Silent Penguin

This is exactly what I was hoping to find at some, a report with point by point experience using the Pass. I think it's going to be worth if for us since: I purchased the Pass when it was 20% off; we have not reached the level at which any of the features of the Pass would be redundant; and we only booked a balcony stateroom.

Thanks! I've been wondering about this exact situation.

Same. Those 3 points were just enough to move us to the next level, although I don't know why I even care. It's still early days for us with sailing Celebrity, so it's not like going up a level nets us any significant perks.

Did you ever get your answer about Go Green. Here's a link. If you don't need it anymore, maybe someone else will. https://cloud.na.celebritycruises.com/GOGREEN_OPTIN

You could be right, I always wind up muting the audio.

Thank you! I haven't received the email yet, and I appreciate not having to wait. 🙂 I'm watching now but it's really painful to listen to. Maybe it's just me, but does she know any other adjectives besides "amazing".

Celebrity, that offer is sooo lame! That's all I got to say.

Mystifying for sure. You got to wonder, is this an unhealthy case of entitlement or just plain mental illness. The world must disappoint and frustrate her all the time. Congratulations on the win!!

We booked Aqua for the first time last year on the Constellation. I fully expected my requested items would not be in our room, but they were. As it was, I never used any of it because the gym was never crowded when I wanted to use it, and everything I needed was there.

My Dh would say the same except for the wine, he's more of a whiskey or beer man. TA's are his happy place.

Hi. I'm jumping in here because your experience with a claim through your credit card is exactly what I'm looking for now that I've just started looking into NOT buying a policy. I also have travel insurance with my credit card. It appears the coverage with my Chase Sapphire card is comparable to the policies I've bought in the past (before I realized I had this benefit already). Thank you for sharing your experience with your wife submitting a claim through your credit card.

This is just the best trip report! I'm taking notes!

I agree. In my opinion, the same is true on other cruise lines.

We've never cruised with HAL so have never attend a religious service on their ships, but we have attended Christian worship service on Princess and Celebrity. The service on Princess was several years ago, so probably not relevant except for the fact that its arrangement was exactly the same as our more recent experience on Celebrity this past November. In both cases, a pastor on board as a guest arranged for the use of a meeting room for Sunday service. Also, in both cases, we learned of it by word of mouth because it wasn't in the daily planner or on the app. On our most recent cruise, with Celebrity, the service was posted on the LED events display next to the Guest Services desk. I'm surprised and sorry to hear that your experience with Celebrity was that of resistance. A meeting room for regular Sunday service was arranged for both Sundays we were onboard. Not only did we have the use of a meeting room and a listing on the LED events board, but when my husband approached the pastor about providing audio-visual assistance for the following Sunday, Celebrity gave us permission to use the equipment (screen, projector) in the room. Also, since no one had booked the adjoining room, and it was apparent that the second service was going to draw a bigger crowd, they opened up the partition for us and set up more chairs. Further more, the Jewish people on board also had services with a Kiddush. At least on this ship and on this sailing, Celebrity was hospitable and accommodating.

I'm glad you were able to trash pick the email. I was going to offer to forward my email to you.

On that occasion, yes. The upgrade from classic to premium was also discounted. I can't swear it was 40% but I think it was. I remember it was worth looking at! We didn't upgrade our drinks package but we did upgrade our wifi to premium.

Last year, during the Labor Day sale, we saved 50% on our laundry package and could have saved 40% on the drink package and the wifi package but we already had drinks and wifi included in our booking.

I saw that, but I'm waiting for a better sale. We don't sail until November. Memorial Day or Labor Day could be better.

Hello! Thank you for your valuable contribution as a person from a different country from me. In regards to your question, every single thing in my carry-on bag is drastically more expensive to replace if I buy it on the ship as apposed to on land. If I flew to just about anywhere in Europe, and the airline temporarily lost my luggage, I wouldn't be concerned about finding normally or even cheaply priced over-the-counter medications like pain relievers, toiletries, clothing or a phone charger once I left the airport. On the other hand, if the cruise line temporarily lost my luggage, the only place I could shop would be the ship's stores which charge nearly 2x as much for the same items. Furthermore the variety of items available onboard is small and some things are not stocked at all. Certain clothing items most ladies would want are simply not available to buy onboard, and regardless of gender, you can't buy cold medicine in the ship's store. Only the medical center has it, and it's shockingly costly.

SHIP: Constellation REVOLUTIONIZED: No CABIN #: 9065 DECK #: 9 CLASS: AQ2 AREA: BED NEAR: Bathroom QUIET?: NO BALCONY VIEW: Great, unobstructed BALCONY SIZE: standard WIND A PROBLEM?: No SOOT A PROBLEM?: No PROBLEMS/COMMENTS: The problem wasn't from above as one might expect. There's a crew access door across the hall from this room. At certain times of the day or night, the door is constantly being opened and closed. It was pretty annoying, bad enough that I will not book this room again even if it's the only Aqua class room left. The last night of the cruise was the worst for noise. I'm pretty sure every single suitcase put out in the hallway had to be individually carried through this door.

Thank you for your sharing your experience and advice, especially about recognizing the appearance of words in an alphabet I don't know. I expect that will be a good coping strategy for us when we go to Greece, probably in a couple years. I agree with you about learning to say please, thank you, and sorry in whatever country you visit. I practice my vocabulary on my family even though it kind of annoys them to hear me speak anything but English. Since last summer, my daughter has been retaliating in Portuguese.

A great read on a cold and snowy day. The pictures are so compelling. I want to go! Reluctant to drive in a country where we have no language fluency whatsoever. What's your opinion on that?

Thank you for the acknowledgement and badge. I've learned so much from the Cruise Critic community, and I am grateful for the opportunity to give something back.

Hi, Girr. Thank you for the advice. I'll look into that. I do have coverage through my credit card, but I thought I had to pick one policy - the one with my card or the one I bought- or the other. It didn't occur to me that one might pick up where the other left off.

I mentioned that I would update when my travel insurance claim was settled. I just got a check today. It didn't cover as much as I thought it would but that's on me. I misunderstood the difference between Trip Delay daily max and total max. They paid me the max for all three days. Too bad it fell short by 158.00. Good thing my delay was off-season. Another lesson learned. Possibly, next time, I will go with a policy with higher limits.