jcerst

I travel frequently and only interested in covering medical and evacuation. I have an annual policy with GeoBlu. Has worked well. Only you know what you want so check insuremytrip.com for policies.

We also have a GeoBlu and like the app.

Joe

Cruise critic has a store

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Welcome Wes and Dave! We live in Wpg.

 

Ray and Joe I guess you are saying you cancelled this cruise?

 

 

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Yep, Ray decided to retire on our ta in April and now have more time.

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Hi Dan and Dickie,

Joe and Ray:

We are Dave and Wes from Toronto Canada (although we are actually in Manitoba for the summer). This will be our eighth Trans-Atlantic / Trans-Pacific cruise. Hope to see you onboard!

We are not on this cruise, on Silhouette b2b after river cruise.

Joe

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Agree; I have never understood why some feel the need to try and give tangible gifts to strangers on cruise ships. Why take the time and effort in purchasing them a gift they may or may not like, when if you just give them that money (that you were going use on a gift) as extra cash there is a 100% chance they will be happy (and can use it for ANYTHING they want/need). The best things passengers can do for the hard working crew is extra CASH gratuities, praising them by name on comment cards when merited and treating them with kindness and respect. The only exception I have made is occasionally on lengthy cruises when I have bonded a bit with a particular crew member I have asked them if I can pick up anything for them while I am on shore . That way it is ensured it is something they desire.

We give them cash in an envelope with a thank you note.

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I love it when people complain about the EPA, or California's laws being strict. People who have no idea how bad the smog was in LA up to the 1980s. And how much better things are today.

Yep, I lived there in the 80s and totally agree

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Was able to purchase our shore excursions for our B2B but had to wait 20 minutes to change trips.;p

A company this large should get their web page sorted out by now!!:mad:

Joe

We found out that MSC gives equal status, this is a game changer for us!!

Done with X!!!:evilsmile::evilsmile::evilsmile:

It will determine new customers even more than folks who already cruise with and love X cruises.

Just found out that MSC honors all loyalty programs, this is a game changer for us!

We are done with X!!!:evilsmile::evilsmile::evilsmile:

It is a piece of crap.

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I can't reach my reservation ������

Clear all your cookies for the web page, worked for me.

Joe:cool:

Cleared my cookies and now can look at shore excursions.

Do they monitor the boards and why the hell they cannot fix the web page after so many weeks???!!!:mad:

We will not consider X in the future, have had enough!!

We have not done the Halloween cruise but did China and Asia with Aquafest.

To this day it was one of our best experiences on any cruise/trip.

Tom Baker the owner of Aquafest is the best host of any cruise out there.

Our best and closest friends are some of the co-host on the Halloween cruises, they go over the top with the costumes!

You will not regret one moment of the experience.

Been on many Atlantis and RSVP cruises, not the same as Aquafest. Much more intimate.

Joe

I'm not sure if this is for everyone and I apologize if yours does not qualify; however, there are some 20%discounts available for some cruises right now on the alcohol beverage packages. There are at least two of us that I've heard of so far on totally different cruises where they've shown up when you go to "checkout" on Celebrities website with a bev package purchase. Check it out, if you've been looking as I have. I was very pleased to see it after watching for months. I did just pay in full yesterday; however, I've heard that may not have mattered.

Thanks for the heads up!!!

We just purchased the premium beverage package and saved $1200!!!

Joe:cool:

Finally got to my reservations and booked specialty dinning packages!

Logged in then clicked check in on line and chose the reservation numbers.

Did anyone get an update from X when this crap will get fixed???

I understand your frustration, but not sure why you would cancel your cruise.

 

 

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Just venting:evilsmile:

I can make it work, but it takes 5 steps on the new site, where it used to take 2 or 3. Why is that an improvement? Also, when I'm shopping for a cruise, some are really difficult to find. If there is a cruise that sails on multiple dates, there's a small change date below the listed cruise. It's difficult to get the info. Once you find the cruise you want to look at, only the lowest category shows up before you click book now. If you want to go back because you want to see another cruise, you have to start your search again. Previously you just hit a drop down box to see the rates of all categories. The new site also does not show a date when on line check in begins. The old site had no mechanism to show that Aqua class dining was Blu and showed traditional dining. The new site is exactly the same.the only thing better on the new site in my opinion is the appearance. The pictures are beautiful, but the operation is slow and cumbersome. I've had no difference when using a laptop, or desktop with 2 different operating systems and 3 different browsers. Also tried phone and tablet. When I shop for a cruise, I want to see everything easily and easily go from one to another. I don't want to spend hours! A website is supposed to drive business for a company, nor drive away business!

It is driving me away!!

This is totally unacceptable and frustrating!!

Hope Celebrity is watching this post because we are on the verge of cancelling our 27nt b2b from Rome in October.

Scheduled departure is now 8pm.

Joe:cool:

My partner and I sailed with Aquafest on a Panama Canal Cruise three years ago. It was a wonderful group. We had previously been sailing with Pied Piper Travel on their gay group cruises and Aquafest was much better.

 

We're going on a Transatlantic cruise next month (not an Aquafest cruise) with several of the friends we made on the Panama Canal cruise. Unfortunately our current work schedule hasn't aligned with their schedule. I'd cruise with Aquafest in a heart beat.

We are doing a t/a on Caribbean Princess 4/6/17, which cruise are you taking?

Joe

I saw that there was an existing thread for MSC. I'm interested in trying something different. What did you think about cruising with Costa? How was your experience? Likes/Dislikes?

 

Thanks!

Take a look at the reviews, most of what is written is true.

We did a t/a from Savona to Miami three years ago on Luminosa.

Shore excursions canceled due to not enough English speaking participants.

Food and service was some of the best that we have ever experienced and the ships are beautiful.

We made some great life long friends from The Netherlands who met us in Amsterdam after our RSVP river cruise last summer.

You may love it.

Joe:D

Ray and I have spent many days in Barcelona and are aware of the pickpocket issue.

We have never had a problem. Just use common sense and do not flash a lot of bling or cash in public.

Place cash and credit card or cards in front pants pocket. If they can get to that, they will earn it!LOL:rolleyes:

Joe

Howdy!

Joe and Ray from Fort Lauderdale.