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We just got off yesterday and noticed that there are wines they had at the bar and in the back rooms that weren't on the printed menus. A few times I asked for a 'great cabernet that's on the premium menu' and was given something off menu. All of the menus seemed VERY limited! Same in the MDR. They always only had the same 1 wine that was in the Premium price range but brought out a separate wine menu as well as offered other suggestions.

Just got off the Summit yesterday as you boarded. Enjoy the cruise! If you see Yoga and Eunice in the MDR, tell them Jenn & Raphael say hello! They were AMAZING!

Thank you! We’re just docking back in Miami this morning and I def agree with everything you said. Celebrity was fun and enjoyable but we didn’t think it was any different than Royal. We actually said the staff was much much friendlier on Royal than Celebrity. There were def the outliers that were above amazing too though. Food also was on par with Royal as well. We’ll continue to stick with Royal for most of our cruising and jump on Celebrity if the price and itinerary are right.

We're heading on Summit in less than 2 weeks for the first time and this is great, thank you! First on Celebrity too and all of the holier than thou comments from the devout Celebrity fans all over FB and CC has been making me CHUCKLE. I'm with you on the dress code. I have to remember to tell my husband to pack pants/jeans. I usually just pack dresses but he's a button down and dressy shorts kind of guy with dressy sneakers.

Hey all, we'll be in Key West on a Celebrity cruise and would love to get some bubble time under water. Doesn't look like our ship offers any scuba excursions. Can anyone recommend any dive shops? Looks like we dock at 8 and leave at 5. I'm guessing that's why there's no excursion offered directly from the ship. Hoping to find a dive shop who starts their dive trips around 9/9:30.

We did Ship Show with dinner and then went after to our actual dinner. We did try the food at the show and it was decent. But only had a few bites to try it.

Just got off Irresistible Med. My husband wore shorts a few nights and felt comfortable! He paired it with either a nice tee or a polo/button down and either nice sneakers or even leather flip flops some nights.

Hi everyone! My husband and I will be in Ibiza on a Virgin cruise in a week or so. We're not crazy partiers so wanted to rent a scooter in the morning for most of the day. Any recommendations for a rental company near the port? Thanks!

Thanks for this! What was your favorite port and thing you did in port? We're heading on Valiant Lady in 3 weeks and getting excited!

Ahh I misread then or it's a typo. Your original comment said it was a crap show bc the driver didn't speak English.

Thanks! We booked a car service to meet us at the port first thing around disembarkation time. Crossing fingers!

Yup we have a car service booked for speed of getting there. Also always have Google translate ready whenever we go to a non-English speaking country always bc I wouldn't ever expect anyone in Barcelona to speak English. It's come in handy all over the world and they're so appreciative that we don't expect them to just speak English for us.

Nothing worse than the pickpockets all around Italy and Greece. Just be smart, use a crossbody in front of you, don't leave your bag on the back of a chair or on the floor, etc, etc.

Great review, thank you! We'll be on Valiant in August. And we're also on the 14th floor so I might be calling tomorrow to request a change. 🙂

Thank you! I had no idea what to search for 🙂

thank you!

Is there anywhere to find a sample daily schedule of activities for any of the Virgin cruises? Like a Royal Caribbean's Daily Compass or Disney's Navigator? I haven't found anyone post screen shots or anything. Just wanted to see roughly what they schedule every day.

Thank you! We'll be the crazies standing at the ramp waiting for the ship to be cleared with all our bags. Sigh. We might have screwed ourselves with an early 11:30am RyanAir flight on disembarkation day. If all goes perfectly we'll make it. 😕 Honestly wasn't even thinking straight when we booked the flight and it just hit me this morning so now hoping for the best. Did just sign up for express security checkin at the airport. Send all the luck!

For those that have already sailed in/out of Barcelona, what time did you actually step off the ship? I know it docks around 6:30 and usually takes an hour to be cleared, but what time did you get off? And what's the disembark process for the port? Can you walk your own bags off the ship or does everyone have to leave them outside the cabin the night before, etc? Thanks!

Thank you for this trip report! I definitely recognize your reviews from DisBoards so it was refreshing to read this one. We're doing the same itinerary in August and it's been so hard to find information about the ports. We might copy your exact Cinque Terre itinerary, sounds amazing!

We've dove Cocoa Cay twice now and the first time was better than the 2nd. There were so many jellyfish towards the surface on the 2nd dive I think every single diver got stung at least once. Visibility both times wasn't amazing. We got to see a reef shark or two, little rays, a flounder. A lot more sea life the 1st time around! Max depth of the dives was 39 and 31 feet but we stayed on average at about 19 feet. Like gmerick said, dive here if it's one of your only ports and opportunities or just to check it off the list. But if you have other amazing dive ports, I'd skip it. My husband and I both agreed we'll take a few years off from diving here again.

I will say that if you want more peace and quiet, you can definitely find it. I've done a few Disney cruises without children as well as with friends and their kids. The adult areas are very relaxing! And I honestly don't remember running into the characters in the atrium much. The service, food, etc are worth it for us for some of our cruises!

For the CM discount, she is able to book her room as well as another room at the discount, so no need to split the cast members into different rooms. But like others mentioned, it's all very short notice when they're posted and cancelling and rebooking might not be ideal bc of the cancellation window.

Does anyone know what local dive shop Disney partners with for scuba dive excursions in Grand Cayman? We'll be on the Dream in January and are debating doing the ship excursion or going on our own with a dive shop that a bunch of our friends highly recommend. Thanks!