susiesan Posted October 25, 2021 #1 Share Posted October 25, 2021 This from a Caribbean news web site. Hoping celebrity updates their restrictions soon so I can cancel the X shore ex I paid for and book something else with a local provider. https://antiguaobserver.com/cruise-bubble-removed-vendors-and-operators-in-st-johns-stand-to-benefit/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyGirlatHeart Posted October 25, 2021 #2 Share Posted October 25, 2021 Great news. I have a tour scheduled with Eli and was holding on, hoping things would change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susiesan Posted October 25, 2021 Author #3 Share Posted October 25, 2021 I just now sent an email to book Eli's Eco Tour. Looks like fun, way better than anything X was offering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susiesan Posted October 26, 2021 Author #4 Share Posted October 26, 2021 19 hours ago, susiesan said: I just now sent an email to book Eli's Eco Tour. Looks like fun, way better than anything X was offering. Eli respond that he was informed that cruisers can now tour independently. Let's see how long intakes celebrity to update their web site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susiesan Posted October 29, 2021 Author #5 Share Posted October 29, 2021 It has now been a week since Antigua announced cruise passengers no longer are limited to ship excursions. Celebrity has still not updated this information on their web site. How long does it take to remove Antigua from the list of restricted ports? I am waiting to go ahead and confirm with Antigua Adventures that I will be on Eli's Eco Tour on Dec. 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39august Posted October 29, 2021 #6 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Glad to hear Eli's Eco Tour is still available. That is the best Caribbean tour we have ever done, but it was several years sgo. Hope you get to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0479 Posted October 29, 2021 #7 Share Posted October 29, 2021 I was wondering to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGW59 Posted October 29, 2021 #8 Share Posted October 29, 2021 1 hour ago, susiesan said: It has now been a week since Antigua announced cruise passengers no longer are limited to ship excursions. Celebrity has still not updated this information on their web site. How long does it take to remove Antigua from the list of restricted ports? I am waiting to go ahead and confirm with Antigua Adventures that I will be on Eli's Eco Tour on Dec. 4? Why don't you just book it now, so you've got the placeholder. Ask if it is refundable in the event something changes in this situation, and it can, day by day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah1212 Posted October 29, 2021 #9 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Just because Antigua allows it does not necessarily mean that Celebrity will allow it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susiesan Posted October 29, 2021 Author #10 Share Posted October 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Jeremiah1212 said: Just because Antigua allows it does not necessarily mean that Celebrity will allow it. The only reason for Celebrity to not allow independent touring is to keep the extra markup they take on the tours they sell. This makes them look very greedy, putting their interests above that of their passengers. I made a reservation with Adventure Antigua for the tour and asked the owner to hold 2 places for us. This is how he phrased it to me: Yes these cruise ships are something else, for YEARS they have been trying to put rules in place for their passengers to only book tours through them and now covid has given them a perfect excuse...all about money as they take HUGE commissions and leave the local excursion company with hardly any money per person. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebr.cruiser Posted October 29, 2021 #11 Share Posted October 29, 2021 On 10/25/2021 at 2:29 PM, susiesan said: I just now sent an email to book Eli's Eco Tour. Looks like fun, way better than anything X was offering. We did this tour years ago. It was great! Good news Antigua has opened up, hope Celebrity now lets us book non-cruise tours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachiem Posted October 29, 2021 #12 Share Posted October 29, 2021 We are looking at this for Feb...just really worried as the ship leaves at 5pm...I believe the tour finishes at 4pm. Still undecided whether to opt for the Extreme or Eco. They have confirmed that if rules changed and we can not take the trip we would be refunded our deposit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Texed Posted October 29, 2021 #13 Share Posted October 29, 2021 On 10/25/2021 at 2:13 PM, JerseyGirlatHeart said: Great news. I have a tour scheduled with Eli and was holding on, hoping things would change. I am sure you will have a wonderful excursion. Eli's tours, he did have three different ones, are great. We once invited the captain of the ship and his best friend to come along with us. He was impressed with Eli and the tour. 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachiem Posted November 2, 2021 #14 Share Posted November 2, 2021 (edited) I notice that Celebrity have revised their travel requirements section and you can now independently tour Antigua 🙂 Does anyone know about Grenada as I can't see it listed on the X travel requirements at all? Edited November 2, 2021 by rachiem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susiesan Posted November 2, 2021 Author #15 Share Posted November 2, 2021 14 minutes ago, rachiem said: I notice that Celebrity have revised their travel requirements section and you can now independently tour Antigua 🙂 Thanks for the alert. I just cancelled my Celebrity excursion and booked Eli's Eco Tour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouremco Posted November 2, 2021 #16 Share Posted November 2, 2021 1 hour ago, rachiem said: I notice that Celebrity have revised their travel requirements section and you can now independently tour Antigua 🙂 Does anyone know about Grenada as I can't see it listed on the X travel requirements at all? The website lists countries where ship excursions are either required or recommended. If a country isn't listed, I've assumed that either they are no longer stopping there or that no restrictions apply. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakes2 Posted November 2, 2021 #17 Share Posted November 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Fouremco said: The website lists countries where ship excursions are either required or recommended. If a country isn't listed, I've assumed that either they are no longer stopping there or that no restrictions apply. Does this mean we can do a beach on our own? Sailing next Friday the 12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0479 Posted November 2, 2021 #18 Share Posted November 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, drakes2 said: Does this mean we can do a beach on our own? Sailing next Friday the 12th. Yea for the countries listed that are allowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouremco Posted November 2, 2021 #19 Share Posted November 2, 2021 5 minutes ago, drakes2 said: Does this mean we can do a beach on our own? Sailing next Friday the 12th. If it doesn't say otherwise fort your port of call, that is my assumption. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakes2 Posted November 2, 2021 #20 Share Posted November 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Fouremco said: If it doesn't say otherwise fort your port of call, that is my assumption. @Fouremcowhy don't you join us on this sailing? Appears to be a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouremco Posted November 2, 2021 #21 Share Posted November 2, 2021 21 minutes ago, drakes2 said: @Fouremcowhy don't you join us on this sailing? Appears to be a go. As much as I'd like to, as would my DW, we have too many other firm commitments to slip away at this time. But thanks for the invitation! 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Vickie Posted November 3, 2021 #22 Share Posted November 3, 2021 On 10/29/2021 at 3:11 PM, rachiem said: We are looking at this for Feb...just really worried as the ship leaves at 5pm...I believe the tour finishes at 4pm. Still undecided whether to opt for the Extreme or Eco. They have confirmed that if rules changed and we can not take the trip we would be refunded our deposit We’ve known, and toured with, Eli since he started his company in 2001, all of his tours multiple times, including a discontinued one (haven’t done the private charter yet). He makes sure you don’t miss the ship. We’ll be booking his newest tour for our January cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachiem Posted November 3, 2021 #23 Share Posted November 3, 2021 7 hours ago, Miss Vickie said: We’ve known, and toured with, Eli since he started his company in 2001, all of his tours multiple times, including a discontinued one (haven’t done the private charter yet). He makes sure you don’t miss the ship. We’ll be booking his newest tour for our January cruise. Thank you. We've booked the extreme tour as it's the last stop on the cruise. We can have 2 days onboard to chill after that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Vickie Posted November 9, 2021 #24 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Celebrity is now allowing on your own tours in Antigua! We've booked Eli's new Adventure Islands tour. Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Vickie Posted November 9, 2021 #25 Share Posted November 9, 2021 As for Grenada, I think it's still wait and see. Reflection is doing its first Caribbean cruise of the year right now. I don't think Celebrity has addressed Grenada because they haven't prepared for it yet. I'm taking await and see. Right now, there's only one excursion listed for Dominica, and that's an island where ship tours are required. We have a close friend there, too, and would love to spend the day with him, but that may be a day we stay on board... I have no desire to go jump off Titou Gorge again with a crowd of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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