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Re: Anniversary Even if not the exact date, select a night during your rescheduled cruise to celebrate. Probably not the first or last as those nights are more challenging for the waitstaff. Let Celebrity know your "new" anniversary date. On our last cruise our anniversary was a couple of days after we disembarked so we celebrated the fake date on the ship and were given a few surprise treats by Celebrity.

For some reason, Celebrity holds cabins that sleep more than 2 as unavailable when they in fact are open. Because those cabins holding 3 or 4 have the bed by the bath on S-class ships, those are the ones DH and I prefer, but we call Celebrity or our warehouse TA to request them. Suggest that you make the call knowing exactly which cabins you want to book and save yourself online search time.

I am disappointed that she won't be revolutionized for our 2024 cruise. We've sailed her 50 nights starting in 2010 when she was just a few months old. It's time for a change from those red/orange tones in the cabin even if her internal configuration, e.g. building the Retreat, remains the same.

Nearly an hour long but you can multi task while it plays.

Please, please one more 50 aka 5 point webinar with a January watch date and mid-February add date! Since we are perkless on the Silhouette I really need that + benefit of coffees at al Bacio!

Interesting that stockholder benefit is approved for sailings far in advance! I have bought/sold/bought again and, while I will be a shareholder for our February cruise, I may not for our August 2024 sailing. Hmmmm.

As far as I know ALL non-suite cabins have rounded corner beds. Not a problem for the average height person. e.g., us in our cruises in veranda cabins on both the Eclipse and Solstice, but perhaps a taller cruiser might chime in.....

Pre-Covid Celebrity would have Catholic priests aboard during the Christmas and Lenten/Easter seasons. Does anyone know if this is currently occurring? Thanks.

@aussietwo Sometimes cabins are blocked out for a travel agency. At this point I'd suggest just staying put in your deck 6 cabins because IMHO why add additional stress to the day you board the Eclipse especially if you need to see the Maitre'd to join your group together for dining. Not sure if the check-in agents could move you anyway and if not, you'd have to go to Guest Relations. If you stick to where you're at, you will get the "key" to your cabin and be able to drop your carryons off there while you have lunch. Otherwise, you'll be schlepping. We've stayed in a variety of Deck 6 veranda cabins on the Eclipse and even the 2D with a big lifeboat blocking some of the view was fine.

Emails meant for my DH are going to a friend"s. I clicked on "manage preference" at the bottom of the email our friend forwarded and cannot delete her address to insert DH's. She also received one meant for me re: the Metaverse which she forwarded and going into "manage preferences" on that email, voila! mine was the one listed. How she got mine is beyond me. Meanwhile, she's not received the "thank you" for booking letter for the same cruise we've both booked. Her confirmation email was sent to their address and is in their name at least!

Targeted to elite too, at least that's how my email greeting began.

Did any Elite member get the email from Celebrity to join the Metaverse? I've not done so yet, but wonder if any PUPs are attached to it.

Yes, I just had success directly with Celebrity!!! My friend bought 2 FCC's onboard her Alaska cruise- one for each of us. I repaid her the $200 for it and she gave me the certificate. Yesterday a.m. I wanted to book a cruise. When I gave the Celebrity reservationist the # of my FCC she told me it was in the name of our friend- uh oh. But she said that the friend could verbally authorize my using it. Luckily my friend was awake at 7:45 am when I called her on my cell phone, put the cell phone up against my home phone that the agent was on, and the verbal agreement was sufficient for us to proceed with our booking using the FCC! I suggest a conference call with you, your brother and the TA. Cite my experience and have your TA contact Celebrity to verify. Or....again via conference call with your brother on the line too book directly with Celebrity and then transfer the booking within 30 days to your travel agent!

I would book a Tours by Locals for the morning before the ship departs. HoHo bus in BA is not as well run as in other cities and would not be a good use of your short time in the city IMHO. Plan on crashing when you arrive in the late afternoon, so choose a hotel that is near restaurants for a late dinner which is typical in Argentina, maybe even a tango dinner/show? La Boca is great but also consider the cemetery de la Recoleta and the floralis generica.

The Iceland/Boston cruise is out for 2024 and I am booking it right now with Celebrity as I post!

@Maya_C Would be lovely to meet on a Celebrity cruise one day! In addition to the one we've booked for February, we are ready to commit to Iceland/Greenland/Boston for 2024 as soon as the sail date is published. Any interest?

Yes, I am! You? If so, you are only the 2nd alumna who has picked up the connection to our high school since I joined Cruise Critic!

Booked two thanks to the workaround that was posted here and on the other thread! Our only previously booked excursion was actually up in price!

On our own in Ravenna, Dubrovnik, and Rhodes at older ages than you two, Stockjock! Did Celeb tour to Oia Santorini and ditched it there. We explored Oia before the crowds arrived and then walked down to Ammoudi "port" for lunch and to take a private boat back to the tender area. (not sure this is possible anymore). We had a private tour in Ephesus- be sure to see the Terrace Houses!

Since the itinerary we want to book hopefully follows that of the Summit from Iceland-Boston, maybe I'll find it when NE/Canada sailings are published. A girl can hope.....

I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas- except Christmas is always December 25th! First the 5th, then the 8th and now the 14th (if that date sticks)!

So, if so, do we log into Celebrity and then search? I've just been checking for our desired itinerary without logging in.

What appeals to me in using a TA as a “group” organizer is the details of each couples’ booking rest with her! As friends decide to come along, they call her to book informing her they are with the Framily group. We are DIYIng the pre and post cruise land portions and trying to navigate and book group rates for trains, etc. isn’t easy, but I doubt that it would be worthwhile for a TA to deal with it.

Wouldn’t surprise me if chengkp75 was captaining! Go Mariners!

Well maybe if Celebrity follows this thread and sees all the recent off-topic posts about other cruise lines, the person in charge of PUPs will offer a new one pronto in hopes of maintaining defectors!