vkb2751 Posted November 11, 2021 #126 Share Posted November 11, 2021 3 hours ago, jelayne said: After we found the 10/16 Apex cruise we put a hold on a SV. There were only 2 available, both on Deck 7. Waiting for pricing and additions from the TA. The 52 night cruise misses 2 places that we want to visit, Israel & Egypt so the Apex cruise takes care of that. We just booked SV on deck 7 on 10/16/23 Apex cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted November 12, 2021 #127 Share Posted November 12, 2021 If it was 7308 you beat me to it😊. We will be in 7311. Unless something opens up on deck 8, 9, or 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare KKB Posted November 14, 2021 #128 Share Posted November 14, 2021 We are still considering all 4 legs; will know within a month or 2 if we are pulling the trigger. There is a FB group but I'm thinking a bad idea to put that out there w/ my real name... I have done a lot of comparing to other lines & I'm finding that this cruise is priced decently. Now we have not cruised more than 2 weeks. We are fine with an interior as we are rarely in our room. I realize we would probably prefer a window/balcony on a longer cruise but we would rather cruise more often/longer in an interior--especially a 200 sq foot one! I have looked at Oceania, Viking, Holland & Costa and so far the Edge wins. We do like that drinks, wifi & tips (ESPECIALLY) are included. We LOVE the Edge. We are considering taking a 32 day S. Pacific cruise from Sydney to Vancouver in March/April 2023 instead...thought perhaps easing our way into a longer cruise might be wise. We shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted November 14, 2021 #129 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Whatever you decide book sooner rather than later. We booked the 1st 2 legs of the 52N cruise and they have increased by $2k each on 2 weeks. If the price goes down (unlikely) we can reprice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare KKB Posted November 14, 2021 #130 Share Posted November 14, 2021 16 hours ago, jelayne said: Whatever you decide book sooner rather than later. We booked the 1st 2 legs of the 52N cruise and they have increased by $2k each on 2 weeks. If the price goes down (unlikely) we can reprice The interior rooms do not seem to be as in demand, luckily. After Thanksgiving we will have a clearer picture, so on hold until then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauimary Posted November 14, 2021 #131 Share Posted November 14, 2021 (edited) 19 hours ago, KKB said: We are considering taking a 32 day S. Pacific cruise from Sydney to Vancouver in March/April 2023 instead...thought perhaps easing our way into a longer cruise might be wise. We shall see. KKB. We did the reverse of this cruise in 2018. We were on for 39 days as we added a cruise before it down the California Coast. We loved it and lucky for us managed to be in the same AFT stateroom. We loved every minute of it. We also had pretty much good seas all the way. We could have easily stayed on for another two weeks. For this cruise we do have four different staterooms but will do anything to be on the AFT. We generally book cruises that interest us. The prices go up and down so many that have risen in price we have also caught some good drops. We book ourselves directly with Celebrity so we have control of the cruise and can speak directly with them when we spot a drop. We have had some incredible luck on price drops but it does take some diligence keeping an eye out! Mary😎 Edited November 14, 2021 by mauimary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mac_tlc Posted November 15, 2021 #132 Share Posted November 15, 2021 20 hours ago, KKB said: We are considering taking a 32 day S. Pacific cruise from Sydney to Vancouver in March/April 2023 instead...thought perhaps easing our way into a longer cruise might be wise. We shall see. We still have the 18 day Ovation of the Seas repo from Sydney to Hawaii booked for April 2023, but will most likely cancel it to do the Edge. Plus, I hear that French Polynesia is going to limit ship sizes at some ports and that could make the Ovation itinerary less exciting. mac_tlc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare KKB Posted November 15, 2021 #133 Share Posted November 15, 2021 14 hours ago, mac_tlc said: We still have the 18 day Ovation of the Seas repo from Sydney to Hawaii booked for April 2023, but will most likely cancel it to do the Edge. Plus, I hear that French Polynesia is going to limit ship sizes at some ports and that could make the Ovation itinerary less exciting. mac_tlc Interesting you say that. We have been looking at the Princess one for a while...it does seem to me that there were more French Polynesian stops initially...tho I could be confusing cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldengirl676 Posted November 22, 2021 #134 Share Posted November 22, 2021 On 11/2/2021 at 6:22 AM, Ipeeinthepools said: Yes the OBC for booking onboard is correct. It surprised both me an my TA. I discussed booking this with my TA before I left on my current cruise, thinking I would get $200 per leg for a veranda cabin. I questioned the lower amount as I was booking the cruise and the Celebrity rep advised me it was lower because it’s a repositioning cruise. I’ll suggest that most of us never looked at the lower amount for shorter cruises and noticed that repositioning cruises were in the same category. I also moved this directly to my TA. I had my TA’s contact info with me so Celebrity rep inputted that directly into the reservation and it went directly to my TA. I used a different TA for my current cruise and wanted to make sure it went to my new TA. I also had to sign a form switching TAs. Prior to booking I also checked with my TA to check their rates for my cabin category. The TA had better deals in some categories but not in other categories and I used that info to guide my purchase. The option may not be available in all categories. I needed to provide a larger deposit to qualify. Finding a good TA may be more important than any differences in OBC between TAs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldengirl676 Posted November 22, 2021 #135 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Would you share what TA your using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted November 22, 2021 #136 Share Posted November 22, 2021 12 hours ago, Goldengirl676 said: Would you share what TA your using? Cruise Critic rules prohibit posters from giving the names of TAs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
composting money Posted December 31, 2021 #137 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Howdy from Texas, USA. We’re booked for all four legs on the journey. Looking forward to meeting new friends and seeing interesting ports of call. we’ll see everyone during Captain Club happy hour. Looking for to hearing this groups suggestions for excursion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topdog1 Posted January 5, 2022 #138 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Hi, we just booked for all 4 legs of this sailing. Chris and Suzanne from North Yorkshire, England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JES33158 Posted March 28, 2022 #139 Share Posted March 28, 2022 On 12/31/2021 at 1:04 PM, composting money said: Howdy from Texas, USA. We’re booked for all four legs on the journey. Looking forward to meeting new friends and seeing interesting ports of call. we’ll see everyone during Captain Club happy hour. Looking for to hearing this groups suggestions for excursion. Do you mind if I ask if they provided a discount because it was over 50 days. We were on with celebrity rep yesterday to book all four. He said once you book it goes to a separate department and they provide the discount…. Just wondering if that is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woldridge Posted March 28, 2022 #140 Share Posted March 28, 2022 22 minutes ago, JES33158 said: Do you mind if I ask if they provided a discount because it was over 50 days. We were on with celebrity rep yesterday to book all four. He said once you book it goes to a separate department and they provide the discount…. Just wondering if that is true. I just looked at my 4 invoices and the only discount I see is $100 for the B2B discount on each cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDCruze Posted March 29, 2022 #141 Share Posted March 29, 2022 13 hours ago, woldridge said: I just looked at my 4 invoices and the only discount I see is $100 for the B2B discount on each cruise. That's all we received also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JES33158 Posted March 29, 2022 #142 Share Posted March 29, 2022 On 3/28/2022 at 5:18 PM, woldridge said: I just looked at my 4 invoices and the only discount I see is $100 for the B2B discount on each cruise. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JES33158 Posted March 29, 2022 #143 Share Posted March 29, 2022 11 hours ago, MDCruze said: That's all we received also. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauimary Posted March 30, 2022 #144 Share Posted March 30, 2022 We have decided to cancel this cruise. It was a hard decision but the timing just does not work well for us. We have gone back and forth over it. For anyone that is interested we have released a SUNSET balcony on segments 1&2 so far. We are still deciding what we want to transfer our no refundable deposits to before we release segments 3&4. I will let you know when I do them. Suez Canal #10271 10/30 Dubai-Singapore #9307 11/13. Mary😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkelcruiser Posted April 3, 2022 #145 Share Posted April 3, 2022 On 10/26/2021 at 1:55 PM, TeaBag said: This is too late for us. We are booked on Azamara Singapore to Athens and really looking forward to seeing Petra. Hi - We'll be on the Celebrity cruise - What are you looking forward to in Petra? Thanks. Trying to get other ideas and opinions. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkelcruiser Posted April 3, 2022 #146 Share Posted April 3, 2022 On 10/27/2021 at 5:59 AM, JoePDX said: Petra is amazing! Email me if you need a recommendation for a guide. 😊 Hi JoePDX - i am interested in a recommendation for a guide in Petra. Thanks. Couldn't find your email. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JoePDX Posted April 3, 2022 #147 Share Posted April 3, 2022 2 hours ago, snorkelcruiser said: Hi JoePDX - i am interested in a recommendation for a guide in Petra. Thanks. Couldn't find your email. 🙂 Hi - I used Best Shore Trips in April 2017 for a group of 11 off Oceania Nautica. This company had at least four other private groups off the ship that day. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g298101-d3825716-Reviews-Best_Shore_Trips_Private_Tours-Aqaba_Al_Aqabah_Governorate.html email. Bestshoretrip at gmail dot com We went to Petra and Wadi Rum. Price was $185 per person including entrance fees to Petra and Wadi Rum and a boxed lunch which we ate in the minivan enroute from Petra to Wadi Rum. Total tour time was around 12 hours. We had a guide and a driver. Payment due at end of tour. Everything was great. Preplanning with their office was effortless. A magical day. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkelcruiser Posted April 3, 2022 #148 Share Posted April 3, 2022 12 minutes ago, JoePDX said: Hi - I used Best Shore Trips in April 2017 for a group of 11 off Oceania Nautica. This company had at least four other private groups off the ship that day. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g298101-d3825716-Reviews-Best_Shore_Trips_Private_Tours-Aqaba_Al_Aqabah_Governorate.html email. Bestshoretrip at gmail dot com We went to Petra and Wadi Rum. Price was $185 per person including entrance fees to Petra and Wadi Rum and a boxed lunch which we ate in the minivan enroute from Petra to Wadi Rum. Total tour time was around 12 hours. We had a guide and a driver. Payment due at end of tour. Everything was great. Preplanning with their office was effortless. A magical day. Joe Thanks so much Joe! - Sherry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now