Twoifbyc

We did a DIY trip from Genoa to Santa Margherita Ligure (the train stop for getting to Portofino) back in 2006. Here's the thread: 

It's not only on Journey-- we're currently on Quest and 2 reds, 2 whites, a rosé, and a sparkling wine are available everyday.

The cheapest chairs will probably be those foldable camping chairs you get at festivals etc, they cost around 40-50 kroner. Spejdersport or Jysk is probably your best bet, Jysk is located on Vesterbrogade not far from the central station.'

Danish viking,

Thank you for your response and including the location of where we "might" find chairs. We'll take a chance that they will have restocked by the time we get there, since the Rock Festival closes out on July 2.

If we are successful in getting the chairs, do you know if Tivoli would allow us to bring them in for the Friday night outdoor concert they have?

Danish Viking,

Thank you tremendously for all of the valuable information you have provided on Copenhagen and surrounding areas for our cruising community for the past years. My husband and I had a grand time last year for our port day in Copenhagen, based largely on your insights. We used that one port day to help us figure out where we wanted to stay this coming July pre-cruise. We are arriving into CPH airport at 11am on Friday, July 1, 2016 and we board our ship (Azamara Quest) the afternoon of Sunday, July 3. We're staying across the plaza from City Hall at the Scandic Palace. On Friday we're planning to stroll through Tivoli Gardens (not doing rides) in the late afternoon, watch/listen to the concert that night, and finish the evening taking in the fireworks.

Here's my question: On Saturday, July 2, it appears that the Jazz Fest event is having a number of open-air concerts in the middle of the city, close to the University. Have you ever attended any of these free, open-air concenrts? If so, are you able to bring food and drink (including alcohol) with you to enjoy? Also, are you able to use your own chairs to sit and listen to the different artists? (In looking at pictures on the Jazz Fest site, it looks like some of the locations do allow you to bring your own chairs/blankets.) If you are able to bring your own chairs, where is the best place to purchase/rent/borrow those? (If we get chairs for Saturday, are we also able to take them into Tivoli with us on Friday afternoon for the concert?)

Thank you in advance for your insight and help. If you need to chat with me directly, please feel free to email me.

My experience was to purchase the liquor on the last night of the first cruise, since they let you walk out of the store with it. We took it back to the room and enjoyed it during the second leg of the b2b.

If all else is equal (ports, days at sea, price), we would do the S class ship. The lawn area and the Sunset Bar are the winning factors. I've noticed that people have said the M class due to less passengers onboard-- the S class may have more passengers, but the layout of the ship/areas makes it feel less crowded IMHO.

Before you call your travel agent, there are two things to consider.

 

-Are the perks offered by the 1-2-3 better than what you have currently? You won't be able to add them, but can exchange, e.g. give up the $300 to get $350.

-If the perks are better, check out the pricing of your cabin. If it's more than what you booked at, do the math to determine the value/worth of the 1-2-3 vs. the higher cabin price.

I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with your first bullet point. Camii40 did not post whether or not their booking would allow an offer to be combined. If that was part of their booking fine print (our TA and Celebrity both had that capability with the offer we originally booked in the last month), YES they will be able to add the one perk of their choosing to their reservation. They should call their TA and request this combinable perk, if applicable.

We booked a May 2015 Europe cruise with the Captain's Club World Tour promotion in March - not while on a cruise. On Monday, we contacted our TA and were able to get two 123 Go perks added for this 2015 Europe cruise. We did upgrade our cabin from an inside to veranda when we requested the perks to be added. Should we get the bonus points? Or would that only apply to "new" bookings which ours isn't because we actually booked a couple months ago? Anyone have luck with Celebrity or TA telling them they can get the bonus points when they added the 123 perk(s) to an existing booking?

 

Kathy

Kathy,

I received word from my TA today that our existing booking (August 2015 Europe 12 night) which was made during the World Tour promotion now has the 2 perks from 123Go! promotion and the Captains Club bonus points (applied after sailing). Of course, it will be up to Celebrity to actually apply those bonus points over a year from now-- we'll see if it happens. I at least have the email confirmation from my agent that says Celebrity will.

Anybody who went....How was it ? Should have been a great weather evening for it . Any feedback ? Many no-shows ? (Please tell me no...since I was waisted and not able to participate) ! :( How were the blossoms ? Food ? What ship (boat) :D

 

Woody

It was a beautiful evening, although a little chilly. Celebrity staff (now located in the DC metro area-- one of the 10 cities that have been targeted for marketing campaigns and Captain's Club activities, according to Celebrity staff on board) had been planning this event for the last year, and came well prepared with Celebrity Excursion blankets to use for those that ventured on to the top deck or outside on the deck below that.

The National Elite was the boat being used-- had a full deck enclosed, the mid deck was half enclosed, and the top deck was open. She sailed full. They had assembled one of the big "Lawn" chairs like the Solstice class lawns have as well as "grass" and bocci balls on the top deck. The wind while sailing and the chill of the evening kept this area from being used, except for the fireworks display by the Cherry Blossom Festival, but it was ready for guests with seating and blankets. A hearty few of us stayed out on the half-deck that was more open to the elements (no real walls like the other half of that deck, but enclosed by plastic wind breaking walls) since all the interior sitting space on the lower deck was claimed and never released by those cruisers. Our deck had a bar and passed hot hors d'oeuvres.

It was a great night-- Celebrity can't be held responsible for the cherry blossoms not being out, although by the time we would have reached that area on the river it was already well beyond sunset and you wouldn't have been able to see them anyway. Open bar, great people, and swag bags at the end. They cobranded this event with Emirates, so there was some mention of the Dubai sailings in the remarks that were made. Since those remarks were made on the lower deck, and piped over the speaker system on the rest of the boat, I didn't catch all that was said.

I'm sure others may post as to what went wrong (like trying to find the parking garage we were given access to for free), but this was a great first event for CC members I feel.