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I live in Ft. Lauderdale area _  there are hotels downtown by the Cruise port, that offer transportation to the ship.  

Is there a Marriott or Hilton like hotel that offer that service?

When we were in Vancouver, we stayed at the Pan Pacific where the Cruise ship parked.  That was an awesome place.  

They also offered a cruise discount package.  

Looking to book RCL New England end of September 2020.  Where is the best place to stay in Boston.  Nice but not too pricey.  

Appreciate any info.  

Lynn

Costa Maya has a really long pier.   There is a nice port shopping area and a nice place to just sit and have a drink.  

Watch out for a guy with a cute monkey.  If the monkey climbs on you, you're expected to pay for a picture.  

I can't seem to find a price on the Emmanuel Tour website. Can you tell me what the price was?

 

 

 

Thanks.

We emailed and got a reply back in 1 day. We paid $120pp included lunch and $30pp fee for cave and $20pp fee for Rum Tour. Also drove to cherry hill lookout for pictures. Well worth price. Justin was awesome!

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Check out Emmanuel Tours- Highly recommend. We did the Harrison's Cave & Mt. Gay Rum Factory. Price included Lunch and all entrance fees. Great time. One of the best ever!

Booked Tour with Emmanuel Tours. Went on 3/10/17 Check their website. The Tour included Harrison's Cave a Barbeque lunch and Mount Gay Rum Factory and all entrance fees. It wasn't booked as a private tour, but ended up with just us four. Check out my review on Barbados thread. I highly recommend Emmanuel Tours. *****

We will be in Barbados and hoping to take a tour of the Mt Gay Rum factory. Any suggestions on tours that go there?

Went to Barbados 3/10/17

I booked a tour with Emmanuel Tours. The tour on their website was: Harrison's Cave and Mount Gay Run Factory. The tour included a nice barbeque lunch and all entrance fees. I paid a $30 deposit by phone. I didn't book as a private tour, but we were the only four people on the tour. The Van was clean. The driver was polite and knowledgeable. We were never rushed. The food was great. We got back to the ship in plenty of time.

The tour was awesome. By far the best time we had.

Mount Gay Run Factory was awesome- They let you taste about 8-10 rums. We were a very happy group!

I found Emmanuel Tours on Trip Advisor a few months ago. I searched CC boards and someone mentioned them on a thread from years ago. We are adult party of four on a Southern Caribbean Cruise. The cruise tours did not excite us, so I was looking for a better time. I picked the Tour off Emmanuel Tour website that included Harrison's Cave and Mount Gay Rum Tour. I paid a $30 deposit by phone. This tour included the entrance fees for both places and a great lunch from a local patron. We were picked up at the port entrance by Justin Greenidge. He was in a newer model Mercedes Benz van. He was holding a sign with my name on it. Justin was informative and polite. The Van was spotless

There were only the four of us on this tour. We did not book as a private tour.

We made our way to Harrison's cave. Justin Got us tickets to enter and waited for us outside. The tour was an hour long. Very cool place. I have never been in a cave before. Dark, wet and beautiful. Then we went to a lookout spot to take pictures. What a beautiful place. Afterwards, we stopped at a little outside diner for a barbeque lunch. Food was awesome. Now on our way to Mount Gay Rum Plant. There are two places one makes the rum and the other bottles it. We only went to the bottle plant. They pack 10,000 bottles a day. Wow. We started with a rum punch, then toured the plant and watched a short movie about their history. Then we tasted about 8 different Rums. There was not a big push to purchase anything. We were only a short distance to the ship. Justin took us back to the ship safely. We were a very happy group going back. I highly recommend Emmanuel Tours. We went on tours on all 6 islands on our vacation. This was by far the best tour of our whole trip. The price was very reasonable. The experience was priceless. (y)(y)(y)(y)(y)

We will be on Serenade OTS next March in a Grand Suite.

Is there a Suite Restaurant? Can we eat Windjammer food in a specialty restaurant? Any new Suite perks that weren't around a year ago?

Thanks for any input.

Lynn

How much is the Island Tour with Lawrence Tours? Is this a private tour or a bus load? if a bus load, how many people in tour?

Just off Silhouette- sky suite 2127, Butler was Orlando. He was awesome.

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Thank you for your review.

 

We are Royal balcony cruisers who would like to try Celebrity.

 

A couple of questions, if you don't mind:

 

Did you find a lot of people your (our) age on the cruise?

 

Does the ship "shut down" very early? Other cruisers have said that there is not a lot of late night nightlife on Celebrity compared to Royal. Not a real late night person, but there were times we enjoyed listening to the guitar player/singer in the pub until midnight or one.

 

Thanks so much!

The Ship had a lot of people our age. There were also some older crowd.

NO the ship did not close up early. There were plenty of things to do. Dancing and Gambling late night, Pizza til 1:00am, hot tubs open late. There was live band late by the Martini bar. There was a guitarist singing & playing in multiple places. Hope you have a good a time as we did.

Appreciate the review of both the ship and the ports. Doing the same itinerary this month. What did you think of the new World Class bar that replaced Molecular?

We had a few drinks from the world class bar. Nice bar, quiet. Nothing Spectacular.

Not a big crowd. The Martini bar was where all the people crowded.

Just back from the Silhouette.

A bit of Background: My DH and I are in our low 50’s and have been on 8 Royal Caribbean Cruises. We just became Diamond Members. ( and 1 Carnival) We love the big Ships.

On our Honeymoon, 32 years ago, we were in an inside cabin. Never again! We didn’t like not knowing if it was Day or night. Since then, we had to have a balcony cabin. We live in South Florida, so hopping on a ship in Ft. Lauderdale or Miami was real easy. 2014 we made the jump to flying to a destination and did a cruise-tour to Alaska. AMAZING! I surprised my DH with a Grand Suite. We haven’t been able to go back to a regular cabin. So, I have been reading all about Celebrity S-Class ships. The Quality, Service and the No-Smoking policy made me want to try it. Being Diamond on RCL automatically made us Elite on X, but that didn’t make any difference when we booked a Sky Suite. Here is my review:

We arrived at pier 25 at 11:30am. We were on board by noon. Our first impression was wow!

Love the personal touches: Champagne and Mimosa’s upon arrival. Awesome.

We toured around the ship a little, and found that our dining room, Luminae was open for lunch. It was nice and quiet and decided to have lunch there. The host Thomas was great. He gave us great advice to have our first dinner at Murano. The rest of the staff in Luminae were terrific. Lunch was great. Food was good. We had breakfast every day at Luminae. Gina served us Coffee and OJ and great smoothies. Rolando serve us Danish and was our assistant waiter the rest of the week. Anytime one of us got up to go to the restroom, Rolando would come with two forks as tongs and replaced our napkin. Very funny.

Besides the first Dinner in Murano, We had dinner in Luminae the rest of the week. Most of the week we had GEDE (he pronounced good day) as our waiter. We called him “G”. He was amazing. Funny and attentive. We also had Alfredo and Jesus. Reubin was our Sommelier all week. He looks like Lawrence Fishburn. He always had a smile. Even though we had prepaid gratuities, we ended up giving the staff in Luminae a little extra for their great service. Even on the last breakfast before going home, we had smiles and great service. The menu wasn’t always great. There was 1 Pasta, 1 Fish, 1 Meat and 1 Vege meal. When we didn’t like anything, “G” asked what we would like. There were classic appetizers available (not on the menu) such as French Onion Soup, Escargot, Shrimp Cocktail, & Caesar Salad. All good. If we didn’t like the entrée, we got a steak.

Our first dinner at Murano was great. We both had the Lobster made at tableside. I didn’t care for the appetizers on the menu, so they got me a Caesar Salad. Service was good.

We had Sky Suite 2127 Below the Ocean View Café. We originally had an aft cabin, but the Celebrity agent said it would be noisey, so she suggested we move inward on the port side next to friends of ours that we met on our Alaska adventure. This is our third cruise together. Cabin 2127 reminded us of a Junior Suite on RCL. Tub in Bathroom. Walk in closet. Slightly bigger than a regular balcony cabin. It was clean. Our Room attendant was Julio and assistant Antonio. Our Butler Orlando. We met our room attendants and gave them a small tip. Orlando, introduced himself and offered to get us logged into the internet on our I-pads and I phones. The internet was slow, better late at night. We mostly had to log in and out constantly. More about Sky Suite 2127. The noise from above was not noticeable during the day, but at night -the noise started around 5:00am. The last night the noise started at 12:30am all night long. My DH slept through it. I am a light sleeper. I would not recommend this suite to light sleepers.

We had our Anniversary celebration on board. The dining room staff had a cake for us. We mentioned to the Celebrity agent that it was our anniversary when we booked. In the past experience, RCL had dropped the ball, until we had to remind them of our birthday/Anniversary. It was a great surprise that Celebrity remembered. To top it all off, when we got back to our room, Orlando our Butler and Anka the Concierge in MC had Chocolate Covered Strawberries and a bottle of Wine and flowers on our table with a note “Happy Anniversary from Orlando and Anka” Very Special indeed! Again that extra mile…

Shows: the first night was a comedian, AJ Jamal. He was funny and family friendly comedy. Celebrity had three production shows: “LIFE”, “PEARL” & “Cosmopolitan”. Life and Cosmopolitan were really good. Singers and dancers were great. Pearl on the other hand, was horrible. Songs were bad and the whole theme didn’t jive. Plus the music was extra loud giving us a headache. Note to Celebrity: “Pearl” needs work!

Other shows were: vocalist Soloman Jaye and Claire Vinkesteijn, Very Talented Another comedian Phil Tag had a regular show and a late night version.

Bars that we Had Drinks at: No more Molecular Bar- Now World Class Bar. Martini Bar- Loud, Fun & always crowded. Passport bar. Pool Bar (watered down drinks) Mast Grill Bar, Sunset Bar. We made our way to Michael’s club a few times. We liked to bring a water or soda back to our room at night. The Concierge “Anka” was very pretty, She was very attentive.

Shore Excursions: San Juan we arrived 1 hour early. It was sunny and Hot. We walked to the mini fort at the top of the hill and had a drink at Senor Frogs. DH had a “yard” drink that came with a whistle. He wore that whistle the rest of the week. Not Funny!

St. Kitts/ Nevis: we booked the day trip to Nevis. The boat ride was horrible. Not what was advertised. The Bus tour of Nevis hot springs and plantation house was great. There was a chicken/fish lunch and a free drink included. Not bad. The beach was full from other tours, than the rain came. We complained about the boat and the captain, the shore excursion manager gave us a partial refund. NICE.

St. Maarten- we booked a private tour with Barnard’s tours. Our Driver was Romeo. His van was very nice. Romeo was a great guide. He brought us everywhere we wanted to go. We had lunch at a local outside café on the beach. Awesome! Good Choice Romeo. One of the other tour guides was Juliet, We took a picture of Romeo with Juliet. We saw planes land and take off at Maho Beach, we saw naked people at Orient Beach and shopped. Great day with Barnard’s Tour in St. Maarten.

Oh- We had first sea day lunch at the Ocean View Café. Madhouse of people. Food was good. No seating to be found. Some days we just went in the buffet to get homemade Ice cream. (worth the extra trip) Port days we ate on land. The rest of the sea days, we ate at the Mast Grill. Great Burger and fries by the pool.

We never set foot in the main dining room. There was a long line every night.

LOVED, LOVED, LOVED our time on the Celebrity Silhouette. The Staff was amazing. The public restrooms were the cleanest I’ve ever seen. The little extra touches were noticed. I can’t wait to book another. The only negative out the whole week was not Celebrity’s fault. It was the really RUDE people that we encountered during the week. One women (NO Lady) put her hands on me coming out of the elevator, pushing me out of her way. I almost decked her! Lol I guess you get rude people where ever you go.

Any questions, I would be happy to answer if I can.

I just got off the Silhouette on Sunday. There was a section of Jewelry from Tiffany. Very Nice Selection.

Did Silhouette change over yet? We board this Sunday.

Whale watching at Icy Straight with Misty Bay Lodge- Awesome

Did the Wilderness Exploration and crab feast in Ketchikan - Crab feast was really good. (ship tour)

Taku Lodge in Juneau- Bears were within 10 feet and the salmon was really good. (ship tour)

K2 Aviation in Talkeetna flightseeing to Mt. McKinley with Glacier Landing ( pricey, but Great) Alaska was the Best Vacation we ever did!

I have been following along. I wanted to thank you Norris. The pictures are GREAT! We are Diamond on RCCL, but we are embarking on the Silhouette in a few short weeks (2/28), same itinery. This is our First Celebrity cruise and also in a Sky Suite. Do you have a breakfast menu from Luminae? Is it the same every day? Your review has us so excited to get on board the beautiful Silhouette. Thanks again

Lynn

Royal shouldn't have a ship in NY/NJ in December- March because the weather. This is not the first time they hit really bad weather. That's why no one cruises from Alaska in February. Royal bring your ship back to Florida for winter months!

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When in a suite, we asked for an egg crate mattress topper because the bed was soooo hard. We also like ice daily.

Can someone please say who the Cruise director on the Silhouette?

We leave the end of February. He/She good? Great? So-so?

Thanks

You are getting us all excited for our eastern Silhouette Cruise on 2/28.

Are you going to any Specialty Restaurants?

We have a Sky suite for the first time too. Please let us know if the cafe above you is noisey.

Thanks

We did the Royal Caribbean cruise tour in 2014. Royal and Celebrity use Premier tour company. Your tour guide gives you an itinerary when you arrive.

There are a lot of optional tours for an extra cost. You pick and choose what you want to do and they arrange everything. Transportation included. Never sold out. Refundable if cancelled by bad weather. Go to the Alaska boards and search cruise tours. There is a lot of info and pictures. There is no pre planning needed. You have some off time, but you don't have transportation to anywhere. You won't know what your time schedule will be until you get there.

Don't worry, they have all the things you will want to do in the places you go.

Have fun. Alaska cruise tour was the best vacation we ever had!

What are the best differences from Royal Suite guests and Celebrity Sky Suite guest?

First time Celebrity Sky suite. How does this compare to Royals Grand suite?

We are on our first Celebrity cruise in February on the Silhouette. We are Royal Caribbean Diamond- Celebrity Elite. We have been in Grand Suites on Royal and love the suite perks and the larger room. Because Celebrity is more expensive, we booked a Sky Suite. This looks like the size of a Junior Suite on Royal?

Can we also ask for Galley and Bridge tours? Or are they for the bigger suites?

Any suggestions? What should I look forward to for a first timer with Celebrity?

Really looking forward to a smoke free casino!

Since I have the go best perk, the agent said I can cash-in the Internet credit for elite status for OBC, since I have unlimited internet perk. Is this true?

Any info is appreciated. Thanks