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7 hours ago, SUESEABE said:

@constable145 How do you find out which sailings offer police discount? My husband is retired law enforcement, would this apply?

Yes, retired LEO are eligible. We have gotten it several times. But it’s not on every sailing and not every date. You just catch it when you can. I caught it on our May 2024 sailing. Called and they added the discount - $600 - and it was gone 8 hours later.  No rhyme or reason. Take the 3 minutes it takes to do a mock booking every few days and see if you catch one.  

8 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

For suite guests, Suite and Concierge Lounges are identical.

Thank you.

Just now, Anton said:

You will be able to use the Concierge Lounge for the GS and if you are Diamond or higher you can use both the CL and the DL.

Thank you

We are booked on Quantum of the Seas in a Grand Suite.  I don’t see a “Suite Lounge” on Quantum. When we were on Anthem there was a Suite Lounge for suite cabins.  Will we use the Concierge Club, Diamond Lounge, or don’t Grand Suite cabins have access to a lounge on Quantum?  

18 hours ago, perfect match said:

Best price we’ve gotten on the classic soda package was $5.99/day for our Sept 2022 Harmony cruise, purchased during Black Friday sale in 2021, so that’s going back quite a way. I don’t think that price lasted through the whole Black Friday sale before going back up.

 

Lately the best I’ve seen is $9.99. Funny, no matter what % off they’re advertising they always seem to end up with the same bottom line price of $9.99/day.  Creative math 🤣!  I’ll be interested to see what price they come up with for this year’s Black Friday sale. 

We did the same. Purchased Black Friday 2021 for Sept 2022 Anthem sailing- $5.99.  Great deal.

Thank you all for the suggestions and recommendations.  It definitely helps to learn from those who have had the same previous experiences.

On 7/11/2023 at 8:53 PM, kctwinmommy said:

Here's my pre-cruise report from a few years ago. We opted to stay near the Space Needle as the prices were much better, and the light rail got us into the city when we wanted.

 

 

Great review. Thanks

Everyone keeps mentioning Seattle Shuttle.  I am trying to bring it up online but a bunch of private companies keep coming up but not "Seattle Shuttle."  Will someone please provide me with the exact name or website.  All the ones that pop up are wanting over $100 per person from Airport to pier.  Thank you

On 7/11/2023 at 4:41 AM, Ret MP said:

I will echo the opinion to stay near the airport.  However, and I'm sorry to say that I don't remember the name of the shuttle service, the shuttle service that we contacted, booked, and confirmed as late as the night before the cruise, never showed up.  I called when the shuttle was supposed to be there and they said the driver called in sick and they were working on getting a replacement driver.  Needless to say, I was pissed.  The Concierge at the hotel (Crown Plaza (Okay hotel, nothing special)) called a Limo Company, and a big and beautiful black Suburban showed up about 5 minutes later, the driver was in a traditional "Chauffer" uniform, opened doors for the ladies, loaded the baggage, drove to the port directly (no other stops), offered bottled water, and we got to the pier at or before the time that we guessed we would be there with the original shuttle service.  It only cost us about $20.00 more than the Shuttle would have and a much better experience.  

Do you happen to remember who the limo service was?

On 7/10/2023 at 7:48 PM, Backtocruising734986 said:

We just got off the Ovation a week and a half ago. We stayed at the Country Inn and Suites by the airport the night before. Free breakfast in the morning. Worked well! My dad booked us all (group of 9) on a shuttle service to the port. Lots of other cruisers got on our bus at the hotel too! It was seamless!

What was the shuttle service he booked with?

Thanks for all the recommendations and suggestions.  I truly appreciate your responses. 

Any recommendations for hotel in Seattle? Should we book near the airport or near the cruise port. If near the airport, how do we get to the cruise port? If near the cruise port, how do we get from the airport to cruise port hotel?  I’ve tried researching, but can’t find anything updated.  Any suggestions are appreciated. 

What time of year should I expect the 2024 Canada and New England itineraries to be released?

What time of year should I expect the 2024 Canada and New England itineraries to be released?

What time of year should I expect the 2024 Canada and New England itineraries to be released?

What time of year should I expect the 2024 Canada and New England cruises to be released? 

1 minute ago, Snate said:

I am not on the Reflection until December and also have been having some issues with the app.  I booked dinner reservations for the anytime dining for the first 6 nights for 6 of us but now the app won’t let me book the last 2 nights of the cruise.  It just says there is an error and try again.  I have deleted the app/refreshed it, etc… and nothing fixes that.  Even signed in with my wife’s phone under her and same thing, we can’t book a dinner reservation for the last 2 nights.

Try logging on the website on a computer, tablet or laptop. That is the only way I was able to get it accomplished. Had no problems from the web site. 

48 minutes ago, Ashland said:

We used our firestick with very little to no problems on our recent Arctic Circle cruise.

May I ask how you connected it? Last cruise we were on they had the “input” button blocked so we couldn’t change it to use the fire stick.  What is the trick to change the input?

2 minutes ago, bama4cruisin said:

While I had no expectation that I would see anything different, I looked anyway.  It is not there, but I didn’t see a menu that included the Bleu Cheese Soufflé app which is usually on the second chic night along with lobster.  On our Beyond cruise in October, both of those items are, indeed, on the menu for the second chic night.  I would be surprised if that menu was discontinued on one ship and not others.  Perhaps there is a night with an inaccurate menu loaded - but who knows.

Thanks for checking. It’s good to have a second pair of eyes.  I’m hoping the menus are just not accurate, much like the rest of the app. 

50 minutes ago, bama4cruisin said:

No, they still have lobster on the second Chic Night.  What cruise/ship/dates are you booked on?  

Silhouette Sept 10- next week.  Second Chic night is day 8- no lobster on menu. No lobster the entire cruise.

22 hours ago, jwlane said:

Did you click the refresh icon?

Over and over.  Doesn’t do a thing.

Have they done away with lobster night?  I have looked at all of the dinners that are showing and no lobster night.

5 hours ago, helen haywood said:

Still sounding stupid, I know where that icon is on Cruise Critic, or any other website, but how do you refresh the app?  I don’t see any such icon…

Go to Daily Planner. Swipe up where the grey line is just above Daiky Planner and My Calendar. The next screen has the refresh on the right next to filter.

Wonder how long it took some IT person to find the best hiding place? 🤣

On 8/29/2022 at 5:27 PM, Bo1953 said:

You are absolutely correct, with the exception that there is a third (3rd) option, given the 'fixed' dining times are early and late, some like to dine in between and desire to make a standing reservation for that time or there abouts to insure we can be seated at the preferred time vs just showing up, which is always an option, of course...

 

bon appetit and bon voyage

Stated perfectly. We chose to make reservations at 6:30- in between early and late. The reason we make reservations is so we get the same table, same wait staff, etc every night. It’s nice to get to your table and your preferred drink is waiting for you and the servers know your likes and dislikes. 

3 hours ago, MISTER 67 said:

There is nothing wrong with the Celebrity App, as another poster said once you get close to your cruise, everything will work great.

Wish I could believe that. We sail in 7 days on Sept 10. Our app is useless.  Doesn’t show anything in our cruise planner.  I log into our account on the website and everything is there- all excursions, OBC, dining times, etc.  The app shows we are fully checked in and ready to sail, but that’s it.  Nothing else is showing.  Hopefully once we board, it will straighten up, or we won’t need it anyway.