tartana

Thanks tartana!!

 

I looked at our sailing and only one of our excursions is on sale....went form $79pp to $76pp!! (the key word is 'up to' 20% off!) Not sure it is worth the effort to call and change our reservation for $6.

 

Also the spa is having a "buy 2 get the 3rd for 50% off" sale. BUT, you can only book 60 days in advance, so we are out of luck on that one.

lol - Yes, that's probably not worth the hassle to change - The excursion I want isn't on sale but some are - and I'm pleased with the drink package discount on mine :) I wonder if you call if they'll honour the spa price?

Does anyone know how much the Classic Drink Package is regularly? It doesn't look like the price has changed for me even though it says it is now 20% off.

TIA!

55USD plus the 18%grat. per day is the regular price

On the Celebrity website, for onboard purchases - Some of these deals were showing up yesterday, but today the items showing discounts have banners on them when you check your cruise planner. 20% off alcohol packages (some transatlantic ones are coming in at 50% off!! I've been told); some dining packages are 20% off, internet, excursions. Each cruise may be different, so check yours out if you've been looking to buy onboard purchases :)

Discounts don't apply to non-alcoholic drink packages. Too bad!

Yes, my daughter was hoping to get a disc on one of them, but they don't show up on mine either. Oh well, happy with some at least :) And wow! You guys really lucked out with that transatlantic deal!! Good for you :)

we did not have a banner or anything. Go to your reservation, manage your account. I had to scroll to the bottom of the page, then swipe to the right, and low and behold, the beverage packages were 50% off. No advance notice given, just info from this thread and our roll call. :d

wow!!!

Glad to see others are able to see some of the deals too! I'll be checking tomorrow and hoping for some better excursion pricing too :)

I'm not sure if this is for everyone and I apologize if yours does not qualify; however, there are some 20%discounts available for some cruises right now on the alcohol beverage packages. There are at least two of us that I've heard of so far on totally different cruises where they've shown up when you go to "checkout" on Celebrities website with a bev package purchase. Check it out, if you've been looking as I have. I was very pleased to see it after watching for months. I did just pay in full yesterday; however, I've heard that may not have mattered.

We got it too - bought the premium for our Connie repo cruise. The sale wasn't supposed to start until tomorrow. It ends Sunday.

That's awesome :)

We had an offer on our last cruise to drink in the World Class Bar one evening using our Classic Package for a few dollars per drink - excellent quality drinks! It was only for one night though

That's cool - I will keep watch for that one :)

Well folks, I'm pleased to say finally my price changed on my cruise planner, so I saved 20% on purchasing my alcohol beverage package. We paid a very cheap price for our room, so we had no packages included. My daughter is hoping to get the premium non alcohol, and that one hadn't changed at this point. I just paid our cruise in full yesterday, so I wonder if that kind of spurred the disc? IDK, but I am pleased. There was no notice or email, and it didn't show until I went to Checkout on their site.

Someone recently reported they were offered a BOGO deal on board their sailing. It wasn't Mother's Day. I'll see if I can find the post.

 

Here it is:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showpost.php?p=53251949&postcount=15

I thought I had read somewhere about a BOGO, but I was wondering if they were only for upgrades from Classic to Premium? We have none purchased at all at this point, and none were included as we booked ultra cheap. I will keep an eye out - thank you all :)

Just wondering if anyone has ever seen drink packages discounted on board for new package purchases? I keep checking my cruise planner daily hoping they'll offer us a deal :) Otherwise, I assume I might as well wait until we're onboard.

I have been looking at a British Isles cruise, but we've wondered how smooth the waters are? Is it comfortable cruising? Not too rough? Thanks!

I understand your frustration. In this day and age, I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO CALL SOMEONE when a simple email is all that is needed. I hate talking on the phone. I think a simple email should be fine, but in my experience, Celebrity was always very slow in answering them.

Thanks - I've read so many great things about this place and seen so many beautiful pictures that I think I'm going to be disappointed if I don't get there, so I'm going to try to make it happen :)

I don't want to book another longer tour, but I really would like to see St Paul de Vence on the day we are in Cannes. I'm not comfortable renting a car at this point. We'd like to spend a few hours in the morning checking out Cannes on our own first and then just take a few hours to see St. Paul de Vence. I've checked out the company "Nice Tour Sightseeing", and they seem quite reasonable basically just for the transfer there and back. I'm assuming we would get dropped off where we could simply walk the town, enjoy coffee or lunch, spend 2-3 hours and then get picked up for our transfer back to the cruise ship tender area in Cannes. I'm going to see if anyone else on my cruise is interested in sharing the expense, then it would be quite cheap in the end. Just wondering if anyone has any opinions on this plan. I've read that the public transportation is tricky and lengthly to try to get there that way. Thanks in advance!

This is a great guide - thanks!

Have a look at this site. It gives some good information and pictures on getting from Villefranche to Nice. This is what we referred to when we went.

 

If you do decide to go for the bus be aware that the bus stop can be very very crowded and the buses have been know to just drive right past and not stop on it's route through from Monaco to Nice.

 

http://www.tomsportguides.com/uploads/5/8/5/4/58547429/villefranche-sur-mer-06-20-2012.pdf

Just checked out the pics - the decor looks very similar :)

Just outside Michael's, the Ensemble Lounge.

We enjoyed the Rendezvous lounge area on Constellation with the before/after dinner music/Bandeoke/etc and dancing. After looking at the Silhouette Deck Plans, I don't see a similar area on this ship. Just wondering if anyone has any info on this? Is there a similar pre dinner/pre show area on Silhouette that is available to all guests?

Wish I had known about this...Had been waiting for such an offer to purchase our drink packages :(

I always think of all the staff when they make changes like this - It must be a nightmare for them trying to keep up with everything, and it must take a quite a long time to get consistency on the ships between all the bars. In my experience, I found if you end up getting to know any of the bartenders over your cruise and are friendly, they are usually good at finding a way to get drinks made to be included in the package (if it is doable and not an over the top discrepancy to what you should have included).

I just saw your next post lol....or 7:15 would be good I think. However, sometimes older people like to eat earlier, so maybe 6:45? Either would be good. Did you join your cruise's roll call on this site? There is usually lots of info and shared tour options if your group in interested.

We had set dining at the early seating - I think it was around 6:30pm. In our upcoming cruise, we have the Open Dining, so we will "be in the same boat" lol and will have to plan our dining times better. We found 6:15-6:30 a bit early and rushed getting ready many days, but I'm thinking around 7:00 would be good.

awesome, thanks!