ScottC4746

They probably think, "Good you are here get on so we won't have to worry later about you."

That is true. The sooner they can push people off and clear the ship with customs the sooner they can open boarding.

I will say to look and plan. We used them LAX-SEA in 2022 and when we booked they only showed Delta and the flight the day before was painfully early for us and painfully late coming home even though there were several carriers. This time we booked on our own on an airline (nameless) we love as DH works for them. While the return flight is painfully late, at least we have club/lounge access where Delta doesn't even sell day passes anymore.

I just checked in this morning for our Edge Alaska Dawes Glacier Cruise 7 Nights Concierge Class Seattle round trip 31 May 2024. It is the second week of the season. We got stuck with 12 noon for arrival. Last time we took the exact cruise was 2 weeks before the end of the season on the Solstice. Then in 2022 it gave us the same time. We took the first shuttle from the self booked hotel and got to the port about 10 or 1030 with no issues boarding early. Will we be able to do the same again? I know we have to dump our stuff in the cabin and take off until they are released around 1 PM or so.

I ran into that too and just redid my password, which was the exact one I had and all was fine.

In 2022 we had select and no problems just walking up around 6 PM. In fact we were so nice to our waiter the first two nights, the rest of the cruise we would walk up and he was practically knocking servers down to get to the Maitre 'D to make sure we were seated at his table.

We did a Neptune Suite on HAL in 2015 and no experience like on Celebrity. I don't know about their Penthouse Suite, but there is no retreat area outside for suite guests.

LOL that is usually how we end up doing it alternating mornings...it's your turn, only we go to the buffet for coffee.

We jumped from RCCL to HAL to X in September 2022 and fell in love. We loved HAL but it was a bit too old for us...in 2016. We have gotten older so maybe not now. We tried X and it was wonderful. Great service in Alaska on the Solstice. It was nice coming in from the ports that were cold and wet and having hot homemade consume to sip to warm up. Shows were great with live orchestra. We cannot say enough positive about X.

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While we are not in a suite but a regular room with a few extra perks, pun intended, I have a question about coffee service in the room. How can we have a tray with a pot of coffee delivered each morning to the room? Do we have to just do the hang tag on the door the night before or can we set up a standard order with the cabin steward?

My question is which will cause any ship to creak, which I love by the way, is what were the sea conditions. That could make a new ship creak and groan.

Hairdryer I don't recall. I don't have enough hair to use one. Shampoo, conditioner and body wash in bottles on the wall of the shower. More eco-friendly. As I have read on other threads, do not bring your own as the products they use are easier on the ocean, which unfortunately means they don't suds as well as other stuff.

Our last cruise we flew LAX-SEA using Celebrity Air and it really did not come out cheaper we found after I booked. When we booked we were only offered Delta when we knew that American and Alaskan had flights also. Closer to the cruise date we found the other airlines underpriced Delta's offering on Celebrity Air. I will say you earn airline miles and status service for those that qualify on the different airlines. On the plus side, we were alerted of schedule changes from Celebrity Air before Delta alerted us. This time we are on the same flight LAX-SEA round trip and we booked directly with the airline. Not sure about service if the flight is delayed or cancelled with Celebrity, but we learned never to arrive the same day you sail out. Too stressful. We will come home the same day we return, if we can.

Or perhaps cruise critic is not for you. 😉