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On 3/23/2024 at 9:56 AM, fantavet said:

Been a long time since I cruised. Have grandkids now and I chose Disney for them because they did not grow up idolizing a RCL princess 🙂 But after this summer cruise I don't see myself going back because of the expense.

 

But it will make for great memories so worth the extra splurge this time. They have not been to Disney World but that trip would be exhausting to me. Give me the condensed Disney experience on a ship.

I totally agree! My first and most likely my last Disney cruise..but for the exact reasons you mentioned I splurged for the grands, praying they have an over the top experience and I won’t have to be exhausted going from park to park on land. One and Done for me. 

On 8/19/2020 at 8:30 AM, cruisekitty22 said:

We are booked on the Encore and our Club Mini Suite has a huge shower (reason why we booked this cabin ) and no bath tub! Its just two of us.  Not sure whatever perks we will get with this cabin, if any and if the ship will sail in February 2021.  We are hoping it will!

If you don’t mind, what deck  did you choose? I am booking for 2022 and I would like the larger shower and double sink. I will be booking a club balcony suite. Thank you 

Why did they take this option away.. I had friends and family that I travel with that were listed and now I can’t list them. 

On 7/23/2019 at 10:17 PM, LisaLisa87 said:

 

Some 7-night Hawaii sailings were included. We got a great price for a suite!

You are correct.. we had booked a suite on one of the 7-day Hawaii sailings and I received overwhelming savings! This is truly one to best sales NCL has offered in quite a while. I am truly grateful!

21 hours ago, Turtles06 said:

 

Huh?  Balcony or above gets ALL of the "free at sea" promos and 20% off the cruise fare.  In our case, we saved more than $1000 on an already-booked cruise, and if you read the comments above, you will see many posts from folks who have also saved a good deal of money.  And plenty of folks who have thought it a good enough deal to book new cruises.   

Your are correct. I actually saved $1800 (suite) on a 2020 booked cruise! I saw this promo on another 3rd party site and check NCL to verify it’s validity. I was sooo happy to get this discount. My TA had to contact NCL to update my booking because of the type of stateroom. My son has an OV stateroom and he saved $800! This was one heck of a sale.. I am happy someone posted the alert to the dale. 

We travel with three very often.. and it works very well for us! Not to mention the cost effectiveness when splitting the reduced 3rd person cost. Just got back from a South American cruise aboard  Celebrity Eclipse. We were in a concierge stateroom with a balcony. The two beds were separated and there was a double sofa bed. The bathroom was major spacious and we LOVED it! We were upgraded to concierge from veranda because the price of the cruise dropped. 

My friends and I just sailed on the Eclipse in March  this year in Concierge Stateroom and the bathroom, shower (no bath), sink, cabinet space was WONDERFUL!  And there were three of us sharing a cabin. 

12 hours ago, sryan said:

I am booked on Pride of America in a suite that sails in 2 weeks. I booked my mom yesterday. I tried to add her to my suite but NCL said they could not add her to my suite due to already at maximum lifeboat capacity and only had an inside guaranty so I booked that. Ship is now sold out. My mom is elderly and 50% deaf so she will be with me all day and just sleep in her cabin and may even stay in mine. We like to eat breakfast in the restaurant designated for suites. I was told by NCL that she can eat with us for a few ,which is fine. Has anyone done this before?.  I just want make sure I know ahead of time that this should not be an issue.

Thank You

I sailed in the Family Suite about 4 yrs ago and my friends (a couple) had an Oceanview stateroom. NCL allowed them to priority board with my family and allowed my two friends to eat with us daily in the Suite restaurant.  In fact they were extremely nice about it!  I hope this has not changed. I am booked on the POA again next year in a Family Suite during November and my son and a friend will be with us in a different stateroom.

What does EJ before a cruise mean?

Well, personally having my sign & sail pass scanned for a towel is no problem for me.. but I am responsible for only me.. no children to keep up with. Like some or several have mentioned.. it is so inconsistent that I don’t know how the cruise line could make a charge stick anyway. Thank being said.. I am glad I am not sailing on RCL.. they seemed to have really gotten strict in recent years.😱 I will be bringing a non-surge protected “square” outlet that also has USB ports. I travel with two girlfriends (3 women total!) and if they don’t want us to bring more power .. so to say.. they should install more than two outlets in a stateroom.. for goodness sake.. imho. 🤷🏾‍♂️

They will confiscate a power strip if it is surge protected (on most cruise lines). As far as the towels, generally it is the deck towels you must sign for in blood that incurs the $25 fee if not retuned.

On 1/25/2019 at 6:08 PM, charity709 said:

Hi! 

I'm a first time cruiser heading out on the Celebrity Constellation for my Honeymoon in May.

We got a promotion that includes the Classic Drink package and we are wondering if we should upgrade to the premium package so that we have access to a greater variety of drinks. I've read that there are limited options that are actually included in the $9 range of the Classic package but I can't seem to find any drink menus for the ship online. 

 

Any opinions/experiences would be great to hear. Would be amazing if someone could point me to where I could find any drink menus online. I called Celebrity and they said they didn't have any lists/menus to share. But I've seen some people have uploaded photos of menus from other cruise lines, so wondering if I could find something like that so we can compare and decide if it's worth it to upgrade. 

 

Thanks in advance for any comments 🙂

Hi! I am going on my first Celebrity cruise and I have been researching the drink packages (pros vs cons) and the benefit of upgrading to premium. I ran accross a some information you may find useful.. pics of all the bar menus on the Eclispe anyway. Congratulations and Enjoy your Honeymoon 😊

https://eatsleepcruise.com/2018/06/celebrity-eclipse-bar-guide-with-menus/

21 hours ago, DYKWIA said:

 

81cm x 54cm x 32cm

Perfect!! Thank you so much for your post..

On 1/10/2019 at 1:28 PM, DYKWIA said:

 

Our 2 large (and quite deep cases) fitted under the beds just about - unless your cases are exceptionally large and deep you should be fine

Thank you, I was wondering about this. This will be my first voyage on Celebrity. If you don’t mind may I ask the dimensions of your luggage that you were able to fit under the bed?

Celebrity’s website is MEGA annoying and burdensome! It always says its lock for security. EVERYDAY!??? 😳🤨

I received my Evisa!! WooHoo! Thanks EVERYONE for sharing your experiences...  They weren’t crazy about my photo, so I emailed my photo to the link provided in the email asking for further information (like everyone mentioned) and in two days I had my Evisa! 

2 hours ago, neenee61 said:

Thought I would report back. Evisa lodged yesterday morning and back this afternoon.  28 hrs...This is damn good service...once the website works LOL. 

Thanks for the update..... but Are you saying you got your Evisa back within 28 hrs?

27 minutes ago, Trend said:

Glad I mentioned it as we have Apple products also.

It took us around and around also until they told us.

THANKS AGAIN... 

On 12/2/2018 at 12:04 PM, Wayfairers said:

It worked for me in Safari with no issues.  One of the easiest visa processes I’ve done - so glad they changed it to an eVisa.  I was dreading it when we first signed up for the cruise requiring a Brazilian visa.

I’m very happy Safari worked for you. Not sure why it didn’t work on my iPad. I didn’t attempt it on my Mac though.  Although, I can’t say it was super easy.... I am thankful it was changed to an eVisa also. 

On 11/29/2018 at 4:37 PM, Trend said:

If I remember calling them they said it does not work through Safari you need Goggle Chrome

I didn’t get to speak with anyone... but you are right.. I have Apple EVERYTHING and until I downloaded Google Chrome to my iPad, I was spinning my wheels for  about three weeks. The problem is with Safari, it allows you to go so far and then it gets loopy “literally” keeps taking you in a loop back to the “apply” page. After downloading Chrome, I finally uploaded my photos through trial and error , paid my fee and now waiting in hopes everything is accepted. Thanks everyone for the advice and information. 

On 2/14/2018 at 7:44 AM, Bootman4U said:

I wish I could get the site referenced above to actually work

Me too! Did the site ever work for you?

Does anyone know if the Brazil.vfsevisa.com site still works? I have been trying for three days on my iPad Pro and it stops after I enter my passport information. I kicks me back to the “apply” page. Any advice is welcomed. 

Oops.

You need a passport type photo that meets their requirements.

 

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After I uploaded my photo and first page of my passport I received an email stating that they could not read the passport page. The email; also provided an email address to which I could send the scan instead of trying to upload it again.. I sent it to the email and had my visa a couple of days later.

Thank you for this invaluable information! It will definitely save me some unnecessary aggravation. What other type of photo needs to be uploaded other than the first page of the passport?

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It's only an option if you fail at uploading one of the required documents on your application. On the application piece, you ONLY have uploading the picture to their little template. If you fail to upload properly and submit anyway, they will send you an email and it's THERE that you have the email attachment option.

 

 

 

I think someone on their end manually fits the attached photo you send into their template, and it delays the whole process, but at least it works.

 

 

 

I started my process on Monday and even with the upload problem and waiting for emails from them, I still had my eVisa yesterday. So, a week. I'll take it. Beats the alternative of the old visa process where you had to send in your passport, etc. and then wait.

Thank you for this information it really helps!

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