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19 minutes ago, hcat said:

Hope you booked it !

Good price,  full suite benefits,  once in a lifetime trip  for 10th anniv...and possible buffer from large groups who may be booked.....

I did decide to book it!! I am so beyond excited, I never imagined we would be able to do a suite!

9 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

I think it is a good deal.   You might also look at a S1 or S2   They look like they are only $200 pp more

 

From a site that track prices -

 

Great info! Thank you! 

Oh wow!! That is amazing!! I will keep an eye on the prices, enjoy your cruise!! 🙂

3 minutes ago, Pushka said:

Ah, sorry the 27th. I thought there was only 1 11 nighter. 

Oh darn! 

We were getting 3 perks with the veranda booking, and will be getting 4 with the suite, which will be the $300 credit. We were already on the non-refundable deposit which did make a big difference in price. This will be a once in a life time trip for our 10th anniversary

22 minutes ago, Pushka said:

I think we are on the same cruise and we were able to book an S2 for the same price as our previously purchased SV. Prices have been coming down consistently. 

Are you on the July 6 cruise?! 

This is total! When I first started looking it would have been like 8 grand more to book a sky suite, which would be way out of our budget. I have never done a suite before. 

The prices for my July Mediterranean cruise (11 night on Edge) have decreased quite a bit, and I can now book a S3 suite for $2500 more then what I am paying for Infinite Veranda. When I first booked a year suites were astronomically higher. Thoughts on whether it is worth the upgrade? 

We just booked 12162 (S3) for our Med cruise in July. It is on the path of MC but it looks to be a good size and the price was amazing, I have been tracking it for over a year and it was at an all time low. I am so excited, it will be our first time in a suite!!

Thank you guys so much for the input, it is very helpful!  I have reserved a room here for two days in the beginning of July prior to our cruise on Celebrity Edge.   I will be sure to come back on and let everyone know how it was 🙂

Has anyone ever stayed here while in Rome? From what I read it is a four room boutique hotel across from and associated with The Hassler, but it is like half the price of the Hassler and does have rooms available for our dates. Would love any input anyone has to offer on this hotel. 

Hi AmandA53,

I will be on the Escape on June 10 as well with a 4 year old (my son) and a 5 year old (my nephew), we will also have my 9 year old and 11 year old nieces with us. I am really hoping they will all enjoy the kids club! We did the Summit without kids last year and loved it but chose the Escape since we were bringing the kids this year and the activities for them looked great!

Thank you! I will be on the Escape on June, 10 and these tips are very helpful :)

Hi,

I am 90 days out from my sailing on NCL Escape (June 10) and and would like to book a thermal suite spa pass. I have logged into my account, and when I go to the spa and thermal suites tab, it lists 42 different spa services that I can sign up for, but I cant for the life of me find where to get the thermal suite spa pass. I have been waiting for this 90 day mark to buy it , haha! I have scrolled through everything they have listed as an option. Anyone have any suggestions as what I am doing wrong? Thanks!!

They did not seem to care. The Chocolate cowboy (bartender at 5-o'clock bar), would make my daughter something new every time we walked by. My teen showed up with frozen drinks as well, and we were never charged.

Oh that is awesome!! Thank you!!

There is no package that includes them. When I have the UBP, I have bought some for my son before when he is with me, and they ring it through my card/package and don’t charge me. I’m sure if he ordered one on his card, he would be charged. I’ve never tried to be deceitful doing this.

 

 

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Thank you! I am hoping they will let me do the same with my UBP, I too will not be deceitful about it.

Hi,

I will be traveling with my family in June on NCL Escape. I see there is a soda package for the children but does not look like it includes frozen non-alcoholic drinks like celebrity does. Is this not an option on NCL? One of our rooms will only have one adult and two kids, since we chose the beverage package does that mean one of the kids will get the soda package? I know they would love virgin mixed drinks and wish I could buy a package that would include them. TIA

Hi everyone,

I wanted to update post cruise for everyone who took the time to give such helpful info! We had a GREAT cruise and my sister loved it. The Summit proved to be very accessible for her electric wheelchair, she could go and do everything with us. Her chair even fit into my parent's family veranda cabin and she was able to drive it all the way to the balcony door! Bermuda even proved to be accessible for her. We rented an accessible van and took a tour around the island, and walked around Hamilton. We also explored the dockyards one day and everything we wanted to do was accessible there too, including the really cool museum. My sister's oceanview accessible cabin was huge and had plenty of room for the chair. Everyone had such a great time we booked the same cruise for next year. We got the same family veranda cabin (8181) and then a couple C1 aft cabins including the accessible one on the 8th floor so we will all be together. Is it June 2018 yet??

Do your parents have a corner FV, or the ones next to the corner? The corner ones have an entry hallway and if she can't get the chair inside, it would not obstruct any other cabins or hallway if she left it there. She also might have difficulty making the turn into the corner cabin doors, even if wide enough. From the diagrams, it looks like the cabins that are not on the corner have a side entry, so leaving the chair in the hallways would not obstruct them, either.

They have a corner family veranda, so that is great to know about the seperate hallway. We are considering bringing her manual wheelchair in addition to the electric wheelchair. It is collapsible, and much smaller.

I was going to write more earlier but DH decided we had to go into town IMMEDIATELY. lol

 

There are lots of tremendously knowledgable cruisers here who generously share their experiences. They made a HUGE difference in my first Caribbean cruise and have already given me information that I expect will make our upcoming Alaska cruise even more exciting. There are also trolls, people who don't bother to actually read what is posted and instead respond to what *they* expected, people that confidently spew out simply wrong information, and people who seem to get off on criticizing others. I recommend adding them to your Ignore List so you can enjoy the helpful members without being distracted by the others. ;)

 

If her wheelchair isn't collapsible, then you will probably have to take it back to her cabin. But you can at least try to get it through the family balcony door, you never know. Some ships have different width doors even on the same cabin classes!

 

I was considering a Celebrity ship for our first cruise (although we wound up travelling on Royal) so I talked to their accessible department quite a bit. All the mass-market lines are pretty accessible. There will likely be a few places she won't be able to get to but they are probably places she can live without. On Oasis of the Seas, I couldn't get to the very top deck (where there was sunbathing and a bar) and a forward viewing area (that required going up a couple of steps). On Norwegian Pearl, there is again a very top level that is only accessible via stairs (I think it too has a sunbathing area and a bar) and there is one class of suite that you can only access by stairs. The restaurants (both included and premium), entertainment areas, and even public restrooms will LIKELY be accessible. The venues that have auditorium-type seating, such as a theater, will probably have a reserved area for wheelchairs and other mobility devices wherever the entrance is (it was at the top on Oasis). The view won't necessarily be the best but I didn't have any trouble seeing everything. However, this is general information. For specific information on the Summit, your best bet is to call the accessible desk and ask. I suggest writing your questions down in advance to make sure you cover everything when you call.

 

And keep asking questions! IMNSHO, knowing what to expect, especially with a disabled cruiser, really makes the difference in being prepared and having a wonderful cruise.

Thank you so much, this is incredibly helpful information! I totally agree that being prepared and knowing what to expect is the key! Otherwise when your not able to do certain things you were expecting to do you are left frustrated and disappointed. I really encouraged my sister to come on the cruise so I am really hoping I didn't lead her astray and she has a wonderful time.

Thank you for your kindness 😀...I was a bit taken back by the snarky reply!

Her electric wheelchair most likely won't fit through the cabin door, but if it is collapsible you can probably get it in that way so it will be out of the hallway (and safe from being stolen). And don't worry about people who criticize you for things you haven't said, just ignore them - unfortunately they don't seem to go away.

Actually I did know that the chair could not be in the hallway, which is why I asked if anyone happened to have any other suggestions of places to put it nearby that would be acceptable and said that I could drive it back to her stateroom if need be....I never said we were going to leave it in the hallway...

Anyone use an electric wheel chair on celebrity summit? I will be taking my twin sister, who uses an electric wheelchair on her first cruise, and wanted to see if any others have experienced using a wheelchair on the Summit? Is there anything we should be prepared for before going? She was will be in oceanview accessible stateroom. I was on this same cruise without my sister last year and all common areas appeared accessible. With that being said, I don't use a wheelchair myself, and know that I easily could have overlooked things.

Also, my parent's are in a family veranda stateroom and we would like to all gather on their large balcony. I know my sister's chair most likely will not fit through their stateroom door. However, she can walk short distances with crutches, so I am thinking she can drive her chair there, and then she can walk in and out to the balcony. Do you think there would be anywhere to put the chair nearby? If worse comes to worse I figure we can drive it back to her room, but it is on the opposite side of the ship.

So I called, and no such luck in changing the room :(...I am fine with the cabin I have, and after reading everyone's replies I do realize that is the gamble I took, I just didn't realize it at the time and made a bad decision! Should of posted on here before upgrading!

We are three weeks away from sailing so I think they open the FV cabins for smaller parties if they are not sold, so I will keep checking inventory. With that being said I was able to book my parents (party of two) in a family veranda back in December when I saw it pop up online, so there does not seem to be any real rhyme or reason to when they allow the smaller parties to book it. We will have their large balcony to hang out on, so certainly looking forward to that!

Thank you everyone again for your thoughtful replies!

Ok!! Thanks so much for for the input guys!...I am going to call and just ask if there happens to be one available. I was so excited because my parents have 8181 (family veranda) and I thought it would be great to be at the back of the ship close to them, and family verandas just look awesome....I was so excited when I saw the FV guarantee become available I didn't really think it through that I could be assigned any of the CC cabins.