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We have a B2B booked for next year with the same cabin for both itineraries. Do we settle our account at the end of the first itinerary and then re-register for the second? If so, is this done on the ship at Guest Services or do we need to join all new pax at the pier check-in?

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We have a B2B booked for next year with the same cabin for both itineraries. Do we settle our account at the end of the first itinerary and then re-register for the second? If so, is this done on the ship at Guest Services or do we need to join all new pax at the pier check-in?

 

It's easy-peasy.

 

Celebrity closes your first week and gives you a new card and starts an new account for the second week.

 

You get whisked through the reboarding process and don't re-line up with the schmoes just climbing in

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Your account will be settled for the 1st cruise and a new sea pass card issued for the 2nd. You do not need to check in at the pier. You will get a letter towards the end of your 1st cruise detailing the procedure. You may have to leave the ship briefly with all the other B2B cruisers, especially in a US port. You have the option of returning to the ship or going into town for the day.

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Your account will be settled for the 1st cruise and a new sea pass card issued for the 2nd. You do not need to check in at the pier. You will get a letter towards the end of your 1st cruise detailing the procedure. You may have to leave the ship briefly with all the other B2B cruisers, especially in a US port. You have the option of returning to the ship or going into town for the day.

 

Thanks for that Mary Lou. We'll be at Miami. Do we need to leave the ship for immigration/customs purposes? We were planning on having the day in Miami Beach. I presume we're free to leave the ship in the morning and return before sailing at 4.00pm?

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We almost always do B2B or B2B2B sets of cruises, and have seen quite a bit of variety in how the turnaround day is handled. But when the passengers who will be disembarking receive their disembarkation packets the B2B passengers will receive a succinct letter of instructions regarding the turnaround day. If the procedure does't fit well with your plans (i.e., you want to leave the ship earlier) just contact Guest Relations. Also, your instruction letter will include a transit pass so that when you return to the cruise terminal you will bypass the check-in lines.

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In the US you are required to get off the ship and pass through Customs/Immigration. In other parts of the world this may or may not be required. You can leave the ship in the morning, see the city and return later, or you can opt to wait a while, you will be taken in a group off the ship as the last passengers to disembark and then you will be the first passengers to embark. It's your choice. In the US, what you can't do is just stay on the ship. Seeing the city, or running an errand (buy wine for the second leg of the B2B voyage perhaps), is definitely one of your options. On returning to the ship, you will go through security, but will by-pass the check in lines and can come back aboard when you wish, but I would advise that you make it no later than 90 minutes before the scheduled sailing. I have seen some who try to make it back 60 minutes before sailing, but I think that's cutting it too close. Your transit instructions will spell it all out for you.

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We did not find it necessary to notify Celebrity that we were on a B2B sailing. In fact, when we did our B2B we ended up getting a small reduction in the cruise fare for both sailings that we were not expecting. The disembarkation paperwork that you receive on the 1st sailing includes a check box for a "I'm on a B2B sailing" so don't be surprised to get a disembarkation questioner.

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No need to call X. When you do the online check in for the first cruise, it will ask at some point if you are a consecutive cruiser. You then fill in the appropriate information. When you do the online check in for the second cruise, it will recognize that you are doing a B2B, and you just fill in the information appropriate to the second cruise. It is very simple.

Is there any advantage to calling and letting Celebrity know that you are doing a B2B? Since their website is not quite up to snuff, I doubt that it actually registers with them that you are on 2 consecutive cruises.
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Is there any advantage to calling and letting Celebrity know that you are doing a B2B? Since their website is not quite up to snuff, I doubt that it actually registers with them that you are on 2 consecutive cruises.

 

The disembarkation questionnaire has a box to check which indicates that you are on a B2B sailing.

 

We did not find it necessary to notify Celebrity that we were on a B2B sailing. In fact, when we did our B2B we ended up getting a small reduction in the cruise fare for both sailings that we were not expecting. The disembarkation paperwork that you receive on the 1st sailing includes a check box for a "I'm on a B2B sailing" so don't be surprised to get a disembarkation questioner.

 

Mary Lou: We almost always do B2Bs or B2B2B cruises. We will did one B2B2B series this past spring and will start another B2B2B series next month. When we did the Constellation TA in 2014 that was the first non-B2B we had done in over three years. So I am surprised that you received a small reduction in the cruise fare. Was that from your travel agent or from Celebrity? No matter how you received it -- good for you!

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We did not receive a disembarkation questionnaire on our B2B on Reflection last year. They knew we were B2B from the online check in. We received a letter in our stateroom with instructions on what we were supposed to do on turn around day.

 

The disembarkation questionnaire has a box to check which indicates that you are on a B2B sailing.

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Mary Lou: We almost always do B2Bs or B2B2B cruises. We will did one B2B2B series this past spring and will start another B2B2B series next month. When we did the Constellation TA in 2014 that was the first non-B2B we had done in over three years. So I am surprised that you received a small reduction in the cruise fare. Was that from your travel agent or from Celebrity? No matter how you received it -- good for you!

 

Our only B2B was a number of years ago and they probably changed this small perk since then. If I remember right it was $100 per cruise. Not a lot but it was a nice surprise.

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No need to call X. When you do the online check in for the first cruise, it will ask at some point if you are a consecutive cruiser. You then fill in the appropriate information. When you do the online check in for the second cruise, it will recognize that you are doing a B2B, and you just fill in the information appropriate to the second cruise. It is very simple.

 

I just completed online check-in for our upcoming B2B cruises from San Juan and even though I had entered "Consecutive Cruiser" as departure method for the first cruise, the online check-in for the second cruise had exactly same fields, pre-filled/selected data, etc, as the first one did - so absolutely no change/difference between the check-in processes/forms.

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Simply stated - NO. Your B2B is on your statement and your will be offered a lovely special lunch with the officers and staff. $100 reduction should be already there. All instructions delivered to your room a day ahead.

 

Brits do not necessarily get the same $100 as US residents-have done B2B twice and not received it

We are Canadian and have not heard of the $100 deduction. How do we go about looking into it? Do we just call Celebrity? Have booked through a TA. Must she call? Sorry for all the questions. It's our first B2B.

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We have a B2B booked for next year with the same cabin for both itineraries. Do we settle our account at the end of the first itinerary and then re-register for the second? If so, is this done on the ship at Guest Services or do we need to join all new pax at the pier check-in?

 

Debarkation/Embarkation Process for all Consecutive Cruise guests:

 

  • At the end of the first leg, all guests on Consecutive Cruises will be asked to meet at the Guest Relations desk, or another designated area onboard. They will be escorted off the ship to a meeting place where they will wait until customs clears the ship for general boarding.
  • The guest's credit card will be charged for their onboard expenses at the end of each leg.
  • Once the second leg can begin boarding, the guests will be escorted back onboard.
  • With prior approval from U.S. Customs, it is not necessary for guests to clear Customs until the end of their last cruise. The Manager of Security will request permission from the U.S. Customs Department.
  • When guests go ashore between cruises, they may not take items that were brought onboard or purchased during any voyages. At the end of the last cruise, guests must clear U.S. Customs at which time every item purchased during all voyages must be declared.

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