LzyCruiser_NWA

How efficient were they at letting people off the ship during port days?

Thank you, helpful info, however, the spreadsheet has cabin 1046 for the Solstice ship, not Silhouette

If its the same class, it's usually the same layout/ size

It takes something stupid like 7 days for the gratuities to be zero'ed out on my invoice after booking so yea, relax :)

. I never thought anything about it as I've had OBC before and it's not shown online but I mentioned it to my daughter who also has a booking on another sailing with the two 123 perks and she said her OBC shows online.

Where does the OBC show on your online account?

Lets say if you book with 123 Go promo and then apply for a pricedrop at a time that does not have that promo going on, do you lose it?

So far this morning I've had three alert emails about price drops on 2015 cruises I was looking at. If you have a 2015 cruise booked you might want to check your prices.

How do you go about getting your price adjusted if booked directly with celebrity?

How efficient was the getting off the ship process in each port?

Review will be posted later this week

Back on topic, did they offer the stuff the bag challenge for on either leg of your cruise?

Also did you have the classic beverage? If so how was it in terms of meeting your needs if you don't mind me asking.

Thanks for sharing.

If you log into your "my celebrity" and view your reservation, you should be able to see your promos within a day or two of booking. If you click on "view payment summaries" and scroll down you should see something like this:

Hope that helps!

Thanks but I do not see that anywhere. Does that only show up after full payment is made?

That only thing I see is order history but only show my wave package with total of 0!

Where do you all go to get the online booking invoice?

This is a subtle attempt at forcing People to upgrade to the premium package as something as a 3% change will bump most Classic package beverage who was at the tipping point be over the limit.

Let's seenof celebrity cruises will change the classic package limits to compensate

Never heard of this site - are you able to make your own 'albums' and keep them 'private' (only to be shared with those you wish?).....

I believe so

I'd suggest imgur dot com also for hosting your pics as they don't have a bandwidth limit.

The guy that's the wannabe TA is nothing but a cheapskate in training.

Just keep the gratuities as is on your account and that will auto distribute to everyone including the behind the scene personnel.

Thank you for taking the time to write up such a detailed review.

We're thoroughly enjoying each installment.

For calabaza and jalousie beach break, when do they collect payment?

Is it possible to request the taxi to swing by the walgreen or cvs to pick up some essentials before we get on the ship?

Shouldn't be more then 5 min tops at the stop.

I just re-booked my 2016 cruises on the Reflection Future Cruise Desk to get the extra on-board booking OBC. Called my TA (who I gave credit for the re-booking) and he said should see the deposit on the original booked cruise in a week.

Did you have to cancel and rebook the same rooms etc?

Yes, very disappointing. Not that the other bartenders there weren't good. They were. But Numan and Gede had a great personality and were willing to converse and joke around with you and each other. They entertained. The bartenders they had there were there to do their job. Very robotic.

 

 

 

They checked for ID's at the security checkpoint to get back into the area where the ships are. My wife and I used our drivers licences.

Great thank you!

When coming back onto the ship, did they check for IDs/passports or was your cruiseship card enough?

When you initially set up each account, you need to assign each one a unique user name and password code.

(I don't remember if those are the actual terms that Celebrity uses for them, but they are two items that you create yourself to identify that particular account, just as when you create an internet account anywhere else.)

 

Then anyone who can provide those two pieces of information can access that account, from any device at any location on the ship.

 

Folio # and room #?

In many cases they came out and walked around with us, telling us what we were looking at. They were great tour guides as well as drivers. In some cases - like the Colisseum where you had to have tickets - they dropped us off and told us exactly where to meet after, etc. We did not have lunch with any of ours, not because we didn't ask them, but in all cases they said "no, no - enjoy". In several spots they knew the owners of the restaurants and would chat with them or have a bite at the bar while we were eating...

I see thank you.

We're booking for private tours of 2 so I figure it would be fun to invite the driver to join us for lunch, eating like a local!

Also, at the end of the day do you pay the driver in full along with tips I'd assume?

We booked RIL for 3 separate trips

Rome, Naples & Florence,

In each case, are the drivers allowed to come with you or do they have to stay with the vehicle?

Also, have anyone invited them to join you for lunch during the stops?

If it's small and will fit through the scanner, should be no problem.

 

I do take issue with the folks who choose to bring their very large baggage on board with them. Embarkation days are very crowded, the elevators are overworked and very packed, and I find it rude to lug multiple full sized suitcases around. However, lots of people don't seem to mind.

Ours are carry on size for aircraft so I don't think they'd quite meet your standard of the full size luggages :P

Would it be any issue for us to carry on our luggage ourself at embarkation in san juan?

We're practicing for europe so we're only doing 1 carry on each and seems easier to just wheel it onto the ship and to our room for us since we're headed there directly (flight arrive @ 1:30PM)

You can also just dine in the MDR as far as I know.