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3 hours ago, CocoCronut said:

It’s currently showing as £327.14 on one of their June 2024 cruises, apex.

 

Thank you for that. Are you seeing that as a pre-cruise bookable add-on in ‘manage my booking’?

Anyone know the cost of a Pass for access to Thermal Suites for an 11 day Apex itinerary? I’ve seen $220 mentioned for 7 days.

3 hours ago, LoveThatCorgi said:

 

This is the case I have, Spigen Slim Armor CS purchased on Amazon.

 

 

 

 

But have you got a lanyard for your phone?!!

Are we good now?!! 🙂

So pleased to be following your trip from the start, here. We’re doing this cruise in reverse on 27th Jan 2024 (in 5 weeks!!). Like you we’d booked Millie in 2019 for Feb 2020, to celebrate my 60th birthday. Now it’ll be closer to my retirement!! Back in 2020 we were cancelled 2 days before flying out to HK! It’s been a long wait since!! 

On 11/29/2023 at 3:14 AM, mrgabriel said:

Here's a link to the amenities: AQ Amenities

 

Been many times in AQ and never realised you got a complimentary shoe shine service!!

I’ll be taking all my shoes next time!!

54 minutes ago, 39august said:

On board booking gives you OBC for the cruise you are booking; not the cruise you are on. There is a reduced deposit for categories below suites. 

Well I have to disagree with you there. We have booked future cruises where the OBC was added immediately to our current cruise account. 
If that wasn’t the case I wouldn’t have said it. 
So, please don’t confuse the OP!

There is advantage in booking future cruises on board. One perk is that they’ll usually give you some OBC to use on your current cruise. 
Whatever deal they offer you on the future cruise will be the same as if you booked on-line or through a Celebrity agent back home. You may be able to pay a reduced deposit though. 
What is good though is that you get a guaranteed lowest price. So if you see that the cruise price comes down before you sail Celebrity will match the new price, which isn’t the same if you booked from home. That includes any sales promotions, so you need to keep checking (as they don’t volunteer any of that info), and get in touch with Celebrity. 

3 hours ago, cruisestitch said:

Ummm, nope.

You can see how they get confused!! LOL!!

On 11/4/2021 at 1:46 PM, canderson said:

By any chance are you from the UK?

Wasn’t me, but what have you Americans got to say about Aluminum, when quite clearly it’s Aluminium!!

You can rely on Barbados being good for the 29th April!! It’s just the others!  😃

We’ve got 3 nights in HK in January 2024 before boarding Solstice. We favoured staying in Kowloon, and the Tsim Sha Tsui area, and got a good deal on the Kowloon Hotel. £130 a night, pay at hotel, and can cancel up-to the day before! 

36 minutes ago, JKeenan70 said:

I had Lobster the other day on the Eclipse, 

Yes, but how many!!

39 minutes ago, Captain-John said:

One thing I don't understand is we have all these sold out sailings, yet the sailings that have availability, have *a lot* of cabins available. Why such extremes?

Why not? I’m sure you’re over thinking this!

Some wise and logical words from Bruin Steve above. I’ve been following this thread and agree there’s far too much panic from some, leading to anxiety, which is not proving helpful. In fact, some comments are just wild assumptions. 

6 hours ago, rodndonna said:

 

I'd really like to try the 0% Gin. We are beer/wine drinkers with about the only mixed drink choice being Gin and Tonic (especially before dinner or in hot weather). I actually am content with just tonic water as a drink, but if I could get that 'gin' taste in there that would be nice.

 

We are 'drinkers' in that we still drink, but appreciate non-alcoholic options to alternate or replace drinks when on holiday and drinking more (and our tolerance continues to erode with age .....)

 

 

My wife says it’s passable (if you can’t have the real thing)!!

2 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

Curious if anyone has had Non-Alcoholic Gin.    Does it actually taste like Gin? 

 

I"m not a drinker and was wondering if it actually good or even similar.   Inquiring mind wants to know.

0.0% Gin seems to be growing in the EU and UK. Big brands like Gordon’s and Tanqueray certainly have them. 
Myself, I’m a drinker,  and don’t see the point in them! But having tried some there is a resemblance and what you mix it with has a big say. 

Thank you Jim

2 hours ago, miched said:

Shouldn’t zero alcohol vodka be water?   
 

Gin is also nothing more than vodka infuse with Juniper Berries.   So it would be water infused with the berries.   
 

Get water and add lime, lemon, orange, tea, coffee and etc.    No alcohol 

 

A few of my relatives attend AA.   They won’t  drink any product that claims to be alcohol free such as beer and spirits because it still has alcohol traces.  

 

Just trying  to help.  
 

Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Not quite sure why you would have thought this was trying to help? 

13 minutes ago, Happy Cruiser 6143 said:

I've no experience with the Martini Bar and alcohol-free gin, but there are non-alcoholic drinks and wine available onboard.  Monday makes an excellent alcohol-free gin and it would be interesting if they stocked it on board.  I'll ask the next time I'm onboard.

The last time I asked on board all they had was an O’Douls lager, which in reality was a 0.5% low alcohol lager (and not a true 0% alcohol free). That was a couple of years back and thought that they might have some 0% gin by now. 

Is there an offering of 0% alcohol free drinks like wine and gin at Celebrity bars these days? In particular does the Martini bar stock an alcohol free gin? 

15 hours ago, OysterD said:

I've been wondering the same. Currently booked on the same itinerary as you but in November and as things currently stand I don't see it going ahead, or at least not the Hong Kong portion. Problem is if it were to start and end in Singapore a lot of the other ports will have to be cancelled/changed. I'm not sure there would be enough time to get to Ha Long and back to Singapore unless several intermediate ports were skipped and several more sea days added.

We were due to do HK to Singapore in Feb 2020 on Millennium. Before they cancelled this completely they gave us a fair bit of notice that HK was cancelled and we’d start & finish in Singapore. The rest of the itinerary was pretty much the same and still going to a Halong Bay. However, they pulled the whole cruise 2 days before we were due to fly out to Singapore!!

Our Jan 2024 Hong Kong to Singapore on Solstice is also still showing. We’ve had to rebook this several times now, since it first got cancelled in Feb 2020. 
 

I will say though, that while China is maintaining this Zero-Covid policy, I can’t see this going and wouldn’t be surprised to see it cancelled. Or, more likely, have an itinerary change where HK is cancelled in favour of joining and leaving in Singapore.

25 minutes ago, wrk2cruise said:

 Someone recently posted that they brought 6 bottles onboard as they were a couple traveling with a small child.

Brilliant!! 😂😂😂🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷

22 minutes ago, Pinboy said:

LOL--- I was going to have a little humor regarding your previous post where you took some " heat " , but, enough is enough. 

Seriously, perhaps your airline would provide/sell a pass to their First Class Lounge where you could spend the day?

 

 

I’m always up for a bit of humour Pinboy! My shoulders are broad! And as you can see, I’ve broken cover!!

I'm already travelling Club Class, with lounge access, but 10 hours in there would seriously affect my chances of being allowed on the plane!!