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Nope - also did not get a "thanks for registering" - it just took me straight into watching. I did take a screenshot of the screen at the end that said I had watched it.

Possibly. You can ask to be added to a waitlist. Sometimes people cancel. If you are on a waitlist, and space opens, they start contacting people on the list. If you are in a suite - there is a good possibility. Ask the Retreat concierge, and they may be able to get you in. You can call now or when onboard.

On the Apex, they told us not to count on all the pieces being in any game. So to be sure - bring your own.

Practical? I think on the older ships, where the kids club is a small room - yes. They could easily convert the space to something else. On the newest ships - probably not so much. In terms of would people sail - I think yes, on the smaller ships. On the newer ones - I don't think they could fill them up in the summer months. Now if you are also asking is there a market for adults only - yes, I believe there is, but not for the entire fleet. Do they NEED to switch to adults only? Probably not. I've never seen that many kids on X. I have no issues with kids being around if they are well behaved. I also have no issue with adults being around, if they are well behaved. I would not care to sail on Carnival for many reasons, which do not include the kids onboard. I think the very few kids I have ever encountered on Celebrity have been well behaved - I think the parents probably realized the facilities for kids were limited and knew their kids would still enjoy the cruise / what was offered and chose that ship anyway. Some kids are OK to read, play cards, listen to music on their phone/tablet and others need to have a surf pool, zip line, run whatever. Parents can choose a cruise line to suit their child's activity level. Most of these lines also have some adult spaces (casino, bars, so they can do "kid" things with their child, drop them at camp, and still have both family and adult time). Those that want a more "adult" atmosphere - avoid those ships with lots of facilities geared for kids. Should not be a big issue. There's something for everyone.

We self-reported on a 14 day cruise, and was sent to deck 6 on the day we were to disembark on that cruise. We quarantined in our original room as deck 6 was full. When we docked, we were moved to deck 6, but not until later in the day. The reason your key cards were probably still on deck 6 was they needed more rooms than they thought. Maybe they had planned to put you in your original rooms, but then could not as they needed to move more covid quarantine passengers from the previous cruise onto deck 6 (ie some people who self reported tested positive last minute or they needed to take quarantine people out of their rooms and move them so they upgraded other deck 6 passengers to another deck). When they deal with testing / moving the covid people - it takes AGES. They tell you they are sending someone "up to your room now" - and then it takes several hours". it could be the general guest relations number you called had no idea why your room keys were still there when your kids were upgraded to another deck. When you get put in quarantine - you are given a specific number to call for whatever you need while there. They actually DO provide fairly decent amenities in quarantine, including a refund of your original fare from the time you test positive. We were put on the cruise after ours (a 12 day) for free. When we got out of quarantine, we were moved to a balcony cabin on another deck - still free. And there will ALWAYS be selfish people who won't self-report, regardless of what is offered. You could tell people they will be put in a suite with specialty restaurant delivery and free movies (we had tons of movies) - and I guarantee you that won't make them self-report. They are just going to not miss their vacation. When we got out of quarantine - we heard numerous people literally say " I had a cough, sore throat, and headache for 3 days - it was allergies".

I booked a sky suite veranda guarantee cabin on the Flora. I actually prefer the veranda instead of infinite veranda, but could not find a sailing with the proper veranda available. But they did have guarantee option available. I know guarantee does not mean you WILL wind up in that room - but given this is the cheapest room on that ship - I figured why not try. I don't think there are "bad" rooms on this ship? I've never done a guarantee cabin - but I know that sometimes you wind up with obstructed view, less desirable location, etc. Given the small number of rooms on the ship anyway - there's not much option anyhow. Anyone with experience on this ship know if there are just some awful cabins in this category and I should really avoid doing this? I have the refundable option, so can move to a different sail date, or just go ahead and book the infinite veranda to avoid getting a horrible room location if that may be an issue. Thanks!

Hello - has anyone sailed in an Aft sky suite on Apex (or perhaps Edge, which I believe is similar ship)? We are booked in one for a trans-Atlantic crossing. I could change to a regular sky suite, as I usually am in the mid-ship location. Never sailed in back of ship before. I am intrigued by being able to watch sunset from my balcony if I would like to. And also having the large balcony at the back of the ship. Any big reason to move????