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Paul, I have so enjoyed following your journey after just coming across it on the board! It's been my go to read in the evening. Thank you so much for sharing all of the details of your trip. We've never considered a TA before, but it may be on our list after following along! We've been on the Reflection previously in the Med and loved the ship. The sea days on her sounded wonderful! Thanks for sharing!!

We are on the Solstice the end of June. I did see the Tracy Arm excursion on the web, but couldn't book it for 4 of us in two separate cabins. (the website continues to drive me crazy!) I called Celebrity last week and got it booked in less than 5 minutes! We still need to book other tours, and appreciate some of the suggestions above!

Wow...guess I need to consider ourselves lucky. We booked Concierge on the Solstice (for travel late June) in early March. Booked directly with Celebrity by phone. We chose Concierge over Aqua at the time due to cabin locations available. I noticed last week that Aqua had gone down in $$, and there were now cabins available in our preferred location. I called Celebrity and was able to upgrade for same price and keep our 2 perks ($300 OBC and classic drink package). Does it depend on sailing and how booked the ship is?

We are newbies to cruising so this is all great info!!! Sailing on the Solstice June 29.

Hi Smithsdream! We will also be on the Solstice June 29. There are 4 of us...2 from Georgia, 2 from Colorado. We've sailed on the Reflection before. First time in Alaska and on the Solstice.

Hi! We did an Amalfi Coast tour with AP Tours Sorrento a couple of years ago and loved it. There were 5 of us traveling together and found another 3 on Cruisecritic to share. We had a wonderful driver who picked us up at the dock, then first took us to Herculaneum. We had enjoyed Pompeii on a previous trip and wanted to see Herculaneum. We were there by 10:00 am and had the place to ourselves for a self guided tour. We then drove along the coast to Positano, had lunch at Tratoria La Tagliata, which had a wonderful view overlooking Positano and even more wonderful food! Then walked through the town of Positano, choosing to spend more time there instead of going back to Sorrento. If you want to go to the Amalfi Coast, I would recommend them. If you decide to go to Capri, try to take a bit of time and take the bus up to Anacapri. We enjoyed the village at the top of the island! We loved the Mediterranean on the Reflection! Enjoy!!

We visited Mykonos on the Reflection several years ago and got a day pass to the Saint John Hotel/Resort. They don't advertise the day pass on their website ( http://www.saintjohn.gr ) but we learned about it from a cruisecritic post. If you email the hotel they will send you information. It was wonderful and reasonably priced, as I recall. We were able to utilize all of the resort amenities for the day and had breakfast and lunch included. They have a small beach and beautiful large pool. We then taxied back to town and walked around prior to boarding the ship. It was a wonderful day!