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I checked the app for our upcoming Mar Reflection Cruise,  the American Menu shows the charge of 9.95 but the Suite Menu does not. Glad we are in a suite, we love Room Service breakfast at least once on our cruise.

In my little mind I think "Hey I just saved $25"

Ours that I just booked 2 weeks ago looks like this, better have everything included.  we also have 800 OBC as part of the booking. The change fee is because I accidentally booked the wrong week called right away and changed it and they waived the fee.

Canadians don't qualify for the Black Friday Sale, only the Boxing Day Sale.

(I'm kidding)

I have a question about those menu as well, I am pretty sure the last time we sailed pre-covid Luminae had a "Always Available" section, it is not on the app - did they get rid of it ? I am not really into what I call fru fru food, I just want regular steak, but looking at some of the Luminae dinner menus  I would not order 1 of the mains. 

1 minute ago, Mimiya11 said:

Me neither.   Since we booked so close to the cruise we had to pay in full which we did and the first booking confirmation showed 0 balance.  

 

Same here it was less than 90 days till the cruise when I booked. We are well not younger, in our 50's and do not buy the insurance. We also have 2 days to get to FLL, so we can drive if the weather cancels our flight (won't be any fun but we could still make the cruise)

Just now, Dar & Bob said:

 

That sounds like it could be an insurance amount?  I would double check your original confirmation and how much was due.   It happened to us last spring - my balance dropped just before final payment. Somehow, somewhere my insurance got dropped so I contacted X and got it fixed and paid the full amount

I did not buy insurance so I doubt that was it. 

I booked a cruise for March 2023 about 2 weeks ago, I paid in full. Two days later I got a email saying I owed 294.00 so I paid that as well, now I have a balance of -294.00, I have no idea what they are doing, sorry I can't help. 

• Ship:  Reflection
• Length of Cruise: 7 nights
• Cruise Sail Date: Mar. 12, 2023
• Date email offer received: 12/27/22
• Captain’s Club Tier: Select
• Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct
• Current Cabin: Sky Suite 2
• Bid?  Yes/No: Yes

If YES -  Bidding Details:

• Cabin Category: Royal Suite/PH Suite
• Bid Offer: Not telling 🙂
• Notification Date:  N/A
• Accepted / Rejected - N/A

General Comments (offer details, etc.)  

Neither cabin is showing as available, I jut booked this cruise on Dec 17th and every class of suite was available except the reflection suite.  The only suites showing available now are Celebrity and SS. I am happy in a SS am just trying to surprise the wife. Both offers still show as pending. 

Thanks. Seems like they set a floor and never change it. 

They do not want q's posted in the main thread, so I apologize for starting a new one. We are sailing on the Reflection on Mar 12th and got the move up email yesterday (seems early)

We are now in a Sky Suite 2 and every suite level above us was open for bidding. Even the Reflection Suite - min bid was like 7K per person. 

Anyway my question is - does the minimum bid change once the cruise gets closer?  Right now it looks like the min. bid  for the Royal is 2K per person and for the PH 3K per person. 

As others have said Murano's is the best of the lot IMO. I have no idea how you can spend less than $35 for 2 people for dinner, especially since Covid. 

The Porch is open if your ship has it, or at least it used to be. It used to be like $5 not sure what it is now.

I was looking at what I hope was old literature and it said only sky suites did not get Michael's Club? All other suites did though, I think that was old right? All Suites get access to Michaels now correct?

This is mis-information, I was on hold with X for 45 minutes yesterday and was assured 32 times by the recording that Celebrity Air is completely awesome and reliable.

20 hours ago, jwlane said:

It is what it is.  10+ marathons, countless halfs, 2.5 hr. round trip to Pulpit Rock in my sixties---doesn't matter.  In 18 months I'll be "banned" from those over 70 excursions.  That said, if one wants, the "strenuous" excursions can still be had, one way or another.

I know this may be hard to believe but insurance is not done on a individual basis, it is the risk of the age group in total that matters. 

I wish they would restrict it to people younger than 55, that way I would not have to go on some of my wife's excursions. 🙂

The free offer was for a Regular Veranda

We just booked one for Alaska next July through BCC. Upgraded to AQ for $70 each, we will buy the bev package for $900 on the X site, still a pretty good deal IMO about $1500 for 2 in AQ to Alaska. Since it is on the Eclipse we will also buy a 3 or 4 night dinner package because they have Muranos. 

Do I need to upgrade to Premium Plus to get Bud Lite ? 😁

I just received an email thanking me for booking MSC, I originally booked Seaside for Mar 13th 2021 now it is that other ship. What are the big differences between the two in YC ? There is no difference in price between the 2 I have already been assigned a cabin as well

Thanks everyone, I was worried something had happened to my booking 🙂

Is the MSC website normally like this? Everytime I log in I have to link my cruise, is it my browser ? Chrome in this case.

2 hours ago, beachseasand said:

   I hope that I am not taking the COVID-19 situation lightly, but could we be out of the woods by June 1st? We are/were sailing on the Jewel June 8th out of Vancouver. And I know it sounds selfish, but NCL could switch to Seattle and run buses for those who could not change flights from Vancouver to Seattle. It seems the port is empty on those days, and the company could mitigate their losses. I guess it all depends on how well the public practices social distancing. I feel terrible for those who are sick or worse, and I am wary about all of the sanitation measure put in place by the lines, but we planned this 18 months ago and there are 19 of us going. We more than likely will not be able to all get our schedules together again. Best wishes to all as we work our way through this.

Ya because like nothing is happening in Seattle right now with regard to COVID-19

I thought with all the Corona stuff and the cruise ships getting quarantined etc that there would be some really cheap deals on Suites for the next couple of weeks, I guess I was wrong. Prices for Suites are still pretty high.

24 minutes ago, M&M cruiseaholics said:

Thank you. Wow $30pp for lunch seems high but we will ask before we sit down. Do you remember what time they open for lunch one embarkation day?

My wife and I loved the Porch when it was I think $5 on embarkation day for lunch, but to me the only thing on the menu now  is the Tower and at $30 PP it is simply not worth it, who wants to stuff that much food down their throat at 1 PM on embarkation day? It might of changed since our last cruise though

To me it would depend on my age/health and where the heck I was going, even then I would not cancel until the last minute unless there was some financial benefit.  Does it really matter if you cancel 3 weeks before the cruise if nothing is refundable? Nope, just wait and hope for a change by either the cruise line or the airline. I know if you are flying say AA and the flight gets delayed by more than 2 hours you can cancel then for a full refund.