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My niece is in Israel for the year right now. She's in Jerusalem, so hopefully OK. We spent 10 days there back in 2015. We loved it. And I just texted her and she's fine.
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NOW I have a problem with the new Suite policies
abbydancer2003 replied to sixpackeddie's topic in Celebrity Cruises
Yes, that class of ship has very nice buffets. And since the Majestic was originally built for the Asian market, it does have some stuff not on any other ship. -
NOW I have a problem with the new Suite policies
abbydancer2003 replied to sixpackeddie's topic in Celebrity Cruises
Which Princess ship were you on? If you were on one of the newer Royal class ships, I would tend to agree. On the older ships the buffet is much smaller than Celebrity, with far less variety, and a lot of the same food day after day. -
NOW I have a problem with the new Suite policies
abbydancer2003 replied to sixpackeddie's topic in Celebrity Cruises
Did they respond? On Princess last month they had a paper form and I wrote about the poor service we received in a pay restaurant. Two days later they got back to me, offered a repeat, but instead we got them to remove the charge. -
Yes! He was Jesus's assistant on the Equinox. It was so nice to see him again.
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Maybe back to the Equinox? She was maitre d there for a long time, and I was surprised to see her on the Eclipse last summer (she said she wanted to see Alaska). What we loved was that our assistant waiter from Equinox in 2021 was our waiter on the Eclipse. He was excellent on both, so a well deserved promotion. And btw, over on FB there's a long thread about the hot mess that immigration was in San Francisco. Sounds similar. I think because you both went to Victoria, so had to do it at your first US port.
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Maybe they should go back to the "Big Better Best" or whatever preceded it. Or, you pick two. I'd do tips and drinks and just be careful with my free loyalty wifi.
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NOW I have a problem with the new Suite policies
abbydancer2003 replied to sixpackeddie's topic in Celebrity Cruises
We're on Symphony OTS for 6 days just before our 7 day on the Apex in December. The price of the Crown Loft is a little bit less than our Sky Suite on the Apex, but a per day of about 150.00 more total. I guess we get a bigger room, but no butler on either. Difference, of course, is that we were never getting a butler on Royal. And a couple of days ago I noticed, that all the menus on the X app disappeared - main dining, Luminae, Blu, Specialy etc. On the RC app, the Coastal Kitchen menus also are gone, but others are still there. -
Since the Infinity has not been revolutionized it's still just Michael's club. We were on it in a Sky Suite for 24 days, and had a great time. We then were on the revolutionized Summit. There was better storage in the Infinity Sky Suite, although it's still dark woods. Michael's club as the retreat lounge doesn't look a lot different, but the seating was better in Michael's club. The retreat sundeck on the Summit was nice, though.
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Urgent help - parents passport stolen in Athens
abbydancer2003 replied to Mark_UK's topic in Celebrity Cruises
ah, very different than a short term passport. -
Urgent help - parents passport stolen in Athens
abbydancer2003 replied to Mark_UK's topic in Celebrity Cruises
Yup. AFAIK, the US passport said nothing about emergency. Of course that was a long time ago too. In any case, happy that Mark's parents get a cruise. -
We were on the Caribbean Princess for 10 days last month. For us the food was fine, but the ship felt very crowded. I think of the older Princess ships, it has the most number of passengers, and the other ship with the same layout holds about 500 less. Plus, because this was not a warm weather itinerary, everyone was indoors all the time. DH complained about the nickel and diming, but to be. honest, the main thing was the charge for room service (which we never use anyway) and to activate the app for food ordering (which we'd normally do, but we didn't bother this time).
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Live from Solstice 10/1/23 Transpacific
abbydancer2003 replied to tigervixxxen's topic in Celebrity Cruises
We'll be on the Solstice in March-April-May, from Singapore-Sydney-Honolulu-Vancouver, so following. Our itinerary is different than yours, but I'll still enjoy this. Thank you -
Urgent help - parents passport stolen in Athens
abbydancer2003 replied to Mark_UK's topic in Celebrity Cruises
I just read all this, and I'm glad they were able get it worked out. I did get curious about the emergency passports not being accepted for the port stop? I had my passport stolen the afternoon before a 16 day cruise. We were in Buenos Aires and the first port stop was Falklands, which would have menat I couldn't join the cruise until midway into it. We'd worked with a local travel agent to book tours in BA, and she was great - she took us to the Embassy first thing in the morning, and by 11:30 I was on my way to the ship with a 1 year passport. And I just took a look at it - the only indication that it wasn't a regular passport was a not on the back page that it was issued to replace a stolen passport and couldn't be extended. But maybe that's just US. Anyway, I hope they have a great cruise. -
NOW I have a problem with the new Suite policies
abbydancer2003 replied to sixpackeddie's topic in Celebrity Cruises
I'm sure they didn't but I am very curious as to what they do that the butlers did and they do. It wasn't meant to be petty - it's a matter of actual curiousity. (And gives me some information for feedback about how I booked with a butler and got a room steward only, if that's the case). -
NOW I have a problem with the new Suite policies
abbydancer2003 replied to sixpackeddie's topic in Celebrity Cruises
I'm tempted, when they introduce themselves to politely ask what makes it different from being a room steward. -
NOW I have a problem with the new Suite policies
abbydancer2003 replied to sixpackeddie's topic in Celebrity Cruises
Yeah. I guess, if over time the suites go unsold, they'll either reduce the price so much that people will book again, feeling that the price now matches the overall service, or they'll restore the service level and hope people come back. Fortunately for them, most cabins aren't suites. -
NOW I have a problem with the new Suite policies
abbydancer2003 replied to sixpackeddie's topic in Celebrity Cruises
So you've had no contact from a "butler team"? Did your room steward explain the new role? And you had to go to Al Baccio yourself? (Actually I don't think I've ever had a butler do that for me) Thanks -
Are Sky Suite Passengers Still Contacted Pre-Cruise?
abbydancer2003 replied to thebutlerdidit's topic in Celebrity Cruises
We're on the Apex in December - so far nothing.