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On 8/24/2019 at 10:31 PM, ShawninFL said:

 

Did you receive a special email with this information?  We leave on the 10/12/19 sailing. 

You should be fine for 10/12/19 sailing. We arrive to the passenger terminal in Yokohama. 

We are booked on Celebrity Millennium on a cruise from Yokohama, 2 October. We found out that the departure terminal for this cruise will be in Daikoku, which is a way too inconvenient to reach by public transportation. Does anyone know if shuttles are provided to reach this terminal? From where? 

21 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

I would not ask the ship directly, I would contact the cruise line headquarters, and I would not wait, I would get this going as soon as possible, as there could be serious delays until you find a supervisor who knows what you are asking for, and who can either set it up, or steer you to the correct department.

Shall do that, thanks! 

3 minutes ago, CHEZMARYLOU said:

Celebrity has several wine packages.  The price is based on the # of bottles and quality of the wines in the package.  You can drink them anywhere on the ship, including MDR, without a corkage fee.  Here's a link to the page on the US site.

 

https://www.celebritycruises.com/things-to-do-onboard/onboard-packages/beverage-packages/wine-packages

 

 

Thank you CHEZMARYLOU. There's something definitely wrong with their site since it bounces back to the UK main page.... There are packages based on the bottles and there are packages per person (not unlimited per day). Both have different price range so I got confused. 

Thank you all! It appears to me that I'd better ask the ship directly, closer to the date of departure. Yes, we are on October 19 cruise and I do not expect any refunds for the unused nights or meals in case if we'll be allowed to make a land trip to catch the ship. All of your comments are much appreciated and precious to me. Thank you! 

Sounds cool, chengkp75, thank you.  I am planning to leave in Osaka and join in Fukuoka. There's a sea day in between those ports and instead of staying on board we'd like to use it our time more actively and get to know the country better. 

Thank you, chemmo. I've browsed their web site and could not find the detailed info of the package... Only general description  and the cost. 

Thank you!  This is planned for Japan, I'll have a visa. Should be multi-entry visa due to to South Korea included in the itinerary. 

Hi! Is it possible to leave the ship (with a notice, of course) and join it in the next port of call within the same country? We want to explore the country deeper on land and cut off one sea day. Celebrity Millennium. 

Hi! Planning our first cruise on Celebrity Millennium. Unfortunately cannot get any info on the Celebrity web site, it gets stuck all the time! I have come across the following drinks packages:

Taste of the vineyard wine package (charged per person) and Stateroom Bar setup (per stateroom). Has anyone booked those packages before? How does it function? For example, our cruise will be for 10 days/Japan and South Korea and if I buy the wine package, does it mean that I can use it anywhere on the ship (except room service) any time? MDR also? Is it possible to buy only for one person in cabin or it's necessary to buy it for all adults sharing the same cabin? 

Stateroom Bar setup - as suggested by name, is it applicable for consumption in the cabin only?How does it look like - mini bottles from minibar? Do they provide a certain number of those bottles per day, per cruise, per person?  

I'm not sure if this relates exactly to what you are planning, but I'll give you our experiences after a two day stop in early Feb. this year. On the first day, we did the ship excursion to the Rosario islands (a private island called Isleta). It was at least one hour each way on a high speed boat - and we would have taken another 45 minutes or so to go around the archipelago but opted to go straight to the island. On the way back, due to high seas we had to return by a canal, which added to the time. Also, the boat lost power so we could only go slowly while waiting for another boat to come so we could transfer to it. From what I could tell, our excursion was the only group that went to that particular island that day, although there was another island close by with lots of private boats and people on the beach (we could also hear their loud music playing :)). It looked like the boats stayed at the island, rather than go back to Cartagena and return later for a pick up.

From what I can remember, it took our boat about 25 minutes to get out of the main harbour area - so I'm not sure what beach you would be trying to get to by boat, but keep that in mind with regards to the time factor. I did notice the next day during our tour of Cartagena that there is a decent sized beach fairly close to the walled city. I'm sure others can share their experiences, but I didn't get the feeling that Cartagena was really a 'beach' type of city.

Also something to keep in mind is traffic in the city - while it seemed fairly easy to take a cab to the walled city from port, traffic is very heavy. I'm not sure that you will fit both in given the time you will need to get between the two activities.

Enjoy your stop in Cartagena, it is a beautiful city!

Thank you edmonton2 so much for sharing your experience. I think that we should rather go to Playa Blanca by road, rather than trying our luck with the boat. I've heard that there's a new bridge which leads directly there. Or maybe a taxi would be a good alternative to save a bit of time?

Any suggestions please? I am now thinking of going to a nearest island or a beach for the first half of the day (8 am - 1 pm) and then for the rest of the day (1 pm - 4 pm) to roam in the walled city. Are there any boat charters with reasonable prices to contact for the short beach trip? Any kind of info would be much appreciated. Has anyone done something similar?

We are planning to visit Cartagena and in accordance with our ship's schedule we should be there from 7 am to 5 pm.

How doable is it to find a boat to Rosario Islands directly in the port? We do not need a private boat, need a shared one, a day trip option.

My main concern is return - tour operators provide good rates but return is around 4 pm and average tour duration is 8 hours while we need only 6 hours there. I am afraid that in case of any delays we'll miss our ship. On the other hand, I would feel very much insecure on the island with no guarantee that the skipper will come back to pick us up.

What should we do? Ship's excursion is double as much as I can get from the local tour operator.

Your advise is much appreciated.

While Puerto Rico is a tropical island ... so can expect rain almost any time. December is in their dry season. We have been there 5 times and the only time it rained more than a half hour at a time (then sunny) was in November (the tail end of Hurricane season). In the winter months we have always had great weather.. a little sprinkle here and there but mostly sunshine. I actually think being on BioBay in a rain storm would be awesome.... seing all the rain drops hitting the water and the little glowing bits of light from each rain drop :eek::D.

Thanks a ton for your reply. Booked this tour for 10 December 2014. Hope that the skies will be clear.

I am planning to book bio bay in mid December but I've heard that there's plenty of rainy days. Have anyone visited SJ in December? Whats' the weather like?

MSC USA... Will there be free iced water during dinner time? None of the wine packages include any water bottles.