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  1. it actually would now be cheaper if I wanted to book the Single Ocean view cabin to cancel the booking I made yesterday, lose the £215 deposit and rebook.
  2. I've literally just called and ask them - they price upgrades (at least in the UK) based on the price of cabins when you book. Never seen this before. As it happens, an Ocean View Single has become available today (wasn't available yesterday) which would be ideal for my mother who is currently in an Atrium View inside. However, the upgrade price is the difference between what I paid yesterday and what the price would have been yesterday if it was available. The agent told me the Black Friday offer was only for new bookings and when she asked a manager if she could use the new price, she was told 'no'. I'm done with this now. Back to Celebrity after this cruise.
  3. good point except if I want to upgrade I have to pay the price the upgraded cabin was at the time of the original booking, not the new offer fare. Lose/lose.
  4. Yes they did but they told me that offers were embargoed and staff could not tell me one was about to drop. I did say they could have just said ‘we don’t know’ rather than a flat no but they were not having it.
  5. Nope I did ask, they refused even that. A bit mean I think especially given they specifically told me there was not going to be any Black Friday offer.
  6. Cunard generally don’t do Black Friday offers in the U.K., only in US. I called U.K. customer service last Friday when the US offers were announced just to check there was nothing coming in the U.K. and was told no. So yesterday I booked a cruise for my mother and paid £120 more than todays price as they did launch a Black Friday offer this morning. so I called customer services and was basically told ‘hard luck’. She said she had consulted with a manager and they are not allowed to discuss sales before they start so they were right to tell me there would not be a U.K. Black Friday offer and that’s that. Not great really (we don’t have the thing here where if you’ve not paid in full and the price comes down they will match it.)
  7. Lovely story and great that people are able to enjoy their cruise with their assistance dog. I'm sure most of the passengers enjoyed having him around also.
  8. well yes but actually the UK Autumn (fall) sale prices are much lower than the US Black Friday ones, so not complaining as actually just about to book QM2 for my mother.
  9. "Ship's venues" but no mention of cabins. Guess we will see! I hope is more extensive than just the Grill suite areas as was suggested by some.
  10. I've booked Virgin for my 60th birthday cruise next year. Very much looking forward to trying something different. As well as my other half, we are taking my 87 year old mother along, who is more comfortable on Cunard! Not sure how she will feel about it but she's willing to give it a go. One of the reasons we changed from Celebrity is the cost from Southampton next year, especially as we need a single cabin for my mother. Ended up paying £2200 for a sea terrace for my mother, which includes $600 bar tab and another $600 sailor loot. Some of the Apex sailings next year were more than that for an Inside for one person. Got flights to Barcelona on air miles and saving a few $1000 in all across both cabins.
  11. Points don’t really matter in terms of rating your play. In fact you have more chance of a higher rating from playing intensively on a shorter cruise then spreading your play over a longer one.
  12. We are in 9239 end of the month 😊. Is the balcony larger than usual. Looks it .
  13. We sailed on Silhouette in June. My other half and I found the MDR food fine albeit quite basic, but my mother, who is a far more experienced cruiser than us, said it was the worst she had ever experienced.
  14. I am travelling with my other half and my mother. The 2 of us have the classic beverage package, my mother does not. She likes to have wine with dinner, so presumably she will have to pay the corkage fee if she brings a couple of bottles with her. Will they keep opened bottles in the MDR so she can drink over several nights?
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