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Rome Cabs is the best! I used them to pick us up from FCO to our hotel, exactly on time and excellent price. Then booked 3 cars for my group at two hotels to transfer to the port, all on time, great service. Booked another 3 cars for pick up from the port to FCO and were waiting when we disembarked at 6:45 am.... Professional Helpful Great vehicles Wonderful Service They are the best!!! I started working with them on this cruise in 2019/2020 which was cancelled due to Covid, their service and responsiveness is excellent!

Calicakes, Thanks for posting. We're headed to Rome next week, 4 days in the city then board Reflection on the 26th so please leave us some great wines! We're also doing a walking food tour of Trastavere, looking forward to that. All our tours are private and we did book an early 'before it opens' tour of the Vatican, hopefully we can escape the crowds! Enjoy and will be looking forward to your updates!

So we're on Beyond Nov 2023 (planning REALLY far in advance!) and thinking it's better to do it now so we can get what we want. How much is Le Voyage and how far out do you think they might open up? Thanks for the info....

Thank you! I'm worried because we want to do Eden and maybe Le Voyage on Beyond, already done Le Petit Chef 5 times so we're good on that!!! Maybe it's worth the extra money to book in advance? We're in Suite Class so lots of OBC to use on?

Thank you so much!!!

We are thinking about booking a dining package in advance of our cruise and have questions: 1. Can you use OBC to purchase the dining package before you sail? 2. Can you make reservations through the dining package before you sail? Not sure it's worth it to go this route but never hurts to have the details! Thanks 😀

We took this on Milennium in May, had no issues. Now I'm concerned as headed to Italy for Reflection and have bought these for everyone in my group, why would they pull these?

I feel your pain re: trying to get back refunds and FCC's. Celebrity cancelled our Galapagos cruise 5 days from sailing in 2019 with 100% refund and 100% FCC. We rebooked for 2020 with FCC and cash, that was cancelled. Then we rebooked for 2021 again and even though they were sailing 1/2 the itinerary was gone due to Covid so we cancelled. Refunds were all over the map dollar wise and I was managing 3 pairs of reservations. Took over a year and 100 booking confirmations to figure out the numbers along with a special person at Celebrity who worked exclusively with me to figure it all out. Their refund system makes no rhyme or reason. 😰

Having sailed multiple times on all the Celebrity Ships, Azamara, RCCL and Princess with girlfriends the twin beds aren't an issue. The beds that split into an L are old school (I remember that on my first cruise in the 80's) and the fact they are limiting the upper cabin/suites to unseparatable beds relegates those of us not sailing with a partner/spouse into the lower catagory cabins and that's not a good marketing tool. Oh, well, will watch for their changes moving forward as I'm sure they'll make quite a few 'tweaks'!

Thank you for this review! Being a fan of Celebrity and Windstar as my top picks, we were ready to book on VV two weeks ago. I have a group of 50-60 year old ladies and we sail every year together, thought this would be a fun change for us in 2024. However, what I found very strange is that they said their beds don't separate? Considering they market to 'bring your friends' this means everyone has to be a couple? We were all prepared to book Rockstar Suites but this along with the fact the deposits are non-refundable was worrisome. Being from Vegas and enjoying the entertainment on a weekly basis the quality of the shows is all over the map for me, especially since Covid and I understand they have huge challenges with staff. Thank you again for sharing!

That's what we did...docked at 8, quick taxi ride over to Holiday Inn, it's behind them on the beach. We left right at 8 and were there before anyone was at the Octopus Palapa. Easy Peasy. Was a great day, and this was my second time with them (once pre-Covid and this time again). They do a fabulous job and take such good care of everyone!

That's a great suggestion, and yes, I will do that closer to sail date! Thank you!!!

It's totally legit. There are many who have used it, and they explain how to do the transaction. Both parties need to be on the phone with the cruiseline so the owner of the FCC's can release them to the buyer. I think the cruiseline's might have changed their policies since they probably have thousand's of FCC's out there that are running out of time to be used. And I have a friend who has already done this process.😉

There's a FB page where you can sell them. They are usually at a 30% or so discount but at least you get something for them.

I want to thank EVERYONE for this thread! I have a group of 14 going on Reflection in Sept, all are in S1's and S2's and many of us haven't ventured above Aqua/Concierge so we're very excited! I think, if my group, all goes to Michael's for pre-dinner it'll change the atmosphere in there, for sure! Just off the Milennium, no snacks at bars or anywhere for pre dinner, just at the Oceanview, which was sad. Question: re: Luminae, since we are such a big group will we have trouble dining at the same time? I wrote dining reservations to see if we can reserve a time for all of us but not sure that's an option? Plus so glad to hear Luminae is great, one of my friends/group loves Luminae and said they want every nite in there, no other specialty is needed! Any recommendations is appreciated!😃

Hi! We are looking to book a tour that leaves from Palm Beach at 9am and our ship docks at 8am. The tour company (Octopus Aruba) says the ships time is one hour earlier than the port time, it's been 2 years since I've sailed and don't recall if the ship stays on their own time or changes for the islands. Anyone have any input? Also, used Octopus Aruba two years ago for snorkel tour and it was AWESOME!!!!! Had a group of 10 and the service was perfect!