Ken the cruiser

I just checked on our upcoming Summit cruise and the price for Le Petit Chef has jumped to $65 per person which I’m guessing now includes this additional 18% gratuity. Sorry, we were informed on each of our 4 B2Bs since cruising restarted by the SD maitre that the gratuities were included in the price, which made sense considering how much they charged. Now they’re in effect raising the price of the SD meal by adding the 18% gratuities without reducing the base price of the meal. No thanks. The SD meals just aren’t that great when compared to the meals served in the MDR, Blu or Luminae, depending on the cabin category we’re in.

No worries. We’re more than likely going to go on our 20 day July 2023 cruise as it’s with family and a great itinerary! I was just reading all the back and forth on this thread about the pros and cons of the “Fund” purchasing Seabourn, and thought I’d ask the question. We've never sailed with Seabourn yet, so we will probably think it’s a fantastic cruise line once we go, regardless of who the owner is, as we won’t have any previous Seabourn “memories” from past cruises to compare it with. 😁

I've always understood the cutoff to be 3 days prior to disembarkation. So if your goal is to have your laundry returned the day prior to transition day, here's how we would plan if, for example, disembarkation day was on a Saturday. We would put our laundry bag out on Tuesday morning as you can't depend on your laundry bag being picked up before 9 am, which is the cutoff time if I remember correctly. This is assuming you're not in a suite. If you're in a suite, your butler might be able to get it back to you if you put it in on Wednesday. Never have put a bag out in the evening prior to the turndown service, so I can't address that option.

Thanks. Just thought I’d ask. So basically as long as we cancel before final payment due date, if we decide to do so, whatever is in our current contract would still apply. Sounds fair. Cruises 25 Days Or Less: Days Prior to Departure Cancellation Fee 120-91 days 15% of full fare 90-46 days 50% of full fare 45-31 days 75% of full fare 30 days or less, or non-appearance 100% of full fare

Here’s a more basic question. We booked the Dec 2021 Antarctica cruise on the Quest and PIF before it was canceled due to C19 concerns. We then transferred those $$$, as well as getting the excess refunded in $$$, to pay in full our July 2023 Sojourn cruise. If the line is sold to any company, will we automatically be given the option of getting our $$$ back if we decide not to cruise with the new line, whom ever it might be?

I was wondering that to until I went all the way down to the bottom of the page and clicked on Points History in the "Quick Links" section.

Another way to verify all is good is to log onto your Celebrity account. Then go to your specific cruise and click on "Plan My Cruise". In the upper right-hand corner, your will see "Order History". Click on it. One of the entries will look like this if you have upgraded to the Premium Beverage Package. For specific details about the order, click on View Order Details. Drinks Packages And Experiences UPGRADE FROM CLASSIC ALCOHOL 18+ TO PREMIUM (ELITE/ELITE+ DISCOUNT 10% DISCOUNT) VIEW ORDER DETAILS Just like Jim just posted above. 😂

Good question, as I plan on doing a Live post on our 20 day Med cruise on the Sojourn in July 2023. How would Seabourn's IT department even know who and more importantly what was being posted to cruise critic, unless they're monitoring everyone's onboard internet activity, which would be really weird, if I didn't mention it to anyone onboard?

Thanks everyone! I just found it and uploaded the CDC card pictures for both of us. Luckily for us the notations for both of our boosters are on the first page.

I apologize, but we just got off the Caribbean Princess a couple of weeks ago, which sailed from SF, and are getting ready to go on the Regal on a Med cruise leaving out of Barcelona in July and we have never been required to upload a picture of our CDC cards using the Medallion App. Passports, yes, CDC cards, no. However, we did need to show them when we first embarked on our cruise in SF. If I might ask, where are you seeing this requirement in the App?

Actually, that was the case back in 2001 when my DW (at the time) and I had the same CC number, except I had an A as a suffix on my number and she had a B. I still have that same number today. Of course, I have no idea when that policy changed, but I’m pretty sure it hasn’t been the policy for quite some time.

Just thought I'd add this final update from which I can finally say this problem is now resolved and has been confirmed. First of all, when we checked the next day (Tuesday morning), my son's accounts hadn't been merged yet, even though the Princess CC POC assured me all was good. Then we got an email from our TA (Tuesday afternoon) who had come down with C19 over the weekend which explained why we hadn't heard from her as she normally works on Sundays. She contacted her Princess POC and provided the same details I provided the CC rep with on Monday, and her Princess POC assured her they were able to merge the accounts and for us to check the results 24 hours later, Wednesday around noon. Nope, the accounts were still not merged. I then sent our TA an update email with screenshots of what we were seeing. She contacted her Princess POC again and after they told her once again all looks good on their end, they told her to make sure we had the latest browser software loaded and to check again in another 24 hours. FTR I'm using Windows 11 with the latest Edge software. As soon as I got our TA's follow-on response today, I checked the accounts again and low and behold (1) the account we wanted the data merged into had been deleted and (2) the other older account actually had both my son's old 2019 cruise as well as the new 2022 cruise data and had been updated to reflect his original CC number. Now I can safely say the problem has been solved. Yippee!! Not sure what happened this afternoon (behind the Princess curtain) after our TA contacted her POC again. But in all actuality, it just doesn't matter. I'm just glad it's now resolved, and we have a great TA in your corner that helped us to get it done! 😀

We were just on the CB in a vista suite for 18 days and even though we only initially received liquid soap in both the shower and tub locations and a bar of soap at the sink, we had no issues getting our steward to keep us in an ample supply of both as well as shampoo and conditioner. There were also tissues by the sink, but that was pretty much it. BTW we never saw any of the amenities in the picture provided at post #8.

Thanks. I have to admit, I did think that was kind of weird. I know we've sailed on four different Celebrity B2B cruises since cruising started back up, and I needed to purchase their Premium internet package to post to my "Live from ..." threads because the bandwidth was just not sufficient to log onto CC or some other multi-tiered sites if we only purchased their Basic internet package. Glad to see all is good and you're having a good time on your cruise!!

If I might ask, the OP on another recent Seabourn thread said they were blocked from logging onto Cruise Critic while on the Odyssey. In fact, this supposedly has been going on since mid April. Obviously, this is not currently the case anymore as it sounds like you're on the Odyssey right now and having no issues posting to CC.

Mine was working fine until I opened another screen to check out CC, and a few minutes later my screen went dark. After recycling a few times with no luck, I closed all other open web pages to include CC, and after a few more cyclings, the webinar came back up. BTW I’m posting this from a different device than I’m watching the webinar on.

We like Princess because of their longer itineraries, and we always have a great time, to include laughing a lot at their evening game shows. We also tend not to gain as much weight when we're on a 3-5 week PCL cruise as we would on some other cruise lines. We also like X if (1) we just want to cruise around the Caribbean on a 2-3 week B2B cruise or (2) go on a B2B transoceanic cruise. But since their food is a little richer and they fill your plate a little fuller, we do tend to gain a few pounds on one of their cruises. But we do have a great time!! HAL is just too "relaxing" for us, and we're in our late 60's so that might tell you something. 😉

It took us about 1 minute to get our medallions at the terminal on our recent CB cruise out of SF, and we plan on continuing to pick them up just prior to boarding. For us, it's just one less thing to worry about.

Problem solved. I decided to call the Captains Circle phone number on the PCL website to see if they could merge the accounts. To make a long story short, the wait time was less than 5 minutes (at 1:30 pm CDT) and the two accounts were merged in about 5 minutes. For those that are interested, the underlying issue was that my DW originally booked their July 2019 cruise, since we were paying for it, and her email address was what got loaded into his initial PCL database record. This caused a mismatch when my son subsequently created his new online account as the PCL computer program uses multiple entries to verify a person's identity when merging records, the email address being one of them. Once the email address in the PCL database record was changed to reflect the one my son used to create his online PCL account, the merge took place. Yay! 😀 Note: We haven't actually seen the merged data yet as it could take up to 24 hours, according to the lady we were working with, before we might actually see the merged data in the online account.

I know. Let the person enter their existing CC number. What a concept! 😂

Speaking of switching, the two CC numbers, each created when the two "empty" accounts were created over time, magically reversed last night. Just a curious question, my DIL has never created a PCL account yet. Does anyone know how to create a PCL account online that will automatically link up to her actual PCL database entry which has her actual CC number and associated information from the first cruise? I'm thinking when my son originally created these two accounts over a span of a couple years, he used his birthday and abbreviated first name rather than his full name as listed on his original Jul 2019 booking that created the PCL account and associated CC number.

Interesting. They both sailed as spouses with PCL for the first time in 2019, but the last 5 in the CC numbers are totally different with no letter suffix at the end. But they both show up in each other's App interface, probably because they are on the same booking.

Now comes the question, where does the data come from that populates the App if someone doesn’t have an account? I’m guessing since my DIL’s picture is visible in the App associated with the upcoming cruise along with other outdated information, the data could only have been retrieved from a centralized PCL database entry associated with her CC number issued because of that first cruise. Unfortunately, that outdated information such as email and snail mail addresses along with phone numbers cannot be updated in the App, even though it gives the illusion you can, but the Save button remains grayed out after you typed in changes. Because we can’t directly add/amend certain Profile information in the App, they both remain in the Blue Lane. However, they were able to update the Arrival Time Group information as well as order their medallions in the App. So there are some positives. We’re hoping once they merge my son’s “new” account with his “official” PCL database account, as well as for our DIL, they will be able to replace the outdated Profile information projected in the App with the updated information in their “new” website PCL accounts so they can be upgraded to the Green Lane. 🤞

Thanks! We decided to turn this over to our TA to see if she can coordinate with her PCL POC to merge the accounts, as we booked both the July 2019 cruise as well as the upcoming cruise through them. However, if she is unsuccessful by the time we sail in July, we will definitely take your advice and talk with the Captain Circle Host/Loyalty and Events Manager onboard.

Thanks. He and his wife currently have a cruise booked with us in July, which is booked via our TA using the original booking number. You’re thinking if they “merge” the accounts, the upcoming booking’s CC number will be changed as well?