mickeysgal

Its a firewall

Who did you have to ask to get those loungers? Did you get one or two?

We were in Rome last year in late August and I swore never, ever again in the summer. It was brutal. Heart pounding, need Gatorade brutal. That’s another reason I’m asking this question. I don’t want a repeat of that.

Way ahead of you there. We are headed to Norway shortly in July! Although October is nice here in Georgia…a vacation that time fits my husbands work schedule. So October it is!

Honestly that's what driving this question. Just taking a dog for a walk in this heat and humidity is causing my heart rate to go up. It's just unbearable. So if thats what Oct will be like, I don't want to pay for that that! misery! I'd rather go somewhere else to be honest. Our alternate is Hawaii.

Its been years since we went on a Caribbean cruise. I know the temp will be hot but was it so hot that you said never again? We are debating cancelling a booked cruise...I just don't want it unbearable such that we don't enjoy anything. We are booked for an October southern Caribbean. Avg temp 89. Is it heart pounding heat and sun such that you can't/didn't truly enjoy it?

I don’t know why you’d contact the cruise director. Log into celebrity , then find the shore excursions and book. It won’t tell you the third party that is handling the shore excursion but you should be able to figure it out based on the description of the tour.

It has shown up on our AmEx Plat.

What kind of cabin did you have? We are heavily looking at this cruise and from what I'm reading there may be no need to spend extra for a balcony as you're in port each and every day. I'm torn on what to do. If you had a balcony, would you book it again? If you didn't have one, did you regret not having one?

Wow thank you for this. Definitely this is on our radar now. Going to look deeper into this today. We have an October cruise on Beyond in a magic carpet suite - booked with the intention of lots of balcony time since there are 4 sea days on a 9 day cruise. It’s just so much money and to have it degraded like this…just can’t bring myself to make that huge final payment . It feels wrong and stupid to do so.

That’s beautiful! And a real table and chairs to actually have enough space on it to enjoy a meal .

POGA…brilliant! I’m using that going forward, lol.

Are there local tour companies at the port or do you suggest just getting a taxi?

What on the spot tours might one find in Tromso? We too will be there in July, and I’ve not booked anything. Thought we might just find a taxi and go it alone. Not opposed to a tour though!

Wow- I just looked at Jewel’s itinerary. We are on an Arctic circle cruise similar with Celebrity but we don’t stop at Gerainger- which has been on my bucket list. We do have Olden and Flam though on our itinerary. I’m so envious- I should have booked the one you’re on! Enjoy!

And maybe this is why they’re saying no to loungers and it being a safety issue. Maybe others are asking for loungers for their IV trying to make it into a true veranda. Shoving a lounger into any IV - it would be too crowded and a tripping hazard for guests and room stewards.

What festivals?

Great - that’s the one we booked. It was the only one that worked with our work schedules. Ugh.

This is exactly what I have booked next year and I talked friends of mine into the same cabin next to ours. Because of the size, because of the loungers. They don't even know about this change yet. They won't be happy either.

Sorry 480 comments- I can’t remember them all. But yes, it’s a call to Celebrity that is needed and will be done.

And this CEO and her inner circle …when they go on that Presidents cruise, will they be just laying out towels on the floor of their balcony to lay on or will she magically have furniture appropriate for her suite balcony space? Maybe they need to pay without their company discount for this cruise and then get benefit upon benefit reduced. Make her pay for cookies, let her sit on one of those uncomfortable balcony chairs in the smoking section, and live a day in the life of her recent silly changes they’ve been trying to implement.

Same loungers are on the pool deck. Are those being removed as well?

This was our balcony on our recent Ncl Encore in their suite only Haven . (And it was a wonderful Haven experience). Padded loungers and chairs. Apparently not a safety issue there .

Was it there or did you have to ask/tip for it? I’m wondering how much to tip to get one or two on the ginormous Magic Carpet balcony we paid dearly for just to have the space to lay there and read.

Yeah I get it. It is sort of depressing given how much these particular cabins cost.