rubydoobydoo

I’ve sailed with an Abraham Hicks charter on board 

Never again !!!

I have family on board

to start with they were in a bar and the bill was being covered by P and O

then they were taken to the stadium where they spent the night 

Some food and water was provided but it ran out

they only had crackers it seems and slept in camp beds 

pretty fed up by the end of it and are having to miss Corsica I believe 

It’s funny how in most cases there’s never a big win until the last day 

Does the money go towards a huge jackpot that has to be won on the last day ?

There were only guarantee cabins available to book online for our cruise June 19

on speaking to Celebrity they were able to offer me a choice of a few cabin numbers, all great cabins 

have you phoned to speak to them ?

14 minutes ago, Wine-O said:

If you remove auto tips, they have to turn in anything you give them for the pool.  If you leave on auto tips, they get to keep anything extra that you give them.  Everyone knows who removes tips.  

I feel really bad now, I thought I was doing them a favour, we actually asked if it was better for them I’d we paid them in cash and

he said it was as he got paid anyway even if we removed tips, or that’s what we thought he meant 

30 minutes ago, Wine-O said:

If you remove automatic tips and give him cash instead, you are probably screwing him because he has to put the cash into the pool to be shared with others.  He would probably be getting less than if you leave on the auto tips.

 

Leaving envelopes in the stateroom with names on envelopes with tips is probably not a good idea, in my opinion.  They may not get to their intended person.    If you still wish to remove the auto tips, give the envelopes in person to whom they are intended.  That way it won't go into someone else's pocket, if you get my drift.  

We didn’t leave the envelopes in the cabin the empty envelopes were left on the bed for us with the amount we had to put in each envelope

and who it was going to, we then handed them out personally along with the extra cash tips we wanted to hand out 

I didn’t realise they had to hand over all cash tips, that seems very unfair as you tip extra cash to those you want to receive it, not for celebrity to decide 

24 minutes ago, Wine-O said:

In that case, they both have the huge balconies.

That will be good if it rains 😀

2 hours ago, Turtles06 said:

Both of those have the bed by the bath, and the largest balconies.   They are on opposite sides of the deck, as you probably know.   I don't know whether you care about that, nor whether you would prefer to have the bed by the balcony, but if there are other cabins available within your category, you can ask to be switched to them.

We don’t if they are opposite sides and I’m not fussy where the bed is I’ve had both and no preference, my sister wanted bes by bath so she’ll be happy 

24 minutes ago, ipeeinthepool said:

 

I think both you and the waiter are correct.   If you are on a cruise and have pre-paid tips the waiter gets the same share of your pre-paid tips impendent of your ranking on the survey.  However, the waiter's survey results are used to determine how many tables he/she are assigned.  They lose tables if the ratings are poor and gain tables if the ratings are good.  The number of tables does affect how much the waiter gets in tips.

So will the waiters still get paid the same if tips are removed assuming they get a good score

I was under the impression that he would still get his full wage from celebrity whether I removed tips or not

and then if I gave him cash he would infact be getting extra 

14 minutes ago, Wine-O said:

Both have bed by the bath, but 8226 had the huge balcony.  Definitely book 8226 over 8278.

Actually I made a mistake 

it’s 8226 and 8279

we have already booked them 

33 minutes ago, BINDY31 said:

Cruise planner always shows the same picture...😀

 

both f those cabins should have bed by the bathroom, which is our preference.

 

the way you tell us...on the deck plan some cabins have a black square...this denotes a convertible sofa bed for a third berth. This is always next to the balcony. Every second cabin has this set up whether it is just a sofa...or convertible for a third person. 

 

Hope this helps

 

cheers

 

belinda

That’s great thanks 

We normally pay the tips before we cruise

last cruise however they were added to our account daily 

I didn’t realise that it was only the cabin attendant and the other cabin attendant you don’t  see and the waiters you have in the MDR, we had the same table each day, that get your tips, I thought they went in a big pot and we’re split amongst all the staff 

We decided to remove tips last time and use cash for tipping instead , we had 4 envelopes left on the bed with the amount we should put in each one and who it was going to and it added up to the exact amount of the tips we removed from the account 

We actually tipped more in cash than we would have pre paid and when I asked our waiter how the prepaid tips worked he told me that they get paid out according to the score they get not how much people have paid in pre paid tips 

that’s why they are so keen for you to mark them 10 in the survey

Its all very confusing to me 

How do you determine if the bed is by the bathroom or the window

I’ve tried to work it and I thought we had picked one of each but I was told they are both bed by bathroom 

the cruise planner shows a picture of them both being by window 

silouhette 8226 and 8278 hump cabins

thanks

5 hours ago, Toftwood said:

Not sure if she is still in post but Kathy Barbrooke was the Director of Guest Services in the UK  (kbarbrooke@celebritycruises.com). 

Thanks I’ll try it 

Hi 

can anyone tell me the contact email address for a senior manager in customer service please 

I already have the normal email for UK but I want to go higher 

thanks 

I don't know.

I do know we felt vibration on this ship in more places and more often than we have before.

I’m pretty sure our cruise is sold out so they wouldn’t move us even if we did complain

Better have more alcohol then to make me sleep lol

We’re is 8263 next week

I’m concerned now, as we’re 3 cabins along

Do you think it was a problem just with your cabin ?

We only paid the difference on our cruise in 2014 so it can’t be that new

We’re staying at the H10 Port Vell in October after our cruise

I think your son should use whichever toilet feels right, hopefully there will be no problems

We always try to get a balcony cabin on the flat part of the hump because the slanted ones cost more money and often booked anyway, so I disagree with post #3 that said you wouldn't want to have one of those cabins. Honestly, I don't think I would like the biggest balcony anyway because I would feel further away from the ocean when sitting in our cabin. The middle sized ones look nice.

 

To answer your question, the cabins and balconies on the flat part of the hump are exactly the same size as a "regular" veranda room, but there are other benefits of being on the hump, even on the flat part:

1) location location, location! Close to the elevators and stairs but you do not get noise from them.

2) you can look straight down to the ocean instead of straight down into a life boat - great for watching the pilot get on/off the ship.

3) you get unobstructed views both fore and aft

 

Sue

Perfect thanks

I’ve had 1122 on Equinox, it was a slanting hump balcony, big, but not as big as next door

This time I have a balcony on the flat part of the hump, I assume that will be the same size as a normal non hump balcony ?

I quite fancy seeing both ways as long as it’s not a smaller cabin or balcony

I agree about smoking on the balcony, we had a smoker next to us and it was cigars I think, and it was so bad it came through to our cabin

He would then spend all night coughing up gods knows what and clearing his throat, it was disgusting

Celebrity prices have dramatically risen in the UK since mid March. We booked in November and paid £116/pp/pn for 1A cabin with Beverage Package but no obc. Their current pricing can't be sustained and would expect to see significant price drops in the coming months.

That’s the same as we’ve paid for our Greek Island cruise, now it’s over £200 a night

The prices must drop soon