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31 minutes ago, boscobeans said:

 

I bet they could make fried bread at the omelet station?  

Ask one of the food managers at the buffet.  They have skillets, bread and oil and butter so why not???

Sounds like a plan, except that he will be looking for somewhere (anywhere) else other than the the buffet for breakfast.  He hates (I mean hates) to queue to for food. I've seen him not eat rather than line up. On Celebrity we do Aqua, so breakfast and dinner are in Blu.  When all else fails, I'll get him his food.

Interesting topic. This will be our first Royal cruise. English born hubby always cobbles together a full English Breakfast (not sure about the fried bread) when we sail on Celebrity.  I'm sure he is hoping for the same on the Adventure, when we sail, next May. He eats relatively healthy the rest of the year, so this is his big treat.

It worked for us in May, in Bayonne. We were surprised and delighted.  My question is what if you had something to declare ? We didn't, so it wasn't an issue.

3 minutes ago, Fogfog said:

THAT is crazy and honestly ridiculous! Clearly she was incompetent! Hope you reported it to the powers that be.

Passwords are a nightmare to begin with... Hate that we have to routinely change them and then add characters etc...  Have run through many that some are now irrelevant and I have to look them up because they aren't instinctive

Yes Fogfog, funny you should mention that.  I did report it and I got a shoulder shrug and the response "she didn't do it on purpose."  I LOVE the Summit. However, I find their customer service folks seriously lacking (as opposed to the rest of the staff.)  I pick my battles on vacation.  I was not a happy camper.  I muddled through.  It was a lesson learned. Unfortunately, the Summit has eliminated our seven day cruises to Bermuda, so who knows when we'll be enjoying their company again.

1 hour ago, Fogfog said:

Mentioned this incident to DH as we have B2B coming up...that he be sure its updated. His machine updates to the cloud - however you never know. I would guess we'd be checking both homeowners and biz insurance to see what to do if the laptop etc was damaged.  All that chlorine etc in the pool water would wreck clothing as well. 

Such a shame

 

On our last cruise (on the Summit) the person assigned to help with new app said she could me with my internet connection issues.  There was nobody available at what is left for a computer area. She proceeded to wipe out all my saved logins.  I am always a girl scouts who is prepared for anything... except this trip where I neglected to bring my little password book.  A full blown nightmare ensued. It took a day and half and all kinds of crazy stuff to get just my basic business stuff I needed.  I take partial responsibility.  But WTH was she doing that she wiped out all my saved logins/passwords.  I know I digressed... sorry. But on that note. The closes can be replaced (mostly) but not so sure about all the stuff on the computer.

On 8/25/2019 at 4:58 PM, Fogfog said:

 Something like this to DHs laptop would impact biz not just personal

OMG... My clothes and stuff no problem but the computer for the same reason... I'd have a stoke. I bring it to keep our business going, while we cruise. OY.

Just an FYI..  Amazon is a great place to get one but make sure it's light enough to easily transport and it's folds/collapses, in some way.  This comes from experience. My granddaughter has had numerous ankle surgeries, including an ankle transplant, so this comes from (recent) experience,  she needed a new one to get in an out of the car to take to school.

Good luck.

5 minutes ago, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo said:

Hello Celebrity lovers, Bette and Richard!  I will make sure to share your comments with our internal team.  As you know, we are always refreshing our product and itineraries based on popularity and new, exciting ports of call.   Since non-school times vary all over the world, we always try to offer guests a variety of cruise options in their non-school vacation window.Unfortunately, right now there are no plans to bring this cruise back.  Thank you for being such big Celebrity fans, and I look forward to seeing you onboard again soon.  llp...

Thank you so much for answering. Even if it is not the answer we were looking for. 

Hi Lisa,

We are Celebrity lovers. After five cruises on the Summit to Bermuda we found that the seven day cruises during non-school times (May and late August/Early September) had been eliminated for (at least) 2020, to our disappointment.   We can only cruise for seven day and at this state of our lives prefer to cruise without a quarter of the ship full of kiddos.  

I know our friends have contacted Celebrity about their displeasure about this and I took an informal poll on Celebrity Summit Facebook group and there are quite a few folks who feel the same way.

I hope there is some consideration going forward about going back to a seven day cruise in May or around Labor Day.

We love Celebrity and want to continue sailing on her going forward.

Thank you for listening.

Bette (and Richard) Green

This was our door decoration for our cruise, this past May on the Summit.  We will have one similar for our Royal cruise next year. It was attached with magnets. It's hard to tell, but it's  glittery .

11 hours ago, fredflint said:

No it does not grow back takes about 3 years or so to get the full coat.

Coconut retriever is the name given to stray dogs on St Martin and probably some other islands too!

 

Exactly.. on both counts.. they are called different things on different Caribbean islands. I believe  on Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas they   are called Podcakes . If you have ever spend time in a beach in SXM in the past you most likely have run into one or two (more more 🙂.)

12 hours ago, fredflint said:

Yes about then same for me first Kom was actually a stray we found wandering down the dirt road we lived on, when he passed we adopted another, then another as the first was getting a little older and we had 5 acres with horses and ducks and chickens.

Then we rescued a female (from a kill shelter) that was not spayed and the owner left her chained out.  She was very male aggressive and we had to find another home for her.

 

Fast forward a few years and when 9/11 hit the people who adopted her left town and left her at the house outside.  I went and picked her up, at the time I had just purchased a new house and had no other pets so she was perfect.

 

Then was looking for another Kom and got talked into a puppy from a friend who was a breeder, deal was I had to show and get him finished, paid about 1/2 price.  Did the show stuff he did not really like it but he was still very well behaved.

 

Lost Kom about 2 years ago but right now just not in a good spot to have a 3rd dog that is large.  Getting someone to take care of 2 small dogs.  Walking a Kom at least all that I have owned can be a challenge, mine were always well behaved but other dogs always wanted to attack them.  Had 2 Koms I had to take to vet for dog bites.  Part is always had to hold mine back since I knew that they would not do the usual dancing that dogs tend to do but they would either slam into them and take out a leg or just bite and crush.

 

Pleas post some pics and I will too, one of the funniest thing Dante learned was the table command, he loved nothing more than jumping onto tables of any kind.  Mostly without being asked too!

WOW What a beautiful boy. Our first Kom once hopped up on the kitchen table when my (then young teen) daughter was having a small party and was caught munching on a bowl of potato chops. It was quite comical.  The photo of the two dogs together are my two first babies (pre digital ) Bikki and Abrand (Abbi)  the rest of our sweet girl (Princess) Charlotte.

22 hours ago, fredflint said:

Come on I have 24 cards right now according to credit karma.  The secret is not to carry a balance

We watched a YouTube video about getting you cruise paid for by taking out credit cards with bonus points.  It made my head explode.  I according to credit Karma I have two. I use one.  I carry no balance.  I had a job where I had the sad task of reading people's credit reports of part of the process.. OMG.

16 hours ago, fredflint said:

Yes it is I have had quite a few mostly rescue and was talked into showing one,   Dante was a showdog and champion  got all his points and retired.

Very cool... Over an about a 35 year period I had three beautiful Kom girls.  I got talked into a little showing here and there. We got points and ribbons but always managed to wiggle out of it before finishing. It was a time (and $$$) suck to me.  Our last wonderful beautiful girl passed away suddenly four years ago and left us desperately heartbroken. We have two rescue Coconut Retrievers from St Martin, FWI.  I expect one more Komondor is in our future.  They are THE BEST 😍.

17 minutes ago, fredflint said:

you might want to look at getting a royal card too usually you can get between 400-600 in credit for spending 3-5K in 3 months.

The offers tend to go up and down if you want to stay at a hotel hilton has a great offer for 4K spent.

 

https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/card/hilton-honors-surpass/?eep=26129&extlink=af-us-ccsg-HHSLM&irgwc=1&veid=S4GXkxTH0xyJTt2wUx0Mo3c3UklQ8d3ZuSg8U00&affid=1

 

it will cost 99 buck but would easily cover pre and post cruise hotels

 

Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card

Raise Your Status

LIMITED TIME OFFER
EARN 130,000 HILTON HONORS BONUS POINTS

and a Free Weekend Night Reward after you spend $4,000 in purchases on the Card within your first 4 months of Card Membership.^† Offer ends 8/28/2019

ANNUAL FEE

$ 95^¤

APR

Thanks... not sure I want to deal with another card, but I'll consider it.  But on another more important note is that a Komondor in your profile pic ? 

6 minutes ago, ShakerFamily said:

Hi all!  How do we go about only purchasing one drink package?  Years ago it was permitted and now all adults must have one even if they don’t drink? (Medication does now allow me to). Thanks!

I have the same issue. I can't drink (medical/medication.) I called Royal. They told me the non alcohol imbibing adult in the cabin MUST purchase the beverage package.

On 8/1/2019 at 4:48 PM, Host Clarea said:

 

You can try Royal's redemption people:  888-305-4626.

I'll give that a try, thank you 🙂

On 8/1/2019 at 3:30 PM, handbellplayer said:

We used our RCCL CC points for our Celebrity cruise last year.  Works like a charme through the website Bob mentioned above.

Excellent news, thanks 🙂

17 minutes ago, Host Clarea said:

 

You can't call Visa to redeem.  However, Royal has a redemption departme that can help, perhaps Celebrity has the same?

It was the Celebrity's Captin's Club that always did my redemption. I suspect they are not going to do it my cruise on Royal 🤨. 

1 hour ago, fdthird said:

We all seek redemption!

Okie dokie

40 minutes ago, Snit13 said:

I called and redeemed 100,000 points from my Celebrity Visa Monday.  Rep told me I would see the $1,000 credit toward my November cruise in about 3 weeks.  I have redeemed for OBC many times but this is first for credit towards cruise.  I prefer to call and have them do the transaction.  I then have them send email which I print for my records.

I always call Celebrity rather than do this online. Did you call Visa ? I got nowhere with them this first time I tried ? 

2 hours ago, Host Clarea said:

 

Excellent, please report back if the redemption works.

It will be a while, but I will be sure to report back.

13 minutes ago, Host Clarea said:

See if this redemption link works for you:

 

https://www.managerewardsonline.com/RMSapp/Ctl/entry?pid=grprwd&mc=RCCL

Yes, it looks like there is a drop down where I can assign the point from the card to Royal... cool !  Thanks 😍

I have a Celebrity (Bank of America) credit card.  We are taking our first Royal cruise next year. I am under the impression I can use my Celebrity card point for OBC for my Royal cruise. So question one - does anyone have experience doing this ?  Question two... if so how do I do this ? I  found BOA totally useless at the onset (years ago) and always have enlisted the assistance of Celebrity's Captain's Club rep.  I realize that obviously is not an option, since I'm not cruising celebrity.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated 🙂.

Thank you !

11 minutes ago, SuiteLady said:

Yes, I was in the same situation as I wanted beverage package but my mother is fine with what the ship provides....they told me that she needed to at least get the refreshment package, which she would not have gotten her monies worth.  Fast forward to a few weeks ago and I was one of the lucky ones that snagged the beverage package for $18/day!  Bought for both of us, cheaper than the refreshment package- problem solved for this upcoming cruise!  😉

We booked after the $18 snafu.   I can't fret about it.  I would be unhappy if  I had to take the entire booze package when I honestly can't imbibe.