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We usually book directly with Celebrity and from memory they usually send a reminder a few weeks before final payment and I always pay there and then in case I forget!,

So sorry for your loss. Loosing a parent is one of the big challenges in life. I hope she got to enjoy many martinis from the glass over the years.

We stayed there about 15 years ago magically! Also don’t forget Harry’s Bar for a Bellini…..have a great trip.

Loving your review. Check out the Gritti Palace in Venice. A great place to have a drink or lunch on the Grand Canal. Your photos are stunning.

Really enjoying following along you are doing a super job🙌. I always order the Hollandaise on the side when having Eggs Benedict or Eggs Royal…..works evertime👌

Your AirBnB looks very nice. We also love AirBnB when we travel and if staying in one place for more than 1 night. We lived in Australia when we were 1st married for 3 years. In fact we got married on a Friday and landed in Australia on the Monday……that was our honeymoon🤣. My husband was starting his job the following Monday. We lived just north of Sydney in a place called Gosford. I travelled to Sydney every day for work by train long days but very happy memories. We have only been back once 2013 as we love seeing other parts of the world.

Such a lovely video and lovely sentiments about each other. Wishing you both continued happiness in the future.

Thank you. Will check it out.

Where are you staying? We are coming off a cruise in November in Ft Lauderdale and are researching places to stay for around 4 nights in Los Olas. Wishing you a great cruise.

They were known to be a very contentious couple…..happily divorced now. Yes, Ballsbridge is a lovely part of south Dublin. My son and his wife rented an apartment there when they were 1st married so we know the area very well.

Happy cruising from Ireland. What an amazing adventure hope you both have a fabulous time. Love following along and always find your honest approach very helpful……you say it like it is but in a very respectful way👍

Following along and enjoying…..how does the mobile bar work😉. Celebrity did a great job for St Patrick’s Day I am very impressed. Enjoy the rest of your cruise and your Mom of course.

We 100% with the above, never had a bad experience in Aqua. Definitely not a waste of money for us. Concierge definitely a waste of money!

Pan Pacific is right by the cruise port and they will deliver your luggage to the ship. Lovely hotel wonderful staff and I would recommend booking a club room if possible. Enjoy your cruise.

Our next cruise we booked Concierge just to get the points to make it to Elite+. Cost us 200 Euro more than a regular balcony. Never liked the afternoon canapé's, our room attendant used to change the sparkling wine to another bottle…..but seems that gone now.

Got mine…… after next cruise we will be Elite+ 👏👏

Same here😊

Water and soft drinks are included through the Captain’s Club benefit. if you are Elite Plus and don’t drink alcohol you don’t need a Beverage Package😊

Great video Jim, thank you for posting brought back a lot of wonderful memories from our 2017 cruise with Celebrity. The history is fascinating.

Following along your live reports are always so interesting and informative. Hopefully we will make it to Japan sooner rather than later. Have a fantastic time😊

We were on the same cruise totally enjoyed, the weather was fabulous. Agree MDR was hit and miss but can’t say food was not good we enjoyed most evening. Oceanview we always found something for lunch usually a salad so not a big deal. We did two nights speciality dining Murano and Tuscan Grill both excellent in terms of food and service. Enjoy the second leg of your cruise and safe travels.

Yes, we had that experience two days into our cruise just before we made Elite. We just went to see the Captain’s Club Hostess and she very kindly upgraded our Sea Pass to Elite.

You were lucky😉. We did the same 1st night paid for G a T at Martini Bar and had Hendricks gin…..tipped well. Next evening HH but we were given Beefeater offered to pay difference but was told cannot be done. Also that if they gave us anything other than drinks available on HH menu they would be sacked. A few colleagues across the fleet had been sacked for doing this.

We are Elite and friends Elite+, they were charged for coffee in June on embarkation day. They politely send the coffee back🤷‍♀️.

I got price drop last February for our up coming cruise in October which we had booked onboard the previous October. Was really surprised as we kept all our OBC 700$ just think we were lucky on the day with the agent. The price drop was an amazing 1500 Euro.