Live: Oct 22 2022 Constellation Mediterranean Passage Transatlantic

[mahdnc]

Palma de Mallorca info 

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@isnowman (Kurt and Irene) are admiring the scenery from their balcony as we dock at Palma. 

 

 

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One of the Behemoth of the Seas class ships (Wonder) is docked with us. 

[cluso]

2 hours ago, mahdnc said:

Kim, we also received the invitation but we didn't make it. We were busy with little stuff plus the weather (cloudy and very windy) made the event seem less inviting. How was it?

 

It was pretty much a bust and we left before sail away.  

[JeanieC,Aston]

Why does Celebrity exaggerate transfer times when selling shuttle tickets…..

Palma centre by public bus from terminal is 10 mins and cost €2,,X say 20 mins and charges $10.

 

Water bus from La Seyne into Toulon is no more than 10-15 min and costs €4 return.

Celebrity say 30 mins and charges $20

Edited October 24, 2022 by JeanieC,Aston

[mahdnc]

Lunch!

 

 

[Susanb10567]

6 hours ago, mahdnc said:

This is like the fourth cruise that I've seen this dog statue used for the guess-the-weight contest by Park West. I'm surprised that a frequent cruiser doesn't take advantage of it to win it. Or a clever B2B cruiser.

 

I asked the Park West attendant about that last night but didn't get an answer that I understood. I cynically concluded that apathy prevented anyone from submitting a guess. I also thought that maybe it was a scam and no one ever won or claimed the prize (I was tempted to place a discreet marking on the back of the dog to allow me to determine if this is the same dog statue I'm looking at in future cruises). 

 

We were confused by that as well…that is not the prize if you guess the weight correctly..it is some print that we were not that interested in…

[canderson]

Anybody remember the weight?

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[cluso]

5 hours ago, JeanieC,Aston said:

Why does Celebrity exaggerate transfer times when selling shuttle tickets…..

Palma centre by public bus from terminal is 10 mins and cost €2,,X say 20 mins and charges $10.

 

Water bus from La Seyne into Toulon is no more than 10-15 min and costs €4 return.

Celebrity say 30 mins and charges $20

 

The Celebrity shuttle bus in Palma was free today.  10-15 minutes to in front of the cathedral.  Timing depends on traffic.  Hardly any traffic this am.

[RealBatman]

I'm enjoying following along with you, and thanks for doing this!

Re: post #152, if you have a chance, please make a point of saying Hi to Kurt and Irene from their "Western Friends"! 🙂 

[JeanieC,Aston]

48 minutes ago, cluso said:

 

The Celebrity shuttle bus in Palma was free today.  10-15 minutes to in front of the cathedral.  Timing depends on traffic.  Hardly any traffic this am.

Well done on the free bus today that’s unusual in my experience.

Hope you enjoy Majorca it one of Brits favourite holiday places.

 

Tip..for those who love shoes there is one street in Palma called ‘Calle Sindicato’ that is all shoe shops.real leather.

Edited October 24, 2022 by JeanieC,Aston

[Jim_Iain]

9 hours ago, mahdnc said:

This is like the fourth cruise that I've seen this dog statue used for the guess-the-weight contest by Park West. I'm surprised that a frequent cruiser doesn't take advantage of it to win it. Or a clever B2B cruiser.

 

I asked the Park West attendant about that last night but didn't get an answer that I understood. I cynically concluded that apathy prevented anyone from submitting a guess. I also thought that maybe it was a scam and no one ever won or claimed the prize (I was tempted to place a discreet marking on the back of the dog to allow me to determine if this is the same dog statue I'm looking at in future cruises). 

 

 

I guess the real question is what do you get as a prize?    I saw someone win a print of a picture in an 8 1/2 X 11 envelope and then they put a hard sell on her to buy a frame for it.

[mahdnc]

 

We took a full day small group tour that @Bob29321 arranged independently with a local company. There were 21 of us and we were on a comfortable large bus that could have handled twice the number of people. 

 

 

We had a bus driver and an English speaking guide.   We spent half of the day at the quaint village of Valldemossa (where we had lunch).

 

 

The second half of the day was spent at the resort city of Palma.  

 

 

We were picked up and dripped off at the cruise terminal. No flat tire today, so it was a successful trip. 

Edited October 24, 2022 by mahdnc

[mahdnc]

 

A group puzzle game at the library:

 

Some wear on the blue chairs @pcrum

[mahdnc]

5 hours ago, RealBatman said:

I'm enjoying following along with you, and thanks for doing this!

Re: post #152, if you have a chance, please make a point of saying Hi to Kurt and Irene from their "Western Friends"! 🙂 

I will!

[Stem to Stern]

14 hours ago, mahdnc said:

This was last night at the Rendezvous Lounge. After I snapped the photo, I heard a "hello" behind me. It was @wayneg1 (Wayne and his wife Karen) who were enjoying the string music. I asked that we meet there at 5pm on the first sea day for drinks) because I want to get their perspective on the current British political situation. 

 

Loved the strings duo.  
Listened to and interacted with them nightly in Cellar Masters.

Enjoying your report so far.

[mrsgoggins]

I’m enjoying your report and photos.  Wayne and Karen are friends of mine so I’ll be checking their social media site for even more immersion and living the experience through you all 😄

 

Constellation was my first Celebrity ship years ago when we had the brilliant Alejandro as Cruise Director.  Who is the current CD please?

 

Thanks for posting.

[mahdnc]

During the end of our tour of the city of Palma, our guide introduced us to an impressive olive tree that was 750 years old. 

 

 

[mahdnc]

A couple photos from the pier as we got back on Constellation today. 

 

 

Seeing the fresh food supplies being loaded at Palma made me wonder how well the food holds up during our six straight days at sea. 

 

[mahdnc]

28 minutes ago, mrsgoggins said:

I’m enjoying your report and photos.  Wayne and Karen are friends of mine so I’ll be checking their social media site for even more immersion and living the experience through you all 😄

 

Constellation was my first Celebrity ship years ago when we had the brilliant Alejandro as Cruise Director.  Who is the current CD please?

 

Thanks for posting.

 

Thank you. Our CD is Tim Bolton who I have yet to see because we've been hermits on board so far. 

 

[mahdnc]

A few random thoughts:

 

1. Angeline, our stateroom attendant, did not have our room made up for us after we returned from dinner tonight and last night. She apologized and said that she didn't realize that we had early seating until now. So we should be good. 

 

2. Last night was Evening Chic. Knowing that there is a recurring question on this CruiseCritic board about how many people actually dress up, I counted the number of males wearing suits that I could see from our table in the MSE. The answer was 18 out of 60 (including me who was in a suit). So 30%. One data point. Early Seating. 

 

3. I've been reading about how long room service can take. We've called room service twice. Once for a late lunch after we got back from our flat tire shore excursion at Toulon (45 min turnaround time). Another time was tonight when we ordered dessert (49 min turnaround time). There is no way to order room service using our stateroom television. None of the short cut buttons on our stateroom telephone go to room service. You have to know to dial "52". After dialing there was no hold time before a live person answered. 

 

 

4. NFL football games were shown on our stateroom television. The big problem for me was that my Steelers (@ Dolphins) had a Sunday night game. Normally a good thing because it guarantees I can watch them at home, playing on Sunday evening was not a good thing on this cruise because it meant that the game started at 1:30 am since we're in Europe and so I couldn't watch it. It didn't matter because they lost anyway. It's going to be a long season. 

[Bill Miller]

It was chic casual day on the Charles de Gaulle.