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As you noted in post #2, there is a restriction on how far in advance of the flight Air Canada will accept checked luggage (four hours). I'd suggest that this doesn't provide enough time to check the luggage and visit downtown San Francisco and return in time to go through security for the flight.

And I expect that's USD 110. Your car rental, park admission, gas, lunch, etc... will all be in CAD... a pretty attractive exchange rate for you and lots of flexibility.

Oodles of time. It's about an hour's drive from Enterprise Car Rental to Highland Village. If you arrive at Highland Village at 1000 (opening time) and spend two or three hours there or in the area you have plenty of time to get the car back and make your way to the ship.

We took the Aerobus in late April; luggage came on the bus and all the buses we saw were configured similarly.

Thank you, I'll have a look at it.

Yes, yes, yes. It appears as though Sandra engages in some very questionable practices. If you ended up making an insurance claim then your insurer would get involved to determine whether your claim is admissible and how they would address the vendor's activity (ies).

Sorry, still don't see it (especially if she has a no-refund policy up front... and there are certainly some questions surrounding that). What about pre-paid hotel reservations or no-show reservations where $$ are either not refunded or a charge for one night is made against the credit card? Is that too, an insurance fraud on the part of the hotel which is not making a claim on the insurerer.

How about pre-paid HIA and laundry package?

Insurance fraud, how so? I don't much care for Sandra's practices but it looks more like a non-refundable reservation (like a hotel) than fraud. belkin simply wasted her/his time trying to find replacements under an understandable (but mistaken) notion that a refund from Sandra's would follow.

For sure you have lots of time to get to the Highland Village... https://highlandvillage.novascotia.ca/ You'll need to rent a car; better get started on that soon. I suggest you look at Enterprise as it is closest to cruise terminal. Others are at the airport.

Call Air Canada and see whether they can adjust your flight tickets/purchase so it's all on one ticket number.

What Highland Village are you referring to? Baddeck?

Sounds OK to me for a seven day cruise in July out of the US.

Probably. Me personally, I'd trust those reviews about as much as Trip Advisor reviews.

We did a TA earlier this year and went to Madrid for a few days (with a day trip to Toledo). An excellent choice and a location you'll not see on any cruise itinerary. We stayed at Room Mate Alba; great location and close to trains, local transport, sites and easy access to MAD. https://room-matehotels.com/en/alba/

Likely as true as the Tripadvisor reviews and ratings. Since the poster came to Cruise Critic looking for advice, he/she ought to have full faith in the CC Editor review(s). Oh.... 5/5 doesn't necessarily mean 'the best'; after all, the CC Editor review wasn't a comparison between ships.

Eastern entrance to Prinz Christian Sund is at approx 60N 43W. Plenty of ice in Cape Farewell area and it's being blown offshore of SE Greenland at the moment. Doubt if there is much shipping in the area without ice strengthened hull. chart1_CapeFarewell_202407160915_Colour.pdf

If Tripadvisor doesn't give you a 'feel good', go here.... evidently a source you trust! https://www.cruisecritic.com/cruise/celebrity/celebrity-apex

I don't know about Scenic although I suspect they do offer a transfer service, which I would opt for if arriving at ZRH the day of the cruise. Otherwise, you can take trains from ZRH to Basel. Mostly, there is a change at Zurich main station although there are some direct to Basel train station. It takes about 1 1/2 hours to get from ZRH to Basel train station. https://www.sbb.ch/en Presumably, you'd stay in an hotel for at least one night then take a taxi to the cruise dock(s).

Are you planning on taking trains and will you be arriving in Basel the day your cruise departs?

Taking a photo or a screenshot of the contact info is a handy way to keep it available without requiring anyinternet/wi-fi access.

I always say 'No, thank you.' and never offer any type of explanation or reaction. I wouldn't spend any time or effort following up with Celebrity either onboard or later; I dismiss this sort of behaviour and let it go immediately.

Sure you are. We weren't advised about who needs to have NEXUS when traveling together (not traveling at same time as individuals). We were told not to travel together (with me using my NEXUS card) through a crossing until my wife's NEXUS enrollment through CBP is complete. From a CBP perspective, I don't know what they consider to be traveling together, but I think I get the picture... wait until my wife's card is fully activated before using mine unless I am traveling entirely by myself.

No, you are OK. I was told not to use my NEXUS while we travel together UNTIL my wife completes her enrollment process with US CBP.

Yes, I was aware of that. My comment/question was more to highlight that closed-looped cruises out of the US may require a passport depending on the itinerary. I believe a lot of (new) cruisers might conclude that birth certificates, EDLs and passport cards may be fully satisfactory for any closed-loop cruise.