MF40

Update folks. Here on board, day 7. Chic night….just had a gent walk past in his very smart tuxedo and kilt.

3 minutes earlier, another gent passed by on his way with his family in pretty much the dress in the photo. With his trainers on, shirt out, no boat shoes..(for comparison purposes). 
 

It’s all go!! 😀

Just now, MF40 said:

Last night it was predominantly men in tailored shorts. It would seem the ladies still like to dress up

And definitely no women in flip flops 😀

Last night it was predominantly men in tailored shorts. It would seem the ladies still like to dress up

Ok just an update after 3 nights. Second night was chic night, everyone wearing long threads (so the suggestion this is something to do with half the male guests losing their luggage is moot). Some dressed more chic than others but that’s to be expected 

Last night (night 3), I’d say about 30% of men in shorts. Most in tailored shorts. 
 

One gent I spotted wearing flip flops

17 minutes ago, cruisestitch said:

At least it’s not “clothing optional” 👀

True dat 😂

Boarded the Reflection yesterday, everything is great and the staff are fantastic. 

One observation though. I know it was first night and all that but couldn’t get over how many men were wearing shorts in the MDR. 
 

What do people think, is this the way forward on Celebrity or just another standard slipping?

We're on the July 15th trip if that helps

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere but can anyone confirm antigen tests in Italian are acceptable at the port? Thanks 

Apologies just to be a little clearer, does anyone know is it closed for lunch permanently or is it a short term issue? Thanks 

Currently looking at the celebrity app, specifically at the last couple of cruises on Reflection and it looks like The Porch is no longer open for lunch. Can anyone confirm? Thanks 

Heading on the Edge in 10 days time out of civitevecchia. Just got an email from celebrity saying as ‘up to date’ vaccinated, we need to provide antigen tests taken within 2 days before our cruise. We are travelling from Ireland so within the EU (if this makes any difference?). Issue is we are landing into Rome 3 days before the cruise; does this mean we have to go find somewhere in Rome to do an antigen test? Seems unvaccinated or out of date can simply do the test at the port.

Many thanks for the replies. I was beginning to worry

Hi there,

We were scheduled to sail on Reflection on March 29th, like many other sailings, this was cancelled by Celebrity. We paid the NRD with cash and the balance at final payment date with FCCs (from our previously cancelled trip in March 2020).

Once informed of the cancellation on January 12th, we were given the option to get a refund or sit tight and receive FCC; we were told we would have the FCC processed and issued to us by February 12th.

The issue is we are now March 31st and we are still waiting; we haven't received any communication from Celebrity. Our TA appears to being stonewalled also.

Anyone else in the same situation, any recommendations welcome

Thanks

Any update on this?

Thanks guys. Have a great trip

Hi there,

Does anyone know when the Silhouette is being included on the app? Thought it would have been on it by now seeing as it's back in service this Friday.

Much appreciate any replies

First time on the Equinox,, just boarded today. I know it's an older ship than some of the others but the air con seems to be lame. It's like a steam bath on board. Got the switch down full (master switch on), just getting a little tepid air. Anyone else experienced this??

Thank you guys. I kind of hoped the TA grats gift worked the same way as the TA OBC, seems to be the case.

We'll bring the booking confirmation with us, good advice.

Hi there, wondering can anyone shed some light. We are booked on the Equinox in July and received our edoc online. I noticed our additional free grats perk provided by our TA (online booking) isn't showing on the document. I contacted Celebrity and they suggested this was nothing unusual as the perk is being provided by the TA. We've only ever received OBC from a TA before (and know it shows up later) but never Free Grats.

I know I should contact the TA to confirm but just wanted to ask has this happened anyone else?

Thanks in advance

Thank you.... good news

Just had our CC status upgraded to Elite (yay!) and wanted to check..... is the Persian garden on port days still a perk? Think I read somewhere it had disappeared on the Edge but is it gone fleet wide?

Thanks in adavance

The 'once per cruise' brunch always seemed a better idea (and less wasteful) than the MB. Shame they did away with that. X has pared it back to an 'extravaganza' lunch in Oceanview. I recall its on the second last day (if they're still doing it of course).... cutbacks as usual

How about staying in one of the upmarket hotels in Miami airport? They're very reasonably priced and it's hassle free getting off the flight.

Uber up to FL the next morning. Stay in the Las Olas area post cruise, Riverside hotel is nice

At $150 pp, I'd do it.

Bigger cabin (unlike solstice)

Concierge lunch

Extra CC points

I also requested Select Dining times through the concierge, any time we did this, we walked straight in

I'm with wwcruisers on this one. We got off the Reflection in April last year and did the Miami bus tour with drop off at Miami airport. The tour itself we found pretty ok (its a double decker tour with a couple of stops) but the end of tour was beyond a shambles, would go so far as saying stressful. Our flight was at 4.30pm (or a little after), the Shorex brochure said not to book the tour if your flight left earlier (I recall 3pm?). The pick up of luggage was as ww said, we had to line up like sheep and let the guys find our bags out of a truck. It was a scrum at the end and chaotic. It was 2.30 by the time they retrieved our bags and considering our flight time (and still 50 people behind us trying to locate their luggage) we decided to hail a cab (we were lucky). We never contacted X about it, really should have.

OP, you probably need to be at the airport by 2.30 or so, my recommendation is don't do shorex unless you've used the luggage valet