catlover2027

We are cruising on the Celebrity Flora 8/21, going to Quito Ecuador first. Ecuador seems ok with proof of vaccination from the US but the cruise out of Baltra, Galapagos requires a pre-cruise COVID test which Celebrity administers. AND as bigbenboys noted, we need proof of medical insurance including emergency evacuation insurance to cruise out of Baltra. Eileen Derrick

We were booked on the Xpedition 8/20/22 cruise with Quito package before and after. I thought like most of you I'd like a smaller crowd. But for me with my bad knees, finding the Xpedition had NO elevator was a deal breaker. I figured my knees would be shot by the time I got into the Zodiac after coming down from deck 6, (and multiple times per day) so I might have to cut back on hiking on the islands. We had a suite on the Xpedition so we switched to the Flora, sailing 1 day later. One things I noticed, from the postings of Mary Greenburg, (Flora April 20220 was that there might be more options for different excursions on the Flora with 100 than on the Xpedition with 48. Whatever you choose it will be good!

Thank you for your great review. We are going to be aboard the Xpedition August 20 for the Northern Loop cruise. We're lucky to be living in FL so we're flying out of Miami. I'll check out your blog for more details!