DWhit Posted September 4, 2021 #251 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Have a great trip Jim. Pam and I hope to see you about halfway through after we board for the ABC's. If you get a chance, let us know about any live music in the ensemble lounge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helen haywood Posted September 4, 2021 #252 Share Posted September 4, 2021 50 minutes ago, TourDeCruise said: Does the Equinox still have the Concierge lunch for Concierge class guests and Zenith on embarkation day? My understanding from reading others’ experiences in covid times is the lunch is no longer on embarkation day due to the staggered boarding times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulamoon Posted September 4, 2021 #253 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Jim, this is just what I need, thanks for doing this and providing updated info. Have a great time!😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SonuvaBeach Posted September 4, 2021 #254 Share Posted September 4, 2021 15 hours ago, Jim_Iain said: Looking forward to reading your LIVE REVIEW! My wife and I will be on the Equinox for the 9/17 cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bama4cruisin Posted September 4, 2021 #255 Share Posted September 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Jim_Iain said: The ones we have are not the laminating kind. They are kinda an envelope with a ziploc type seal at the top to make it waterproof and allow you to take it out to update with your booster. Ours as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising89143 Posted September 4, 2021 #256 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Bon Voyage Jim. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokopelli-az Posted September 4, 2021 #257 Share Posted September 4, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Jim_Iain said: The ones we have are not the laminating kind. They are kinda an envelope with a ziploc type seal at the top to make it waterproof and allow you to take it out to update with your booster. There are many who say not to laminate your Covid card because any additional boosters you may receive cannot be added. Here is one article that mentions this: https://www.nbcnews.com/shopping/wellness/vaccine-card-holders-covid-n1278122 Edited September 4, 2021 by kokopelli-az Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TravelBluebird Posted September 4, 2021 #258 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Have a fantastic trip; I’ll be following along, and boarding the Equinox on 9/17! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted September 4, 2021 Author #259 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I always check both Lyft and Uber as their rates are not the same. This morning Lyft won 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted September 4, 2021 Author #260 Share Posted September 4, 2021 SFO was a breeze getting into settled in for our flight to Houston lunch was surprisingly good. The chicken was moist and tender 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenValleyDogWalker Posted September 4, 2021 #261 Share Posted September 4, 2021 1 minute ago, Jim_Iain said: I always check both Lyft and Uber as their rates are not the same. This morning Lyft won Still following along - have a wonderful trip ! - Looking forward to more pics and info ! (I have already started to pack, and have made appointments at the local CVS for the Covid Tests - even though we don't board the Equinox until the 9/26 sailing) - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted September 4, 2021 Author #262 Share Posted September 4, 2021 We were scheduled to leave early but the bridge broke snd took 30 minutes to fix. With good tail winds we arrived on time waiting to board flight to FLL in 10 minutes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_T Posted September 4, 2021 #263 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Nearly there then, hope it is a smooth flight. Looking forward to following your posts on this one as we get ready for our UK cruise in 2 weeks time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare abbydancer2003 Posted September 4, 2021 #264 Share Posted September 4, 2021 38 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said: SFO was a breeze getting into This is weird, in that I fly UA out of SFO almost exclusively and I don't recognise this picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted September 5, 2021 Author #265 Share Posted September 5, 2021 4 hours ago, abbydancer said: This is weird, in that I fly UA out of SFO almost exclusively and I don't recognise this picture. That is down near the Tram and Bart Station. Our flight originated in Tel Aviv and we had to check in at Domestic and then go through security at International. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted September 5, 2021 Author #266 Share Posted September 5, 2021 5 hours ago, GreenValleyDogWalker said: Still following along - have a wonderful trip ! - Looking forward to more pics and info ! (I have already started to pack, and have made appointments at the local CVS for the Covid Tests - even though we don't board the Equinox until the 9/26 sailing) - I'm not sure if you have seen but Celebrity just changed testing to 2 days prior to cruise from 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted September 5, 2021 Author #267 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Finally got my Negative Test results and am happy we did the fast test. The regular one took about 55 hours. I think I would be panicking if I didn't have the other one. We both had the test in the same car at the same time and Iain's came through at about 42 hours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted September 5, 2021 Author #268 Share Posted September 5, 2021 5 hours ago, Mark_T said: Nearly there then, hope it is a smooth flight. Looking forward to following your posts on this one as we get ready for our UK cruise in 2 weeks time. Thanks..... Yes we arrived safe and sound. Smooth flights and both arrived early. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthayer Gonbak Posted September 5, 2021 #269 Share Posted September 5, 2021 On 9/2/2021 at 6:24 PM, Jim_Iain said: I was trying to find where i saw it posted. I wouldn't expect them to fly us all the way back to California but would be OK to at least be on U.S. Soil. Puerto Rico? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthayer Gonbak Posted September 5, 2021 #270 Share Posted September 5, 2021 On 9/3/2021 at 1:04 PM, Jim_Iain said: We were just talking about the poor lady and her lockdown due to being a close contact. From what others are saying if you are a close contact, even if tested negative, will not be permitted to do the second leg of a B2B. We are going to try to social distance at all times, like we do at home. I would think it would depend on how much time until your next cruise. Isn’t current quarantine 5-10 days? On one of the B2B listed here with different ships and thus the capability of a negative test 48 hours before sailing it would seem reasonable to consider the quarantine time as if you had been exposed at home you’d have been free to travel! This needs some more thinking! Too many reasons that the person might be safer than a new passenger. Certainly I expect a question about being expose in the last 14 days, just not sure what protocol if the answer is yes! Of course there’s the problem that 14 day trips seem to be missing atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthayer Gonbak Posted September 5, 2021 #271 Share Posted September 5, 2021 16 hours ago, bama4cruisin said: In case Jim is unavailable, I ordered ours, which are very similar, on Amazon. They came as a set of 2 for less than $7.00. it took longer but I used Wish and got 3 for very little money. They are similar to name badge holders for conventions and I had an option of which side opened. I’d think staples et al might carry them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthayer Gonbak Posted September 5, 2021 #272 Share Posted September 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Jim_Iain said: That is down near the Tram and Bart Station. Our flight originated in Tel Aviv and we had to check in at Domestic and then go through security at International. if I recall from lax the Dreamliner is too big to be brought to the current terminals. They had to built a separate place to board them. We were bussed to the ramps to the plane. We were leaving for New Zealand but if there is a problem with the planes size building 2 terminals seems silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraderSam Posted September 5, 2021 #273 Share Posted September 5, 2021 On 9/3/2021 at 10:56 PM, Jim_Iain said: Thanks ---- I really love Scotland. Iain is from Ayershire, Robert Burns territory and was required to memorize his poetry in school. Yes, we were all subjected to the poetry analysis and singing the songs in school! They do have a wonderful museum telling his life story now. He was quite a laddie, was oor Rabbie! It is worth visiting when you are next over if you haven’t already been to it. https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/robert-burns-birthplace-museum (there’s an option on the website, to read the info in Scots. Maybe Iain could read it to you.😁) Oh and there’s no ‘e’ in Ayrshire. Ayr is the town and Ayrshire is the surrounding area.🥰👍🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fstuff1 Posted September 5, 2021 #274 Share Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) I'm on the 8/27 cruise. Today is last day of my cruise. I woke up at 7 am and saw that I wasn't packed at all. I wondered why I wasn't packed since I'm pretty good about doing at least 90% the night before. Then I remembered I'm doing a b2b. I need coffee... 🙂 Edited September 5, 2021 by fstuff1 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentin53 Posted September 5, 2021 #275 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Jim, thanks for providing updated info. Have a great time and enjoy the cruise! We were going to be together on a trip to Busan, South Korea in October 2018, when we were on Celebrity Millennium, but the trip was canceled (sorry we didn't meet). We now have a reservation for February 2022 of the Millennium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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