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Scroll up towards the top right of the page, there is a white box that says search. It now defaults to "This Forum", that is a new feature with the most recent update. Since the last big update you've had to manually select it or you were searching the whole site, not just the Oceania board. Prior to that update it worked fine, I think there was a search for this forum and a separate search for all of Cruise Critic. Classic case of not leaving well enough alone. At any rate just type in what you are searching for and hit go. If you are on an app I got nothing.

Any discount is better than none.

They did still allow Teresa to use up my extra, but only on her booked treatment, but not any extra treatments.

No, you are right about the product, they used to let you use the certificate for it, but they didn't this past September, at least on the Regatta. You know how things can change from ship to ship and cruise to cruise. I find it interesting you only got that amount in Apr of 19 yet we got $230 in Sept of 19. Perhaps it was the book by date.

I just went back and looked at a couple of old invoices. In Sept of 2019 we got $230 each Spa credit, I was wrong on the $260 amount, but close. I believe it changed in November of 2019 and there was a window there where Gold and up didn't get anything. We took a cruise in Dec of 2019 that we didn't receive anything. At some point they reinstated it with a new amount of $150 per person. When was your last cruise that you got $150 on? Edit,( don't seem to be tracking this morning) PS, I don't think they allow you to buy products anymore. I just confirmed that with Teresa, she asked them about that in Sept.

With the number of repeaters that Oceania has I would say there are quite a few that are gold or higher that gets the free treatments of $150 each. Not only has the amount gone down $110 per person, the value of what you get has gone down with the price increases. Perhaps the amount of free OBC they give to O club members is driving the increase. Also in the past we were able to use any leftover Spa credit towards the gratuity, now it's doesn't count toward the tip and it's use it or lose it.

It used to be $260 per person. Doubt it'll go back up. I did notice in Sept in the fine print on the bottom of the page it said Steiner. I was under the impression that NCL/O were operating it themselves.

Hey, how do you guys feel about tattoos showing at dinner? 😶

Boy, you can say that again.

Ok, I'm sure people haven't seen it before. Thankfully Njhorseman answered the question.

A couple of points here. I'm pretty sure that if you are in a PH or higher you can access either lounge. If you are in Concierge you can only go to that lounge. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong. Celebrity does not have a loyalty lounge, never have had one. What they did do is use a section of their version of Horizons(forget what it's called) and had free drinks for 2 hours each evening for those that are Elite and above(except for the first night). At one point on previous ships when they had less Elite's they had the function in Michael's Club, but it was open to everyone at hours other than the happy hour. Michael's was originally an indoor cigar smoking bar. They also have a continental type breakfast in one of the Specialty restaurants. They still do the Happy Hour for Elites and up, but with their Always Included concept(which they are backing away from), and drink packages, there is very little use for it. They do have a special lounge for those that are traveling in suites. What and where it is depends on class of ship. Celebrity has really gone to the whole "Retreat" concept. Royal Caribbean on the other hand does have special lounges for different loyalty levels. They have a Diamond Lounge, A Suite Lounge, a Pinnacle Lounge and maybe more, depending on your status is will depend on which ones you can access.

Yes BUT, last week we went to our friends Country Club for a private function for my wife's birthday. It is one of the more prestigious CC's in the area. We were in a private room, so I don't know how everyone was dressed, but as I was out in the hallway I saw one young couple(30ish) leaving the dining room. She looked nice, he, logoed t-shirt with a ball cap. This was on a Saturday evening. I don't know if he took the cap off during dinner as we didn't eat in that dining room. They had a leftover container, so I doubt they'd been turned away. Yes, the times they are changing. Me, I'm more amused than concerned about the whole dress code thing.

Are you looking for another thread? Doesn't really seem to apply to what the OP asked.

By light issues they mean you have to keep your curtains closed so your lights don't affect the visibility of the officers on the bridge at night. It's not light coming in your room.

Is there a craps table? I know I've seen roulette, but don't know about craps. 4 I think no, but check with Oceania. 5. Probably not, but you never know.

I guess people wearing lanyards or not has never been anything I cared about one way or the other.

Interesting that they are adding the beverage carts with what appears to be early in the day drinks. Currently and historically it's almost impossible to get a Mimosa or Bloody Mary early in the day on the Oceania ships.

It's not that it's a bad choice, there just is no additional benefit to it like there can be in the other two choices, depending of course on a cruisers usage. If it works for you and you understand that you are giving them money up front, then no big deal. One downside would be if a person had to cancel their cruise after final payment and you didn't have the cruise insured. Then you are going to lose that money. One thing that people need to keep in mind when they read about being able to get excursions up to $199 and being able to double their money is what actually happens in reality. In a perfect world there would be choices of tours at or very close to this price point that you would want to do. In reality that is not always the case. Sometimes tours are less than $100. On a recent cruise I was on we had one port that all the excursions were the OS-OE types that were in the $300 plus range. You definitely want to check out availability as soon as you can and get them booked. Or if they are not offering anything that would work for you change your OLife choice.

A couple of things to consider. At the point you told your TA that you wanted to do the deviation you should have got an invoice showing the $175 per person charge. Your airfare should have been shown to you at the time you requested the deviation, as long as you booked less than 270 days before the cruise. Did you get an invoice at that time showing any of this? Your flights seem to be coming through at the standard 70-75 day window which is normal for non-deviated flights. I'm almost wondering if your TA might have dropped the ball and is blaming the air dept.

One of the Cruise Critic editors went on the cruise, I think on the Marina where they rolled out a lot of this new information. She did a live from thread with a lot of information on this. I hope she got a Rare sticker for doing it. If you haven't seen the thread you might search for it.

Well I would think it's because their clientele doesn't have germs.

Let's just say unique.

We have some of the tan ones, or did I mention that in a previous post on this thread. My wife prefers it, she likes things that are different, maybe why she's married to me.

If they are having a shortage of the card holders maybe I'll take my box full of them on our next cruise and pass them out. Maybe I'll get some free drinks out of it. 🤣