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So, does anyone have a suggestion - I don't drink much at all (alcoholic) unless the fufu drink of the day catches my attention. I may like an occasional coke. I cannot get the Celebrity website information regarding the drink packages to work. An error message keeps coming up saying they can't find the page. It seems to me that if one person buys the classic package then the other person in the room gets the soda package for free. Is that right? Does the soda package include bottle water? Was I reading correctly that the classic package is $14.00 a day? That seems good considering the price of drinks. My husband may have an occasional glass of wine with dinner or a gin and tonic.

 

I can't quite decide if these packages are worth it for us or whether we should buy drinks on a "as needed" basis by the glass.

 

Our cruise is on the "Silhouette" on March 2.

The Classic package for Alcohol is $44 per day, plus 15%, and the other person in the cabin DOES NOT get a free soda package. What made you think that?

I was talking about Princess.

(Note the term "Anytime" , not "Select")

My mistake, I thought I was on the Celebrity board.

Were you in Anytime dining?

As I said before, because of people coming and going at different times I don't think they do it in there, just in Traditional.

I was on the Solstice this past May, ate in Select dining and they DEFINITELY had the parade on the last formal night in the Select area.

Red Ginger is our least favorite and my husband would be most unhappy if Polo was replaced by Jacques.

 

To each his/or her own!!

LOL, I certainly agree with that. On our recent 26 days on Riviera we found Red Ginger to be our favorite and Polo only passable. Of course we live in the Midwest where we have really good steaks, so the bar is high. Really enjoyed Jacques as well as Toscana.

The funny thing is most people rave about the Sea Bass in Red Ginger while I found the Miso glaze to be way overboard. It certainly wasn't my favorite there. We ate in Red Ginger 7 times out of the 26 nights.

I think it would be great if there was a limit on the number of posts any individual poster could make daily to a thread, and an overall daily limit. Sometimes some people just need to back away from the keyboard.

Public hot tubs creep me out - what is relaxing about soaking in a chemical filled hot bath with a bunch of strangers while their and your dead skin is sloughy off and floating on everyone else. Yes people are peeing, hair is coming off of body parts and floating around - the whole idea is gross and then you want to let children go into that - yuck. Hot tubs when cleaned still are not clean - all kinds of yucky gunk is trapped in the pipes that just keeps re-circulating :eek::cool: You all argue it out about who should or shouldn't be in the hot tub but luckily - it won't be me! ;):D

A person after my own heart. You would never catch me in one of those germ laden cesspools.

Sometimes. One friend of mine takes a cane along and uses it as he walks up to the gate agent to ask for the blue per pre-boarding sleve.

Does he need this cane or is he just using it as a prop in order to board early? If the latter he is a weasel.

Maybe it's random, I've been getting them for at least 3 years.

We couldn't agree more.

LOL, Here's your answer.

Actually, I would have asked that when on the phone with her...rather than posting. :confused:

It appears there was a message left;

" and asked us to phone her to discuss upcoming itineraries on the line."

As Jim and Stan said...your chances are slim and none.

Then on the other hand, on our recent, as in less than a month ago, Transatlantic on Riviera, the beverage package was still being advertised about day 7 or 8 out of 14 days.

I don't think there's a hard and fast rule on the beverage package. There does seem to be a cutoff on the Internet package around the 3rd day.

How are we to know if our card will have a foreign transaction fee? The credit cards are issued in the USA, we are in the USA and Oceania is in the USA. Not our fault; Oceania's fault. The only reason for a foreign transaction fee is because Oceania uses a foreign bank to do the transaction. Uncalled for, not ethical, just not right.

Call your credit card provider and ask them if them charge them.

Hey Orville! How ya been! People still mistaking you for Jeff Foxworthy? LOL!

 

SDT

Here & there. It goes with the accent.

 

Has anyone else had nasty people ruin a cruise?

 

- Joel

Just that Shill guy, he broke in line in front on me in the buffet, beat me up and stole my drink package card. Watch out for him. ;)

The Jewelery shop actually sells some designer pieces (Roberto Coin/David Yurman) that are under $500 for baubles. They are at retail but are not usually discounted anywhere anyway.

On our recent trip we noticed a David Yurman piece in the boutique that my wife has. Just for fun I asked the price of it which was $4799. Less than 5 years ago we paid $2199 for it at the local store. This was not discounted. I know gold has gone up but surely not that much.

On the same cruise as Wendy and I thought he did an excellent job. Just goes to show you, we all see things differently. It doesn't make any one opinion right or wrong, just different people liking different things.

You can fly in the day or more before without incurring the deviation fee ...but you need to book their hotel pacakage ;)

 

What cruise lines allow you to fly in the day before the cruise with no added fee??

 

Lyn

Celebrity, Azamara & Royal Caribbean with Choice Air.

We live in California so it is very hard to get points. Their are hardly any Celebrity ships out of California. We were select and stayed select. I think a lot of it is in my head to become elite. We had 7 points. The reason why I want elite is for the drinks other than that not much different. What happen now is it will be very hard to get points if you cruise inside cabin. We usually go window if the difference of money is big for a veranda. For me what matter is when will Celebrity or Royal Caribbean bring a ship to California????? Thank I can become elite much easier.

Truly, you're not going to get much sympathy from those of us in the Midwest.

For what it's worth, Celebrity has ships leaving from Seattle and Vancouver all summer long.

I thought some people (such as Host Andy) confirmed that the drink package upgrade was NOT extra on board? There was some confusion/ conflicting posts on this.

 

Sorry I'm confused but can someone confirm which it is? I'd like to wait til we get on board to upgrade (we have OBC) but not if its 50% more. TIA!!

My understanding is that the UPGRADE is not extra on board. It's when you wait to purchase the package that it is extra.

But, I don't think anyone else had mentioned upgrade on this post, just purchasing.

The 10% discount on the Beverage package is not needed for Zenith as they get it included, which you showed later.

If you BUY the package, it will show up on your reservation.....if it is a freebie, it will not show up on your reservation, but you WILL get it onboard. If noting else, the package should show up on your invoice.

 

We've sailed several times with the Classic Package as a perk and it has never shown up on our reservation. Remember, X's website is awful. Don't treat anything you see on there as gospel! :eek:

Carole, don't want to burst your bubble but we just added the promo to our existing booking last week and it already shows on line just like Alberta Cruisers below. It was definitely a freebie. But as you say don't treat anything on their website as gospel.

 

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Today we were told by a Captain's Club rep that it is within a catergory and only from the lowest level. We've booked three A1 cabins this weekend moving from A2 to A1 at no charge. You can move from a C3 to a C2 but not a C2 to a C1.

 

Regarding S2 to S1, we did not discuss.

 

Hope this helps.

So let me make sure I understand correctly on what you were told. On an M class ship the OV category goes from Cat 8 to Cat 4. According to the rep you could only go from 8 to 7? Or am I misunderstanding this?

If this is correct then it has changed from the old CC program as I booked a cat 6 but paid for a 7 for a couple of trips we booked a few months ago. .

When the scooter is delivered to the room, I am sure the table and chairs have to go. I am not concerned about it. I'm sure this has been done before.

I thought perhaps you had done it before. On one of the newer ships they will definitely have to go.

We love the PH for the extra room, larger closets and the butler. On our Sun Splashed Isles cruise this upcoming week, my husband will be recovering from an illness and we will use the butler to pack and unpack his belongs and make life for him a bit easier. We also ordered a scooter and the PH will give us plenty of room to store it. Regardless, we've been traveling in a PH for the past 7 out of 10 years on Oceania and love the perks it provides.

Do you take out the table and chairs at the foot of the bed for the scooter? Otherwise I don't see how you can get it between the chair and the wall. Only about a foot or so there.

but I just have to call it like I see it. The main reason that X keeps the formal nights is to sell $22.95 pictures.

Howard

Whoosssh,

Seems like only one or two here got this point you were making.