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We are planning our three days in Bermuda this summer and have one non-swimmer. Things I have on my possible list, we won't do all of them! Mini golf at dockyard Aquarium & Zoo Crystal Cave Bike ride on Rail Trail Storytelling Walking Tour in St. George Explore Hamilton Explore St. George History tour/fort Blue Hole Park Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI) Catamaran Cruise (non swimmer hang on boat for swimming portion)

I can redeem award points for Celebrity gift cards at work, but it says we can only redeem them for online bookings. Not sure if the wording is just outdated w/ the older policy and we would be able to use them for on board purchases on our upcoming cruise. May not be worth the risk of trying and losing the funds if it isn't valid.

Our first cruise was on the Century in 2000. Have done 7 cruises on three other lines since then... and we will sailing on our second Celebrity cruise in July on the Eclipse. 😎

Will add that we sailed in a Junior Suite on the Century (a wedding splurge) and balcony cabins on the remainder of the cruises. Our upcoming sailing will be in a Concierge Balcony.

Interesting comments. Our first cruise ever was on the Century back in 2000, pre-kids. It set a very high bar and I know that there are no longer members of the wait staff eager to carry my tray from the buffet to my table for me! Subsequently we have cruised on Carnival (4), Disney (1), and RCCL (3) ...in pretty much that order. All but the last two on RCCL were pre-COVID. We (both mid-50's with 22yo and 18yo) are scheduled to sail on the Eclipse the week of July 4th. As of right now, my ranking is Disney, Celebrity, RCCL, and Carnival. Loved our Disney experience but the cost is prohibitive. We definitely enjoyed our RCCL cruises. The first on a smaller ship (Majesty) with our then teens and the last two on the Anthem, post-COVID and left the kids at home. 🙃 We are eager to cruise Celebrity again and are looking forward to the cruise. Will definitely report back after we return in July!

... but the laws of physics still apply, even on vacation.

We cruised when our now 22yo was 2 and 3yo, we brought our car seat with us (used on plane and airport/hotel/port transportation). Once on board the seat went in the bottom of the closet and we didn't use it again until the end of the cruise. At ports, we stuck to walking to places close by or excursions on buses (no car seat used on buses) instead of lugging a car seat around.

I saw that the original post was from 2022, but a subsequent post was from this past summer that said they had a similar experience so we decided to switch.

Change of plans. Read some scathing reviews about the RCL excursion to Secret Sands/Smith Bay Eco Park so we switched to an excursion to Trunk Bay. A bit more $, but should be relaxing.

Not uncomfortable about the taxi per se, more uncomfortable about exploring on our own further than just steps from the ship. It is our first Southern Caribbean cruise so all the ports are new to us. This is the first of four excursions. Our only RCL one, but the rest are all first thing in the morning with lots of time after before the ship is scheduled to leave!

Ended up with an RCL excursion to Secret Sands/Smith Bay Eco Park. It is only 4hrs and the transportation is taken care of which is less stressful for my better half. It includes a drink and a lounger so we will be fine for a few hours. 🙂

A question... The link above shows that the beer trail must be redeemed by 12/21/2023 (last week). Should we expect that this will be updated for 2024? We are cruising next month and I think my husband may be interested in participating in the beer trail. 🙂

Anthem 4,180 Summit 1,950 Getaway 3.962 Only there from 8am - 6pm so I don't expect that traveling to St. John would be overly relaxing which is my husband's goal for this cruise! Secret Harbor is now at the top of my list!

We are on RCCL so I believe we will be at Crown Bay. Hopefully it will be just as easy from there. 🙂

If it helps any, there are three ships scheduled in port they day we visit. The Anthem, Summit, and Getaway. Total # of passengers is just over 10K.