timcreech

Checking in to see if anyone has actually been on this excursion lately. 

Hi All, We are sailing in a Celebrity Suite on Equinox in January.  First time in a suite with Celebrity as we seem to be transitioing from Royal Caribbean to Celebrity for more and more cruises.  We have sailed with a Genie on Royal and had that experience.  Looking for what we should ask our Butler for.  Here is a short list from some googling around the internet.

1) Meals in the room/veranda - is this from main dining room or Luminae?

2) Snacks & tea delivered daily

3) Reservations 

Thinking of things like

1) Can we ask for Pizza at 10:00pm?

2) Fill the fridge with water/coke zero?

3) Fill the fridge with Beer or Wine? (we have the premium drink package)

What are some others that you have asked for?

We love Deck 8 for Central Park.  You have the park itself, Trellis Bar for drinks, Park Cafe for Breakfast and Lunch quick grabs, and Vintages for a pre dinner glass of wine all without taking the stairs.  Our last Deck 8 cabin was boardwalk balcony which we enjoyed.  You have boardwalk and Aqua theater views as well as being able to see the ocen since Allure has not added the slides.

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7 hours ago, daybrake said:

So, we booked the small group Luxury Catamaran Cruise/Snorkel  for our December 2023 Equinox cruise.

 

Would love to read a review after you have enjoyed the excursion. We have this bookedin January.

1 hour ago, daybrake said:

@timcreech  This is what I found out from the Shore Excursions dept:

Max number of people in the "small group":   20 guests max.

How much time will be spent snorkeling? 1 hour

How much time will be spent at Sophia's Cove Sandbar Beach?  1 hour and 30 min.

 

@go.without.you Hi!  We are also originally from Tampa.  Since this is a "small group" excursion, it sounds like there will be more time snorkeling and less crowded rather than those bigger catamaran groups (Fury Catamaran with 40-60 people).  Also sounds like the drinks/food will be better.  I watched quite a few YouTube videos and read TripAdvisor reviews about the Fury excursion. It sounded like snorkeling time might be relatively short (20 mins) when there is a big group and some reviews indicated drinks on the Fury are watered down.  Also no food is included with the Fury excursion.

 

So, we booked the small group Luxury Catamaran Cruise/Snorkel  for our December 2023 Equinox cruise.

 

Thanks daybrake!!  Could you tell which provider Celeberity is using?

Yeah, I thought of posting in the Cozumel forum, but there are several Catamaran excursions, I can not tell who Celebrity is using.

Has anyone done the Small Group: Luxury Catamaran Reef Snorkel at Pristine Sand Bar in Cozumel?

Looking for any reviews online, but can not find anything.  Below is the description.

Sail in luxury, snorkel, and enjoy the sunny as you sail to the world renowed Sophia's Cove Sandbar, accessible only by boat.

34 minutes ago, Charles4515 said:

It would be practical if they had a place to charge. Since they have not figured out how to find a public charger which actually are all over but not dependable they probably should drive the gas car. That is not unusual as most EV owners charge at home and not at public chargers. Going on a cruise they would probably want to be certain of a good charging place. Really only Tesla owners have good charging stations. If they had a Tesla it would be so easy. 

Thanks Charles for your clarity.  I have taken my gas car many times to the port.  

I was looking to see if anyone had an innovative solution to charging while on the cruise.

11 hours ago, taglovestocruise said:

Get a full charge before leaving it in the terminal. A Bolt should be able to sit for a few weeks and still have a healthy charge. A lot depends on the age of the battery.

That is possible, but would mean probably staying the night before.  Was looking for any parking locations that may provide a charging service.

I have a gas vehicle also but like the bolt for longer drives.

We have a Chevy Bolt EUV and are able to drive to the port in Fort Lauderdale in a couple of hours.  The challenge is that we would need to charge before returning home and that may take several hours.  

Has anyone figured out a solution to have your vehicle charge while you are on the cruise?

We tried bot the Apple AirTag and the SAmsung Smart tag on our cruise last month.  I have a S22 and my wife has the Apple.  Both did a good job of tracking the suitcases.  We could see them in the port and then also see when they jumped over to the what looked like in the water, but was where our ship was docked.

We liked that we didn't have to walk the halls looking until we knew they were onbaord the ship.

Could you reserve a Cabana?  I am curious as to the prices.  Not availble in the Cruise Planner form our November Wonder cruise.

What are the open bar hours in the Suite Lounge this week?  We have not sailed Allure recently, but was on Harmony two weeks ago and they were pretty much all day and evening.

Hey, we were on the November 28th cruise and ran into him at the Wipe out bar. He was a little skeptical that some one was asking about the drink and wanted to keep it a secret. But shared the following ingredients. 

Add the following to a shaker 

Vanilla vodka

Aperol

Lime juice

Simple syrup

Splash of pineapple juice

Then Shake

Enjoy!!!!

For Stand Up riding on Mariner a month ago you got two chances to show that you could carve back and forth on the wave.  If not you were not allowed to ride again until the next session.  Once you proved it you got a Blue wrist band that allowed you to ride as much as you cared to ride.

You also had to load yourself.  No touching/help from the crew.

Really reduced the lines for standup. 

You can send your request to this RCCL email address with your reason and they will take care of it.

I moved from a Big Box back to Royal two weeks ago as the Big Box phone lines were having 2 hour wait times and multiple time I received a recording that they could not take my call right now.

Agencychanges@rccl.com

Are there any vouchers available on debarkation day?  For fresh Orange Juice?

On 9/15/2021 at 9:02 PM, flamingos said:

Did you see the SpaceX launch, by any chance?  

This was the view from Mariner looing out over Freedom of the Seas

Scenario:

Booked on Harmony in Ocean View Balcony

Received RoyalUP offers

the bid for a Junior Suite min is $350pp

Current sale price for a Junior Suite is about $700 more than the current booking in OVB

Call and upgrade for the $700 to JS

Question:

What happens to the existing RoyalUp bids?

Will there be a new set of offers that take in to account the increased price paid for the JS?

14 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

 

Looking great from Cocoa Beach

6 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

You just need to find a good TA😉

 

And mine's even Canadian, eh.

We moved to Cocoa Beach about a year and a half ago.  Do you use a local for your TA?  Looking for a good one, who would you recommend?  

On Harmony which of the specialty restaurants have bars and what is the signature drink to ask for in each?

Waiting for Grease to start so figured I'd do a quick update, out of order, but, I don't care. If it confuses you tough nuggies!

 

So, attached is the saddest employee on the cruise ship. I've seen happier people at a wake. This guy makes "Sad Keanu" seem like the happiest man on the planet. Seriously how can anyone seem this sad? Who gave him this job anyways? Did someone think "Screw it, let's give the saddest guy ever the job of reserving seats for Sky and Sea Class guests as well as Pinnacle members.

 

On another note our Genie got us awesome seats at a bar table to watch the show, as seen from amazing photographic skills!

 

Ut oh, school bell just rang, have to run to class!!!!!

 

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How comfy were the actual seats at the bar table?