Phxazzcruisers

Aerosols are just fine.

3 hours ago, Alakegirl said:

I have never seen a 12 bottle limit be mentioned before. Where did you find out about that? Was it on the Celebrity website? Can you provide a link?

I dont think this is correct.  I believe you can bring on as much water as you please. 

our Key West Port was substituted with a Sea Day.  

4 hours ago, Rjbobalou said:

I called Celebrity Capts Club this morning and they were to notify the IT team about the COUNTRY gliche

Thanks, i notified them a few days ago also...... 

On 11/1/2021 at 11:16 AM, cazo90 said:

They are available for my 11/25 Millennium cruise  however, I also cannot proceed due to the glitch with choosing a country.

Same here.  Wont proceed without choosing a Country, but it will not let me.

yes, you can bring on as much water as you would like.

I may be wrong, but I do not ever remember seeing a baccarat table on any Celebrity ship

i have also found that the OBC shows up once we are onboard the ship,  We seldom got advance notice of the credit

The big advantage for us was having a separate bedroom.

43 minutes ago, cruisemom42 said:

 

A little confusing perhaps to the OP as you left out the part where you have to transfer from the regional train from Civitavecchia to the line that goes to the airport at some point in one of the Rome stations. 

 

With more than very light luggage it is quite the hassle now in Civi to use the train from port to airport as it involves:

1. port bus to front gate (you transfer luggage onto bus and off it)
2. another public bus from front gate to station (again, you handle luggage on/off)
3. no elevator or escalator at station and most departures involve having to go down and then up a full flight of stairs.
4. load your own luggage onto train compartment and stow it  (up 3-4 narrow steps to carriage)
5. alight at Rome Termini (main station) and unload luggage -- walk the equivalent of several blocks to reach the dedicated line to the airport
6. board new train and re-stow luggage
7. get off at airport and tow your luggage to check in. There are elevators at the airport that can be used with large luggage.

Some who haven't cruised out of Civi in the last 5 years or so may not be aware that they moved the main port entrance since then and the walk to the train station is twice as long as it previously was.

 

May be a hassle or some, but it was easy for us.  It was just an option.  Thanks for filling in the details

We took the shuttle from the boat to the port entrance.  We did not have a lot of luggage, so we just walked the short distance to the train and took it to Rome.  We stayed at the airport Hilton, which is an easy walk from the train and then to the airport.

Congratulations to Captain Kate.  WELL deserved !

3 minutes ago, canderson said:

Hmm... wonder why the difference?

Will see if we score one in a RS in a couple of weeks, but guess I'll pack ours just in case.

 

no need.  You will get two nice tote bags.  We must have over 50 at home and dont know what to do with them.  we stopped taking them after the cruise.  Enjoy yourself

as said above, it will be shown as an OBR, meaning refundable on board credit.  If you dont use it be the end of the cruise you will get a credit back to your CC on file.  Enjoy

3 hours ago, Phxazzcruisers said:

I have had a covid test from Walgreens several times now for cruising and airline flights.  I have never been billed, nor have I ever seen EOB's from insurance or Medicare.  I believe they are free.

I stand corrected.  I should have said costs were totally covered.......  

22 minutes ago, George C said:

They may have stopped this, we were in penthouse in July and we had no invention on edge.

yes, I believe post covid, this is a thing of the past.  We were in a Royal Suite and Top cruisers in August and there was no dinner with Captain or Senior Staff.  Hopefully, when this pandemic is over, that will come back....It was always a great dinner event.

2 minutes ago, dkjretired said:

I thought that before COVID they had eliminated the classic Captains dinners.

Our last pre covid cruise was January 2020 and we had dinner with the Captain and a few Senior Staff Officers.  it was not at a table in the MDR as it once was, it was in a Specialty restaurant.

2 hours ago, bloomcruisers said:

I can only speak from our one experience. We are elite now but were only classic tier when we received the invite. So obviously not as well travelled as you. But in our case, we received the invite after having a lovely extended conversation with the Captains Club host at the Welcome event. It was an Alaska cruise so DH had a sport coat with him simply as his preferred after dinner deck stroll attire. But the invitation specified jacket and tie so a quick trip to the onboard shop was in order for the neckwear. Looking at the photo they give as a souvenir, all men were similarly attired. But as they say, YMMV.

I do not doubt you at all.  I too, can only speak from experience  I can remember a cruise many many years ago, when we were the top cruisers and invited to dine with the Captain on a formal night.  We had sport coats with us back then, but no tuxedos. They actually took our measurements on the ship a few days before dinner and brought us the full tux attire to wear.  A lot has changed since they went from formal night to evening chic........

On 10/9/2021 at 6:45 AM, bloomcruisers said:

The only exception may be if invited to dine with the captain. I don’t know if they are even doing that now since sailing restarted. But when we did it fairly recently pre-covid, the invitation specified dress code included jacket and tie for the men.

That is not necessarily true.  We are Zenith members and have dined with the Captain and Senior staff on several occasions.  We no longer took sport coats with us and we dined in dress pants and nice long sleeve shirts.  Never felt out of place.

I have had a covid test from Walgreens several times now for cruising and airline flights.  I have never been billed, nor have I ever seen EOB's from insurance or Medicare.  I believe they are free.

or have your TA let Celebrity know before your cruise and they will be separated and made up before you arrive

We no longer take Sport Coats with us on cruises.  Makes packing much easier.  we always wear nice dress pants and long sleeve shirts to dinner.  We are always in Luminae or Specialty restaurants. 

Look at the dummy booking and see if there are still a lot of Suites available.  On our last cruise in August, there were a lot of veranda rooms available, but the suites were totally sold out.  That is want the cruise lines want, the majority of the expensive rooms sold first.

7 hours ago, lhsail said:

Have a shiny new Celebrity credit card and have accumulated a little OBC. Trying to decide whether to use it or save it for later. Is it considered non-refundable or refundable?  Is it available for use prior to sailing or only once onboard?  Thank you. 

U use the OBC as refundable and get the cash back.  I charge everything on board to the card to get more points for the future

20 hours ago, Guppy99 said:

ditto this...also last several cruises I took on any Celebrity ship, there were no longer any Apple stores. Not sure about Constellation though. 

we just got off Millennium and there was indeed a brand new Apple store.  Not a lot of choices in Laptops and iPads.  We did have so much leftover non refundable OBC we bought an iPad