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I also have jury duty on May 20. Just glad it doesn't interfere with any cruise plans.

Last year we took the Celebrity shuttle from the ship to the Bologna train station. I believe they were loading it with arriving passengers to go to the ship for the next sailing. I believe they provide this transfer service so be persistent asking for it. I believe it was just over $30 pp.

The Retreat Lounge is open and welcoming passengers as soon as the ship starts boarding. If you arrive early before boarding begins there is a Suite Lounge in terminal 25 in Port Everglades where you will be checked in and can wait for boarding.

Since the OP is new I'll just point out that if you haven't paid the gratuities as part of you cruise fare they will be charged daily to your onboard account. These gratuities cover room steward, dining staff, butler (if in a suite) and other behind the scenes staff. Tips on drinks are automatically added to each drink. If you have a drink package the tips are included in what you paid for the package. If you order a drink over the package limit you will be charge the difference and 20% of that difference will be added to the slip you sign.

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I know at one point the fee was waived for suite and Zenith guests. I suspect maybe some levels of Blue Chip as well. I've never been charged the fee either but most times I'm doing OBC. Years ago there were no fees and people were taking the daily max to run up points on their credit cards and not really spending in the Casino, just taking the cash home.

Since the booking is created at the time you purchase onboard I'm pretty sure it's 30 days from that point.

This policy should really be questioned with a query to the executive office. I don't believe there is any restriction on military discount on any other cruise only booking in other categories. It really doesn't seem right. The reduced OBC doesn't sound right either if the single is paying the 200%.

@Sam.Seattle That is an interesting detail. In the past the common understanding was that you could change to another stateroom in the same category assigned. I had one time where the very experienced Celebrity rep refused to change my GTY assignment saying that's why it was a GTY and if I wanted to change I had to pay the category prevailing rate. When my TA came in on Monday he changed without issue. Now I guess with them trying to up occupancy with 3&4th guests sailing free they need to keep the higher occupancy rooms available. There are some sailings where the higher occupancy cabins aren't shown when you are booking for 2. Anyway thanks for the data point.

And remember they are running the 3&4 sail free quite often now.

I still don't understand why anyone does a "book later" certificate. Just book a "named" sailing as far out in the future as you can with a refundable deposit. Then when you decide on an actual sailing just move the reservation to that ship/sail date. At that time you can even choose to change it to the NRD rate. If you decide not to cruise you can cancel and get the deposit refunded without the 1 year limit.

I think they request that you do it at least 3 weeks prior to the sailing. I've done it well over a year in advance.

Someone messed up. Since you booked suites with your "Book Later Certificate" (technically a FCC is something very different on Celebrity) they TA was supposed to collect the additional deposit of 10%. There is no "reduced deposit" for suites on Celebrity. Even if you used those for a non-suite booking and you named the second passenger I believe you were supposed to pay another $100 deposit. Consider yourself lucky.

This scenario would not result in open cabins in lower level categories. Yes this is exactly what I was talking about.

Agree with Jim. If Celebrity does anything it's a very nice good will gesture.