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We were on the Edge at the beginning of March and there were no plastic water bottles. The water was in screw top aluminum "bottles" which I'm hoping they were recycling, as aluminum is profitable to recycle in most cases compared to plastic which is hard to recycle and often thrown away instead. We had a pretty normal infinite veranda cabin and it had dispensers for shampoo and such. No plastic straws on board either, all paper. I think I remember a paper itinerary for the next day left each night, but you could get the same information on the phone App they have on the Edge, so if we had thought about it we probably could have told our cabin steward to skip it since we had the App. We are booked on the Flora later this year and that ship is said to have filtered water in each cabin so no bottled water is available, but it's a much smaller ship and was designed due to the destination to be a very eco friendly ship.
What to expect in Galapagos/Celebrity Flora?
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Just left the Flora yesterday so here is what we had on our trip.
1. Wet landings, there are some, and it can vary how wet they may be depending on conditions. As for did people have shoes that were good for wet landings and keep them on, or change to dry shoes, it went either way. I had shoes that were good enough to do the hikes on the wet landings without changing, but some did change. Your choice really.
2. Sunscreen is not provided, they do give you a small lip balm as part of your welcome gifts, but no other sunscreen is provided. And do bring some, you'll need it.
3. There is a small boutique area on deck 3 that has some clothing items and a few other things, I did see hats, but not sure on sunglasses. We didn't really shop on board, so we walked by a few times but didn't really look too hard at what they had. Maybe someone else can provide more insights here.
4. Wet suits are the "shortie" variety. So if you want to wear a rashguard that is fine, and it helps keep the sun from burning when on the snorkels as well.
5. They do clean all the gear between cruises. They had all the snorkels/masks soaking in some sort of solution after the last snorkel trip. But you can always clean them again if you'd like.
6. Dress for dinner. It was pretty casual, with few jackets for men if any. No formal nights, and I don't think they would deny anyone dinner unless maybe you showed up in a wet swim suit.
For other details check out the "Recently Returned" thread which has a lot of tips for the Flora.