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My experience is they do not do OceanNow deliveries to the theater (it's not an option in the app) but you can always have it delivered outside of the theater. I would personally just get a drink at the bar (or casino bar if it's an older ship) and just walk in with it.

It's all tokens now. They havn't installed the coin insert thingy on the washers/dryers on the Discovery Princess yet, so it's currently free.

I got mine's back 3 months later. I think it's automatic. It just takes a very long time to get it processed.

1 hour ago, mrrom92 said:

It’s a concern for me. 1mbps is not very useful for much at all. I was under the impression Starlink performed so much better than this?

It is but there's QoS, so speedtest is sometimes not the most accurate. At the end of the day, the internet connection get prioritized for operations.

Just got off the Discovery and while I liked the juice bar, it was my favorite. They premade all the ingredients so no blending is required. What you get is less waiting in line but waterdowned juices. On the Enchanted, they premeasure all the ingredients but they juice it in front of you, which I found tasted much better.

Just got off the Discovery Princess. Same speed as everyone else. About 3-4M down and 1M up with about 120ms ping.

Did a bunch of video conference calls on Teams with screensharing and it wasn't an issue at all. Not sure if it was compression rate on Teams or the QoS on Princess's network prioritizes video calling but it worked well (not perfected, but doable).

Just got off the Discovery Princess on Saturday. It's 6pm at Take 5 every night.

Does anyone know if Starlink is running on the Grand?

I did this cruise in May 2022. Not close enough to pick up signal. The internet was fine for checking emails. I tried an audio conference call and was too laggy for it to work.

75min is legal connection time for international flight at CDG on paper. In reality, it is a flip of a coin. It can take up to anywhere from 30min to 2-3hrs to get through exit customs leaving EU. If you have SkyPriority, there is a separate line that helps things go a bit faster, but again, it is a crapshoot.  I fly Delta and Air France a lot for my Europe trips and that is my experience.

Also, I'm surprised they max out at 5hr connection time. I've booked on 8-10hr connections without issues, which gives me an opportunity to grab a bite in Paris.

I have a Canadian Amex and use their Amex offers all the time. The credit triggers base on whatever the credit card statement is regardless of what you're paying to NCL. So at long as you're paying that $1000CAD or more to NCL, it will trigger the credit.

I never understand why we need to tag at the port. VV should just provide luggage tags so we can pre-print them at home if we want to. tip the porter and leave instead of waiting around for them to tag the luggage.

I just booked a cruise on the Scarlet Lady for next week and notice they don't have any PRIDE/LGBTQ+ meetups. It is hard meeting other gay people? I usually rely on these meetups as my gaydar is kinda broken. LOL

On 10/24/2022 at 12:12 PM, TomOnAShip said:

so this trip unfortunately didn’t happen because we both (finally) got COVID. Great timing! 🤣

 

This meant that obviously we couldn’t board and didn’t even go to the port. Instead, we received a future cruise credit, and we’re now heading on a 8-day Caribbean voyage departing Fort Lauderdale on 3 January. Same ship too - Regal Princess! 
 

Let’s hope this time we make it! 

I did the TA last March on the Regal Princess. I had a good time, though the internet was unusable. Going in April on the Regal again for the TA.

....have a cruise coming up (first HAL since the restart) and this is so disappointing to read....

Is this new or they offer it on every Christmas cruise?

Just to add, the chances of 

11 hours ago, lovecruzin said:

Flying to YVR this week. Are you saying that if we are randomly selected upon arrival for a Covid test, we can just show the negative test that we are using to board the ship?

If so, who would we show it to? 

Chances of getting randomly selected now is rare now with the cases gone back down. It was bit different a few months back. However, if you do get selected, none of the previous tests matters.

Also, they're suppose to give you a kit if you get randomly selected or if they're no testing available on site. I travel a few times a month back and forth between US and CAN and have never been randomly selected for testing.

Thanks all. I will ask. Though I rarely see my stateroom attendant. It's day 6, so will ask if I see him. Don't usually care for it but have a work thing right after this while I actually need to carry something with it lol

What about the card holder?

Do all stateroom get one reusable bag or it's only for certain cabin. I used to sail Concierge all the time and get a bag on every trip.

Booked an oceanview and "MovedUp" to a verandah and havn't got a bag yet. Should I talk to my stateroom attendant or the bag is only for certain staterooms?

Sorry for bumping an old thread, but I have cruise coming up and was not offered a MoveUp. I emailed the moveup specific email and have not gotten a response. Can anyone share their experience how much they paid to upgrade onboard from an Oceanview to a verandah on a 7 day cruise? Also, does status matter?

Thanks

13 hours ago, larry_s_taco said:

Be sure to get the booking transferred within 30 days of purchasing the cruise later certificate. I was a few days late and my TA could not take over the booking. If you don't want to transfer it you just call Celebrity, tell them you have the cruise later certificate and want to book a cruise. That's what I ended up doing. I picked the cruise out online and just related the info to them. It was fairly painless.

Well it's already past 30 days, so I guess Celebrity is the only route.

I bought a cruise later certificate on my last cruise. I noticed that instead of providing a certificate, it's just a reservation 17yrs in the future.

So my question is, if I want to book a cruise with this certificate, do I have to book through Celebrity or can it be with a TA? Will the TA get credit if I book through them?

Thanks!

Talk to customer service. If enough people ask about it they will re-arrange the time. It's usually at the Martini Bar or World bar and it's always packed anyways, so it's pretty hard to meeting people there regardless of the time.

15 hours ago, gordylad said:

Here is another new video of a concierge stateroom. We have been on non revolutionised ships and revolutionised ships and when I look at this room there is still something nice about the old style [apart from the shower curtain]....

 

 

 

This was taken on the second sailing (July 2nd). I didn't experience any room hiccups besides the slow service. It was a 2hr dinner service every nice, even eating solo. They also went down to smaller drinking glasses as the days progresses and was out of Pina Colada mix by Day 6.