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kitty9

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    Western Pa.
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    Celebrity, Seabourn
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Hong Kong

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  1. I don’t think corporate logo shirts are appropriate. Just get a couple of nice long sleeved polo shirts .
  2. Her immune system is good. She has blood work every two weeks and her oncologist has been very happy. They did talk about things like colds, RSV (she got the shot for that), COVID and the like and he said to use common sense but he’s not concerned. As for the weight loss, (she was 276 lbs before getting sick) her whole journey started when she got COVID in Feb, developed a blood clot and had a collapsed lung. She was in hospital for a long time, not eating much for weeks before the lung issue, and during a routine CT scan, they discovered the cancer. She’s at one of the best cancer treatment centers in the country and her oncologist has been listed as one of the best doctors in the area. So, if he’s ok with her travel, then so are we.
  3. My sister has gummies and something called Organic Remedies. They are THC based. She gets them from a local dispensary with her physician’s medical marijuana card. To the person who commented about her fitness to travel, her oncologist encouraged her to take the trip. Her condition is stable and the cancer cells are shrinking with the chemo. All her markers are really good. She lost 144 lbs in less than 3 months, but she’s gaining weight and feels good.
  4. My sister was recently diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer and is on a chemo regimen of pills. Her oncologist prescribed the usual medications to alleviate the side effects, with one being capsules of marijuana-based medication. It’s the only thing that settles her down. We are leaving in a week for 21 days on a B2B on Beyond. Am I right in assuming that she will not be allowed to bring her meds on board? It’s not like she uses the stuff to get high, but it’s a part of her cancer treatment. Does anyone know if they allow these meds under special circumstances?
  5. Thank you so much for the information. We haven’t cruised Celebrity for about 7 years, so any changes are new to us.
  6. We took our Goddaughter on a cruise, along with her biological father, but we needed to get a letter of permission from the biological mother (who has custody). We were told that since a couple of ports have custodial issues, they need permission from the non-traveling parent proving that the one parent wasn’t going to take their daughter and leave the US.
  7. On our cruise documents, lit says that we are Elite+ Amethyst, which isn’t a designation I’ve not seen before. Is this some kind of a new tier level for Captain’s Club?
  8. I’ve done several segments on three separate world cruises as a single person, and it’s something that I would do again, and again, if I physically could. But right now cruising is off the agenda for me because I have spent 10 weeks in different hospitals since the beginning of the year. Add to that my travel partner, my sister, was just diagnosed with three different kinds of cancer. So despite the fact that we both wanted to go back on Crystal, it’s unfortunately not in the cards for us, even in the future. But as a solo, I found Crystal to be probably the most welcoming cruise line out of all the very many that I have cruised.
  9. I cannot tell you how many times I was blocked in the hallways of celebrity ships when people parked their mobility scooters in the hall. I am a full-time scooter, user and would never park my scooter in the hallway. It’s difficult enough to get around the housekeeping carts in a scooter, much less having to fight your way around somebody else’s scooter.
  10. Interesting that Crystal usually had a priest, minister and rabbi on their cruises, especially the world cruises.
  11. If they have to wait for previous crew to end current contracts, who will staff the ships until those contracts end? And will Crystal fire the new staff to bring back the oldies?
  12. You really can’t eliminate a restaurant on one ship because you had a negative experience on a sister ship. We love Toscana, especially the breaded veal chop. A lot has to do with the chef. On one cruise, we had a terrible experience in Polo and said we’d not dine there again. But on our next cruise, we gave Polo another chance and it was excellent. Yep, there was a new chef. It really bothers me that people won’t dine with a gay couple. On our cruise last month, we made friends with two gay couples and had dinner in Privee one night. My sister and I had a fantastic time. We are on your March cruise. Maybe we can meet.
  13. We’ve had our port times shortened on our upcoming B2B Caribbean cruise. While I don’t see these new times having a big impact in the Caribbean, it sure stinks for other itineraries, unless you have private tours that you have to change/shorten. When we were booking on board, I asked the Club hostess why O no longer goes to some of the more popular ports in the Caribbean like St Martin, Aruba, St Thomas. She told me that O cruisers don’t like crowded ports, so they stopped going to them. But I asked her, if that’s the case, why does O still go to places like Venice or St. Petersburg or Livorno or Barcelona? Those ports/cities are are always way overcrowded with the behemoth ships and their 6000 passengers. She had no retort. So, what would be their real reason for going to less known ports? BTW, as just a general thing, O ships no longer sell anything like cough drops, Cepacol (sore throats) or any other medical items. They also stopped selling things as simple as Lifesavers or breath mints because those can cover Covid, according to the sales staff in the shops.
  14. The worst for me was their supposed stir fry. I’ve never, ever seen stir fry in a runny white sauce. It looked more like soup than stir fry. This happened twice at lunch when they advertised a stir fry option. My sister also ordered the veal wrapped in pancetta and needed a buzz saw to cut it. And the filet mignon was so stringy that the steak knife couldn’t cut through it. O is obviously ordering inferior cuts of meat.
  15. No go with Viking. I’m fully disabled and Viking actively discourages disabled from cruising. I called them and told them I used a scooter full time and she told me they can’t really accommodate scooters because they sell themselves as a highly active cruise line.
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