abbydancer2003

I was able to log in, but when I went to look at my upcoming cruises in the Tier and Points area (I wanted to see where I'd end up with everything booked currently) it said I have 0 upcoming cruises. Too bad, since I board the Constellation in 13 days, and have a total of 14 in the next three years.

I've done it twice, once on Princess and once on Celebrity (Eclipse). First time it was rough, second time "Drake Lake".

That's what we're doing, more or less. In January 2025, we're doing 7 days on the Sun Princess, then a night in a hotel, then 7 on the Ascent.

Agree, and if I want a 7 day cruise, I'll do Princess out of Los Angeles - a one hour flight.

I know I am for us, and yet I had to use Glen's last name to bid.

I figured it out. It's in my husbands last name. They're different. I went ahead and bid. We're in an Aqua sky suite, and I don't love the location. I called to downgrade, but I'd pay more and lose considerable perks.

Yes, I did that, It keeps coming back with the booking is ineligible. There's no reason for that, since I can do it for my February cruise just fine.

Yes, I know that, but what does that have to do with not being able to bid?

If this is solstice, I didn't get it. And I want to try. And the agency is eligible.

that's what I thought when I read it.

I have the same fear. I've that 3 times. First two were a city/winery tour with lunch in Montevideo. Same tour, years apart. Payment for all at the winery. First time, couple called on day of tour to say they were sick. No offer to pay. Fortunately, the winery only charged for the tour, and the 12 of absorbed it. It was only about 5-10 dollars a person. Second time, same tour 3 people dropped out, but they said they were coming by to pay for it. I only took the money for their city tour, since the winery wouldn't charge for their lunch. Then last week, I'd arranged a private tour with a guide I know in Sint Maarten, and the other couple sent a message that husband was sick and they weren't coming. An hour later the wife says she is, so the price ended up being a little less than what it would have been for just us. (Turns out husband was hung over). But I think it's something all of us who coordinate tours worry about.

Glad you got some laughs, and sorry it was such a hassle.

Thought so, but didn't see you on the spreadsheet. Maybe we should meet for lunch or something.

Other than the Espresso and fruit (neither of which we asked for) we got everything. Are you on the March 27 cruise?

I know our Edge cruise, which had been moved to 2025 did drop by about the amount of tips, but not the OBC. And our 11 night 2025 cruise on Silhouette booked last week is almost 3K less than the 11 night 2024 cruise on the Apex booked before 10/3.

Sorry this happened. Here are my two relevant experiences. In Falklands, I gathered my group in advance, and found out who was Elite. A little over half were. So I said that we'd go to elite and for tender purposes only, we were changing spouses, and paired up an elite with a non elite. (We did have a lot of laughs about it). That said, because we met outside of Michael's club and I was in a suite, the suite concierges just took all of us. We were about 14 people. Last year in Puerto Montt Chile, there was a group of people from online with about 45 people, as she had 2 24 passenger buses going. She said that she'd arranged with someone to get us on the first tender. We met at 6:45 near gust services. They told us to wait in a conference room, then the elevator area. At 8:15 we were still there. It was a hot mess, and our tour was shortened because of it. I think, if this comes up again, I'd get the tickets and if they weren't for a very early group, I'd go to the Elite area and ask, especially since you were a small group. Worst they say is no.

We board in 2 weeks, so glad to hear it.

Hmm, on my cruise the app just describes it, and it starts in 2 weeks. Maybe I'll look for it in the room.

There's a Luminae breakfast menu? I've only seen the menu with egg dishes, bacon, etc. I thought it's the same one you get in concierge or above, but it's been quite a while since I've ordered in room breakfast.

The buses are more like rental car shuttles, not true buses.

You can do whichever you want I think. If you want to check your roll ons, you can, or you can take them. Really the only difference between BA and other ports is that you have to take a shuttle to the ship once you're checked in.

My thought was just that since the cruiseline does cater to families, maybe Hairspray wasn't the best show. But I guess both Royal and one of their direct competitors like doing Broadway shows, so be it. It was surprisingly good, though.

Thanks. We had a great time with you as well. I really hope to sail with you again, and yeah a photo would have been nice.

I'm not sure anyone is reading this, but for completeness, here's the finale. Symphony/Apex Day 14 - Goodbye They are kicking us off the ship today. Oh well, people who are daily posting countdown numbers on our next cruise posted 21 days yesterday, so not too long. We set the alarm for 7, so that we’d have time to get dressed and make sure we didn’t leave anything. So far, that’s worked pretty well. At 7, we were up and noticed we’re in Ft. Lauderdale. It was soon after sunrise, and the sky was pretty. We got dressed, checked everything and took our backpacks and our “get off the ship” bag with us to breakfast. Glen had bacon and eggs, and I had my last grapefruit half (sugar delivery vehicle and something I never have at home) and the cinnamon apple crepes. Cindy and Bob ended up sitting next to us, so we chatted with them for a bit while finishing breakfast. I also remembered to ask about the wine list. Here are the glass pages. Note that we had wines that weren’t listed, and not over package price. After breakfast we went to the lounge to wait for last call. Our flights not until 6, our luggage is going directly to the plane (I have been tracking the airbag and confirmed it’s off the ship), so no rush. While there, I went to the outside deck and looked around. Ships to the left, ships to right, ships straight ahead. (or stuck in the middle with you) I counted 7 total. In the West Coast, LA has 2, Vancouver 4, Seattle 2, SF 2 at different piers. Wow! At about 9:15 we were told we had to leave. We followed Carollyn out, said our goodbyes and headed off the ship. We walked through baggage, making sure we didn’t see ours (although my air tag indicated it was not by the ship) and then headed to customs. It was facial recognition again and easy peasy. We then headed out and found the cab line, with no cabs. We started talking to the people next to us, and decided that if they had a bigger cab we would share it. We ended up sharing a midsize car, but it worked, since we didn’t more than our backpacks and small carry off bag. We arrived at the airport and decided to check the carry off bag. We found the premiere line and it went out of the “chute" and around about 30 people beyond that. So instead, we took it through security with the idea of checking it later. This is what you get when there are 7 ships each discharging 2-5 thousand people. Security was surprisingly fast, and we soon were at the United club parked at seats for the day. I did check the air tag and the bags were in the terminal with us. We had roughly 7.5 hours to boarding. The Club was also crowded, but after about 5 minutes at a high table we did find the comfortable seats. At around 2:30 Glen took the bag out and checked it. I knew he succeeded because I could now see 3 bags that were checked. The flight was uneventful and we did get the meals we preordered. The only entertainment was on our devices, so I plugged my iPad in to charge it and watched Crazy Rich Asians in preparation fo our March cruise. (Fun Fact: John Chu, the director is the son of the owner of our local Chinese restaurant. There’s an autographed movie poster for that and In The Heights in the lobby. Their chicken salad is considered among the best.) The only other thing worth mentioning is that when the bags came out, they’d had regular United tags over the ones from the ship. Baggage claim was also a zoo, since two flights were sharing it. The moral of the story. Do not book a cruise to return home two days before Christmas. In fact, I will try to avoid December as much as possible. And if anyone is here, thanks for reading.

Princess did. We originally had 12.00 and almost all wines were under that. When they raised the prices, the limit went to 15.00 or something like that.