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You luggage is also generally placed right at the point where you go to immigration and is the first off the ship. Sometimes there is a worker there that will place you in the line if there is one. Priority disembarkation is one of the very nice Retreat perks.

No Samsung flat screen. Last time we were on though there was no online system on the TV though so you couldn't check your account that way.

The AQ Suites are generally the better location or have some desirable attribute so you did benefit.

My life goes the opposite way!

Actually it's right after the TA. Goes to dry dock April 6.

Yes this is due to their crazy "sale" pricing where the second passenger is 50% off (with refundable deposit) so the third person is paying full fare like the first. I would still have them give you quotes. As mahdnc says your original booking shouldn't be affected other than removing the third passenger fees. Make sure none of the other Perks on the original booking would change. Then get a new booking which can be non-refundable as you are at final payment so deposit will be at risk anyway. The third passenger will still be at full price but the second one on the new reservation will be 75% off. Of course this new reservation will be at prevailing rates.

I agree with all the above comments about the MDR. I do believe there can be an extra charge for a second entree in the specialty dining venues.

It's $35 for 1 device for 24 hrs onboard. You can use it on as many devices as you want but only 1 device at a time. So yes you have to log off 1 device to be able to use another.

In Fiji there was little or nothing offered for shore excursions. Nothing that appealed to us so we did what we like to do in port, just walk around and people watch and get a feel for local life. The people we ran into were nice enough but it just wasn't attractive or well cared for. Not sure what I expected but I guess it was more a South Pacific lush green environment. Just didn't live up to my limited expectations.

We have done many Celebrity sailings and love sea days. This sailing had 2 stretches of 3 days at sea and another single sea day. For some reason we did get tired of sea days. We chose this sailing for 2 reasons. 1) never been to South Pacific and 2) did Auckland to Sydney cruise before but didn't do anything north of Auckland. We spent about a week prior to the sailing touring North of Auckland with 3 days in Bay of Islands. We also figured it would be easier to get a flight to Auckland vs Fiji. As far as the sailing we were pretty disappointed with the port stops in Fiji but did enjoy Cook Islands, Bora Bora and Moorea as they met our expectations of South Pacific islands.

It was the 15 night Auckland to Tahiti sailing. We did 2 excursions on Bora Bora which we liked. Bora Bora 4x4 Deluxe Lagoon Tour (Bayliner boats with 8 people each)

If you downgrade the premium upgrades you will only be able to enjoy premium drinks in the Retreat Lounge. Luminae and Retreat sundeck are limited to the booked package. If you downgrade Wifi you will have basic wifi only.

We flew Air Tahiti Nui from LAX to Auckland with a stop in Tahiti. I'm pretty sure they fly from Paris to PPT via either LAX or Seattle. The planes are all Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Nice planes and good service. We flew in Premium Economy.

Just home from the Breeze last week. The dinner on the Motu in Bora Bora is a wonderful event. For us it was on the first night. They had the Motu to use as a beach day from 10-4 on the second day (marine platform was closed that day).

Just off Star Breeze. We spent quite a bit of time doing puzzles next to the future cruise desk. Heard it being discussed multiple times. Unfortunately the subsequent sailing was full but it does seem to still be offered if availability. $25 pp/pd more for balcony room.

Sorry, never had this happen.

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You should not lose anything when changing cabin in the same category. Their system in notorious for dropping OBC when there are any changes on a reservation. Generally a simple call will get it reinstated.

Check out this thread. Some clever person built a spreadsheet tool that allows you to build a link to the cruise planner section for a particular sailing without having booked. It was pretty straight forward.

We will be getting on for 23 days when you get off. Watching this thread. We leave for Auckland on Thursday to board Star Breeze next week for our first Windstar sailing.

Does make me think she is signing off on changes without understanding her product.

You can still call them. 1-877-RETREAT

Agree with this. We notify special needs department several weeks before sailing. Then we speak with the Maitre D when boarding. They will present the next nights menu after diner and will discuss with you your selection for the next evening offering to modify selections to accommodate.

Then my best advise for you when booking with Celebrity is to not book on the web but call and book with an agent. Get them to confirm your research and email your invoice to review before hanging up. The other way I do it is to go as far as the reservation summary on the website and place the reservation on hold. Then call, get them to email the invoice and pay the deposit. There have been cases (I have personally had them) where the booking summary presented before you press "Book" is not 100% correct. Better to have the documented invoice before making the final commitment. Like Jim above my TA is more of a booking agent where I tell him what to book and he takes care of it. If I ask him to reprice or move a sailing he does that as well. Yes I check that everything he does is correct. He gives me 10% of the commissionable cruise fare as refundable OBC in additon to whatever Celebrity gives. It's been several thousand dollars over the last couple of years. Granted on a $900 booking it's only going to be maybe $50.

Not sure if the OP has a non refundable deposit. If so and they originally booked a suite they may have a pretty substantial deposit on the line. One additional option would be to change ships. There is a $100 pp admin fee to do so and would be at prevailing rates, but maybe changing to a "S" or "M" class ship with all regular balconies would be more to their liking. Just another option.