Jim_Iain

I initially had the same problem. It said that either there was a currency difference or with different travel groups. I contacted my Agent and he fixed it in less than 5 minutes. In my case I was paying for both with the same CC and were both booked with the same agent.

While some may not be able to take care of a price reduction post final payment, the reduced price for a SS might be close enough to a lower cabin price to make it attractive to pay the small difference to move up. It also may be an indication this will be a good ship to do a move-up bid.

They use a RFID Card and also at least on the Revolutionized Ships you can use your smart phone with the app.

You will have no problem. The CheckIn time is just the earliest you are suppose to show up. You are free to immediately checkin anytime after that as well. I had the same experience recently where my flight arrived about my boarding time. As many people show up early there are usually absolutely no crowds later.

They thought of that also. I didn't have it running but the shut off again and no joy then they had me uninstall it still no luck. I think it totally had to do with my account being locked. Funny because Iain's was fine.

Using the App - Click on the reservation - Select the Head Icon Top Right It will tell you the date Check-In will open - Come back on that date or later and you can either just click CheckIn Time and select a time and come back to complete CheckIn or do it al at the same time. On that day you should be able to get the first slots.

It is dependent on many thing. If you both have reservations made directly with Celebrity you should be able to link the reservation yourself by clicking Manage Reservation and at the very top choose Link Reservations. Also may be possible if booked with an Agent but I had to have my agent fix mine as it wasn't linking correctly.

I never thought of you as naive. Iain is of course from Scotland and even across the UK we have noticed differences. Our friends in Australia and New Zealand are always asking what they should tip - even on a cruise. I know that some of our relatives that were visiting Florida told us at many places they automatically put a tip on because of their accent. I really don't believe in that. Most of the time in the U.S. if you have a large party they automatically include an 18% tip on the entire groups charge. In that case unless I were to receive way above average I would not be inclined to tip.

I haven't been on Millennium lately but would expect it to be available. I was recently on Summit also post Revolution and the Basketball/Pickleball was still there. They had the nets setup on Summit and balls and paddles were in the benches. A picture from CruiseDeckPlans shows the markings which I believer are Pickleball Al Bacio is the best coffee you will get. They do have Americano which is black coffee. IT is not free. Include with both Classic and Premium packages or al la carte. The free coffee is in OVC and it is pretty tough to drink without putting something like milk in it. I simply call it battery acid.

We will have to do another Alaska for sure. There is so much of Alaska that I want to see.

Right across the street from the Bus / Train station is where virtually All of the Vaporetto's depart (they are more a bus than a Taxi) the average size one holds up to 230 passengers. They also have water Taxis available in front of the station but really expensive at around €100+ but hold up to 12 passengers. Vaparetto tickets cost €7.50 or daily and multiday tickets for 2-day (€30 ), or 3-day (£40) pass. Weekly passes cost €60 euros each. There is plenty of room on the deck for luggage. Many of the hotels hear the Station provide porter service by giving them a ring.

Agree noon would be safe. Generally disembarkation begins at 7:00 for walkoffs , followed by Suites at 7:15 - They also then begin calling numbers. If you are booked on a Celebrity Transfer you will generally meet in the Theater and given a Tour Sicker which equates to your Bus. They call the numbers and you board the bus. The last call is usually 9:00-9:15 so I would expect you to be on a bus long before 9:00 but again that's just "USUALLY".

Yes they do have it but expensive. Last I saw the un-discounted price was 1 Hour of Continuous use $34.00 1 Day of Continuous use $67.00 If a CC member Elite or above you will have minutes of non-continuous time as a benefit and discounts against any internet package.

Cool to hear. I've of course not been on as many Alaska cruises as you and was not offered on the M-Class ships we have always been on. Also only been to Hubbard. I would definitely sign up for that. Was it expensive?

I definitely would call. If they booking is with Celebrity you may actually be able to change your room yourself. You use to be able to do that by going into reservation and choose an option to change. Not sure if you can still do it yourself. I have been successful in the past after being assigned a room to change to one in the same classification - e.g. SS2 room to SS2 room but not to a SS1 without repricing.

You could be upgraded anytime between now and 48 hours to cruise. At 48 hours from sailing time the bids not accepted emails go out. You can be upgraded and I have just before the 48 hours. At 48 hours the manifest to the ship is closed - It is also the deadline to cancel pre-sailing any excursion or other package.

The real only cost is the full amount of your deposit if you cancel and can't use the remaining FCC within one year to book a new cruise. It also get's a little more complicated. If you book a cruise with a NR, and cancel and they issue a FCC 50% to each guest individually.

Nope.. not a typo. How about this for an Iconic Suite - It usually runs 1-3%. Like you said. Why would anyone pay it unless they are very Risk Averse. Iain is very risk averse. He always tells me to book a Refundable after all the problems of the Covid Shutdown. I always book NR and he always reminds me, you are responsible if we have to cancel. I said only if you pay me the difference of fares - I'll take the risk.

Thanks for your live report. Lot's of fun and LOVED the pictures.

If you really want that classification and it is in you Budget I would Book the Guarantee. From the Guarantee I would bid on the next classification also. As others have said they have cabins held out for the Guarantees as well as when they start filling the Bids each upgrades create a chain of people being upgraded. Also as you get close to sailing there will be cancellations and people that come down with Covid or other things.

I usually stop by and meet my new Stateroom Attendant and Butler. I ask my current attendant to let me know when the previous occupants leave their room and then I move the items in my Safe to the new room. You pack up anything in bathroom and drawers but leave all your hanging items in the Closet. The stateroom attendants will move everything while you are doing the B2B processing. B2B process will start around 9:30 and you will probably be released between 10-10:15. You will either be given your new SeaPass of it will be in your door slot. Your room may or may not be completed being refreshed so they ask you to enjoy the public areas. I find the agents try to get the B2B cabins turned pretty quickly and sometimes they are ready by the end of b2b. You have full range of your private cruise ship until general boarding begins. After B2B processing we usually do our regular walking followed by Lunch. We try to stay out of the way of the room attendants so they can get things finalized.

I've never seen any storage anywhere on the ships sun decks or AquaSpa. Most people just leave their things on the Loungers - many do this also as Chair Hogs. If you are concerned about valuable I would leave them in your room or carry with you.

My experience has been that if you book now with a Refundable Deposit via Celebrity - either with an agent or on your own - If you DO NOT transfer to an Agent you have control of your record and can cancel yourself from the website. I just did one recently. If you transfer it to an Agent you have to call the agent to cancel.

Mine was really stubborn and finally required to uninstall the App - Reboot my iPhone - Reinstall the App. My problem was I couldn't see my onboard account. After IT working on it for 5 days they said they referred it to Shoreside - never was fixed. Finally on the next cruise of the B2B it worked again so something wrong with my account. I think the problem was we received a Gratis Upgrade after they closed the manifest. We had to check in with our original room but they gave us the RS instead. On the TV we had the previous occupants name on our screen along with ours.

Another AirTag user and lover them - except when I leave the room and my phone beeps and tells me I left by suite case behind. LOL (You can turn that off)