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What age are your grandkids? We took our 5 and 7 yr old on Royal Caribbean (out of Los Angeles) and they had a blast. We are taking them on the Halloween cruise on Disney in October. I would not consider a Celebrity cruise (our favorite) as it is geared for adults.

Busses can take you to the Malecon for 10 pesos. (50 cents) if you are more adventurous 🙂

The Solstice was never planned to be on the West Coast. It's original itinerary was to be in Japan and Asia. But with Covid, that was canceled. They repositioned the Sosltice to Los Angeles until the pandemic passed. They will be doing the Asia routes after summer in Alaska.

You will never know it's there.

I agree with this. I avoid the Megaships. I prefer the Millenium Class ships but am sailing on the Solstice since it's the only Celebrity ship on the West Coast. I can't imagine the logistics of moving 5k people with tenders. And trying to go back on the ship all at once. Monterey is a small city and if you have visited the Aquarium and shops, there's not much locally without and excursion. Last time we visited Carmel by the Sea where we were married. (1974!)

Many of the Coastal Cruises are port intensive. We are going in March and are visiting Monterey, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, San Diego and Ensenada, Mexico. 5 ports in 7 days only $219.15 pp.

I booked in November. I got a slew of them and just picked a couple close to home.

I agree. We were on one in late October and it was maybe 50% at best. And a good proportion was a gay group. Not sure how many others were comped. We enjoyed Dia de los Muertos in Puerto Vallarta.

I probably didn't get the latest offer as we are on the Solstice 3 times in the next 8 weeks! I bumped to Concierge ($99 pp) so we will become Elite on the following cruise.

I'm like a Pavlov dog waiting for another BCC offer. We took advantage of 4, so maybe we reached our quota. We are on the West Coast so took advantage of the sailings out of San Pedro. I just upgraded to Concierge for $99 pp That will boost us to Elite for the other two. Can't complain if we never get another!

You need to confirm not only embarkation pier but also disembarkation pier. We were also on the confusing late October sail. If you are driving, and have a car, the best thing to do is park at the main terminal parking lot, and find the shuttle bus that takes you to the outer pier. That way when you disembark, your car is where it needs to be. Originally we drove to the outer pier dropped off our luggage at the tent, then took the car back to the main terminal. Then we took the shuttle back to the ship. It was hectic, and confusing but we know what we need to do now if it happens again.

I would take the M class ships in a heartbeat over S class because I love the T-pool and the Sunset Bar, and like someone said above, the smaller ship vibe. The mega ships do not appeal to me.

I watched a movie on the Solstice outside. Maintenance decided to wash that part of the ship during the movie and there was not really any seating other than the artificial grass or hard benches from the glass blowing area or the clamshell seating you have to pay for.

Living in SoCal we jumped on these BCC offers, Celebrity is our favorite cruise line though we are perfectly fine with Princess, HAL, RC. No flying was a huge factor although we have been on this itinerary multiple times. Like previously mentioned, the Solstice is here through default of it's Asian route cancelled. So it's not an established line here like Princess, HAL and Carnival. We were on it in early November and it sailed may 50% and it's looking like that for our March 4th cruise.

Sorry, read not to post questions.

I recently inquired about upgraded rooms on a 7 day comped cruise. They replied via email with; "to C2 Concierge Class, $99 additionalto A2 Aqua Class, $1680" Unclear if it was per person or total, and if A2 was AI. I am considering Concierge only in that the increased points will boost us to Elite on the following cruise. It is my understanding if we do Move Up they will not include the additional points.

If you do a Move Up from a Deluxe Balcony to Concierge, do you get the extra Captains club points also?

We took advantage of a few of the comped sailings out of Los Angeles since we didn't need to fly. The first completed one (November) was only about 50% occupancy and were able to upgrade to Aqua at the $10 pp rate. Our next one is March 4 and even though it also appears to be only 50% full so far, it was way more expensive to book the Aqua class rooms. In looking at the availability of Aqua it is only about 30% full so I may inquire again as it nears that date. Solstice was supposed to be in Japan at this time of year I believe so their Los Angeles sailings are not filling up.

Loved the train in Skagway and the beautiful scenery coming into Sitka.

I have an upcoming BBC cruise in March. I inquired about upgrading to Aqua class as we were able to do on a previous cruise. We were able to get it for the $10 pp early on. I know they had raised the price to $20 pp/day and was prepared to do it but now they quoted me around $400 which was higher than I wanted to pay. Does anyone know what the upcharge is for Concierge? Normally I wouldn't bother but with the extra points it will put me into Elite for my next cruise.

Hi all, While we are not new to cruising, we will be experiencing our first Disney cruise out of San Diego for the Halloween on the High Seas in October. We will be travelling with our son, DIL, and 2 grandkids. Are there any tips, hacks, or events that are not to be missed? Is there a Pirate night? We will be sure to bring costumes and looking forward to a great time!

We booked 3 offered cruises. Paid port fees. Will pay gratuity charges like everyone else. Everything else is at our discretion. Lowly Pearl status. (Really low!) Don't need to fly. That's a win in our book!

We are doing the March 4 one..

Are you going on any of the Solstice ones offered in LA? We are since we are in San Diego area! Harder to commit to anything going out of FL.