Jim_Iain

Just announced by Captain we have an emergency medical situation returning to Cabos.

Took a tender into port. Much quieter today with just Solstice in port. High clouds but a perfect 75 F day.

We had a great time in Cabo’s today. We had a noon tour so got up late and had a hearty breakfast of eggs Benedict.

Went. Whale Watching in Cabo’s. Saw more whales than we have ever seen on a tour.

Just either call in or go back and have them change it. Usually within 48 hours no harm no fowl.

We saw lots of whales. Standby - Pictures later. We were following one for about 35 minutes and he rewarded us with a good time. We were more than pleased with our tour.

I would agree the food and service are better in Luminae but the menu has far fewer options and we often order from the MDR menu if nothing interest us. Access to Retreat and Retreat Sun Deck are really the game changer.

I'm on an S-Class so pretty easy May be more difficult on an E-Class because of the distances. It never hurts to ask.

Actually NRD is non-refundable to cash or credit card, but after the $100 pp fee they issue you a Future Cruise Certificate for the remainder. I cancelled a cruise with 1,000 deposit and received a FCC for $800. They told me if I waited and transferred to another cruise they would waive the $100 pp. In our case the difference between a NRD and a Fully Refundable is $1,500 to 3,000 for upper suites so makes sense.

Ahhh.. yes... now I remember. Will be back on Apex in March. Also the Retreat Bartender offered to make me one if I wanted one. She was making Chocolate Martini with Ice Cream for a guest. I guess it's a Vodka Milk Shake. LOL

Thanks for sharing. Another thing I didn't know about. I couldn’t take the money once I put on machine. I learned what you just said. I didn't get a voucher. Instead they loaded it onto my card and gave me a card with instructions.

I was on Summit and was told if I brought over the Gelato they would make one for me. Does Edge have Gelato station, really don't remember.

They have a 14 day rotation and start with day one regardless of length. After 14th day they have day 1 menu again.

Al Bacio at 7:00 am. Never seen it so empty.

Today we are having a late breakfast in our room. I'm up at 7:00 AM enjoying a couple cups of cappuccino. Wish us luck as we are going on a noon whale watching tour. Celebrity didn't offer any whale watching tours so booked it via Expedia. It's about a week earlier than the beginning of whale season but hoping for some early arrivals. Some passengers saw a Humpback while at sea yesterday so we have hopes

Welcome. This B2B is our first visit to the Mexican Riviera and really enjoying. I hope your eye surgery went well. Mine was quite extensive but combined with Cataract since they were already at it. I love not having to wear glasses. I'm in the final stages of recovery and tapering off prednisone after 12 weeks. Friday I finally drop to 1 drop a day down from 7.

Beautiful sunrise in Cabo View from our cabin.

He never has a drink before cocktails at 7:30. That of course is PM.

I’m impressed. Maybe they tweaked it. Last week in Cabo lots of buffering.

I have just been buying $300 worth of slots from my room key. They give me 3 $100 coupons to feed into the machine. I just feed them all into the machine and when done playing I hit the cashout and get a certificate for the complete amount. Later in the day when Iain has done the same we combine his along with mine so we only have one coupon to keep track of. Even when our account is is in negative territory (charged more than OBC) it is a win as we get 3x points on Chase (coded as Celebrity Travel). So far on both cruises we have been in positive territory when we cash out near the end of the cruise.

Generally $100 pp but I've had them waive before when I moved it to a different sailing instead of cancelling. Worth a try asking.

I wish. One thing I do like is we get 4 free internet accounts - I think the speed is a result of so few on the ship and the early birds were already at the martini bar at 4:45 for Cocktails when we walked by. This is a tender port and we only arrived at 2:30 ish. We decided to say aboard this afternoon. I was just playing around before testing and was streaming a movie from home on our home Plex server. It as streaming with no buffering. When I ran the test I know why. I'll try it later when more are back aboard.

On Solstice now and picked up the 2024-25 Caribbean's today. They said Europe will be released tomorrow.

Wow!!!!!!! We are in Cabo’s San Lucas today. Solstice - She went live last week. The ship only has 1458 aboard and was still only getting 5 Meg. Last week we had 1,660 and was the same speed. I connected to my home Plex server and was streaming. Most guests are ashore so decided to run a speed test. I spoke with our cabin attendant last week and he said before going live they let staff use for free to test. He said it was fast but slowed after going live.