MisterBill99

Thanks I realized I could have picked the time right away after the fact. Still seems strange that the earliest time would go so quickly. 11am is fine, we should still be on the ship in time for lunch

My Symphony cruise just opened for check-in this morning, and I was in the app and able to check in when it was enabled around 12:05. I got an 11am time slot, which was the earliest offered to me. Others in the sailing's social media group reported getting 10:30 slots. We're Diamond Plus (not bragging) so I would have expected to be offered the earliest time. It was not clear that the people getting the earlier time were in suites or had booked The Key (they did not mention it). What would cause the app to not offer me the earlier time? There's no way that it filled up in the few minutes it took me to enter my passport info, plus people have been reported getting it doing the check-in in the last few hours (although I suppose they also did it right after midnight). I assume they'll take me earlier anyway since I am D+, and 11am isn't a bad time (we're driving to the port), but I'm just wondering why it did not offer me the earlier time. Is it cabin location? I'm in a boardwalk balcony.

Sorry, but I think this is another BS made up excuse. Shouldn't the answer to not being able to provide appropriate wine service to your guests have been to increase the staffing to a level appropriate for a luxury cruise line? Do you really think they would do this to discourage people from having wine with lunch and dinner?

So you're saying we're supposed to acknowledge that this change is nothing more than a price increase and just accept it? I am so tired of people who make excuses for cruise lines and other big companies. Do you make the same excuses for cereal companies who reduce the size of their products after raising prices? This is the same thing.

Speaking of signatures, I'm not sure if your "EMAIL ME" is supposed to be a link, but it isn't doing anything.

Thanks. He got back to me and suggested doing the Cape Sounio and Temple of Poseidon tour.

We've got a round-trip cruise out of Piraeus next week, and our flight back to the US isn't until 3:30pm. I have lounge access at the airport, but they probably won't let me in until 3-4 hours before the flight (and I'd much rather be sightseeing than in the lounge). Is there somewhere else that we can tour that will kill a few hours? We're going to be in Athens before the cruise, so don't really want to go back there. I sent a request to George's Taxi to see if they can suggest something. A couple of other places I checked with did not have a suggestion.

Seems like it was your TA's fault for not getting the price reduced before making the final payment. You never should have agreed to pay it before the price was fixed. Once it was paid, the only option was OBC.

You're missing the point. I am one of those who didn't want the wine package included, and certainly didn't want to pay for it. The problem is that they're removing it and not reducing the price, according to comments from people who claim to know. The House Select beverage package costs $40 per person/day according to a website I just found. They're taking away that and the excursion credit and giving you gratuities, which are $18 a day. It's simple math to realize that this is not a good deal, and certainly not what folks like me were asking for. If cruise prices go down when this takes effect, it's a completely different story.

I would agree if it had been a real drink package. But it wasn't. It was the wine and beer and meals package, which you then had to upgrade if you wanted a piña colada or other cocktail while you were at the pool or before (or with) dinner. Not a big difference i you drink wine, but I don't.

Most cruise lines do not allow you to purchase an FCC with OBC. Crystal was the only one I've sailed it that allowed it. Royal, Holland, Celebrity and Virgin do not. As for the price reduction, you still did not say when it occurred. If after final payment, no cruise line will offer a refund and OBC is the best you can do (if they even allow that). I'm not sure if that OBC is refundable on Oceania or not. The rebate I referred to was what my TA gave me for booking the cruise with them in lieu of the OBC I'd normally get from them. And yes, you definitely should wait to buy add-ons until you're on the ship if you're expecting to have OBC to spend.

That $300 is almost definitely refundable. Just get the remaining cash the last night of the cruise of give them a non-rebate credit card or debit card to put the refund on at the end of the cruise.

I'm sorry that I haven't read all nine pages of replies, but given her video response to complaints about food downgrades months ago, why would you expect anything else?

But apparently, they're not rolling back the prices, they will remain the same. So, it isn't the "old ways". The prices went up with Simply More since it included more than O Life and that will apparently remain the "base price". You used to be able to book without O Life at a base price.

What do you mean by nontransferable? Not refundable? On the Oceania cruise that I booked recently, my TA (a CC agent) is sending me a check with my rebate a few weeks before the cruise. Much better than OBC, especially if it turns out to be non-refundable. Also, I'm not sure what you meant about the sale discounts not being refunded. If they're after final payment, you would never get a refund. You might get OBC.