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That’s how it was for us on Princess in late November. Just once a day due to COVID. Our cabin steward did ask us if we wanted our beds turned down, but we passed. I expect the same when we board on Saturday. 

6 hours ago, styles27 said:

I’m sorry to hear they moved your room. They didn’t by any chance give you our old room on the 11th floor did they? (11079)

In the long run I think you’ll have a better cruise in March. By then Omicron will have hopefully run it’s course. 
 

I keep getting upgrade and reminder emails about our cruise even though we moved the date.
My husband keeps questioning if they really moved it but I have all of the new booking info so I know they did. 
It’s just nuts that the system doesn’t recognize that we are no longer sailing this Saturday. 

We had booked cabin 11079 on Seashore for the 15th. Got sent to guarantee, then rebooked to 11093. 
kinda disappointed they didn’t give us our same cabin back. 

Ok, just got off the phone with MSC. There was a little hiccup because we already had a $50 OBC due to a port cancellation and they were having trouble applying the discount code. 
Anyway, discount was applied. I opted to have $300 of the discount as OBC. She said the other OBC will be applied automatically. 

Plan on calling today for the adjustments. I noticed that the 5% + 15% deals only list the cruise only promo. So not the “All-in” that we have. Have any of you booked with All-in gotten more than the 5% adjustment??

4 hours ago, WoodyWindy said:

Call. Once you get through, the agents are great about fixing you up.

Did you cal the regular number on the web site? I called and was told that yes, I definitely qualified and to give “them” a couple days to apply the adjustments. Checked today and still not applied. 

Submitted screenshots of Celebrity Elite for hubby and myself last night. (Took a couple tries to get the - thank you response) Woke up this morning to an email with our assigned Voyager numbers and Gold status. Our first MSC cruise is next month, so I’ll keep checking for the discount and OBC. 
How long did it take to get applied?

Also, I wish their point system was per night rather than day range. We booked a B2B as a single reservation and get screwed on points. 

They have an online brochure of the island available

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ac37c97c#/ac37c97c/1

On our last cruise in October. I had the classic package and sometimes had to pay $1 extra since Baileys is now on the premium package. Silly.

Depended on the bartender. At one point I just said fine, omit the baileys and add Kahlua.

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I got that same discount (and same price) months ago for a 14 day cruise.

 

You get the 30% off as a trade-in for your 90 minutes that you would have received for being Elite and an extra 10% or so for pre-booking. (You would have gotten the 30% onboard but not the extra 10)

 

 

 

I tried to get the 20% instead of the 10% along with the Elite discount but , once again, no combining benefits. Actually she told me under the "new" rules I wouldn't even get the pre-booking benefit. But I guess that was wrong because you just got it.

Well, if I would ever check my benefits I would have figured out that Elite already get a 30% discount for unlimited internet. (25% Select, 35% Elite Plus). Just having a super Duh moment [emoji15]

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Here is my payment confirmation

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The regular price for 15 days unlimited internet is $319 so $255.20 is exactly 20% off. Is it because you are higher up on Captain Club and get another discount that stacks with the 20% off promotion?

I was told that because I am Elite the discount is 30%, glad I ended up calling. I saw nothing stating that there is an additional discount for Elite and above.

Guess I'm glad it wouldn't let me "add to cart" and had to call. The price online for our 15-night was $255.20 for the unlimited package and it said that the discount was already applied. But when I called I learned that it was not. so it came to $201 for the unlimited internet package. Great deal.

My beverage package was not listed on Cruise Planner.

 

I called last week and they said they have a record of it, but it was not on the Order History.

 

 

 

The more I thought about it, the more I thought if they can see it, I want to also.

 

 

 

So this time I called the Captain's Club.

 

After a little research Letitia said it was because I was booked in a group. She checked and none of the group's bev. pkg. had transferred to the Cruise Planner.

 

 

 

So maybe if it isn't showing for you and you are booked with a TA you may be in a group (we didn't know we were).

 

 

 

I can see it now. Thanks, Letitia:D

Hmmm.. I'm in a group. Must be why I don't have the option to upgrade the package on line. Thanks.

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Dated 4/2017...hopefully it's still valid

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Try this link to the old website that worked for me.

http://www.celebritycruises.com/?celebrityWR=oldsite

Another cc member posted it on another thread. It shows up to date info. Also I'm still able to access the old site using Firefox. A Captain's Club rep told me that would work after my fifth frustrated call about the new site being unusable.

Thank you so much for the link. It worked! was finally able to book a couple excursions!

The light rail stations are on the street level and have covered areas. Here's a video of the ride to 34th St. Look at 34th street starting minute 28 -

 

 

 

At 34th street you can see the huge covered/enclosed overpass/walkway from the station over the tracks to the parking lot. You can use this for shelter from any rain. Ask your cab to pick you up in the parking lot by the exit door from the overpass. There are elevators to get up and down from the walkway.

Thank you so much!!

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Question for transportation

We are arriving this Thursday (9/29) at EWR 4:30 pm. We are staying at the Candlewood Suites in Jersey City. We will get a taxi to the hotel. The cruise is Sunday out of Cape Liberty. As suggested we were going to take the rail to 34th and get a taxi the rest of the way. Now, the weather calls for rain all weekend. Is public transportation still a good choice? Will out luggage be drenched? Are there covered areas at 34th? Sorry having a hard time relating to the weather contrast. It's going to be 98 today in California [emoji12]

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Thanks guys for the feedback. Much appreciated

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I have a question about getting from Candlewood Suites to Cape Liberty cruise port. The recommendations were to take the light rail to 34, then get a taxi the rest of the way...

What about Uber? Is this not recommended? Is Uber pricing the same as taxi. We use a lot on the west coast. Just curious.

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thank you for the link the map helps!

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Do NOT take the light rail to Liberty State Park light rail station unless you are willing to walk 1+ mile in the open to get to the ferry.

 

 

 

You can take the light rail to Essex, walk 4 blocks to the Liberty Landing Ferry at the foot Warren Street, and pay the $2 to cross the channel to be within easy walking distance if the SOL ferry.

 

 

 

IMO there is no reason to buy light rail tickets before you need to use them.

Wow. I'm sure glad I posted my plan. Thank you I will make a notation on my notes.

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As Carol says, the ticket machines for the light rail are very easy to use; you will see them either at the entrance to the light rail platform or on the platform itself, depending on the particular station. The validation machines are usually right next to, or very close to, the ticket machines; they are bright orange. You just stick the ticket into the slot in the validation machine, and then pull it out again; the machine automatically stamps the ticket with the date and a specific time.

 

If I recall correctly, the time stamped on the ticket is an hour or so later than the time at which you have validated the ticket, which gives you plenty of time for your journey. Trains run every few minutes; I've never had any worries that the ticket would "expire" before my train arrived--it's never happened to me. (The only potential problem I ever had was with a validation machine that had run out of ink; the validation machine "clicked" when I inserted the ticket, but the time stamp did not print out on the ticket, although a faint impression was visible on the ticket.)

 

Tickets are rarely inspected; in fact, you probably won't ever encounter a ticket inspector--there are just occasional spot checks, to deter deliberate "fare jumping" by those few people who might be inclined not to pay for their journey. (Every so often there's some kid who thinks it's cool to ride without paying for a ticket, but the overwhelming majority of passengers are honest.)

 

By the way, if you're going into Manhattan on the PATH train, you really won't need to use the light rail at all for that journey. The Exchange Place PATH station is just a 7- or 8-minutes walk from the Candlewood Suites.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.7209748,-74.0337722/40.7169929,-74.0326837/@40.7187942,-74.0333629,17z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e2

 

As for using a metrocard for the PATH trains and the New York City subways: Depending on how many trips you make, there usually is a savings to buying a multiple-trip card as opposed to paying for each trip individually. (Plus, it's more convenient to purchase one card that will cover all of your trips, rather than buying an individual ticket each time.) Try to estimate in advance how many total rides you and your husband expect to make, then decide which option will work best for you. Also remember: Two riders can use the same multi-trip metrocard; you don't need to purchase a separate metrocard for each person.

 

For more information about buying and using metrocards, see:

 

http://web.mta.info/metrocard/

 

http://web.mta.info/metrocard/mcCombinationValue.htm

 

 

Thank you so much for the information. I think we would only use the light rail to get to Liberty State Park to ride the SOL ferry (was told the lines are shorter and can get off at Battery Park to continue touring- we would return via PATH) and also if we decide to do the light rail/taxi option to get to port. So 4 tickets

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Don't get crazy about the light rail tickets. How many times are you going to use them? The choices seem to be monthly pass or individual tickets.

 

 

 

It's really very easy to use. You buy you tickets from the machine. If you're going to use them immediately, you validate the ones you are using and keep the invalidated tickets for future use. It's really an honor system like they have in some US and European cities (I've used it in Portland OR). There are usually no lines to buy or validate tickets. You just walk on the train and the chances are that no one will ever even check to see that you have a ticket.

Ok, I can buy multiple tickets at once and just worry about validating them. There was also mention of stations having several validation machines and a problem of validating then the train not coming on time and having to buy another ticket.

How do you feel about the metrocard for the subway/PATH?

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Question about transit system

I've been trying to research the NY-NJ transit system and am wondering if it is cost effective to purchase the metro card. The pricing on the NY RT side list $3 for single ride...but also list $2.75..not sure if that is the price with the metro card. PATH shows $2.75. If I were to buy ONE metrocard and fill it with enough money for both my husband and I for the two days we will be touring, am I really saving anything?

Also I've been reading about the NJ light rail...is there anyway to get around having to get a ticket and validating? Do they have passes/cards? Their website is awful, I couldn't even find what a ticket costs! I googled it, and found that it is $2.25 each way.

Any feedback/suggestions welcome.

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Bayonne City Yellow Cab

 

201-339-5000

 

 

 

Archie’s Cab & Van Service

 

201-858-8800

 

 

 

Campbell Taxi

 

201-339-8300

 

 

 

I love Toms Port Guides - I've used them over the years. However, things do change for the NY ports. If you have specific questions, please ask. IMO taxi fares and car services can be tricky - there are a ton of rules and prices seem to constantly change.

You are the best. Thank you so much!!

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