Rare Ken the cruiser Posted December 9, 2021 #101 Share Posted December 9, 2021 19 minutes ago, DaKahuna said: Thanks!!! That gives me a lot of hope the response times on the Constellation out in the Caribbean next week will be acceptable. Yes, it's an M class ship whereas you're on an S class. But it's more about the satellite bandwidth speeds and with more ships in the Caribbean, it looks like they're starting to increase the satellite bandwidths. Thanks again for checking and we hope you continue to have a great cruise!! 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 9, 2021 Author #102 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Here are the two white wines I have enjoyed on board. The Roxanne was an excellent pairing with the Branzinno in Tuscan. the Pinot Gris went well with the turkey wrap I had for lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 9, 2021 Author #103 Share Posted December 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, Ken the cruiser said: Thanks!!! That gives me a lot of hope the response times on the Constellation out in the Caribbean next week will be acceptable. Yes, it's an M class ship whereas you're on an S class. But it's more about the satellite bandwidth speeds and with more ships in the Caribbean, it looks like they're starting to increase the satellite bandwidths. Thanks again for checking and we hope you continue to have a great cruise!! 😎 Thanks. Let me know if I can be of further help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froufie Posted December 9, 2021 #104 Share Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) I am curious about the individual with Covid who disembarked - what about contract tracing and the people he was or may have been in contact with? How is that being handled? (I know on other lines they have some sort of face recognition software and everyone who might have been 'around' the infected individual was asked to quarantine and/or had to get a test?) Surely he must have been out and about before testing positive? Edited December 9, 2021 by Froufie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 9, 2021 Author #105 Share Posted December 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, Froufie said: I am curious about the individual with Covid who disembarked - what about contract tracing and the people he was or may have been in contact with? How is that being handled? (I know on other lines they have some sort of face recognition software and everyone who might have been 'around' the infected individual was asked to quarantine and/or had to get a test?) Surely he must have been out and about before testing positive? I do not have any information on that other than the Captain saying that they were contract tracing anyone having extended contact. That was with his initial announcement last night. I have not really try to find any additional information. If we had experienced any extended contact with the individual I am sure they would have let us know. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2bk Posted December 9, 2021 #106 Share Posted December 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Jthans24 said: Thank you so much for the review Kahuna. You are doing a great job! We are on an upcoming Reflection cruise and were just notified that the Dominican Republic isn't happening. What did they replace the DR with on your cruise? God forbid I have to wait a few days for them to post it. HAHA! Which sailing are you on? We are on the 12/26 and I did communicate with the new port in Puerto Plata that they are opening on 12/15 and expecting Reflection on 12/31. They also told me they have "surprises" planned at the port that day since it is New Year's Eve day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 9, 2021 Author #107 Share Posted December 9, 2021 24 minutes ago, D2bk said: Which sailing are you on? We are on the 12/26 and I did communicate with the new port in Puerto Plata that they are opening on 12/15 and expecting Reflection on 12/31. They also told me they have "surprises" planned at the port that day since it is New Year's Eve day. We are currently on the 12/4-12/11 sailing and when we pass our COVID test tomorrow, we will be on the 12/11-12/18. Neither of these are scheduled to stop in the DR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helen haywood Posted December 9, 2021 #108 Share Posted December 9, 2021 3 hours ago, DaKahuna said: Not how I remembered the Sunset Bar at all. Only Reflection (of the Solstice Class ships) has this Sunset Bar configuration. I like it because if you sit at the bar you no longer have your back to the sea. And those bar stools light up different colors at night. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 9, 2021 Author #109 Share Posted December 9, 2021 31 minutes ago, D2bk said: Which sailing are you on? We are on the 12/26 and I did communicate with the new port in Puerto Plata that they are opening on 12/15 and expecting Reflection on 12/31. They also told me they have "surprises" planned at the port that day since it is New Year's Eve day. We are currently on the 12/4-12/11 sailing and when we pass our COVID test tomorrow, we will be on the 12/11-12/18. Neither of these are scheduled to stop in the DR. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 9, 2021 Author #110 Share Posted December 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, helen haywood said: Only Reflection (of the Solstice Class ships) has this Sunset Bar configuration. I like it because if you sit at the bar you no longer have your back to the sea. And those bar stools light up different colors at night. That explains why I remember the bar as being along the back bulkhead. I’ll have to take a stroll up there in the evening and have a look around. It looks like a nice place to hang out when not crowded. Noticed a few tables that were semi-secluded that were occupied by a small group of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 9, 2021 Author #111 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Sunset was beautiful. Shame the .mov files are too large to upload. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplsmurf Posted December 10, 2021 #112 Share Posted December 10, 2021 2 hours ago, DaKahuna said: We are currently on the 12/4-12/11 sailing and when we pass our COVID test tomorrow, we will be on the 12/11-12/18. Neither of these are scheduled to stop in the DR. The 12/11 sailing was supposed to stop in Puerto Plata, but since their dock wasn’t ready it was cancelled and made a sea day instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 10, 2021 Author #113 Share Posted December 10, 2021 51 minutes ago, Purplsmurf said: The 12/11 sailing was supposed to stop in Puerto Plata, but since their dock wasn’t ready it was cancelled and made a sea day instead. I did not know that. All i have to go buy is the app and what I am told on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplsmurf Posted December 10, 2021 #114 Share Posted December 10, 2021 1 hour ago, DaKahuna said: I did not know that. All i have to go buy is the app and what I am told on board. You probably didn’t because you booked after the change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 10, 2021 Author #115 Share Posted December 10, 2021 We had an appointment for our B2B courtesy COVID-19 antigen test this morning at 0900. We went up and got in line at 0845. We were done after a short wait by 0900. At 0932 we received emails with our test results. We both tested negative and are cleared for our cruise next week. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricketts Posted December 10, 2021 #116 Share Posted December 10, 2021 36 minutes ago, DaKahuna said: We had an appointment for our B2B courtesy COVID-19 antigen test this morning at 0900. We went up and got in line at 0845. We were done after a short wait by 0900. At 0932 we received emails with our test results. We both tested negative and are cleared for our cruise next week. Yay! Congratulations 🙂 I'm really enjoying your live report - Thank you!! If you get the chance, I'd like to know the email for the Retreat concierge. We'll be on in January and I need to touch base about a special event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 10, 2021 Author #117 Share Posted December 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, cricketts said: Yay! Congratulations 🙂 I'm really enjoying your live report - Thank you!! If you get the chance, I'd like to know the email for the Retreat concierge. We'll be on in January and I need to touch base about a special event. You may try contacting this young lady. Terrikka McCoyRetreat Suite Concierge Celebrity ReflectionConciergeTerrikka@celebrity.com316-554-5610 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricketts Posted December 10, 2021 #118 Share Posted December 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, DaKahuna said: You may try contacting this young lady. Terrikka McCoyRetreat Suite Concierge Celebrity ReflectionConciergeTerrikka@celebrity.com316-554-5610 Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted December 10, 2021 #119 Share Posted December 10, 2021 1 hour ago, DaKahuna said: We had an appointment for our B2B courtesy COVID-19 antigen test this morning at 0900. We went up and got in line at 0845. We were done after a short wait by 0900. At 0932 we received emails with our test results. We both tested negative and are cleared for our cruise next week. Congratulations. I have to admit that it is always a concern to make sure you aren't going to be tossed off the ship. We had some home tests and pre-tested a day before our official test just for peace of mind. I'm glad they are now sending out results by e-mail. On the cruises in Sept/October we didn't get the results until dinner time. The Retreat Host said we would get them and not to worry that if we had tested positive we would have been immediately escorted to our room by security. Our results were left on our bed along with the daily for the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 10, 2021 Author #120 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Today is a port day at the World Resort of Bimini. After a leisurely breakfast, we went as were tested for our B2B. Results were back in about 30 minuted. Took a snapshot of both PDF documents and have them on my phone. Paper copy should be delivered to our stateroom tonight. After giving the sample for our antigen test, we went ashore and caught the courtesy ‘trolly’. The trolly is on a loop. Beach 360, Bimini Beach Club, and the public beach. When asked about any shopping areas the trolly driver said there was a straw market but we would need to take a taxi. We choose not to do that and rode the trolly back to the ship. Neither of us are really beach lovers or sun worshipers so we are sprnding a relaxing day aboard. 3 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said: Congratulations. I have to admit that it is always a concern to make sure you aren't going to be tossed off the ship. We had some home tests and pre-tested a day before our official test just for peace of mind. I'm glad they are now sending out results by e-mail. On the cruises in Sept/October we didn't get the results until dinner time. The Retreat Host said we would get them and not to worry that if we had tested positive we would have been immediately escorted to our room by security. Our results were left on our bed along with the daily for the next day. I agree, apprehension about the test results is a thing. We were both very relieved at how quickly the notification was provided. That is what we were told about the hard copy of our results - delivered to our room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Cruiser 6143 Posted December 10, 2021 #121 Share Posted December 10, 2021 On 12/8/2021 at 1:54 PM, DaKahuna said: I want to give special recognition to @Jim_Iain We are now enjoying our morning Almond Croissant at breakfast in Luminae. Apparently they are not a standard menu item so they were not available when I asked for one. Since then our waitress has made sure to have them for us each morning. No more getting up early and making a trip to Cafe al Bacio for this guy. The other alternative is to have your butler bring them to your cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted December 10, 2021 #122 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Just now, Happy Cruiser 6143 said: The other alternative is to have your butler bring them to your cabin. Iain had asked abut them in Luminae and the Assistant waiter rant to al Baccio to get him. From that day on he delivered them to our butler. Our butler said - why didn't you ask me ??? I'll be glad to get anything you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 10, 2021 Author #123 Share Posted December 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Happy Cruiser 6143 said: The other alternative is to have your butler bring them to your cabin. But we do not eat breakfast in our room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 10, 2021 Author #124 Share Posted December 10, 2021 I owe you all an apology. The Retreat guest were invited to a sail away this afternoon for our departure from Bimini. As we were leaving a pod of porpoise appeared from out in front of the ship and joined us for a very brief while. I failed to capture any of it on camera. The crew is starting to add Christmas decorations to what was already here. My favorite being this on Deck 3. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Cruiser 6143 Posted December 11, 2021 #125 Share Posted December 11, 2021 7 hours ago, DaKahuna said: But we do not eat breakfast in our room. I don't either. However, when I wake up a mocha and an almond croissant are waiting for me to help me get my eyes open enough to navigate my way to Luminae. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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