Biotcruisers

Good evening, does anyone know the current cost of these two restaurants if booked once on board?

Thanks in advance

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Steve

Hi,

Does anyone know if it is possible to book the BOGOF offer for 1st and 2nd nights in Chops in advance of boarding. I did try searching but with no luck.

Thanks in advance,

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Steve

On 12/5/2019 at 1:42 AM, Biker19 said:

The other alternative is to leave Jewel in the Med over the winter - I don't think RCI has ever done that, so I don't think that's realistic.

Actually they have. Brilliance was based in Barcelona for the winter some years ago...

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Steve

On Explorer currently for her Transatlantic and Jorge Delgado is the Diamond concierge. Do not know who is in the Concierge Lounge as us lowly D+ are not allowed in this cruise.

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Steve

Boarded Explorer yesterday for the delayed transatlantic and Captain Kjetil is in command.

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Steve

16 hours ago, SFLcowboy78 said:

Can you tell me the price of a shot of Bailey's without a package? I have a classic for my cruise and it says Bailey's is not included... But if a shot is less than 11 dollars I'll just order a shot on the side. 

Hi

The current price for a Baileys on Silhouette us $12.

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Steve

It departed Southampton. We are on Silhouette. 

No gratuity has been charged on anything so far so I assume it is included.

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Steve

1 hour ago, groryjm said:

Steve can you confirm what the package allowances are onboard at the moment.

 

Presumably as it is out of the UK all prices are inclusive so the bar prices will have gone up to reflect that have the limits gone up too? 

Hi there,

According to the flyer current maximums are:-

Classic - $11

Premium - $15.50

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Steve

So Celebrity is definitely inconsistent.

Currently on Silhouette and the drinks package flyer states the following prices per day:-

Standard - $59

Classic - $71

Premium - $83

Perhaps the pricing depends on the actual area of the world?

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Steve

On 10/20/2018 at 4:44 PM, SailorJack said:

But I am digressing. Lerwick proved to be a very interesting town. We passed a small sign telling us that a right hand turn would take us to the Ro Ro Ferry. I didn’t know if this was an actual name or if the sign was just too small to add the two “w’s”. But, as I was now avoiding right hand turns we never learned what a Ro Ro ferry was.

Hi SailorJack,

To put you out of your misery................Ro Ro stands for Roll On Roll Off Ferry.

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Steve

Have always wanted to do a Norwegian fiord cruise but too worried what the weather will be like. Having said that the weather in Nice last Monday was grey , cool and spotting with rain.

Tell us about it. We have had awful weather for a month now here in Nice.

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Steve

Lizzy would have been AM then.

 

Tim Connor was supposed to be on there and he fits that description as well, although Mark was due to join on May 20th as AM. Maybe he stepped up for a sailing. Thanks for the info.

Hi Joe,

We were on the same cruise and CD was definitely Tim Connor and AM was Lizzy.

Tim did a fantastic 70s night (they appear to have installed another bridge across the Royal Promenade that comes down from the ceiling - at least we never saw it before) and Rock Britannia.

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Steve

Hi everyone,

This is aimed at those who would have cruised on Splendida this past winter and visited Bahrain and Doha although if anyone else knows the answer then please feel free to contribute.

I am trying to find out how accessible the shuttle buses are at these ports as my wife is wheelchair bound and cannot manage any stairs. I understand that in both ports you are unable to walk to the port gates yourselves due to the industrial nature of the ports. I have tried searching online but there is precious little information available on the web about facilities at these ports.

If anyone observed what the situation is , or even experienced it for themselves, I would be grateful if you could share this. Any photos of the buses would be amazing if you have them.

Thanks in advance,

Steve

Hi,

Thank you for your reply. I think I was not specific enough with my question. What I was trying to ask was whether the shuttle buses from the side of the ship to the port gates were wheelchair friendly.

And yes, I have done extensive internet searches to try to find the answer to this but with no success.

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Steve

Hi,

My wife and I are planning to cruise the Middle East next year and one of the stops is Bahrain. Does anyone have any up to date information or experiences related to being able to get off the ship and in to the city if wheelchair bound? We have experience of Muscat where you are forced to use the bus to get to the port gates and it is certainly not accessible.

Does any one know if the buses in Bahrain are accessible? Does anyone know of a company that is allowed to pick up and drop off at the side of the ship?

Any information would be gratefully received.

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Steve

Two bottles per stateroom, regardless of the number of guests in that stateroom.

Thanks Bob. Much appreciated.

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Steve

Hi there,

I have a related question. What is the actual rule? Is it that you allowed 2 bottles of wine per cabin? Or is it that you are allowed 1 bottle each with a maximum of 2 bottles per cabin.

The reason I ask is that we are cruising with our 27 year old nephew in May and he is in a single occupancy cabin (even though he paid 2 cruise fares for the privilege!!). Is he allowed to bring on 2 bottles?

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Steve

I had a fairly quick response (within 24 hours)from customer service when I sent a message on their Facebook page.

 

 

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Hi,

That's a great idea. I had not thought of that,

Thanks

Steve

You have to email them using this online form - their contact number is also on there, which is 1-877-665-4655.

Yes we have tried that but we get an error as it doesnt recognise our booking reference. That is why we want to send them an email. I cannot believe there is no way to contact them by email.

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Steve

Hi,

Our US travel agent has been trying for the last 2 months to get a refund of our deposit paid to MSC for a cruise next March 2018. With NO success so far.

Does anyone have the email address of Customer Services for MSC in USA please? I cannot find it on their website.

Thanks in advance if you can help.

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Steve

Hi,

Last week on Jewel it was Lora Georgie in the Schooner Bar in the evenings.

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Steve

Wow what a great trip report/live post. A bucket list cruise for me. We were on the jewel in February and Diego said he was planning to leave after the transatlantic in April ?

Diego leaves the ship (and the company) on 25th February 2018.

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Steve

Hi

Just off Jewel. We spoke to Diego Tripaldi who confirmed he stays on Jewel until 25th February 2018 and then leaves the company.

Sergey is in the Diamond Lounge currently (or was last week!)

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Steve

Just to confirm - we boarded Jewel yesterday expecting Captain Frank but our captain this week is definitely Captain Dustin Castelsky.

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Steve

Carry a few business cards.....they work well in those slots.

 

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We always carry an old hotel room key - anything the same size works!

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Steve