mrsg00fy

Good morning.  I booked a cruise onboard just last night for the May 8th oasis sailing. I got the app to take the cruise reservation but there was a time lag. Still can’t check in. 
 

that aside I tried to check to see if we can Royal up but I get the dreaded message of make sure the info is correct and that you are 30 days in. 
 

Is there a timing issue for me to actually become eligible to bid? Did I book too close in to get to bid? 

thank you for any insight.  

1 hour ago, koolforkatz said:

 

Question:  for a non-refundable deposit, if you book under this $25 deposit promotion then you would only be out about $25 if you cancelled? Versus a $900 non-refundable deposit where you would have to pay the much larger change fee if you cancelled? Or would they come after you for more money if you cancelled/changed? I can't see anything in fine print regarding that.

I’d like to know the answer to this as well.  I thought that this had been discussed on this board but I am unable to find that thread.  

We were in concierge cabin 9237 on equinox in August.  It is a nice cabin on the slant with a huge balcony. It was also directly above one of the  the smoking areas.  On port days the smoke smell was extremely unpleasant.  

Just wanted to follow up on my outcome on this issue.  After several emails and a phone call I have been told that the move up program is no longer accepting bids on this particular cruise due to lack of inventory.  

Thank you.  There was no additional email address included in the email invitation.  I responded to the invitation.  They came back and said they don’t manage it and gave me a new link to try. It didn’t work either.  

I winder if many any are having this issue.  Very frustrating to want to make a bid when we have been invited to do just that....but to not be able to. 

On 9/13/2019 at 8:49 AM, jcpc said:

This is the exact same screen I see when I try to submit my initial bid for an October 20th sailing (I am not trying to adjust a previously made bid).  My guess is there is some sort of glitch in the MoveUp system.  I booked my cruise directly with Celebrity.

 

We are also on the October 20th cruise.  I’d received the upgrade email back in August. At the time the link worked but I didn’t bid. Today I decided to bid and I get the same message.  

22 minutes ago, Host Clarea said:

 

No guests (children included) ever lose points they earned themselves.  They also don't get demoted C&A level(s) that they attained from being linked to their parents before they turned 18.

Thank you! They are now at the age where they know that they’d like to use the diamond lounge benefit.  😊

6 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Build on their actual points

Thank you.  I was hoping that was the case.  

Just popping in with a related question.  We became diamond while our children were under 18.  We all had diamond status.  The kids earned it outright as we always had two cabins and paid full fare for them.  

Do so they get to build upon their existing cruise credits or do they have to start from scratch to earn the next tier? 

We are just back from b2b sailings on equinox.  First week started 8/24 in aqua class and second week started 8/31 in concierge.  The two weeks were night and day. The week in aqua was a dream. It all came together.  The excellent cabin steward and the insanely attentive service in blu.  Second week we went to mdr and it was not good.  Clearly the servers had too many tables.  They tried.  But the service was not good and frenzied.  The food was pretty good.  But the close togetherness of the tables and the lack of attention to detail was not good.  We spent the last three nights in Tuscan grille and experienced what we remembered from cruising ten years ago. 

First week was probably the best cruise weve we’ve ever had.  Second week left something to be desired. But both weeks were great overall. 

In both sailings inhave  have to say that the common element was excellent service at the buffet. Both weeks I noticed every single time the staff going out of their way to help those who required assistance.  They repeatedly came around with drink refills etc.  this was at busy lunch and breakfast. I was particularly impressed on debarkation morning yesterday that the staff continued this very high level of service. Typically on debarkation morning they just want us out. Lol.  

On 10/21/2018 at 10:06 AM, Flyby said:

There were two elevators in the front that were not working.  They were constantly working on them throughout the cruise but they didn't work the whole time. 

Coco Kay was just fine during construction.  All of the beaches were open and it seemed like the areas they were working on were on a different part of the island.  It did not affect us at all.

No life jackets at the muster station.

In Nassau we booked a room at Comfort Suites Paradise Island so we could have full access to Atlantis for much cheaper.  Atlantis is amazing!  We spend the whole day there.

Those elevators were still not working last night.  Haven't tried today.

 

We sailed on the 11/5 Allure out of this terminal.  We arrived at the terminal later than we ever have due to our own logistics.  We caught an Alamo shuttle to the port and arrived between noon and 12:30.  

Theporters were available and quickly dealtwith our bags.  

We walked inside side but had to wait about ten minutes before being permitted to go up the escalator to checkin.  There were plenty of RCCL staff with tablets to scan our documents.  

We were onboard before 1 and cabins were ready. 

Disembarkation was not as smooth.  We were assigned group 32 out of 72 with an estimated departure of 9 -9:30 am.  Our group was called close to 10:30.  This was our latest timeever leaving a ship. Once off the ship we were separated into a line for US passport holders. The other line was massive. The issue appeared to be customs and their inability to handle so many people.  We were held upstairs for about ten minutes and then allowed to fetch our bags.  After that we were out in about 5 minutes.....but the international line was still way backed up. 

Hope that helps.