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1 hour ago, Jim_Iain said:

Yes you can make it on-board by speaking to any of the Retreat Staff or any of the Restaurant Managers.   They may originally have one planned but if the wait list grows they offer additional ones.  On Equinox they had at least 3

Thank you Jim. Enjoy your cruise. 

Jim, how did you make reservations for Chef’s Table? We’ve been looking for this online and it is not available and when we called Celebrity over the weekend they said it was not able to be done on the phone either. Can we make the reservations once we board? Thank you in advance.

4 hours ago, panmalv said:

Thank you very much for updating your post with this info--were you able to finally do it on the website or was it in the app (when it opened up again) ?

i did it on the app. It’s just quicker to access the function that way when you randomly check it throughout the day when you have a chance to do so. 

FYI to all....our cruise is in 12 days and after checking on a daily basis for many weeks, today I was indeed able to change the boarding time from 2:30 to 12:30. Keep checking if you want to try for an earlier slot. 

Those cabin rug colors in post #1196 do not look like the post revolution color schemes do they?

1 hour ago, TravelBluebird said:

 

Thanks; any additional info on this would be much appreciated.

 

I just found out this morning that last Thursday I was exposed (for like 2 hours!) to someone who just tested positive for COVID yesterday. No symptoms for me, but I’m so paranoid with the cruise coming up I may see if I can get an unproctored home test today just to calm my mind.

We sail on 9/26 and because of this we have pretty much been isolating for the last few weeks. Still going to grocery store and running our necessary errands with masks but no socializing, dinners out, etc. This will be the process we follow until we take our pre cruise test on the 24th. 

LOVE balcony, but love being on a cruise more. We’d pick longer vaca with window over shorter with balcony. 

Literally just got an email from Celebrity for our 9/26 Equinox cruise that stated:

For US sailings departing through October 1, 2021, all guests two years of age and older, regardless of vaccination status, will now be required to present a negative COVID-19 test result at the time of embarkation. This test may be taken as either a PCR test or an Antigen test, conducted within THREE days of embarkation.

This conflicts with what we were told on the phone yesterday when we called and the rep we spoke to said TWO days.

One thing that is consistent is that they are inconsistent. We’ll do two days to play it safe. 

3 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

For me the new time slots showed up about a week after they first opened up checkin.

ok...I’m way beyond that. 

And one more question please. For those of you that were able to adjust your time, how far out was this option available?  Our cruise is 9/26 so it’s just over 3 weeks out at this point. I’ve been checking daily for 2 weeks. 

21 minutes ago, Mark_T said:

Sounds like you are in the right place.

 

You can get there on the web as well, just edit your check-in information (click on 'Print Xpress Pass' then the little pencil symbol near your name).

 

From there you can pick 'Arrival' on the menu bar at the top of the screen.

 

Odds are though that if you are seeing later times but nothing earlier then that is all there is left.

 

 

The pencil!  That was it.  Thank you!   I see now that data agrees with the data I see in the app.  

I’m seeing a lot of threads with folks discussing making a change to their boarding time after the initial time was set. May I ask WHERE this is done?  I am trying to find a place within my online reservation but do not see it. The only place I sort of see it is via the X app where only later times are an option. Just trying to see if the time I have assigned which is fairly late is able to be adjusted somewhere I am not looking. Thank you. 

2 hours ago, DCPIV said:

Keep checking back. The sole 3pm option is something of a placeholder before they open up the actual slots. 

 

I'm currently checked in on 2 sailings. At first, both only had the 3pm option. About a week or so ago, one opened up there were all the times (from noon until 5, I think). I could change to noon with no trouble. 

 

The other one has yet to open up, so I keep checking. 

Where are you checking?  On their website or on the app?

Why are so many people bashing the OP?  This is his/her OPINION on what was experienced. That is what this forum is for. What you like/love they may hate. What they like/love you may hate.  It is all subjective to their experience. 

We are in the ship 4 weeks from today. Curious about your thoughts on the reduced capacity. Is it awesome or does it feel kind of kill the atmosphere?  Just want to know how different the experience feels. Thanks. 

We have had to wait in the past but the wait has never been more than a few minutes and the wait tends to be when you have a party greater than two. In our experience when it is just two there was never a wait. 

14 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

For the 8/5 and 8/17 cruises on Equinox.    I initially got a 1:30 slot when I checked in.   I booked after final payment so many of the slots may have been taken.  

 

I checked back after a week and all time slots were open, so I re-select a 11:30 slot.

When you say you checked back, where are you referencing? Is this on the website, in the app, or by calling celebrity? Thank you

On 7/4/2021 at 11:38 AM, Jim_Iain said:

Not new but in the past they just had a card in bathroom saying something about save the environment.    Hang Towel if you wish to reuse or put on floor for replacement.

We try to be green by hanging the towels once a day and using again. In 25 years on 25 cruises I do not recall EVER coming back to the same towels we hung up. We try but they seem to get replaced anyway. This seems to be the case on all cruise lines we have sailed. 

34 minutes ago, amevola said:

The ship is my destination! 😉  Can't wait for November, with or without ports.  I just want someone to make my bed, prepare my meals, shake my martinis, and and say "We are so happy you are here!"

Quite frankly, I think the same way. I have not even really looked at excursions for our 9/26 Equinox cruise.  I’d be hard pressed to even tell you what the ports are!

I am curious about others on this sailing. Our boarding time was assigned at 2:30. Has ANYONE received an earlier slot?  I’m wondering if this is the earliest or if down the road it may be an option for me to move into an earlier slot if any open up. 

ALL of these worries and issues due to unvaccinated people. Most by choice I might add. Instead of being super excited about our upcoming cruise, we have to be nervous about testing before we go. 

3 minutes ago, laslomas said:

The requirement is different dependant upon the country / port of departure. So there is no real way to answer this other than to post the relevant link from the Celebrity website: celebrity-healthy-at-sea-protocols.pdf (celebritycruises.com) I hope that helps. 

It does. Thank you. 

I am sure if I do a deep dive (or not so deep dive) into some of these forums I could find this out but can anybody tell me what the current protocol is on Celebrity cruises with regards to masks? Last I read they were not required once on the ship. Is this still a true statement? Thank you everyone in advance.

Probably not an appropriate question in this particular forum, but can you please explain what your avatar means? I’ve wondered about this for a while because I see you posting so often.

Many venues are open but the MDR is not. Only exception may be if you opted for concierge class there may be lunch in the MDR upon boarding as part of that. The buffet, the pool grill, etc will be open for business though.