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Was caesar salad available on recent sailings?  Now that romaine is back in Florida, sure hope it will be on Reflection Dec 7th cruise. 

Tried the smoothies on Reflection last Jan and they were served warm, mine got left after a few sips. 

Pleased with Park N Go last January. Fast and efficient and priced well.  

We currently have Classic drinks as a perk and are considering changing one or both packages to premium Non alcoholic package.    We rarely consume alcohol, beer or wine.  Think we will be okay with the package of soda,  premium bottled water from Evian, Perrier & San Pellegrino, specialty coffees & organic teas, non-alcoholic frozen drinks & smoothies, Red Bull Energy Drink, coconut water and offerings from Vitamin Water   .   

When is best time to do this,  before cruise or onboard ship?

I called Captain's Club a few days ago and they said they would mail ours for Dec 7th cruise.  

No music is the best music unless you use headphones. 

Thanks for asking this question. I couldn't figure out how to go to my " first unread post".  I never noticed the dot that does that.  Thanks for the answer. 

It always pays to voice your displeasure, we had an oceanview room on Reflection in Jan and the window made a lot of noise, I mentioned it to customer service and repairs were done but it still creaked and groaned so another visit was made to alleviate the sounds, sounded much better for rest of cruise. I was sent vouchers for each of us, $100 OBC, this really surprised me. 

Better to have it too cool than too HOT.

Thanks

Is Porch open for lunch everyday or just on Sea days?

Have never been concierge before, am I correct in it being served in the MDR on 3rd level. We will be select dining rest of time and it's on 4th deck on Reflection.

Thanks for reposting the 14 day MDR menus. Hope these ones don't disappear.

I will post again when I return from New England and Canada on board the Summit

Thanks

Can't find any of the Celebrity menus, anyone know why they are gone from site?

Anyone know why the links to the menus have disappeared from most of posts?

Thanks for your suggestions. I'm a little hesitant to do private in some of the countries that are a title "sketchy", like Columbia and Panama, but I know along with Costa Rica, they have some of the best variety. Hence the desire for a ship based group. I'll have to contact Carefree and see if we can work something out. If not, I'll see if I can get a guide in Costa Rica and at least have one opportunity. Thanks for all the suggestions.

Do you usually end up with a private tour or group when you book with the other companies?

We have currently booked the local guides for a tour for just the 2 of us. Will be our first private birding tours.

Thanks for the information, just reserved golf cart for Dec 7th cruise on Reflection. Sounds like great way to see island.

I was hoping you would see and answer my post! Thank you. I've always wanted to do something like that. Been so tempted to hire local bird guides in some of these wonderful areas, but could never find good references or reviews. How did you find the ones you are using?

Also, since this cruise that we have already booked is a trip for hubby and me for winter relaxation, it would be an issue because hubby's not an avid birder. He goes along for a side trip or two, but total immersion would have him jumping overboard. Do you think the organizers of Carefree on my sailing would let me accompany them on one or two islands for a separate fee?

Several of the birders on our Carefree tour had partners who were not birders so they were singles on our birding outings. I think Carefree has it set up for just the full group that signs up, all the buses were full each day. It wouldn't hurt to ask Linda at Carefree though. They book up fast and we only got on ours due to a cancellation months ahead. Birding pal has few reviews on guides and check out special interest cruising - eco touring & expedition cruising

on cruise critic message boards, there are 2 topics on birding, also just google birding guide in island you are interested in. We have found our guides in St Lucia, Aruba, Curacao and Grenada. Happy birding.

Which December cruise have you booked with the neat birding trips?

 

 

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We are on Dec 7th Reflection cruise. I booked guides privately (found them by googling BIRDING GUIDE .......... island name) or under tourist info on specific islands.

We did the Jan 27th 2018 11 night cruise on Reflection with the Carefree birding group. It was our first trip to Caribbean and we visited Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Panama, Costa Rica and Cartagena Colombia. We got 147 life birds on our 5 1/2 days birding with group of 27 plus 4 leaders (Kevin Karlson and Dale were additional) plus local guide(s) each day. We were off ship early each day and returned around 3pm. We ate as a group in one area of MDR. It was a good introduction to Caribbean birding for us. There are some videos on YouTube under Carefree Birding. This Dec we are cruising to Southern Caribbean and have booked local birding guides on 4 of the islands.

Does classic package include canned soda, thought it was only fountain soda?

We had booked inside cabin on 11 day Reflection Jan cruise, glad we rebooked ocean view deck 3, we were able to enjoy the ocean at lesser price.

Yes and when you could book them back in Feb they were way more pricey, that's why we booked the Dec 7th 2018 14 day southern caribbean cruise.

Ask your room steward to clear out items in bar frig so you can use it, they usually bag it up and store under bed.