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Sounds to me as if it might be time for a new TA. There are a few promotions that are only being offered up until April 2017 like the pay Big get Better, so I suspect your TA is confused. Or not explaining it very well it has nothing to do with the FCC. By the way Celebrity is currently doing on board bookings for cruises beyond April 2017 up to April 2018, your TA comment does not make sense.about waiting until the FCC offers are out. Mi think they meant the overall promotion offers like the one mentioned or the get all four perks with a suite booking.

 

Good luck sorting it out.

 

 

 

Someone might be able to help you out if you tell us exactly what "perks" the TA is saying you cannot get. Someone on board a ship might be able to clarify for you. I can check next week if you wish.

It's not the TA that I have a problem with may be I didn't explain my situation properly. We booked a future cruise last summer which offered free drinks package and onboard spends if you booked a balcony cabin. At the time of booking we were told that the offer could be transfer to any 7 night or more cruise (in a balcony cabin) and also could be transferred to summer 2017. When our TA has tried to do this celebrity has told her that these offers are no longer available for summer 2017 sailing. We can keep our low deposit and have been advised to wait for an offer.

Hope this explains things better

You can move the deposits (at least for those in the US) but it sounds like whatever promo you had is not available right now. You should be able to keep the OBC for booking while onboard and the low $100.00 per person deposit. What exactly is the issue? Are they saying you have to pay a larger deposit? Also the amount of the book on board OBC is dependent on the cabin category and length of cruise and you do not say whether you are trying to move to a cruise of the same length with same type of cabin or not. We moved a deposit by the way from 2017 to 2018 because the itineraries had not been out yet.

 

If the issue is that what you had booked had 3 perks and new itinerary only has one etc., that is different because any move would be under the new promotion but low booking deposit should remain as well as OBC for booking onboard.

Thank you for your reply. This is basically what has happened, my issue is that when we booked the future cruise onboard we were told that the offer (which was for free drinks package and onboard credit for booking a balcony cabin) would be transferable to any 7 night or more cruises. We also asked if we could change to the summer 2017 and they told us yes and we could keep the offers. We have been told that we will keep the low deposit but are best waiting for a new offer.

Just got off of the Summit where we booked a cruise on board. Essentially they are trying to steer you away from the FCC by offering less OBC as opposed to getting you to commit to a firm date. We were looking at just a FCC but the sales lady convinced us to just book a cruise instead as we could move it if we felt like it.

 

 

 

We booked an Asia cruise in March of 2017 with the full intention of moving it to something in 2018. The difference was essentially $100 of extra OBC.

We booked a future cruise last summer with the intention of moving it from 2016 to 2017 but we are hitting also rats of problems with it. My travel agent has been backwards and forwards with them for weeks now and they are saying that it is only valid on sailing upto April 2017 (cruises that were available at the time of booking the future cruise) they have told her for us to wait till the next offers are out and they will change it to that and keep the low deposit. Very disappointed as we asked if you could change the cruise to summer 2017 when onboard and we were told yes.

Thank you all, I have had a look at cruise timetables.com and cruise TT I have notices that cruisetimetables has more ships in some of the ports the cruise TT. I will have a look at googling the ports and see how that compares.

Is there a website were you can find out which other ships are visiting a port.

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Shore excursions is a mind field. Not sure we're to start, I have looked at the cruise liner website and searched the net. Do people use the cruiser line or do they book independent excursions. Do you book excursions for most port days or just go exploring on some.

Thanks

No open or individual drinks would be allowed to be brought on board. Sealed alcohol beverage bottles purchased at ports of call can be brought on board but would be held by the ship for the duration of the cruise.

Thank you, I thought this would be the case.

Hi everyone

This is my first post. I am new to cruising and have booked our first cruise for July next year from Venice. Can you buy drinks when you are a shore and take them onboard?