Ellaleah

I will be going on my once in a lifetime Panama Canal cruise on NCL Bliss in December. I am considering the Panama Canal Experience. The tour leaves at 6am for 7 hours. I am thinking that this is the best way to experience the transit. Has anyone done this excursion and did you think it worthwhile? Thank you.

Guatemalanativetours.com ?

I hate to show my ignorance, but how does one search for Haven cabins on the NCL website?

Thank you so much for explaining this.

I have just booked a cruise on the Bliss. My TA gave us 3 specialty dinner. How does that work at the specialty restaurants that are priced ala carte. Also, my sister is vegan. NCL told me that I need to have the TA add that to the booking and I will. Which specialty restaurants would be best for a Vegan? thank You

I have 2 Celebrity Gift Cards for $500. Each. I bought them for $450. Each. Any ideas on how to sell these? thank you.

Well no need for you to take a collection for them cause they have done that for themselves. They have had $900. from me since the beginning of the year. They have canceled 2 cruises and been deceitful about what they were offering as far as the AI which they cancelled and the OBC they took back. One can only conclude that they did this to hold $ and make interest off the $. Stop pleading their case as they have none for the way they have conducted this. They have destroyed trust and goodwill!

I so agree. I booked a TA for 11/24 at the beginning of this year with AI. They cancelled it, but let us keep our OBC and gave a little more. I rebooked it (1 day less ). Now that is cancelled and they will not let us keep our OBC offering a new $200. OBC and no AI. I don’t trust them and that is what they have destroyed. They have lost me!

We have an interest in the excursion that Celebrity offers which includes Azorean Folklore and dinner. It is sold out for our 11/24 cruise. What might be the best excursion for out day in Ponta Delgado? Thank you.

My cruise is not until 11/24. I booked quite awhile ago. I have called Celebrity and been told that their policy has changed allowing one to use multiple gift cards to pay your cruise balance. I have bought 1 $500. Card so far. I will call again (ask for Rewards dept) and ask when I am closer. This will be my first Celebrity,but I have closely followed the threads on here. I trust Celebrity as far as i might throw a ship! Just last week I called for assistance during the flash sale with upgrading my AI Wi Fi because I didn’t see the option on my planner. I was assisted and charged. In looking at it after I realized that I was charged too much for the upgrade. I phoned again and it was adjusted. It felt like they were using a hand calculator. They do not inspire confidence! It felt very rinky dink!

I phoned and was told it is not for new bookings only. The issue is how much one can use. It was $1000 per double cabin, but people have written here that they have changed that.

I believe that this policy has changed. There has been discussion on this board about it and I know that you can use the gift cards after you have booked. I don’t trust what Celebrity tells you. My cruise is a way off. I will call them again before I buy more than the $500. I purchased for a solo cabin.

I have been on 1 NCL and maybe 4 Princess. Not much of a sampling, but I felt as though I was being nickeled and dimed on the NCL. My most recent Princess was 1/22 and we had a great customer service and food experience.

Celebrity is being greedy. If a casino in Vegas were to be non smoking, gamblers could go next door to another. Where can they go on the ship? They can’t! Celebrity doesn’t want them to take a vape break cause they might toddle off to a show and not return. Just greedy!

I am booked on the Apex departing Lisbon 11/9/24.

Just to clarify, we are now able to pay for the entire cruise with gift cards? I know that this was not the case with Celebrity as I called several months ago and was told that we could only use $500. on a solo veranda. I now understand that this has changed. Please let me know if that is correct. ThankYou.

Most Americans enjoy drinking and sex while making a lot more $!

The American that wrote the book started in a very low level ( I think waiter) and moved up. He did it for a non American girl that worked on the ship. It tells of the hard work and long hours. That is why you will not find Americans working on ships.

That probably depends on where “home” is for them! Have you encountered any Americans working on ships that say it’s better than the job they could get at home? Doubtful. There was one American that worked on a cruise ship and wrote a book about it. It was very interesting, but it certainly did not sound glamorous or lucrative. The book is Cruise Confidential.

I will be going on my first Celebrity next year. I always give a cash tip in addition to the auto gratuities. I assume that each employee I tip gets to keep theirs. What would be the point of tipping dining room personnel in white envelopes? Can I get confirmation?

The conversation on here seems to assume that all these AI prices are the same. They are not and some are so “out of whack” that it defies math and or logic why anyone would do them and I would not do them for the good of the cruise line as they are not adding some of these crazy AI’s for the good of the customers. They need to be looked at individually.

It makes no sense. I have seen them makes other errors the other way and there are discussions on here about them not honoring the price that was initially booked.

Thank you very much

Sorry, but I will not have that situation until 2024. I wondering who you booked for the private tour as I will also be in search of one next year. Thank you.

I’m only very slightly impressed with the response because of the extremely poor manner in which our Apex 11/3/24 cruise was canceled. Nobody knew nothing and it was next to impossible to convince them that the cruise was canceled even after I told them that I got the letter from Celebrity. That being said, it is sad that they have set my expectations so low. Here is my communication……