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When we booked the Xpedition last December, we only had a choice of a few cabins available. When we transferred to the Flora yesterday, we had a wide selection of available cabins. And there is more space than usual on the Galapagos cruises for 2024.

I asked about that. The Xpdedition suite on the Xpedition was 12 points per day. Changing to the Flora, the Sky Suite with Veranda is 8 points per day, but the Sky Suite with Infinity Veranda is 12 points. Celebrity considers the Xpedition suite and the Sky Suite with infinity veranda to be identical. But to me one has a veranda and one doesn't. We also needed the 12 points per day to bump up to the next level.

Thanks! I loved your live report, and we had picked the Xpedition southern loop based on it. But no matter what...we're going to the Galapagos!

Well, after several hours on the phone today, just wanted to share the information we received. You are given three choices: 1) cancel for full refund, 2) move to any cruise on same ship in 2024, or 3) change to the Flora in 2025. With this option, you must sail the week you were currently scheduled to sail or the week immediately preceding it to keep your current rate. Also, we had been in an Xpedition Suite with Veranda, but could only change to a Sky Suite with an Infinity Veranda. I had wanted to "downgrade" to the Sky Suite with Veranda, but I was not allowed. Sailing with Lindblad was not an option. If there are no Infinity Verandas available on your specific sailing, they can bump you up, but not down. Also, you must make the change by October 5, 2024.

Thanks for all the input. After hours on the phone today, we did not really get to choose a new sailing. We had to pick the same week we were currently going.

Thank you. I actually just found some good information on Celebrity's Galapagos website.

Well, we were supposed to be on the Xpedition, southern route to the Galapagos in September 2025. We were just on the Beyond last week, and no mention was made of this, even at the Galapagos talk. We would have listened differently now that we know we will not be going on our booked cruise. I plan to call the Galapagos desk a little later. We spent a long time deciding that we wanted the Southern route. So my questions are, now that we will need to change to the Flora (and hopefully not an IV!), would you recommend the Inner or Outer Loop? And I'm not sure if we can change the time of the year, but is there a month that is better than others? I am a wimp in cold water, so warmer water would be better. The talk on board last week had all of that information, but we didn't pay attention to it knowing we had already booked our cruise. Thanks!

Thanks for all the suggestions!

I've been fortunate to sail many cruise lines in the past several years, so I'm confused what is on Celebrity. Getting ready to pack for a cruise. Can you please tell me what toiletries are in a stateroom on Beyond. Specifically, is there separate shampoo and conditioner, bar soap, and body lotion? Also, we are traveling with a large group (~50) and since there is no reserved seating in the main dining rooms, can you please tell me how large the largest tables are? Thanks!

What about with Ultimate Balcony Dining? We always tipped extra, but will there be an 18% gratuity added on to that too? I haven't seen that anywhere yet. We are not on a package.

We sail this past October, the first cruise of the season. There were pay shuttles into town, which you could prepurchase or buy on the shuttle. Unfortunately, they did not start running until 8 AM on the dot, and we had a privately booked excursion that left at 845. First and last time I ever saw my husband run, but we just made it. We were off the ship and on the shuttle bus shortly after 7 AM, but it would not leave until the published time of 8 AM, even though it had filled up.

OMG, I love it! Thanks for the video. I've been on almost 30 cruises, and this looks like the most fun place to run!

Thank you so much! 5 laps is much less than the 7 laps per mile I need to do on princess. so only 35 laps will get me my 7 miles!😜

We just brought some Manuka Honey back from New Zealand. Fortunately, we started and ended our cruise in Sydney. We declared and had no problems. But New Zealand was VERY strict. We were unsure if we could even take our refillable water bottles off the ship, because they were not factory sealed--we did take them off without incident.

OK, so I'm addicted to running, and I love running on cruise ships. It looks like there is a jogging track that spans two decks on the Beyond. Can you do continuous loops on this track, or do you need to go back and forth? Do you know how long it is? Thanks!