cruisingteachers4

I went to Facebook and asked John Heald and here was his response so that the next person who has this question can find the answer! 🙂

John Heald

"We still have the mason jar available in the Pig&Anchore bars.

Mason jar with cocktail: $29.00

Mason Jar with beer: $20.00

Empty mason jar: $11.00

Cocktail refill of the jar: $22.00

Beer refill of the jar: $ 12.00

VIFP benefit – beverage coupon covers the refill of the beer, but for the cocktail refill the price difference will be charged."

I have one of the wonderful 32 oz mason jars from the Pig and Anchor from a previous sailing.

I see that the refills for $12 beers and $20 cocktails are still on the menu. Has anyone actually done this recently? I've heard rumors that they no longer sell the mason jars so they are no longer offering the refills. I don't want to haul the mason jar to the ship if it will not be an option to use it. 

Second mason jar refill question - if they DO allow refills would I be able to use my platinum free drink for a refill?  

Thanks for all of your experience and expertise!!!

10 hours ago, Biker19 said:

Set the app to the current sailing- Dining > Bars&Lounges > Schooner (or most others) > Menu and scroll down toward the bottom. 

This is a great trick!  Thank you!!

3 minutes ago, PhillyFan33579 said:

Just saw it on Allure two days ago. 

Awesome!  Thank you!!

I was just browsing the drink menus on Prof Cruise, and I didn't see Fosters as a beer option on any of the menus. Has anyone seen Fosters on their recent cruises? It's a favorite of my hubby!

Thank you for the 411!

Thank you!  It's back on the Carnival website for me!!!

I was looking to book this cruise and it is no longer available (October 12th, 2024 was the date). Does anyone know what the Panorama will be doing instead? We are booked on the pre-dry dock in August going from LA to Tokyo. 

Thank you for the 411!

10 hours ago, MeHeartCruising said:

 

No.  It is an industrial port and you are not permitted to walk into town from the port.  You need to use the shuttle bus if you're not going on a paid excursion.

Then I think I'll call the shuttle bus a "paid excursion" as well. 🙂

Are you allowed to walk off the ship into town, or are you required to pay for a shuttle to leave the ship?

We're sailing with 4 people in our small cabin, and I was wondering if anyone had knowledge of how the third and fourth beds are set up on the Diamond Princess? 

Specifically, two drop downs from the ceiling, a couch and a single drop down, or a couch and a roll away?  So many possibilities!

Thank you in advance for your 411!

1 hour ago, lissie said:

Why not just pre-purchase the gratuities - what's the benefit of prepurchasing OBC? 

Great question - the reason is that I plan on using some of the OBC that was given to us by HAL and our travel agent when we get on board towards gratuities, but it isn't enough to cover all of them and I can't access those until we are actually on the ship. And this way we are saving 10% because of the AARP value gift cards. 🙂

Thank you!

I have a AARP giftcard that I used to purchase Shipboard credit for my upcoming cruise. I was thinking about buying another giftcard so that all of my gratuities could be covered once I board.

Before I buy another $500 of shipboard credit, I just wanted to verify that I could use this for gratuities.

I would hate to buy the shipboard credit and then NOT be able to use it for gratuities. 

Thank you for your knowledge!

12 minutes ago, jelayne said:

They will likely take 4 of the bottles and return them at the end of the first cruise.

Perfect! Thank you!!

First Celebrity cruise, I know that each person can bring on 2 bottles of wine on a 7 day cruise. We don't have the drink package, so I just wanted to clarify if this means we can bring on 8 bottles total for a B2B?  That seems crazy!!! Thank you for the 411!!  

1 hour ago, Croooser said:

Yes. Should be fine. Just confirm with the TA that your Amex will be billed directly to Celebrity.

 

Thank you!  Confirmed and purchased!! 

Hi everyone!  I have a 24 hour hold on a Solstice sailing with my travel agent. I asked them how it was charged, and they said that the charge goes directly through Celebrity, and will show up that way on my credit card bill. 

Will this offer (which I have added to my AmEx card already) work if I pay through my travel agent?

I ask because they are offering an additional $200 on board credit that the celebrity website is not offering for my cabin. 

Thank you SO much for any information!

That is all.... awesome and a step that will make cruising a vacation that is obtainable!!!

Thank you all!!  Your knowledge is much appreciated!

I have cellular and data in Mexico, but need to submit a few assignments and attend a zoom meeting on 2 of the sea days while on the Panorama out of Long Beach.

I definitely don't want to prepay for the entire week at $14.45 per day for my 7 day cruise. 

Has anyone purchased a single day pass on their cruise? If so, how much did the single day cost?

Thank you SO much for your 411!!

1 hour ago, indychillin said:

@cruisingteachers4, I am curious if your trip was cancelled or not?  Sounds like we are on possibly same itinerary, just later dates. We start on Z-Dam on June 29th and off at Skagway to do our land tour which is Whitehorse, Dawson, Fairbanks, Double Denali and then Anchorage and then southbound on NA on July 10th at Whittier.

 

We are currently driving to LAX for our flight tomorrow morning to Vancouver! We’ve completed our VeriFLY, ArriveCAN, and checked in to our flight with negative Covid tests in hand. We’re very excited, but still a bit worried after another cruiser posted that only 17 out of 33 on their land portion tested negative and were able to join the southbound NA. So, fingers crossed!!

13 minutes ago, Mary229 said:

I don’t think they need to make up rules. As it is we rely on both the CDC, US government and the Canadian government and that should be sufficient. Those who are very worried should travel independently 

Personally, we don’t mind taking a test every day if it means that we can travel again!! 
My daughter attends UCLA, and they test twice weekly. Quick and easy.

My only concern is what are the steps put in place if we test positive in a remote area, such as Dawson or Denali? It will definitely be an adventure!!

Just now, Crew News said:

 

Here is a link to your daily activities to find your happy hour times/locations and also your daily dining room menus:

When & Where     Dining Room Menus

Awesome!  Thank you SO much!!

• Are you now a member of the Sourtoe Cocktail club? 🤔