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No, the tenders went to the other port. I believe that it is called Caldera. It was a real quick tender in, but a longer tender back because of this. Our Celestyal ship is the one on left. MSC is the one in the center. We were close to the dock that is to the left part of the picture. It was a long tender ride from the bottom here back to the ship.

I have used a wireless Bluetooth adapter on Delta to connect to the onboard video. The only problem was that the flight lasted a lot longer than the charge on the adapter!!!

I am not sure when you are going, but watch for schedule changes. If any of them have a big enough change, you would be able to move to any other flights between DFW-FLL at no extra cost. Actually a lot of people do exactly what you did EXPECTING a change before departure that would allow them to do this.

I am not sure what cruise line that you are on, but they usually will save some openings on the excursions for guests to book on board. Just get to the excursion desk as soon as you board.

Correct on the formal night, which on our cruise, was also the day that we ran into the pier. Made for some interesting convo that night!!!

A few weeks ago, we stayed at the Moxy Athens City Center. It is a Marriott property if you are a Bonvoy member. A 20 minute walk to the Acropolis and right across the street from the Omonia Metro station. Plenty of stores and restaurants around. I wouldn't hesitate to stay there again. There is also a top floor restaurant with a view of the Acropolis.

I'm not sure that I would say that the pier damage was insignificant. It will require a good deal of repair.

I was on this cruise when it happened. We were in the aft buffet, so did not feel it. However, I did mention to my wife as we were docking, that it seemed like we were pulling in faster than normal. Here are some better pictures. The first is after we disembarked, the pier, and the bow after we returned from our excursion. They did a nice, quick paint job on that. The ironic thing is that this was the formal night to meet the captain. I heard some good bantering going on that evening. It is a good thing that the per was built the way that it was, as if that bulkhead had been solid in the water, I believe that the damage would have been much worse. Edited yesterday at 09:20 AM by zdcatc12

Yes, I was on this. We were in the aft buffet, so did not feel it. However, I did mention to my wife as we were docking, that it seemed like we were pulling in faster than normal. Here are some better pictures. The first is after we disembarked, the pier, and the bow after we returned from our excursion. They did a nice, quick paint job on that. The ironic thing is that this was the formal night to meet the captain. I heard some good bantering going on that evening. It is a good thing that the per was built the way that it was, as if that bulkhead had been solid in the water, I believe that the damage would have been much worse.

Thanks. Yes, we had good service the first two nights and poor service the next two, so we ended up eating dinner in the buffet the last three nights. My one disappointment, probably more than anything else, was the lack of selection for all things on the dining room menu. As this is the first European line that I have been on, it may be due to that, but I have never been on a cruise where steak was not offered at least once in the dining room, even just a flatiron steak that is offered every night on Carnival. I believe that beef was only offered two of the seven nights and neither of those were a steak. I also thought the appetizer and soup selections weak. Other than that, and some general disorganization that you have previously mentioned, I thoroughly enjoyed the cruise, especially for the price, and I would sail them again. Twice a day cabin cleaning service is a rarity nowadays and I appreciated that they did that and also the fact that they had two people assigned to each cabin, so the cleaning was always prompt.

It seems like you ate at 6:30 every night. I assume that they had assigned dining times and tables or is it open dining? Also, if you know, are steamers allowed onboard. Not an iron, just a handheld steamer? Thanks

I didn't think that Tom Brady would already have a terminal named after him!!!!

Thanks for all of this. We are leaving on the 13th and will try to have an open mind about everything. So far the only ship excursion that I booked is the Santorini one that you recommended. All of my other ones, I have booked independently other than Milos, as I am having a hard time figuring out if it is even worth doing one there. I did not order a beverage package other than the one that comes with the fare that gets you beer and wine for dinner. I figured that as port intensive this cruise is, it wouldn't be worth it.

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Totally not true, as we are on Celestyal in two weeks and we stop in Turkey.