24acorns Posted April 26, 2019 #426 Share Posted April 26, 2019 3 hours ago, Jim_Iain said: Another interesting tid bit, which I find hard to believe. This will be Infinty’s first time to Europe since being built. Wonder if anyone can confirm. Sorry to correct, but who ever told you this but not true. I did an "Immersive Wine Cruise" out of Harwich. UK in 2013 and certainly was not a new ship then. I think Infinity also sailed out of UK the year before as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted April 26, 2019 #427 Share Posted April 26, 2019 5 hours ago, Jim_Iain said: On the first day our Butler indicated that Sushi on Five was included in unlimited free dining. We aren't big Sushi eaters so haven't tried. Last night we were chatting with the Luminae Manager and he said they were revising La Petite Chef to two menus per cruise to give more variety and hopefully get repeat guests. One of my posts got lost ??? It happens sometimes when I edit or forget to hit post. Distraction?? I was thinking that the LPC menu changes may indicate that LPC is a one and done for most.. maybe the gimmicky show will eventually run its course. .We heard the food in LPC was good, but never had any interest in the cartoon show. My spouse has a severe lobster allergy which precludes any lobster course , or even the alt dinner mentioned that is seafood focused. Or dinner on the EDGE .. We preferred Q sine..It had good food and more menu variety....meat, fish and veggies. As someone recently mentioned..maybe on the Grande Bistro thread, there seems to be a move toward fixed menu events with fewer choices. Sort of a pre packaged trend...ex, Dinner on the Edge, dinner at EDEN, the soon to be introduced brunch on EDGE and changes mentioned to LPC..which had 2 alt set menus only. It will be interesting to follow.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 26, 2019 Author #428 Share Posted April 26, 2019 1 hour ago, 24acorns said: Sorry to correct, but who ever told you this but not true. I did an "Immersive Wine Cruise" out of Harwich. UK in 2013 and certainly was not a new ship then. I think Infinity also sailed out of UK the year before as well. You are correct. I asked Captain Yannis today and he indicated it was first visit SINCE 2015. I’ll have to update the staff member who mentioned it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 26, 2019 Author #429 Share Posted April 26, 2019 1 hour ago, hcat said: One of my posts got lost ??? It happens sometimes when I edit or forget to hit post. Distraction?? I was thinking that the LPC menu changes may indicate that LPC is a one and done for most.. maybe the gimmicky show will eventually run its course. .We heard the food in LPC was good, but never had any interest in the cartoon show. My spouse has a severe lobster allergy which precludes any lobster course , or even the alt dinner mentioned that is seafood focused. Or dinner on the EDGE .. We preferred Q sine..It had good food and more menu variety....meat, fish and veggies. As someone recently mentioned..maybe on the Grande Bistro thread, there seems to be a move toward fixed menu events with fewer choices. Sort of a pre packaged trend...ex, Dinner on the Edge, dinner at EDEN, the soon to be introduced brunch on EDGE and changes mentioned to LPC..which had 2 alt set menus only. It will be interesting to follow.... I agree with you as we did it once and felt we were done with it. Even with a different menu I doubt we would do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 26, 2019 Author #430 Share Posted April 26, 2019 4 hours ago, Ontario Cruiser said: Hi Jim Just checked my cruises and in October 2014 we did the crossing on her from Harwich UK to Fll We were also on the Vancouver to Japan this past September with you on the Millie and talked to you I love your blogs We are doing the Summit for the 11th time on January 14th and wereon the Silhouette Mar 24th Have a wonderful visit to Bonnie Scotland Thanks. We will enjoy Scotland. Just hope the weather cooperates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 26, 2019 Author #431 Share Posted April 26, 2019 On the disembarkation questionnaire the show the cost of transfer from the ship (per person) BCN 29.96 Train. 23.95 Playa de Catalunya 15.00 The fixed rate of a cab from Pier to BCN in €39.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnevale Posted April 26, 2019 #432 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Jim, you have been so wonderful about sharing so much info and answering so many questions! I hope you won't mind one more. We love to ballroom dance and, from the dailies you are posting, we are excited about the amount of time there is dancing in different venues. Have you seen many people dancing and does it look more like disco or freeform dancing or more like ballroom? Wonderful that you are having smooth seas and seem to be having a good time. It's such fun to check in every day to read more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Cruiser 6143 Posted April 26, 2019 #433 Share Posted April 26, 2019 7 hours ago, Jim_Iain said: That’s good to hear. The said they were implementing that starting this cruise. Maybe because Infinity has had all short cruises. Another interesting tid bit, which I find hard to believe. This will be Infinty’s first time to Europe since being built. Wonder if anyone can confirm. Whoever is handing out that tidbit is misinformed. We did a B2B2B on Infinity in May of 2014. The TA in a RS, the British Isles in an AQ, and the Norwegian Fjords in a fabulous corner FV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Cruiser 6143 Posted April 26, 2019 #434 Share Posted April 26, 2019 By the way, Sushi on 5 serves food other than sushi. Good option for lunch on a sea day when the buffet can be crazy and you're tired of Luminae's lunch menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted April 26, 2019 #435 Share Posted April 26, 2019 24 minutes ago, Happy Cruiser 6143 said: By the way, Sushi on 5 serves food other than sushi. Good option for lunch on a sea day when the buffet can be crazy and you're tired of Luminae's lunch menu. I heard they had several good choices of non sushi so we are going to try it on the Summit...dh allergic to lobster...I love it! What's your fav non sushi dishes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyam76 Posted April 26, 2019 #436 Share Posted April 26, 2019 1 minute ago, hcat said: I heard they had several good choices of non sushi so we are going to try it on the Summit...dh allergic to lobster...I love it! What's your fav non sushi dishes? The beef ramen slider is great. Also a pork ramen dish. We love it there and my mum isn’t a great fan of sushi. Wendy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 26, 2019 Author #437 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Events board Excursion Desk Casino appears to have new slots 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 26, 2019 Author #438 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Thanks for suggestions of Sushi on 5. We may give it a try. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 26, 2019 Author #439 Share Posted April 26, 2019 (edited) Bridge tour and lunch with Captain and Executive Staff Edited April 26, 2019 by Jim_Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAV Posted April 26, 2019 #440 Share Posted April 26, 2019 The lobster ramen is my favorite. Order it a few times each trip..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 26, 2019 Author #441 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Beautiful sunset tonight 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covepointcruiser Posted April 26, 2019 #442 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Good luck in Houston. Our flight to London from there was delayed 5 hours. A thunderstorm closed the airport right after we touched down. Everything was stopped and no personnel were allowed outside. The aircraft we were to take was diverted to New Orleans. The passengers had been onboard for the flight from London and had to sit in their seats on the ramp in New Orleans. They were more unhappy than we were. At least they kept the United Polaris Club open until flights were sorted. We use to enjoy First Class on United overseas flights, too bad they discontinued First Class. Now it’s all Polaris but at least the seats lie flat. We paid for our “business class” seats on our last trip and when we boarded there was no room for our luggage in the overhead. There are so many folks with priority boarding ahead of business/first class they take all of the overhead space. Priority bo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covepointcruiser Posted April 26, 2019 #443 Share Posted April 26, 2019 We sailed in a RS on our last two cruises with Celebrity. We did not receive any special invitations by the officers. We certainly did not have a mostly private tour of the bridge along with lunch with the Captain. These benefits come from being a “Zenith” member of the Cpatains Club and are not available to ordinary folks booked in a Royal Suite. I don’t want anyone to be disappointed that they don’t receive what Jim L. receives even if you pay full price for a RS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varoo Posted April 26, 2019 #444 Share Posted April 26, 2019 9 hours ago, Jim_Iain said: That’s good to hear. The said they were implementing that starting this cruise. Maybe because Infinity has had all short cruises. Another interesting tid bit, which I find hard to believe. This will be Infinty’s first time to Europe since being built. Wonder if anyone can confirm. We did a transatlantic from Ft. Lauderdale to Harwich on Infinity in May, 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted April 26, 2019 #445 Share Posted April 26, 2019 44 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said: Thanks for suggestions of Sushi on 5. We may give it a try. We will also give it a try...maybe the day we board Summit, if menu stays the same. If you try it let us know how you enjoyed it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pd7277 Posted April 26, 2019 #446 Share Posted April 26, 2019 11 hours ago, Jim_Iain said: I've never done Self Assist but at the end of last cruise I saw people with luggage in hand walking off at 8:30 and no one bothered them. I just assumed that Celebrity followed their own rules. The below is the norm of what I've seen. I guess rules are made to be broken.🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted April 26, 2019 #447 Share Posted April 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Jim_Iain said: Beautiful sunset tonight I am so drawn to this photo. I keep coming back to it.. .. you should have it enlarged and displayed... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcpc Posted April 27, 2019 #448 Share Posted April 27, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Covepointcruiser said: We sailed in a RS on our last two cruises with Celebrity. We did not receive any special invitations by the officers. We certainly did not have a mostly private tour of the bridge along with lunch with the Captain. These benefits come from being a “Zenith” member of the Cpatains Club and are not available to ordinary folks booked in a Royal Suite. I don’t want anyone to be disappointed that they don’t receive what Jim L. receives even if you pay full price for a RS. On most of my recent sailings my experience has been the complete opposite of what you post. There is a private bridge tour and a lunch with the Captain and Sr. Officers for the guests staying in the PH and RS. There may or may not be an additional luncheon for Zenith members (depends on how many Zeniths are sailing). Or sometimes if there are only 2 or 3 Zeniths on a sailing they are invited to the luncheon for the upper suite guests. The invitation actually referred to it as a VIP Luncheon. So I think this luncheon with the Captain varies from ship to ship. Edited April 27, 2019 by jcpc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ischeer Posted April 27, 2019 #449 Share Posted April 27, 2019 4 hours ago, pd7277 said: I just assumed that Celebrity followed their own rules. The below is the norm of what I've seen. I guess rules are made to be broken.🙄 I don't see where leaving at 8:30 is "breaking" any rule. The rule says "you MAY disembark". It does not say you MUST disembark, or that you SHOULD disembark, between 7:00-7:20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upwarduk Posted April 27, 2019 #450 Share Posted April 27, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, Jim_Iain said: Another interesting tid bit, which I find hard to believe. This will be Infinty’s first time to Europe since being built. Wonder if anyone can confirm. Definitely incorrect. We sailed from Harwich ( England) on a TA in 2013. Edited April 27, 2019 by upwarduk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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