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Thanks .. (bummer!) I had some thought of why would someone pick an older Celebrity ship over an absolute plethora of what I would consider more kid-friendly options from Florida... but I guess we would still have to expect a lot of kids.

I'm a small portion person ( I can still buy older kids or adult clothes size of person) and have not had a problem with waste in the MDR (generally anytime dining) as the portions are pretty "small people friendly" . They can see I am smaller, and I ask "how big is the ??" to help make choices and between that and sometimes splitting things, waste has not been an issue for us on HAL in the MDR. Speciality dining portions on HAL are quite big for me, and again we share or there I ask for smaller portion as I think it is easier for them to manage that.

We recently had an April 2025 Summit cruise out of San Juan cancelled for and are looking at rebooking options. We are now looking at a cruise out of Tampa on the Constellation March 9th. My main concern is that perhaps it would be overrun with kids on spring break holidays. We have only sailed Celebrity once - it was on the Summit of out San Juan in April this year, and kids were not a problem (not many and generally well behaved). It's the March timeframe and being out of Florida that has me concerned in terms of being overrun with kids for the March cruise. Should we avoid that cruise option?

The Canada US Fall 2025 itineraries are showing up on a large 3rd party website now with pricing but not bookable. Don't see any with Cornerbook NFLD which we were hoping for... but some new itineraries it seems. Based on the Europe release timing, guessing bookable on HAL within 2 weeks ... Edit: Found the NFLD cruise now, just earlier for 2025 .. in July...

I believe it depends on the ship and maybe itinerary. On some it is buy 1, get 1 50% off. On the Zaandam in May it was 2 for 1, and they had Happy Hour at 4:00 and again at 10:00 I believe (was asleep by then). That is the "Happiest" hour offer we have seen in our 5 HAL cruises since Covid.

On HAL - we've seen people in the Lido in their bathrobe ...😐

We had a sailing on the Summit cancelled (redeployed from San Juan) so have our "future cruise deposit" being returned as FCD. I don't recall the terms and conditions when we purchased it on board, and am wondering if there are any restrictions if we were to try to use it on a last minute booking. I would assume not, but don't really recall what the conditions were when we bought it last year as we used it immediately.

Edit: From what I see available, I would "guess" there is no risk of being sold out by Black Friday.

To change decks select the different deck on the left of the page

Does the confirmation indicate that is due to AARP? We called yesterday to upgrade our cabin, and the new confirmation shows an increase of $100 to our original OBC, but does not indicate the source of that OBC. In our case, we applied for and will receive shareholder credit for $100 which was not on the originbal invoice, so not sure if the new invoice we received is just indicating our shareholder OBC or if it is AARP bonus.

I have been having the problem as well and have been for a while, but seem to be OK with Safari. The other thing I just noticed this morning is that my "Favourites" which I flag are not getting saved in Chrome or Firefox, but in Safari they are still there.

Thanks Nancy - Unfortunately we have to be a member to see photos on that site. I can see any of the video's (they can't blovk Youtube I guess) but none with just photos like the Obstructed OV's. Edit: Maybe I should join - I see it isn't that much and there just aren't that many cabins with videos. 🤔

Thank you both for your replies. Not surprisingly, most of the photo's for Obstructed OV's are what the view is.. but we just really needed that confirmation there is a place to sit 😃

We don't have a room number in mind - there are a few of the Obctructed OV's available that I can see, so just wanted to be sure they would have some kind of seating in them before we call in to be upsold to ... 🙃

We are doing our first Oosterdam cruise next month and currently booked in MM - inside cabin in the aft which quite frankly would be fine, however, it appears we will have no sofa or loveseat to sit on and I think I would really like one. I am reviewing room categories that have availability to see the cheapest options we could potentially call in for an upsell to that would give us a sofa/loveseat. Large insides are now quite pricey now, so I guess those are limited and go quick (mental note taken for future bookings). There are a number of Fully Obstructed Oceanview available - but I am confused when I look at pictures. Some show a couch and some show what looks like a day bed. If you are just 2 people, are there cushions to make that bed more of a couch? Is it a matter of finding one that states maximum of 3 n a room over 4 in a room assuming 3 in a room means it has a sofa bed and 4 in a room are bunk beds? I've never called in for an upsell,and as much as I like to think they would know all this, I am nervous I am may call in and get something I didn't expect (for example just another bed to sit on ....)

Same for me. I have been getting the error lately as well in Firefox, but no problems with Safari.

Personally for us, on the Eurodam, I would say no. We would like (we think) the separate dining room for CO, but it is only on Pinnacle class I believe. There are some dining perks in terms of broader menu and better access to the dining room for anytime dining, but that is not of much interest to us. I think the other thing people like is priority to tenders, so if you have a lot of tender ports, maybe?

I am less concerned with noises from the ceiling than being beside a room with noisy kids (bad Alaska experience). Other than that, those rooms do look fantastic for an inside and likely what we would book without OC, but the cost to book them over an inside GTY with OC wouldn't be worthwhile. I was hoping "maybe" OC got an inside into an Oceanview 😉 I guess you need to really be in a Verandah to make OC worthwhile from a room upgrade point of view.

I am thinking it would be doing NE and Canada after that. Those are still not out yet.

Does anyone know how booking onboard works if you have a PCC and want them to get the credit for your booking? Is is automatic that the PCC will get that booking (when you have a PCC) or would we need to "transfer" the booking within HAL they way you would if transferring to an external TA?

We had a Dec 2023 cruise cancelled by HAL earlier this year, and the FCD was returned as FCD.

Thinking about booking a cruise booking on the Eurodam and wondering about the potential benefit of purchasing Club Orange. for that cruise (assuming available) Is there a separate dining room for CO on Eurodam? We've sailed on the Eurodam and seem think there was ... but it was our first post Covid cruise and our first HAL cruise so too many new things going on to trust ur recollection. We are looking at an inside (to save $) and minimally only really care about having someplace to sit comfortably like a couch or loveseat. I think we can get this with a "large" inside. If we book an inside GTY and then purchase CO, any idea where that would get us for cabin? Large Inside, Inside better locale (but then maybe still no loveseat) or Oceanview (which would get us a loveseat and a window!).

In fact, I can see fall 2024 cruises that still have Early Booking bonus available. I don't think they have a hard rule for offering "Early", and I suspect it depends somewhat on availability.

You mention "reasonable pricing", and with that in mind I would also recommend you take a look at HAL. In our experience (lowly cabin inside or balcony cabins) HAL is generally a little cheaper and has what I would consider better (more interesting) itineraries than Celebrity.

The HIA early bonus offering extends well past the first 90 days after the launch For example, we just had a March 2025 cruise with Celebrity for the Caribbean, so came poking on HAL's site for a winter escape replacement. Those cruises were released back in March (so long past 90 days) but they still offer the early booking bonus, but we wouldn't get the Mariner loyalty bonus.