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Info About Trying Royal Caribbean by a Celebrity Cruiser
LeeW replied to dazey's topic in Royal Caribbean International
You shouldn't need to call to get your Crown & Anchor number. Just log in to the Royal site with your email and Captain's Club password and you will see your status on Royal. Note the C&A number and try a mock booking with entering that number. Will show any balcony discount (assuming that the existing promotion doesn't exclude the balcony discount). You are likely Diamond on Royal, so you get the 4 drinks each day automatically at most bars or dining room. Good for cans of soda, water as well. Note that on Royal if you buy the soda package it doesn't include cans, just fountain. You may not get casino offers right away, but you can sign up for them at https://www.clubroyaleoffers.com/NotGettingMyOffers.asp You will also get instant offers for future cruises onboard when you hit various number of points. -
Foreign port is required for cruise to sail from US. Likely Nassau or Coco Cay.
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6 month passport rule on Royal Caribbean? Help!
LeeW replied to puckliny's topic in Royal Caribbean International
This cruise stops in Bahamas, USVI, St Maarten, St Lucia and Barbados before getting to Puerto Rico. It is NOT direct travel to either St Thomas or Puerto Rico. Passport is definitely required. Flying directly to either St Thomas or Puerto Rico can be done with a driver's license. But open loop cruises always require a passport. Closed loop cruises out of US ports generally allow travel on birth certificates. There are a few countries that require passports - Martinique and Colombia, for example. None of the ports the OP is hitting require passports at all for cruise entry, so expiration date shouldn't matter. Our experience has been the port folks don't even look at expiration date, but the most likely response would be to remind them to renew when they get back. -
What can I expect with online check in
LeeW replied to Minuet888's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Log into your account, either on computer or app. App will show a checkin link either at the bottom of the page or your profile page. Computer will show checkin where you see the cruise list. On the app you can select the arrival time without filling in the other information. Computer requires you to fill in info listed in other post first. Easier to do the passport and other information on a desktop. We have used the same photos for years (although you can resize them when you upload them). Same with passport image - saved on computer. You can fill in the information for your entire party. In theory checkin opens at 9 your time but don't be surprised if it runs a few minutes late. If app isn't letting you check in, try refreshing or select another cruise (can be the same one). This reloads the cruise you are trying to check in on. Most folks do the midnight checkin to get an early arrival time. You don't really need to do that unless you are trying to get the earliest time. On many cruises I have checked in 12 hours late and still gotten the second arrival group. And they often don't check what group you are in at the terminal anyway. Once done, the cruise documents and boarding pass will show up roughly 30 days before the cruise. -
Princess Transfer from YVR to Canada Place pier - Luggage Question
LeeW replied to LenapeWolf's topic in Princess Cruises
Luggage transfers will be fine but the "guarantee" doesn't work for Alaska one way cruises to Whittier. If you miss the ship in Vancouver and the next stop is a US port you can't get on in any port due to PVSA rules. Not allowed to travel from one US port to another on Alaska routes. So don't miss sailing! -
You can either buy a large cake (arrange with a headwaiter a day in advance) or just tell the waiters. The latter will get you a small piece of cake to share, candle, and singing for free. Or you could book them a dinner in a specialty restaurant.
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Using diamond benefits on a Celebrity Cruise
LeeW replied to driverandrews's topic in Royal Caribbean International
We like Equinox and tried Beyond just after Christmas (not in Infinite Suite). If you like specialty dining Edge-class ships are great. All interior (and a lot of exterior) space seems to be devoted to specialty dining venues. If you are not into that, ship is pretty blah (although beautiful). -
Using diamond benefits on a Celebrity Cruise
LeeW replied to driverandrews's topic in Royal Caribbean International
OP, your status should have automatically updated on Celebrity since their accounts are closely connected with Royal. Try logging in, deleting your Captains Circle number and then re-enter it and saving again. Should update the system. If it doesn't, call Captains Circle and they will fix it. -
You don't even need the booking number. Call with sailing and name of person in cabin and they can look it up. Buying her a Refreshment Package only works if she hasn't already bought one, but the phone folks can see this if it happened.
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Last trip with flight to US had 915 departure group and got to airport around 1115. Last batch of Princess buses. They had earlier ones at 715 but we didn't need that early. While we like taking Aquacar, they still have to drive the same roads as a bus and bus is slightly cheaper. Thanks swjumbo. The key is where all the passport/customs stuff is. For a US flight you get it at both ends.
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Thanks John. Sounds like US domestic travel - two hours before flight is about right. What we really hate about European airports is that they don't seem to tell you your gate until a half hour before the flight and there is very little seating at the gate. US assigns gates early and rarely changes them, so you can go to the gate more than an hour before the flight. Gate seating is open here, so if there isn't room you just sit at a different gate. And you drop your bags immediately on getting to the airport.
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Lots of assumptions here, but no real answers yet except john1970. We are NOT flying to the US. We are flying from Heathrow to Amsterdam, so considered domestic (and out of Terminal 5, without the extensive security issues of a US flight). Would like to get into Amsterdam as early as possible and the main nonstops are in the 1230 or 1430 timeframe. We've done the Princess transfers for a US flight multiple times and are familiar with how long that takes - looking for folks with experience flying to Europe from Heathrow. Flying out of SOU means sitting in that airport until 1720 and not getting into Amsterdam city until almost 2100. Same problem flying out of Gatwick (except Easyjet). Was hoping to do Eurostar, but timing just doesn't work for that, either. John1970, that should work. We can live with separate seats for a 1 1/2 hour flight since you don't get a seat assignment on BA until checkin. Any idea how long it actually takes at Terminal 5 with Brexit? In the US you usually need to be at the airport 2 hours before domestic flights.
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You do know that cost is bid x 2, regardless of how many people are in the cabin.
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Regal arrives in Southampton at 7 (in theory) on a Monday. Need to book flights out of Southampton to Amsterdam and think that 12:30 flight should be safe, even with a ship transfer. Goal is to get to Amsterdam reasonably early in day, so flights out of SOU are out. Is a 12:30 flight OK or should I book later?
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I've seen the notice about limited access to Mendenhall for year but always see lots of buses running in late August. Supposedly they run out of permits in the summer. More photos from two trips in the Eagle Preserve. Late August was hot! Didn't see this one, but they are around. Tracks near put-out spot where we ate. Fewer eagles in late August, but still there. Not sure if Tom Lang is still guiding. We got an autographed copy of his Tales from Alaska from him. Little books, very funny. See https://www.boudelang.com/