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i was surprised to see Southwest listed as an option with "Wanna get away" fares when I was looking for flights from SFO to LAX recently. Southwest flights do not appear on any other flight search sites, so FBC has made some deal with this airline.

I have a FCC, not related to Venice, and it states: Any booking made using this FCC must be used for a sailing that commences on or before the expiration date listed above (My FCC expiration date is October 31 2023)

Do not forget that these nights are what we used to call formal.

It wasn't clear to me in the article if the Fever Tree tonic will be available throughout the ship or only in the Pinnacle Grill as part of the featured signature G & T. Last time I had FT was on Crystal last year. It would be interesting is a mass market line like HAL uses it at all bars.

Thanks for the review. I enjoy reading the perspectives of a first-timer on Celebrity. I am on Solstice in a few weeks, so I appreciated you taking the time to write. Your comments were a reminder to me that we are all different and have different reasons for cruising. I've done a couple of RC cruises and prefer Celebrity, but would certainly sail RC again for the right itinerary. (Went to grad school at that place on East Hill) Happy cruising.

So, the answer to your question is "maybe"; depends on the port. Perhaps someone with experience at Milford, Wales can provide specific guidance . As mentioned, Bordeaux dock for Azamara is downtown, close to the river boats. If you enjoy public transportation in Bordeaux, the local tram stops across the street from Azamara dock and offers a 24- hour travel pass for €5. I believe the large ships dock much father away (3km?)

I used my Resmed CPAP in Amsterdam last month. I suspect other major brands operate in a similar way. All I needed was a European plug adapter, which costs just a couple of dollars at my local hardware store. As you know, UK will require a different plug adapter, which is a little more expensive. No need for an electric current converter for most travelers - the machines use 220 or 110v automatically - CPAP, phone, iPad and camera (who remembers those? 😜)

You have been given a lot of cabin advice, but you have not told us how you define "best". Which is better, apples or oranges?

You might want to take another look at the link in post #2 above. Your understanding of the new policy may apply to your cruises, but certainly not to any cruise leaving the US, as noted in post #3. I mention this as a caution to other readers.

In my experience, the only port that did not allow self-disembarkation was Buenos Aires. There may be other such ports somewhere in the world, but other posters will have to identify them.

We did this several (~4-5) years ago, and we did not pay the full price since they were discounting onboard. Those "discount" promotions may be over. For what we paid, we had a pleasant, amusing dinner. As others have posted, it was a one and done event for us and we would likely not repeat the experience, although there was nothing wrong with our dinner. Since you (OP) has not tried this dining experience, I suggest you give it a go.

Many of us have stated we are not big gamblers, perhaps gambling <$50 the entire cruise. The true big gamblers get separate and richer offers from BCC, and those offers have been going on for quite some time and are not what this particular thread is about. My opinion is that these offers are a form of a clearance sale by X and for whatever reason X has decided to run this sale through BCC, perhaps to protect the price integrity for the published fares? I have inferred that there is no "rhyme or reason" as to who gets the offers. Some of us are E+ and some are new to X. As others have posted: "Go figure".

Heike has a new position with Explora Journeys, which appears to be a new cruise company that will begin sailing in May 2023. Heike will be "General Manager - shipboard" and I guess this is a land-based position in charge of the shipboard experience (??)