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40 minutes ago, terrydtx said:

Is it possible to book any AQ Class cabin without a IV verandah?

All of the AquaClass cabins on Edge feature the infinite verandah...

Best I know, Holland America is the only cruise line that allegedly--I have no first-hand experience--has a priest aboard on every sailing...

38 minutes ago, WrittenOnYourHeart said:

If for some reason the envelope is lost (or was misdelivered to someone who doesn’t put misdelivered mail back in an outgoing box as I always do), would I be able to order more or am I stuck with arts and crafts?

Assuming that you have some time before your sailing date--I want to say that Celebrity cuts off issuance of mailed luggage tags several weeks before--yes, you can reorder...

4 minutes ago, 39august said:

I'm only 34 days from sailing and luggage tags are still "pending" and docs not available. Guess I'll call tomorrow. 

If you have purchased your airline tickets via Flights By Celebrity, it is not uncommon for e-doc issuance to lag by several weeks.

With the way airline schedules/flight numbers change [and may yet change; you should do a final confirmation just before traveling], Celebrity attempts to provide the most up-to-date flight information in the e-docs while still providing information that is as timely as possible...

If you have not purchased air via Flights By Celebrity, I agree that--with 34 days until boarding the ship--a call to Captain's Club may well be in order...

31 minutes ago, daka said:

I did get the boarding passes printed...just not the luggage tags

I understand that...  Completing online check-in and printing your boarding passes are not contingent upon issuance of your electronic cruise documents; all one need do to perform those functions is to have made final payment...  Securing luggage tags--either by online order or by printing them yourself--is contingent upon issuance of the e-docs [in fact, your luggage tags will be included in your e-docs if you choose to print them yourself]...

With about 500 days aboard Celebrity since 2009, I assure you that my advice is sound...  Try again late next week; you are too early given your embarkation date [57 days from tomorrow].

2 minutes ago, Xport said:

For those in The United States and Canada, luggage tags are still available for online order and mailing to your home...  That said, the online link to order them is not available until your e-docs are issued; that typically happens 49 days [7 weeks] prior to your sailing date [and sometimes, a bit less]... 

 

By my quick estimate, you're a bit early as the boarding date for you cruise is more than eight weeks out.... 

For those in The United States and Canada, luggage tags are still available for online order and mailing to your home...  That said, the online link to order them is not available until your e-docs are issued; that typically happens 49 days [7 weeks] prior to your sailing date [and sometimes, a bit less]... 

By my quick estimate, you're a bit early as the boarding date for you cruise is a bit more than eight weeks out.... 

RFID SeaPass Card; tap door lock to open...

If departing tomorrow, it appears that Infinity has indeed been assigned to Terminal G...

https://www8.miamidade.gov/Apps/Seaport/dailydock/SSRSReportDock.aspx

Typically Celebrity uses Terminal G at PortMiami but, for a variety of reasons, assignment could differ...  Plenty of clear signage as one enters the port...

On 12/19/2019 at 1:48 PM, wpgcycler said:

I'm a bit confused regarding the rollout of the new process for receiving Sea Passes. I know that Reflection has not yet been "Revolutionized" (revolved? Hoppenized?) but I thought I had read somewhere here that this has no bearing on the introduction of the new process where the sea passes are left in the room instead of being provided at check-in. Can someone who has recently boarded Reflection at FLL since its return from the Mediterranean please clarify? Many thanks.

The confusion may stem from the fact that while Reflection has not yet been revolutionized the ship does use the mobile app, the streamlined check-in process, and RFID SeaPass cards that are typically introduced once a ship has been revolutionized...  Reflection and Constellation were the test ships for introduction of those new technologies/processes in preparation for the introduction of Edge and  staged implementation across the rest of the fleet but the further ability to retrieve one's SeaPass card and to drop-off hand luggage at one's stateroom on boarding--as some expected in anticipation of full functionality---have not yet been implemented aboard the two test ships...

I cruised aboard Reflection from 29 November until 9 December...

• RFID SeaPass cards were distributed upon check-in at the terminal...
• Staterooms were not available for immediate hand baggage drop-off upon boarding...  Rather, the conventional practice of announcing that rooms were available for occupancy occurred shortly after 1:00 PM...
• The mobile app was fully functional once aboard ship...
• Edge and the other revolutionized ships using Terminal 25 at Port Everglades typically use a facial recognition system upon disembarkation for purposes of clearing Customs/Immigration...  That system was not used when I disembarked on 9 December but don't know if the need to see an agent relates to all returning cruises on Reflection--for now--of if instead related to an operational decision that day...

Enjoy Reflection...  I had a great time... 

57 minutes ago, healthworker said:

If I am elite I know I get one free bag laundry. My daughter is not elite but is in my cabin thus her luggage tag says elite. I know she can come to cocktail hour but will she get free laundry as well? Thanks!

You are correct that your daughter may attend the cocktail hour and morning coffee break by virtue of sharing a room with you as an Elite Captain’s Club member...

That said she will not be entitled to things like the complimentary laundry or internet allowances for which you are eligible by virtue of your loyalty...

Took a taxi from FLL to Port Everglades on 29 November and from Port Everglades to FLL on 9 December...

Without gratuity, taxi is metered with a current minimum charge of $16...

I dined at Tuscan Grille twice--great food/service--during my recent cruise aboard Reflection [29 November until 9 December]...

2 hours ago, WestLakeGirl said:

It’s always been PALL  on our passes

My experience too...  Best I can tell--I just looked at my Sea Pass cards from past cruises [including one that ended earlier this month]--Celebrity has always used CALL to designate Classic Alcohol Package and PALL to designate Premium Alcohol Package...

mickey89...

I have no idea why Celebrity has chosen to add an extra "L"--it may have something to do with their Information Systems--but their offering/their procedures and practices...  From a guest perspective, it doesn't matter so long as the associated coding is correct in terms of eligibility... 

Premium and Classic alcohol package, respectively... 

My understanding is that it is not uncommon to see both online if you have upgraded...  One code will be printed on your SeaPass once aboard.

I alluded to the former "Cruise Credit" system in my more recent post above...  On Celebrity, it awarded..

• One Cruise Credit for sailing...
• An additional Cruise Credit for cruises of twelve nights or longer
• An additional Cruise Credit for guests occupying an AquaClass veranda, a Concierge Class veranda, or a Suite...

Under the "Cruise Credit" system, the maximum number of credits one could earn for a single sailing was three...  And you are correct, one earned Elite tier status [highest at the time] in Captain's Club upon earning ten Cruise Credits...

On 23 November 2013, Celebrity announced that they would be converting from the former "Cruise Credit" system to a new 'Cruise Point" system [points/night based upon level of accommodation], added two new loyalty tiers [Elite + and Zenith with associated benefits], and redefined [or defined] the number of Cruise Points required to achieve each membership tier for effect with sailings on or after 1 January 2014...

At that time, each Cruise Credit earned under the former system was converted to thirty Cruise Points under the new system with some minor adjustments--as I recall--so that those who had earned a level of membership status under the former "Cruise Credit" system would retain equivalent membership tier under the new "Cruise Point" system..

Since Azamara then used--and may still use--Celebrity's loyalty accounting system, they had no choice but to move to a "Cruise Point" measurement approach on coincident date...  That said, Azamara did not implement new benefit structure [""Discoverer" level (Captain's Club "Elite" equivalent) was highest during 2014] or tweak the number of Cruise Points associated with sailing in a veranda stateroom until 1 January 2015.

7 minutes ago, hiccups said:

The point value is higher on Azamara--five points per night for a veranda compared to three for X.

While you are correct today, Azamara did not start awarding five cruise points/night for occupancy of a verandah cabin--it had been three--until 1 January 2015...  By comparison, Celebrity had been awarding five cruise points/night [or an additional cruise credit under the former loyalty accounting system] to those sailing in AquaClass or Concierge Class verandas for years...

2 hours ago, CruiseImage said:

with loyalty it’s not about the points like X But the amount of cruises you’ve actually taken with Az, which I do think is better approach to it than who can afford to buy points like with X. Surely loyalty that’s proper loyalty.

 

I’m fortunately toP membership with X but going on Az for my first cruise, the longest cruise ward quite rightly went to the longest “Azamara” cruisers although I had 3x the points they had. 

Celebrity's Captain's Club has five membership tiers and Azamara's Le Club Voyage has five memberships tiers...  Though the tiers have different names on each of the lines,  both accrue cruise points based upon stateroom category per night with identical cruise point requirements per membership level and points cross-accumulate across the two lines...

Through Celebrity's Elite tier [Discoverer on Azamara], the benefits are essentially the same when it comes to laundry and internet time [Azamara's cruise fares include basic drinks/alcohol].  At Celebrity's Elite + tier [Discoverer + on Azamara], laundry and internet benefits on Celebrity are a good bit more generous on Celebrity than they are on Azamara...  And at the topmost membership tiers [Zenith on Celebrity; Discoverer Platinum on Azamara], the loyalty benefits on Celebrity are far more generous [including unlimited internet, unlimited laundry/dry cleaning, premium alcohol package] than they are on Azamara [if so inclined, I pay for such things on Azamara that are complimentary on Celebrity]…

Azamara does provide a nice discount--based upon loyalty tier [capping out at 10% at the Discoverer Platinum [Celebrity Zenith] levels--for onboard booking of future Azamara cruises but; as I book when deployments are first announced rather than while aboard ship, I've never used it...

For reasons well beyond loyalty perks, I now tend to look at Azamara only when small ship size creates port/itinerary advantage [Asia comes to mind]; otherwise, I'm equally happy--in fact, more so--aboard Celebrity in terms of overall experience... 

You are correct that Azamara awards "top cruiser" status based upon loyalty to the Azamara brand rather than collective loyalty to both Azamara and Celebrity brands...  Best I know, Celebrity does the same on a reciprocal basis... 

If you are sailing AquaClass, smoothies are offered in Blu at breakfast...

Solstice is the only Solstice-Class ship that features a few AquaClass cabins on Deck 11 Aft...

I can’t account for your experience other than to say that your schedules have not coincided...  I disembarked Reflection yesterday and my Stateroom Attendant was awesome...

On Reflection now...  Café al Bacio [Deck 5] hours are 6:30 AM until midnight...  Il Secondo Bacio [beverages only; Deck 14 in The Oceanview Café (port)] follows similar hours...

2 hours ago, charlielinda said:

Great to hear.  Wasn’t sure if was just continental.  On the Reflection room service breakfast was great.  

If you are sailing in Concierge Class on Edge, you likely have a stateroom with an Infinite Veranda...

There is no coffee table in the room and, as I suspect you know, there is no outdoor access to the balcony as there is on other ships...

I found Room Service dining on Edge to be a chore...  

18 hours ago, uktog said:

Today was the last new port of our adventure for us - Nevis. Typically the day started with sharp showers but once off the tender it was dry, just two short sharp sprinkles all day otherwise beautiful weather. 
Taxis are easy to get and we took one to Pinneys Beach going it was just 2 of us so $10 back because it was a full van share $5. We went to Sunshine’s on the recommendation of the driver chairs were $5 each no umbrellas but the trees gave adequate shade. The speciality cocktail Killer Bee which includes rum punch honey grenadine and freshly grated nutmeg is very very good but we are glad we just had the smaller $5 size. 
We had a short walk in town before tendering back. Given how much was in walking distance or cheap cab ride away no wonder most land discoveries were again cancelled. 
We found a new bus home for the Geordies and also loved him Christmas here involves wrapping palm trees in white, red, green and gold fabric 

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Both Celebrity Reflection and Celebrity Summit were docked at St. Kitt's yesterday...  About forty guests--equally split between the two ships--did a tour to Nevis...

It was a treat to see that Journey--complete with a few Azamara crew members I recognized from the past--was at anchor while we were there...