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I've been in several A2's and have not had a problem with any of them.
Far forward (we were in 1517 on Eclipse), the A2's do not fall under the gigantic overhang. These are nice if you want to have a sunny balcony or if you want to be near the Relaxation Room or Spa. Just be aware that the starboard A2 cabins that are forward may fall under the treadmills. Our cabin was under the Persian Garden area and could not have been more quiet.
Those towards the aft fall directly under suites. We are booked in 1648 for our next cruise on Silhouette.
We have been in 1546/1548 and those were very handy to the forward elevators, but again very quiet.
Which cabin were you assigned?
Just off the Silhouette (British Isles cruise) and had 1650....Had 1648 on the Silhouette in 2013, enjoy. If ur sailing soon the 2 room stewards were great....Custodio and Beltram
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Have sailed in both 1648 and 1650..both were great cabins...quiet!
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in our group(no tickets), we met at 0745 on deck 5, then walked down to deck 2 and they started the tenders at 0800 and we were on the 1st tender....
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Getting on was a breeze--we were onboard at 11 am.....I thought getting off the boat was going to be a complete gaggle as it was at a cargo pier, and 1 they normally did not use..but it was a breeze as well. We were #14, suppose top be off at 0810.....we were already on a taxi at 0800....and there were a lot of taxis waiting.....
I had not intended to get the internet pkg, but we had a pile of OBC from Celebrity and our TA, so why not! They did use the Celebrity OBC 1st, which is good as it is non-refundable. Fellow at guest relations told me they use Celebrity OBC 1st, then ur TA's OBC..no clue if that is the way 100% of the time, but it worked that way for us.
Now if only I can get over this crummy cold that started the morning of liverpool.
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Well, the Unlimited package is now at $199 instead of $299. This could be a short-term offer or market test, which would make purchasing now reasonable.
how long is the cruise?? Just off the Silhouette--2 week British Isles and it was $299. decent speeds.
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1 gets a discount on the internet pkg based on ur membership level..Got a whopping 10% off the unlimited pkg on our 2 week British Isles cruise
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wrong post.............
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Regarding tender tickets, my wife and I tendered all 3 ports with no ticket. Daily planner stated no tickets required at arrival time. So just took elevator to Deck 2 and got on board. But I did get a voice mail telling me to go to the Ensemble lounge to get a ticket. So conflicting info on board.
I was told there were 40 cases of Noro by one of the staff. Getting coffee and tea was the biggest wait, not enough staff early on.
I know there was Tender tickets for the 1st Tendered port, as we had tender ticket #7 (they stated that few people went ashore early and they didn't need tickets)...didn't go ashore the 2nd tendered port....and for the 3rd one, we just lined up early! But you never truly know how they may do things. I think with this cruise they started off with no tickets, then once it got busy, then used the ticket system!
Didn't find much interruption with the Norovirus precautions, only time I noticed was after working out and had to wait a bit to get someone to pour me a coffee at the Aqua cafe!
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SHIP: Silhouette
CABIN #: 1650
DECK #: 11
CLASS: AQ2
AREA: Aft Starboard
BED NEAR: Bathroom, facing to the rear of the ship
QUIET?: Very quiet
BALCONY VIEW: Great view - no obstructions
BALCONY SIZE: Regular sized balcony
WIND A PROBLEM?: No wind noise
SOOT A PROBLEM?: Nope
PROBLEMS/COMMENTS:
Great room, we prefer to go with the AQUA 2 cabins as they tend to be quiet. A bit of a walk to the elevators. Wifi worked well in our cabin (had unlimited package) No complaints at all. Had 1648 on our 2013 Med cruise, another quiet cabin! Our room attendants, Custodio and Betram were superb. Oh yes 1 issue, 1650 is the last of the Aqua class rooms, thus on 1 side of you is the "concierge" people. Luckily the shower is of great water flow, to cleanse yourself! ;-)
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We were lucky group #14...and were off the boat in no time..it had said 0810 in the departure form...but we were on the road by 0800..lots of taxis....super easy
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extra hangars....
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No problem, but thanks for responding. We are just hoping he's still on the ship when we sail in Jan. He's a great employee and always has a great smile for everyone. :D Enjoy the rest of your cruise.
Just back from the martini bar....yes Taz is on the ship, but he was not working tonight....he has been on the ship for at least 3 months, the bartender did not know if he would still be here in January.......I was told by our waiter, they know do 7.5 month contracts.....
Has been a great cruise..wish I could have enjoyed these 2 sea days more, but started to come down with a cold while in Liverpool....lucky me, and know my wife has it,lol so the past few days have mostly been spent in the cabin
Hopefully tomorrows disembarkation goes well....guessing it won't as it at a terminal they normally do not use----this is due to the tall ship festival taking place in Amsterdam
Will write how that goes and when we get home, will do a complete review.
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WE've NEVER had to wait for 2 hours to get off at a tender port...ever! Only the very first ship excursions head out 1st...and the tenders hold a LOT of people. I really believe you're overthinking this!
Tenders run about every 15 mins or so....and in most cases, they are like ferries...upper and lower seating deck.
Were not big cruisers, but on our Med cruise in 2013, due to weather, there were long waits to get off the boat, it was wel over 2 hours for us to get off...lot of stressed out people who had private tours lined up
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http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=573 should be able to find ur roll call here.....the roll call is people that will be on ur ship..just find the starting sailing date.
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Sorry for hacking in but how many life boats are they using for tendering ?
If they deploy all the life boats then the tendering process should be minimal.
they sure have not used all the lifeboats in my very limited experience....1 port I think they had maybe 4, plus a local bigger boat....but the other 2 tendered port, maybe 4 or 5....but have not really paid attention to it....just noticed from my Starboard balcony, most of the boats were still in place onboard...
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on the silhouette now and have the unlimited pkg..was $299, and based on our lowly select level, automatically receive 10% off when I bought it online( no need to hand in a coupon)....You register (if u have never done it before) simple put in ur name and room # in the window that should automatically pop up when u select the celebrity-wifi.
Have used it all around the ship on my laptop, iphone, mini Ipad and amazon tablet and no real issues. Is it super fast? no,but fast enough to surf the web and my wife actually did watch a few shows online. Pretty pleased with it..a bit pricey, but hey, thats what OBC is for,lol We are on a 2 week British Isles cruise.
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i forget which tender port it was (maybe Guernsey) the first few tender boats did not even fill up....as many had slept in....we got off at 0900 with no issues.....well I guess everyone woke up and wanted off at the same time, so around 10 or 1030, the lines were long, so was the wait!!
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Thanks Flames9, hope your British Isles cruise going well! I assume you've got an onboard wifi package - how are you finding it? Is the speed OK?
In the example you give where you lined up at 7.45, what time did you actually get on the tender? (or were you on the first one at 8am?)
We were on the 1st Tender.....I believe those that were on Celebrity tours..used the aft loading spot..where we got in at mid ships.....dont quote me on that though.....We had a private tour (Holyhead) and we got back well before the allotted time....It was originally suppose to be a docked port, then changed to a tendered port.
Yes we got the Unlimited package..full price was $299 for the 2 weeks..minus our 10% off as lowly select level cruisers,lol. It works well all throughout the ship, works great on the laptop, Iphone, Ipad and Amazon Fire tablet. Can only log on to 1 device at a time....I guess if my wife had paid for another pkg, we could have it on 2.....Speeds are ok, fine to surf the web, Wife did watch some TV shows online!!
In Guernsey, they also hired a local boat to help in the transfers.....but that was the only port they did that.....in all others just used their orange lifeboats!!
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In non-tendered ports, one is off very fast, never had an issue!
In tendered ports, the Celebrity tours..elite and above get priority as well..BUT on our British Isles cruise (still on it until Saturday) They didn't start handing out tender tickets for awhile, so as long as u lined up early, u were fine! We lined up at 0745 and they started tendering at 0800...... But that can vary...in our Med cruise in 2013, one had to get a ticket right from the start! I tend not to do tours on Tendered ports, as they can be a gaggle..but all 3 went fairly well on this cruise
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disregard, wrong post, sorry
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yep a great cruise and looking fwd to the 2 sea days now.....Not a Martini drinker, and I don't like to bug the staff. Maybe someone else will look.
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on the Silhouette now--British Isle cruise....We eat in Blu, so can't comment on how they dress in the MDR.....but when one is walking around the ship during the day, people are nicely dressed, but you do see people in jean shorts, sweat pants, normal shirt (no collar), blue jeans.....its not as if people are walking around in suits/tuxes all the time....1 could wear jeans/golf shirt the whole cruise and u can eat everywhere onboard every night...except the MDR on formal night....which is the only dining venue on the whole ship that has to "dress up" on formal nights, and no clue if they enforce that..depending on who you believe, some say they do, some say they do not...... I find people dress nicely, but not overboard. Mind u I did see 1 gal wearing some kind of fur wrap, so that was a bit overboard,lol
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On the Silhouette now, and yes they are planning to do one on this cruise (it ends this Saturday) I think they are doing it to Thriller, so said 1 of the others cruisers that are taking part in it.
Planned Ship Events for Overnight Port Stays
in Celebrity Cruises
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On our recent British Isles cruise---stayed overnight in Dublin----they brought in local Celtic dancers and a singer.....We went to the early show at 2045, and it was a packed house!!