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The OP mentioned she made a mistake. She was not interested in comparing Royal or Celebrity to Crystal but she wanted to get information on how Royal compared to Celebrity. She was just on the wrong board. See post #7.

We have fixed time dining, how do we know which table are we allocated? Is it on the card? And can we change the table before the first dinner if we do not like the location? How to do that?

As far as I understand you can get them removed once onboard. You will have to tell them the reason.

I was on the Star Legend with Windstar cruises. Beautiful, well appointed Grande Dame.

Have you considered going by train to Venice? If I were going from Civitavechia, this is what I would do. It is a lovely train ride in Italy. I would even consider a stop in Florence or Verona if time allows. Flying is not as smooth as it use to be and it is a short distance. Instead of being 3 -4 hours in advance at Fiumicino, you could already be confortable at your train. Good information about trains in Europe you can find on internet under the posts of the guy of seat 61 (or 65 ?🧐 not sure). Ivi

On my cruise of 13 nights, there were 2 formal nights. Both on seadays. The first formal night was lobster. The second formal night was king crab legs. You could book your specialty restaurants for port days. In case you miss on that evening something you would like to have at the main restaurant, you can order for you 24 hours in advance for another night. Ivi

You get charged for 2 people

I would suggest staying at Brickell. Nice neighborhood with hotels in all price categories. South beach is overpriced you have to pay a “resort fee” .

So please let us know if someone receives an email from Crystal. Lets see if it works after subscribing again.

I am not receiving their emails. I have resubmitted my subscription today.

I agree, most probably those will remain.

Recommended or required I could not make them online. I guess it would have to be done after we board. I am more interested now on Tastes due to the cooperation with the Beefbar.

I like it. This sounds good. Ivi

I have just made reservations for my cruise with the Symphony for this sommer and the only two restaurants available to make reservations were Umi Uma and Osteria. Tastes was not offered for reservations. Ivi

During my cruise you could dine at Tastes also without reservations. It was not very busy.

Nothing concrete yet. Cristina Levis wrote this on another social media in relation to this question: „too early to say. We are working around the clock to make it happen but there are various things that we do not control.“ Ivi

Ok maybe they are more tour providers now. I remember last year there was a reputable one but was fully booked. I went ashore trying to find something on my own after some unlucky try to do it via shore excursions team (not very knowledgeable lady and not really interested in clarifying details of the shore excursion). So I found the Zimbabweans tour providers 😊

In Port Stanley it is better to take a ship excursion to see the penguins. Not much to do if you are on your own. Be aware of independent people offering to see penguins. I was approached by Zimbabweans who offer those tours. It turned out to be that the beach they wanted to take us, was one previously mined. Zimbabweans were hired to take away the mines. The beach was not still open for the tourists. I declined to take that excursion.

All repetitions are tiring. Even those images of “bitting the horse” 😉 I guess the repetitions can not be avoided as long as once in a while some people who know little but think they know a lot, arrive with a parachute on this board and start the subject again. Ivi

I hesitated to answer to your post. But actually your words are the key. You say you really don’t know what others are beefing about. Exactly! you do not know and you cannot generalize that „all have got all their money back „ or “those who didn't are trolling “ or “have not learned to count or do their maths”. I am very happy that you have not lost anything. But please show some respect for others who have. And please move on. This subject has been discussed enough and most of us are very tired of it. Ivi

Thanks Terry for this post. You are absolutely right. And besides that, since the EI is limited to the end of 2025, not all the certificates can be used due to previous commitments. Ivi

Is there a possibility that if you bid for a balcony ocean view cabin, you would get just an ocean view no balcony? One does bid for a particular cabin right? Not just for any upgrade.

Have a wonderful cruise Terry and Kerry! Looking forward to reading about your experiences. Ivi

I agree not to put off travel. We have been in so many places in which the situation has changed so much and the country, even though we might be able visit it now, ti would not be the same than before… Ivi

I am very glad you had a wonderful time visiting Berlin although it was just some hours. Although I am not particularly fond of traveling long distances to visit a big city just for few hours, I have to recognize that I have done it once and I also had a good time. It was a visit from Le Havre to Paris. I am not sure I would do it again. Ivi