DebInAntigua

I’ve gotten those emails about my “assigned” CVP after doing courtesy holds, but ignored them. When I need to call I just talk to whoever answers the customer service line for making changes to an existing cruise. Are there actually benefits and savings to be had if I use the same CVP all the time? 

7 hours ago, jjsnonna said:

No they are not.  Never heard of a dr. handing out antibiotics just in case,

 

I used to have a great USA doctor who would prescribe "emergency use" antibiotics due to my history of chronic sinus infections that at times had turned into walking pneumonia. That's uncommon for US doctors though.

We live in Guatemala now, and local pharmacies will sell antibiotics without a prescription if you are a regular customer. You can buy almost anything over the counter here if you know what to ask for. Mexico is similar, but they have cracked down on antibiotic sales in the last several years.

We always bring a supply of broad-spectrum antibiotics for each of us on vacation as it can be difficult / expensive / time-consuming to get them while away from home. Most of the time we don't need to use them but they have come in handy once or twice.

I'm one of the happy ones. We have 2 cruises booked way out in October 2021 on Apex.
 

The TA was already booked as NRD, with 4 perks. Even though we lost $200 of the OBC with today's promo, the net savings to me was $944. That's a serious discount.

The other cruise (a B2B right before the TA) was still booked as refundable, again with 4 perks. If I wanted to keep it refundable I would have saved about $360. Pulling the trigger to go with NRD saved me... drumroll please... $2080. Yep, count me in. I'll risk $200 for that any day.

These two cruises were not available during the Veteran's day sale and I was not checking over Black Friday due to having surgery. So not sure if I could have beaten today's promo back then, but I'm definitely a happy cruiser!!!

I checked all of our upcoming bookings. None of them are cheaper yet.

Was the special menu an option on Christmas night? Or was it shown in the app but they didn't do it? A bit confused by what was actually offered.

Am booked for Tuscan as our only specialty dining on Christmas Day next year, on the Constellation. $70 pp

9 minutes ago, Mark_T said:

There is also an elevator on Millennium, but it was not functional for the majority of the last two weeks (if at all).

That's ridiculous. X needs to ensure that all suite amenities are available to all suite passengers, regardless of mobility challenges. Occasionally elevators will go out of order, but this seems like pattern of them not working more than they are functional.

12 hours ago, mafig said:

 

Did not know this.

Sky Suites may be “entry level” suites but they are not just larger cabins. While the staff may not fawn, bow and scrape as they do for RS or PH suite guests, Sky Suites get almost all of the suite experience and amenities. Luminae, access to the Retreat, priority seating in the theater on chic nights, etc. 

4 hours ago, Jimbo59 said:

Directly on the Celebrity Website.

The website is notoriously wrong about such things. 

Our cabin assignment is restored this morning. Same one I originally chose. 

We had Drinks & More on the Silhouette and the Edge. On the Silhouette, we were given casino cards in the stateroom, in an envelope. We had to take them the casino cashier. On Edge it was loaded on our seapasses automatically and we still had to go to the cashier to get chips for table play. Not sure if you have to do anything special to play slots or if we could have just gone straight to the machines with our seapass.

1 hour ago, hcat said:

This started as a happy news thread.. but has veered off course a few times..

 

We are  very happy we can include the Classic as a perk in our bext booking..without the daily upcharge!

 

Bigger issue price-wise,  is the big  difference  between non-refundable and  refundable prices ...We think the non -ref terms are too severe...losing  $100 pp  as a cancellation fee seems  more reasonable.

For USA customers, that is all you technically lose. The rest can be applied to the outstanding payment amount of a future cruise. As long as you intend to keep cruising X, you don't really lose out on anything but the $100 pp.

This part of the memo:

What happens to guests that paid to upgrade from 2 – 4 perks who already had the
Premium Beverage Package during the periods of 10/10 – 11/26/19?

A. Guests will receive an Onboard Credit of $14 per day. Guests who qualify for this onboard
credit must have booked under promo names 4PERKS or 4PERKS NRD during the offer period
of Oct 10 to Nov. 25,, 2019.

That sounds like if I bought 4 Perks during that date range, and it shows on my invoice as one of those promo names, I'll get OBC of $14 per day, per person?  Is that right?

Does anyone know if this would be automatic or would we have to call to request it? Curious how they will handle that.

Of course, I'm pretty likely to reprice my 2021 cruises between now and sailing, so maybe I shouldn't worry about it. But if the prices just go up between now and final payment, hopefully this would be automatically applied?

12 minutes ago, tromvest said:

DebinAntigua:  I'd like to call back and see if a different Rep has the "affected cabin" list.  What number did you call?  Thanks!

Just the regular number - (888) 751-7804

13 minutes ago, tromvest said:

I just spoke to a Celebrity Rep regarding my triple C1 cabin on the May 26,2020 cruise (First cruise after the revolution).  My reservation now says Concierge Guarantee instead of the assigned C1 cabin that i had originally booked. She says that they have no idea when the Constellation sailings from May 2020-April 2021 will be "unblocked" and therefore she can not tell me whether or not my triple cabin will remain a triple cabin after the revolution.  I did a mock booking for a May 2021 and the deck plan for the Constellation removed many of the triple/quad cabins and made them doubles only.  Unfortunately, my aft C1 looks like it will only be a double.  That is, of course, if that deck plan is correct.  I will have to try and be patient and see what happens. 

Interesting. I called earlier today and the rep I spoke with was able to pull up a list of "affected cabins" and mine was not on the list of ones being moved. So there is some sort of list that they can access, but I am still a bit nervous until we see our cabin number come back onto our res.

Put me in the Eden drink hater camp. I tried several (and most cost additional over a Premium package limit). Didn’t like a single one, sadly. 

Irony... I have never fallen in Antigua in over 4 years. Yet I tripped and broke my foot boarding a cruise ship, walking slowly on a slightly inclined gangway. Go figure.

2 minutes ago, Oville said:

I think just wait...how’s the foot doing?

 

Hey, thanks for asking. 🙂 Got the stitches out today (2 weeks post-op). Am allowed to walk small amounts with a cane and special shoe, which is great news after being confined to my bedroom for the past two weeks! In 4 - 5 more weeks I should be able to start wearing normal shoes/sneakers again. Will know more in early 2020 at my next follow up visit.

Since I live in Antigua, Guatemala, the world's most non-ADA friendly place to walk, where everything outside is rough volcanic cobblestone, very uneven to walk on, and there are almost zero ramps for anything, I'll probably end up staying at home most of the time over the next month or so though. Luckily at home it's much easier to get around on the tile floors.

(picture isn't mine, but shows perfectly what I mean about the streets here)

Just got an email too with an updated booking PDF attachment. Our accessible sky suite is now an S2 guarantee.

Is there any use calling tomorrow? Or do we just have to wait?

Ack... there are also cruises disappearing for other M-class ships too. WTH is going on?
 

If they were considering selling Connie, wouldn't they remove everything after a certain date, not just 1 year?

Yep, an entire year is gone!

We're booked for a Dec 2020 holiday cruise and I booked for 2 reasons:

1) Great Sky Suite launch prices when they moved to Tampa and released that new schedule

2) It was going to be revolutionized for the improved suite experience earlier in 2020.

Even if our cruise dates and itinerary don't change, if the dry dock changes to be after Dec 2020, I'll be raising a stink with X to get our non-refundable deposit back in full. That's not the suite experience we booked.

10 hours ago, boobeth71 said:

We purchased a Future Cruise certificate in late October (dates to be selected later). The paperwork received said that we would receive an additional $100 OBC per person (far right column), the amount of OBC based on sailing length/category and the current promotions. I called today to try and make a reservation and ran into a problem getting the extra $100 a person OBC listed in the far right column. The agent tried to tell me that the $100 OBC listed in the column was the OBC with the current promotion and that we could not get the addition amount as stated. Has anyone else ran into this and what was the outcome? I now have to email the resolutions department to try and get it situated. 

We had the same problem but were able to get it added. It is indeed supposed to be in ADDITION to the stateroom OBC and whatever the current promo is, as long as you make the cruise selection before Dec 18th. This is the flyer, I had to send an email to them with a picture of it to get the extra $100 pp OBC from the far right column. Keep pushing, it clearly says "EXTRA" OBC.

1 hour ago, Happy Cruiser 6143 said:

 

In my view, the revolution is all about form over function.  Look at that last picture with all that HoppenCrap on the table.  Where is one supposed to put a drink or some food???

I'd have no qualms about moving the tabletop clutter off to the side, onto the floor, while using the space. I'll put it back when I leave, of course. Problem solved. Just like we tucked away all the HoppenCrap in our IV while on Edge last month.

On our Dec 2020 cruise, it was showing the 50% off banner, but it was adding to cart at full $200 price. Took a screenshot and opened a chat. Was advised to call X and after a short hold, was given a $100 goodwill OBC credit to use against that package. If the Cruise Planner pricing is wonky, it pays to call!!

25 minutes ago, WrittenOnYourHeart said:

Thank you!! 
 

Honestly, if I see “loud and shouty” one more time *I* may get “loud and shouty”. (And as an aside, how do we know it was not the *people* on that particular cruise that were “loud and shouty” as that poster is the only one who constantly mentions it?)

That poster also seems to think that anyone who doesn't agree with their assessment of Edge is wrong, rather than respecting that different people have different experiences and expectations. It's pretty rude to assume that because you don't like something, no one else should.

I just came off Edge a couple of weeks ago, a 9 night Southern Caribbean cruise. I never found Edge to be overly loud EXCEPT for when we sought out watching the white party on the pool deck or later evening entertainment in the central atrium a few times. The music was cranked up quite a bit at times for those events, but you could easily escape them by going elsewhere. It certainly wasn't pervasively loud everywhere on the ship and people were never "shouting" except one of the Eden characters as part of the warm up show, lol.

I did find FCS louder than Murano and missed Murano's more elegant setting with less background noise, but we were seated well away from the overlook and had no trouble carrying on a dinner conversation.

I'm pretty easily annoyed by overly noisy environments and I was perfectly happy with Edge. There were plenty of public places to sit away from the noise and our IV cabin felt very private and relaxing in the sunroom area. The four dining rooms had a much lower noise level and intimate feel than the huge grand MDR of S-class (was on Silhouette right before Edge, so had a fresh comparison).

My biggest complaint that might be linked to the topic of "unwanted noise" was that the 2-top tables for couples were ridiculously close together in the MDRs. To the point where it was impossible not to overhear conversations, whether you wanted to or not. One evening we had our mood seriously dampened by the elder couple next to us who were both in bad moods, and being quite nasty to each other. Sniping comments, insults, verbal jabs....it was embarrassing and awkward to be seated inches away. The wife hated almost all of her food and the husband was horribly cruel in how he spoke to her. He even got up from the table and just walked off halfway through dessert, leaving her at the table alone to finish. I can't remember exactly what he said as he left, but it was nasty. It was clear that he was done being in her company. It was sad and awful to think that this couple on the cruise were so unhappy, and it was hard for my DH and I to have a pleasant dinner listening to it.

In retrospect, perhaps we should have asked to be moved rather than tough it out next to the toxic couple. But with my wheelchair having to be brought to the table for me to hobble into (I broke my foot boarding and wasn't able to walk), a subtle exit wouldn't be possible. If that happens again on a future cruise, I do think I'd ask to move elsewhere though. It was quite depressing to listen to.