our August 18th trip on the Pearl. However, although I have tried taking numerous photos for the "required" photo, I cannot get past that point. I guess it doesn't like the photo for whatever reason. Is there a way around this so that we can complete our check-in and access our boarding pass? Are they not taking pictures at the pier any longer?

No, I did not. Ended up canceling the cruise and rebooking something else with a better itinerary.

It does not need to be an original birth certificate. It must, however, be a certified birth certificate.

Call large agencies and ask if they have group rates for your ship/sail date. Group rates are refundable deposit and include the drink pkg, wifi, and prepaid gratuities. If you are sailing within 3 months, you will not find any available group rates.

I made a reservation with MJS for us. Thank you everyone.

I want to hear all about it when you return. 🙂