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Yes, they will ask to see the receipt on entry. 

When checking in for Star Class and parking in Terminal 10 North Lot, is it recommended to drop off bags before parking or towing bags from car to terminal?  We will only have 2 bags on wheels.

I heartily agree with The White Star Tavern!  We stayed last night in the Titanic suite. It is so spacious and comfortable!  We had an English roast dinner at the restaurant yesterday afternoon (discounted 10% because we were staying at the Tavern. It was a fantastic meal — everything you can think of for a roast dinner, including Yorkshire pudding. Beautiful!

The staff are all so friendly and welcoming. The reasonable room rate included an amazing hot breakfast, served to you, as much as you’d like. 
The room was the best we have had in Southampton. We have stayed other places. This is hospitality at its best. 

I live in Mexico and feel much safer here than I do north of the border.  We are sensible like we are when traveling anywhere not to flash money or jewelry.  The cartels are responsible for the crime you hear about on the news but if you not a member of a rival gang, you are not a person of interest to the cartel.  I shudder at all the senseless killings north of the border these days.

We generally choose the Club Class mini as our cabin of choice.  One thing we love about it is the Club Class dining (a section of one of the main dining rooms with its own entrance) allows you to just show up during dining hours and be seated right away.  You do not need to make a prior reservation or wait an extended time for a table.  The extended menu does not offer many additional items. It is generally an extra entree and maybe an extra dessert which do not appear on the MDR menu. Precovid the entree was prepared right in the dining room by the Maitre d’ and always smelled wonderful.  I have not as yet sailed Princess postcovid (next month!). You generally get to know your wait staff better as the smaller venue has you seeing the same waiter often.  It is a more personal service, IMHO.  If you are traveling with others in a suite you will be able to eat with them as it is also the suite dining room.  If you have earned elite status, staying in a Club Class mini suite earns you all suite perks except breakfast in Sabatini’s.

On 2/9/2022 at 6:12 PM, scooter6139 said:

Is this available to Suite guests?  We are only Platinum members so far but are staying in a full Suite on the next cruise.  Wife and I love High Tea!

Yes you can request afternoon tea in your full suite.  I believe you need to order it by morning for same day delivery.  Check when you get in to your suite what the rules are.  It’s been a while for me.

Happy Anniversary and thank you for taking us along on your cruise.  We are going on a 10 day land tour followed by the June 18th Southbound on the Royal.  It will be interesting to see what things change by then.  We will be celebrating our 43rd wedding anniversary on the 23rd of June.  It should be a great anniversary celebration!

On 1/20/2022 at 8:29 PM, Sandora52 said:

 

Hi There, 

 

I also was quarantined on the 23DEC sailing. A woman with the loyalty department contacted me on the Jan. 10, 2022 and we had a long talk. She took care of all package refunds, and I received my future cruise credit today via email. If you have not heard from Azamara please contact.  AzamaraCustomerService@azamara.com or you can contact Kara at 344-493-4016 her office hours are Monday through Thursday 5:30am CST to 2:00pm CST and Saturdays 4:00 am to 12:30 pm CST.

 

Good luck and I hope to see you onboard soon. The way I look at it we have taken our turn in the spin cycle so we shall be dancing and swimming on the next one. I am thinking a suite to Antartica might be good...just in case. Be well my friend. 

I just received an email from Kara, though what she offered was far less than 2/3 of what we paid for our suite.  My husband wrote back to her and got a stock reply that we would hear something in a week.  Here’s hoping!  I spent last night in nightmares once again about the man (former boxer they told me) trying to beat his way through the connecting door.  I am hoping in time I will be able to get beyond this trauma.  We have a suite booked for Antarctica.  We havent canceled it yet.  We just canceled two on Azamara this spring/summer (Black Sea and Greece Intensive) as I am not ready to do this again any time soon.  I would likely not test positive again but my husband could.  He has always tested negative and we have had the same regimen of 3 shots of Moderna.  I am glad they did what you thought was fair for your confinement.  I am hoping since we lost 2/3 of our holiday cruise Azamara will provide FCCs of 2/3 what we paid for our suite.  It’s the least they can do.

1 hour ago, Bernergirl said:

I read this and the woman's experience in a window only stateroom would not be acceptable for me. I admit we do not cruise more than once a year, less now due to Covid, and when we do we are in a Continental Suite (gives us more room for Bob's rollator and the bathroom works much better for him).  I would have to be medicated to be in a space that dark and medically Bob can't be alone for days.  Thank you for pointing out the isolation "staterooms".  I will have a discussion with someone at Azamara and it may end in a cancellation and we may change another booking to Seabourn as others have been changed in the past.

I had been in a Contin ent suite and my husband stayed in the suite in quarantine.  My husband is blind and had no internet or other entertainment during this time.  We had already paid for i nternet so free Internet wasn’t needed for me.  The television options were very few and my husband didn’t use the television.  He did have access to our balcony.  Of course I had a tiny room with a window and no outside air.  Just bringing this up on this board resulted in my having nightmares all night last night of the confinement.  I would awaken and when I fell asleep again I would be back in isolation again.  The man in the next “cell” screamed obsenities and beat the walls and window as well as slamming the bathroom door for hours.  I felt like I was either in prison or in a prison psych ward locked down.  I am having a lot of difficulty handling this even now.  I tend to be a mentally healthy person but this experience was beyond any I could imagine.  We are canceling 6 cruises this Spring, two on Azamara, because I just am afraid to get into this situation again.

6 hours ago, uktog said:

Sorry to hear what happened to you.  Being separated would absolutely terrify me. I hope soon there is a general rethink, after all they don’t separate people if it’s a noro outbreak 

It did terrify me.  And having written about it yesterday I spent all last night reliving it in nightmares.  I would awaken and then go right back into then nightmare again.  I couldn’t get out.  I am serious when I say that the thought of ever having to do isolation again is terrifying.  I really feel like I have PTSD about the whole experience.

8 minutes ago, NC&KY said:

Am I correct that you and your spouse were separated for the quarantine?

Yes, that is true

Thank you.  No we were not given anything except a letter verifying the dates of my isolation for the CDC.

We were on the Quest for B2B cruises from December 10th through January 7th.  We had a great first cruise (Dec 7th-23rd) but after Christmas I tested positive for covid without symptoms, despite being triple vaccinated, extremely careful and only having left the ship once in both cruises.  I was isolated for 10 days in a tiny ocean view cabin and my husband as a close contact was quarantined for 10 days in our suite even though he tested negative throughout. They never retested me after they verified my first initial antigen test with a PCR.  We were promised that we would hear from Azamara within a week following disembarkation regarding an FCC for the 2/3 of our $15,000 holiday cruise that we missed but so far we only received an email sent to all guests onboard offering $300-$500 onboard credit for a new booking for the ports missed due to covid onboard.  When will we hear from Azamara?  When will their promises be fulfilled?  We have several future cruises already booked in suites and are contemplating canceling since we have not been made whole from this whole covid fiasco onboard.  Isolation and quarantine alone with food in cardboard boxes is no way to spend New Year’s Eve.  I am sure all would agree.  It was depressing to the max and I am still experiencing PTSD from that claustrophobic solitary confinement experience.  The man in the next tiny solitary cell beat the walls and the windows until they let him out.  I was compliant to all they asked, despite feeling like a leper in my small cell.  I am frankly afraid to take another cruise anytime soon as I dont know if I could survive mentally a repeat of this experience.

Jim and Ian, thank you so much for helping us live through your cruise to maximize excitement for our Canal cruise starting tomorrow.  We are in San Diego tonight after an uneventful flight from Guadalajara.  We are so excited to board the Millennium tomorrow!  Jim, we hope our paths cross again on an cruise one of these days.  I will never forget being your neighbors when we were in a Celebrity suite on (I believe) the Millennium.  You guys looked so dapper on formal night in your kilts.  We also have a Sky suite on our cruise tomorrow and are looking forward to the suite life in the retreat.  Have a safe trip home and book another cruise soon so we can enjoy it along with both of you awesome guys.  Hugs!

Seems like they could buy Absolute Pear

As far as snoring, I actually have grown to like hearing it.  My friend always complained about her husband’s snoring.  Then one day he was killed in a freak one car accident.  It was very sudden and horrific.  I would bet a lot that if she could have him back for even one night she would not complain about his snoring.  When I hear my husband snore I know he is with me still and I love that he is.

On 10/15/2021 at 12:54 PM, Jim_Iain said:

Captain Yanis came on this morning and announced a passenger tested positive for Covid and had been removed from the ship and was being flown home via private jet provided by Celebrity.   

 

It appears the PAX was on a Bus Tour and 25 guests had been identified as close contact and have been confined to quarters until they pass 2 tests 24 hours apart.    Also they will not be able to continue if on a B2B.    

Thank you for posting about this.  We have cancelled our shore excursion on the Panama Canal and have contacted the Private Journey people to book something for the 2 of us only.  We have plenty of OBC.

We enjoyed a B2B on the Edge in July/August.  Have you been to the Eden bar yet?

I just checked for the Canal cruise (just for giggles as we are happy with our chosen cabin).  It is telling me it has to be within 21 days and clearly it is.  They must not be offering MoveUps for this cruise or perhaps not from my cabin class.

Thanks for the short video of Kyle Tacy!  We are looking forward to seeing him again.  If you see him on the ship, please tell him his Jim Croce lovers from Edge are looking forward to seeing him and his fiancée on the Panama Canal cruise!

Enjoying your Live.  We are going on the Symphony with our daughter, son-in-law and 2 grandkids in the Villa suite for Thanksgiving.  We are a little nervous by how many kids are on your cruise, which will be only a subset of the number which will likely be on our cruise.  But it is …

We will be boarding the Summit on Nov. 13th so are excited to get a precruise cruise with you!  Have a great time!

Jim and Iain, we will just miss you.  We board the Millie for the canal transit on 10/27.  Wish you guys could just stay on!  Good luck with your Guarantee.  Hope you get a very nice suite. We sailed with singer/guitarist Kyle Tacy on the Edge in July and enjoyed his music also talking with him.  We are looking forward to sailing with him again.

Loving all the pictures!  We were on the Edge for 2 weeks in July/August and it is interesting to see how different the art is on the Apex.  Thanks for taking us along!

Fingers crossed you make the later flight without issue.  Good luck!  It’s a good thing you didn’t fly in the day of your cruise!