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I was wondering how that adjustment was going to go...

Nice report and very nice photo of Stonehenge. During our Panama Canal sailing last month, the astronomy enrichment speaker did a presentation on Stonehenge which has been an interest of his. Made me want to go and see it someday.

Your organizer should ask Xuan to confirm who is doing the tour. Either way, I sincerely hope you enjoy your tours as well as your cruise! Let me know if you have any other questions.

Hi and thank you. We booked Xuan for our stops at Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, and Hue/Danang. However Xuan personally conducted the tour only at HCMC. He subcontracted the other two ports because we did not make his required group minimum size. He was pretty clear about the requirement because he lives in HCMC and in order to justify his travel and lodging expenses he needed a minimum of 8 people. There was no minimum for HCMC because he lived there and ironically we had 8 for that tour. He gave me quite a bit of time to see if we could accumulate 8 for the other two tours but we only amassed 6. Yes, it seemed to take a while for us to get our sandwich, but the problem was that our guide (hired by Xuan) wasn't real clear about what was going on (or I didn't listen well which is not uncommon either according to a well placed source that happens to be married to me). Our guide went in to get the sandwiches for us but we mistakenly stood in the long line anyway. When she came out of the restaurant with the sandwiches we just exited the line. In the end, I don't think the wait was that long, but it did feel that way for a while. Yes, all three tours were managed well from a facilities standpoint. There were ample opportunities for it and it was communicated to us at the beginning of the tour so we knew what to expect. I think our young tour guides recognize that us older people look at time and distance from a restroom as a crucial form of risk management (because we do).

Another enthusiastic vote for Roscioli. I posted some information on this thread with photos (link). Although it was only lunch, it was one of our most favorite meals. We hired a private guide for two of our days in Rome back in 2022. I asked her for a recommendation on restaurants and have compiled it here in my spreadsheet: link We enjoyed a dinner at La Ciambella which is an easy walk from Albergo del Senato. We also went to Da Enzo al 29 because it seemed to be universally on everyone's recommended list. We really liked it and it was worth the wait (no reservations taken) but we took a short Uber ride from Albergo del Senato to get there so I don't know if that meets your "nearby" requirements. Waiting in line to eat dinner at da Enzo!

We purchased the 2 device plan for my wife during our Summit cruise last month. And yes, I was able to use it for my phone when we got onboard (1st option on the list).

We did something that extreme for our Solstice Christmas sailing in 2019. We had a very large family cabin that was sparsely furnished and so we lugged a collapsible table all the way to Sydney for our 12 night New Zealand sailing.

The aft balconies above would be similarly naked.

Have a nice cruise tomorrow, Lois.

There is no requirement for both passengers in a cabin to buy wifi packages. Once upon a time, my family of four (quad cabin) shared one package.

It looks like a very nice hotel. I was doing a price comparison by making a mock booking for Fri Apr 18 2025 (comparing to our stay on Fri Apr 19 2024). It is a bit pricey although I am sure it fluctuates. Here was their cheapest room:

We were on Xpedition (South Loop) over Thanksgiving. Snorkeling vests were supplied during our trip. The photo below was taken from one of the slides down during our first day's orientation: If you're interested here is the Live Thread that I posted during our trip.

Yes, I believe there has only been one report that I know of.

After virtually no live threads or reviews on any Galapagos cruise for a long time, quite a few of them have been published since November.

Here is a first hand account that was posted on April 30th!

Here are the corresponding Celebrity flyers on the three offers mentioned in the screenshot: 25% off your Galapagos cruise fairs [sic] Airfare included when you book a 10, 11, or 16 night vacation package Elite members and above save an additional $1,500 on suites and $1000 on ocean view staterooms.

The other bizarre thing specific to our sailing is that Celebrity's computers can't handle the fact that we are crossing the international date line and thus is charging us for only 16 nights (16x $27.99 = $447.84) when our cruise is actually 17 nights long. Fri Apr 18th occurs on two consecutive days during our cruise. This international date line problem shows up in other ways in our Cruise Planner.

I saw this in my Cruise Planner. When did Basic Wi-Fi come back (ala carte) after having been removed last year (link)?

However I have not actually heard of anyone getting OBC let alone using it on Xpedition.

And there is even hidden fine print. Other shore excursions that are excluded include some that are classified as "High Demand Tickets" which appears to be defined as 60% booked or more.

I don't know about the Revolutionized Millennium, but I can say this: 1. The aft cabins on the Revolutionized Summit did not have aft balcony dividers that could open: 2. The un-Revolutionized Millennium did not have aft balcony dividers that could open either:

Yeah, EC = Eclipse. I am sorry that you could not benefit from the sale. Neither could I.

I skipped the long video, but I can say that we did a MoveUp to AQ for the first time ever on Solstice last December and I ordered something off the MDR menu every evening when we dined at Blu. Nice service and ambiance but I didn’t care for the food as much.