Extend Your Stay

[Ms Jo UK]

I saw this available in my cruise planner for Equinox out of FLL in April 21.  My understanding was that this was not allowed in US ports, has that changed or is it an error in the cruise planner - could Celebrity IT ever have mistakes lol.

 

[mom says]

I would put money on it being an error. I'm pretty sure US Immigration requires them to zero out the ship before any new passengers can embark, rendering  an "extend your stay" problematic in US ports. If course, things may have changed.

[jelayne]

We are on the Eclipse B2b  &  docked in San Pedro for turn around day and ship had to zero out.

[Northern Aurora]

We were on a B2B2B on the Constellation in Europe last month.  The "extend your stay" offer was made on all three legs.  I haven't seen the offer in US ports, or in North American ports either.  I am guessing that the offer our OP saw was an error.

[emmas gran]

4 hours ago, Ms Jo UK said:

I saw this available in my cruise planner for Equinox out of FLL in April 21.  My understanding was that this was not allowed in US ports, has that changed or is it an error in the cruise planner - could Celebrity IT ever have mistakes lol.

 

No its not possible --for us last Nov on Equinox as previous posters say ship has to be Zero count

[MishaJ]

On 11/16/2019 at 3:47 AM, emmas gran said:

No its not possible --for us last Nov on Equinox as previous posters say ship has to be Zero count

'Extend Your Stay' is offered on my Feb 2020 cruise out of Fort Lauderdale as well. . . found this post looking for more info on it. . . 
Why would it be offered on my cruise planner if only available on Euro cruises? 
The question I came looking for the answer to was what time you have to leave the boat? It does state out of cabin by 9am. 

[mom says]

3 hours ago, MishaJ said:

'Extend Your Stay' is offered on my Feb 2020 cruise out of Fort Lauderdale as well. . . found this post looking for more info on it. . . 
Why would it be offered on my cruise planner if only available on Euro cruises? 
The question I came looking for the answer to was what time you have to leave the boat? It does state out of cabin by 9am. 

You may be operating under the assumption that Celebrity's website is always accurate. This would be wrong. Usually they want you out of the cabin by 8:00 or 8:30, and off the ship by 9:30. This is to enable them to start boarding B2B and new passengers.

 

And please don't call it a boat (especially to the crew). It's a ship.

Edited November 21, 2019 by mom says

[MishaJ]

I actually just got confirmation from my cruise planner that it IS in fact available to me in a US port 🙂

[WrittenOnYourHeart]

6 minutes ago, MishaJ said:

I actually just got confirmation from my cruise planner that it IS in fact available to me in a US port 🙂

 

I don't know if it's a mistake on the website or not, but Misha is correct. It is showing on the final day excursion options on my 2/16 Edge cruise as well.

[hopeless holiday booker]

Its on mine to.  I'm going to email and see what they say and how long you can stay on.

[little britain]

It is showing on my Equinox cruise ending in May 2020 too.

Extend Your Stay

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Not quite ready to say goodbye? Neither are we. Extend your vacation a few extra hours.

From

*63.99GBP Adult

 

31.59GBP Child

 

 

I note that it is considerably more expensive than the option on RCI which is £49!!!

[MishaJ]

1 minute ago, little britain said:

It is showing on my Equinox cruise ending in May 2020 too.

Extend Your Stay

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Not quite ready to say goodbye? Neither are we. Extend your vacation a few extra hours.

From

*63.99GBP Adult

 

31.59GBP Child

 

 

I note that it is considerably more expensive than the option on RCI which is £49!!!

Still cheaper than Feb... we are offered EYS at $79/pp, $39 per child 

[little britain]

2 minutes ago, MishaJ said:

Still cheaper than Feb... we are offered EYS at $79/pp, $39 per child 

Actually £63.99 is $82.50 at today's rate so still more expensive for the Brits (quelle surprise!)

[barbette165]

£63.99 (GBP) is the same as $79.99 (USD) at 1.25 exchange rate

edit - just checked on my cruise planner - it's showing at £51.19

 

Edited November 21, 2019 by barbette165

[MishaJ]

Ah, my mistake, I read your post as $63. 

[mom says]

Then this is something completely new. Either US Border Control has changed their regulations, or there are going to be a lot of p***** off pax who will be embarking a lot later than they've been accustomed to.

[bigbenboys]

Why cant EYS people be just like b2b and zero the boat. Give the EYS's different keys. With Celebrity having a world renowned IT department they can figure it out.

[mom says]

1 hour ago, bigbenboys said:

Why cant EYS people be just like b2b and zero the boat. Give the EYS's different keys. With Celebrity having a world renowned IT department they can figure it out.

Explain to me how Border Control can zero the ship if pax haven't left the ship. Even B2Bs have to get off, if only for a few minutes. And when they reboard, they do it as pax for the next cruise.

Edited November 21, 2019 by mom says

[MishaJ]

🤷‍♀️

All I know is it's being offered, and X Planner says not a mistake. 

 

[MamaFej]

4 hours ago, mom says said:

You may be operating under the assumption that Celebrity's website is always accurate. This would be wrong. Usually they want you out of the cabin by 8:00 or 8:30, and off the ship by 9:30. This is to enable them to start boarding B2B and new passengers.

 

And please don't call it a boat (especially to the crew). It's a ship.

 

6 minutes ago, mom says said:

Explain to me how Border Control can zero the boat if pax haven't left the boat. Even B2Bs have to get off, if only for a few minutes?

 

This made me smile. I don't know if it was intentional, as a joke, or inadvertent, but I definitely smiled.

[MishaJ]

28 minutes ago, MamaFej said:

 

 

This made me smile. I don't know if it was intentional, as a joke, or inadvertent, but I definitely smiled.

She edited... spoilsport 😉

[C-Dragons]

1 hour ago, MishaJ said:

🤷‍♀️

All I know is it's being offered, and X Planner says not a mistake. 

 

The EYS program has been around since 2011. 😊

[mom says]

38 minutes ago, C-Dragons said:

The EYS program has been around since 2011. 😊

Yes, but AFAIK, not in US ports

[MamaFej]

2 hours ago, MishaJ said:

She edited... spoilsport 😉

All in good fun. I actually thought it might have been joke.

[mom says]

2 hours ago, MamaFej said:

All in good fun. I actually thought it might have been joke.

Lol, no. I was responding using the same words as the person I responded to. As soon as I posted I realized what I had done, so I edited it. But, yeah, I laughed at myself too.