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If your ship is not leaving the EU you are not entitled to buy anything duty free!

 

Screwcork

We stop in Croatia which I do not believe is part of the EU so we should be ok..

It's still there and no, there is no more checking of bags after the store. :D

Great! Thanks for the info.. So, no trip to the naughty room. Do you know if there is a decent selection of wine?

We were on Brilliance in November and yes the store was after the scanners. You still had to show your seapass card (put it in the machine) but there was no baggage check. We dropped our luggage and went back out and bought water, pop and wine. No problem.

I know this is an old thread but is this still the case? Who has sailed out of Barcelona recently on brilliance and knows about this duty free shop?

1603 is right near the aft elevator banks and has a large balcony with the bed by the bath. You won't hear any noise from the above deck. We like that area of the ship near the elevators -- up to the buffet, down to the martini bar. I would prefer 1603 over 1635 in a heartbeat.

thanks for the info. I tried calling my TA and they told me that celebrity had closed for the night. I called celebrity myself and they were open for another hour. I will be calling my TA tomorrow..first thing in the a.m. and change my cabin to 1603. I appreciate your recommendation. the online cruise site I used gives free gratuities but if it wasn't for that, I would cancel with them and book directly with celebrity. lets hope it's still available tomorrow morning

I've just booked this cabin but I don't hear much about the cabins in the back- under the resort deck cabins. I can still book one of the hump cabins but I didn't want to chance being unlucky and have to put up with a lot of noise from the pool deck above. has anyone been in 1635 that can share some information. 1603 is still available. other than a larger balcony, is there any other advantage?