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  1. We just listened to the Cruise Directors talk on the Celebrity Beyond. She answered all kinds of questions on what goes on behind the scenes. She talked about this and Cruise staff that miss the ship are in a huge amt of trouble and essentially loose their jobs.
  2. Did this happen on a Celebrity Ship. Have never heard of this being allowed or done before.
  3. Wow thise are quite the stories. The only time we were late was a Celebrity Excursion in Costa Rica. As soon as our bus and two others drove up the gangway went up. Ours was due to crazy heavy traffic.
  4. We have used Rome in Limo many times. Fabulous company to work with. They have a stellar reputation to uphold and that means getting you back to the ship in plenty of time. We have now done 4 trips down the Amalfi Coast alone. We never worry when we are with them. We have always been back at least an hour ahead of time. They are in constant contact with the other vehicles regarding traffic. On several occasions the Celebrity buses were a ways behind them. We have never heard of anyone left behind. When you see the Analfi Coast you will be so glad you are not on one of those buses! If you go down to the Port Boards/Europe/Italy there is a whole thread on Rome In Limo alone. They are enormously popular. Write to them and they are very good at answering questions promptly.
  5. Yarramar thanks for the info. Oh My! This is good to know. I looked the brochure up. We’re not familiar with either musician.
  6. I know this cruise is short and it looks like many are doing this as part of the chain of cruises before the New Zealand one. Just because it is four days does this mean that it is a party cruise. We would never do a four day cruise out of Florida. So that brings me to the question about a cruise between the Australian one and New Zealand one become a four day party cruise. We have never done one this short.
  7. When we were on the Beyond in Feb we found that people arrived really early for the shows. The stage shows with the Beyond singers and dancers were very popular and they were packed early. Some were quite full 30 min early. We always tried to arrive at least 30 min early to get our desired seats. Folks that came in 5-10 min early were really searching for a seat.
  8. We did enjoy our private small group tour. We also stopped at Featherdale Wild Life Park. We are in the same stateroom but do have to switch before the New Zealand segment. We do not mind as it is pretty easy to do.
  9. We just did the golf cart a few weeks ago. That was a fun DIY excursion. It does have to be arranged ahead of time.
  10. We find just getting down to a lower deck and sit somewhere in the middle of the ship makes a big difference. We have twice been in a high veranda stateroom on the aft and we definitely have to get out of the room and hunker down on a lower deck during the day.
  11. We are on these same segments as you are only we are starting with the one before this beg on Oct 3 in Honolulu. We too have already spent extra time in Sydney pre pandemic and have been on excursions to both the Blue Mountains, Hunter Valley, have also been to Manly and attended a musical at the Opera House. We are doing the short Tasmania Cruise in lieu of getting a hotel room for 4 nights in Sydney. We did not want to have to pack up all our things and lug them off the ship and back on again and unpack once again so for us it’s more of a convenience factor. Mary
  12. We have booked a B2B for July of next year on the Apex. Since we booked this last Nov while cruising we were fortunate to be able to get a Sunset veranda for both of them. Plan to be up on top a good share of the time and also just enjoy that aft view. We are very much forward to this cruise.
  13. I’ll second that it is a long walk to the sunset verandas. We just had one a few weeks ago on a B2B. Our veranda was right next door to one of the sky suites. For the price our veranda was almost the same size and when we took a glance into the stateroom next door when it was being cleaned it was not all that different from ours for the price. Well maybe slightly bigger! But it did cost them a lot more. Yes they got to use the retreat deck which was no doubt really nice when we couldn’t even find a lounger in the shade. We are very happy with the SV’s.
  14. We were just there on Feb 1st on the Beyond. We also had a wonderful tour with Dora. There were 8 of us in our group which was a perfect size. You will enjoy the tour. They are a great company to work with. We have been to Cartegena twice now and toured both times with her company.
  15. We’re doing the same thing. We are also wondering what the process will be there. Do we physically have to get off for Immigration. We will be changing rooms and we know do how that process goes.
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