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Curious what is the typical entertainment now on Soltice .We are booked B2B cruises in March TIA

The complaints are very similar to post covid on Holland America ,who we sail on more now because we can board from San Diego, our local cruise port . We do have B2B on Soltice this March . We will decide on X when we sail how things are in reality . We are Elie + but candidly we won't fly any longer & X rarely sails from the world Cruise Center in San Pedro ,Ca

All good & bad things end ;which is the way of life

This is the best word " IF" is to describe the current state of the cruise line business .Yes if this & if that will or could or maybe seems to be the current going around . Ultimately the facts will speak for themselves & loudly . All I care about is that I receive value promised for my paid vacation .Should that not happen , then we stop using that source

We have read all the posts which of course is very time consuming . My take away is even though we have legitimate complaints ,HAL management is looking the other way whether we like it or not .imo ,they probably are saying ,we are getting revenue results ,so why change things until it impacts revenue . Not some thing we like to see & experience . So we accept what we get or we decide to go else where with our vacation dollars . Each of us will need to evaluate what we get for what we pay out & from there make our decisions They run HAL but we run our spending

We are waiting to include many trips . Allianz insurance company ,a giant company writes yearly policies .when any one get to age 70 trip insurance rates escalate quite a bit in price , We can get $5000 trip cancellation & $5000 trip interruption plus $50,000 medical ,$500,000 medical evacuation ,$2000 luggage damage & $2000 lost luggage .Our total quote for that yearly insurance is $715.00 for any trip under 90 days .We will buy that policy following out 2 Celebrity March 2023 cruises ;because we insured them individually . We wish we knew before buying insurances for those 2 cruises that Allianz sells yearly policies .We could have saved enough to pay for the Allianz policy entirely .Every quote is based on age at time of getting the quote ,mid 80s all insurance is high .This is the best tip to save big bucks for our fellow cruisers

You might look into Norwegian airlines . A couple of years ago I was looking at their prices for premium seating & they were the best of all airlines

We left the ship Dec 22nd ;as we have all family members gathered for the Holidays ,4 adult children & spouses , 7adult grand children & spouses & 5 great grand children

We really have been sailing more on Holland America line ships because they sail from the San Diego pier which is a 30 minute drive for us .We can get all these R/T cruises from SD : Hawaii , Hawaii & South Pacific , Mexico , Coast of California & Panama Canal R/T Soon we will have 95 cruises in our history

There are No Oasis Class ships leaving Europe Sept, Oct. or Nov.2024 . That is the only class ship we would want to try .We have been on all the other classes . so we will stay on here for the 3 southern Calif ports

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That will be a exception as we will fly business class . We need all the comfort we can get in our mud 80s & with scooter & walker . However ,i just checked & non of the Oasis class ships are returning to Florida either October or November .I should check September just to be sure

In December 2022 on Koningsdam we did not get them . They claimed we would get them on the next cruise .Has this happened to other people & did you really get 2 tiles or 3 tiles & what is going on with the medallions .We did not get our first medallion yet

These neigborhoods are in the Royal Caribbean Oasis class ships . They start at 220,000 tons & larger .Just take a look at Wonder of the Seas & now ICON of The Seas & there are several huge ones before those .These are the more recent giants .All have neighborhoods .However ,non restrict you to stay there . when you even book a inside cabin you can go into all the public areas of those ships

Even those policies are not 100 % full money back

We are only buying Yearly Travel Insurance now . Allianz Insurance is huge & offers yearly ins which in our case is a whole lot cheaper / We did not as yet insure the cruise . I did not ask vut the TA said we will get full credit from RCL . when the credit comes in we can tell if it is in fact from RCL because we have the $500 credit due as well for the cruise they cancelled which was 7 nights to a charter

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Funny I was rolling on your comment LOL🤣

If you organize a well planned Meet & Greet & more than 25 people sign up ,I would encourage you to contact the ships coordinator who arranges all these meetings ,special events during any cruise . Call Celebrity & just ask for their name & e-mail address . That way you can request a private location , a mic for senior officer questions & answers ,light refreshments of coffee ,tea ,water & cookies . Also you can ask that a no host bar be available What is very important is to have the ships coordinator advise the available senior officers that there is a Meet & Greet with date & time .when you board the ship go to the ships customer relations desk & ask them to also invite the Captain ,Staff Captain , Hotel Director , Cruise director ,Restaurant Manager ie . Those senior officers if they can will arrive to answer questions .One question per member via the mic hook up In the past we have had the Captain , Hotel Director & Cruise director available & it was a very successful meeting plus people did get together to chat

We just changed from the Martini Bar to Cellar Masters location . Thank you that is a much netter place

We try to keep our Meet & Greet to one full hour not 20 minutes .The problem we found with meeting for sail aways is that some people want to get settled into their stateroom & place luggage contents into draws & also the dreaded drill . This then limits who will come is what we found

We can only hope that X will do the right thing

We will be looking at RCL for a TA cruise in 2024 .Most likely the fall of the year . We need to book early to get a handicap cabin even on the Oasis Class ships .Definitely REFUNDABLE

In this sad case it is true that it was better for TA to deal with RCL However there can be situations where the customer needs info to contact the cruise line .

Lucky You .Even Costco is more than that for their 5 dozen ,Paid a little over $15 recently