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Deployment 2026-27 Booking Season Begins
barbeyg replied to ScottishRobbie's topic in Royal Caribbean International
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Thanks for the tip on the whale watching tour. We are considering this for next year. Did you reach out directly in reference to being picked up at the pier? Thanks again for the info. We can’t wait to sail there. 🙂
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What did you wish you knew before you booked?
barbeyg replied to mkcurran's topic in Celebrity Cruises
That a great travel agent with group rates could get me a balcony cabin for less than the cruise line offers, with shipboard credit, AND is refundable. We booked for years on our own, but have an excellent agent now who has saved us thousands in a few years. -
For us, Utopia is wasted on 3/4 night sailings
barbeyg replied to NickinNY's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Shorties aren’t for us either. Mainly because of turnaround day. We would book B2B because we don’t cruise for less than 7 nights, but it’s the lost time to logistics on turnaround day that we don’t care for. Yeah, I know only 2-3 hours are spent on that, but I don’t want to sacrifice that time halfway thru a week long trip. 🤷🏻♀️ We don’t like to bounce around on land vacations either, staying in one place typically for a week. However, younger families do enjoy that, so it would be good business sense for RCI to try this out. Either way, lots of other ships to choose. Thanks for the review OP. Appreciated it. 🙂 -
Just checked our upcoming cruise, and 58 days out from the cruise, those on our sailing started getting the MoveUp email.
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My condolences to all who love Shelton.
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What do Loyal Royal Cruisers think of MSC?
barbeyg replied to artvlay's topic in Royal Caribbean International
The main reason we haven’t booked MSC yet is because while we would sail YC, we like the “entire ship” experience. We don’t want to be exclusively in a smaller area on a ship. We like free range cruising. 😂 And the rest of the MSC ship experience doesn’t appeal to us, based on others’ reviews, people we know and trust the opinion of. 🤷🏻♀️ The whole shipwide experience is why we sail Celebrity too now….and are considering booking Princess, given the right itinerary. -
Private Birthday Party while on Board?
barbeyg replied to Mimiya11's topic in Royal Caribbean International
It’s called Spotlight Karaoke. It’s where karaoke takes place on Oasis. I’ve never done this so can’t comment on it, but I have seen it in the cruise planner when we sailed. This was back in 2022, so things may have changed. I suggest checking the activities in your cruise planner, and even the shore excursions (sometimes I’ve had onboard activities show up there when I searched shore exclusions wide open). If they still do it, should be listed in the cruise planner. Otherwise, your TA can check into it. 🙂 -
Popped in to tell the book lovers here that Eruption, written by James Patterson for Michael Crichton, is excellent! James Patterson did a great job writing this book Michael Crichton had researched and planned when he passed. Almost felt like I was reading Crichton (I miss him!) I fully expect this to be made into a movie like Jurassic Park, and to be a huge hit if done right. Puts a whole new perspective on our cruise to HI this fall. 😍
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As mentioned previously, there is a “Florence on your own” tour that doesn’t go to other sites. We did this in April. If you book that, and do want time on your own, once you get led to the square and shown the meeting point, you can leave before you get the “sales pitch” in the first store there. We did just that, and had a lovely lunch/walk-around on our own. You only get about 2.5 hours on your own (no matter what the description says on RCI), since they stop off on the way at a leather store for a sales pitch/restroom visit. We wouldn’t do it again. We would pay for a private transfer, and spend more time in Florence, a lovely city.
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Poll: Excitement About Celebrity Cruises Sailing to Coco Cay
barbeyg replied to a350flyer's topic in Celebrity Cruises
We thoroughly enjoy the CocoCay Beach club, for its intimate, quiet, upscale beach resort feel, and excellent food. We book it when we are sailing RCI, on a 7 night or longer cruise, and the line sails there. That said, we wouldn’t book a Celebrity cruise just to go there. 🙂 If we happen to sail there on a Celebrity cruise, and the price is comparable with RCI sale prices for the Beach Club, we would book it. -
On our TA this spring, we met a sweet young couple. She was in a cast to mobilize her hand, which the doc on the ship believed could have a hairline fracture. She was told it didn’t show up on the x-ray, but was advised that the portable x-ray machines on the ships aren’t as accurate as one in a hospital. She was advised to get an x-ray as soon as we got to Italy. Hopefully all went well for her. If this was accurate info she received, it’s possible that the x-ray machine on Brilliance wasn’t as accurate either. 🤷🏻♀️ Glad your friend had insurance. 🙂
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LIVE from Jewel May 15, 2024 - 27 nights
barbeyg replied to twangster's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Thanks @twangster and @Hoopster95, for the great running commentary. Thanks @Biker19 for adding info on my questions about the electric cars. 🙂 You have me so excited for our 14 nights on the Celebrity Apex next year. Hope your journeys ahead are great ones! 🙂 -
LIVE from Jewel May 15, 2024 - 27 nights
barbeyg replied to twangster's topic in Royal Caribbean International
@Biker19, appreciate the additional info. 🙂 Early in his work career, Ken managed an electric golf cart fleet, so he sees conservation of the charge as a challenge. And like @twangster he will try to see how much he can “recharge” going downhill. I envision looking like @Hoopster95’s dog video…and like this at the end. 😂 -
LIVE from Jewel May 15, 2024 - 27 nights
barbeyg replied to twangster's topic in Royal Caribbean International
@Hoopster95, thanks! I’m 5’10” myself, and weigh less than that so we should be good. Sold Ken on it with the video shared in this thread, and now just to decide which to choose. The 2 hour or the 3 hour. Thanks much to you and @twangster! -
LIVE from Jewel May 15, 2024 - 27 nights
barbeyg replied to twangster's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Thanks a bunch! 😁 We are both tall and Ken is envisioning driving with my legs flung up over his shoulders from behind. I’m game if he is. 😉 😂 -
LIVE from Jewel May 15, 2024 - 27 nights
barbeyg replied to twangster's topic in Royal Caribbean International
@twangster, and @Hoopster95, thanks so much for the great photos/videos and taking us all along. Quick question on the Twizy in Geiranger. How was the fit for the back seat rider? -
Semi-Live Voyager for 33 nights beginning May 1, 2024
barbeyg replied to xpcdoojk's topic in Royal Caribbean International
I’m sorry, JC. And I agree. Say what needs saying. No one is promised another chance to do that. -
Match status in the future
barbeyg replied to carefree lady's topic in Royal Caribbean International
What @Another_Critic said. Before the latest update to match status, when we became Diamond, Celebrity automatically updated us to Elite. We didn’t have to ask, even though we were first matched when we were a lower category. -
Woo Hoo... Pinnacle now equals Zenith on Celebrity
barbeyg replied to orville99's topic in Royal Caribbean International
I can’t answer that question specifically, but if it works like the % off the premium drink upgrade benefit, you have to call in and speak to a rep to get it. -
Woo Hoo... Pinnacle now equals Zenith on Celebrity
barbeyg replied to orville99's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Boy, this thread really separates the “glass half full” from the “glass half empty” folks. 😂- 729 replies
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Woo Hoo... Pinnacle now equals Zenith on Celebrity
barbeyg replied to orville99's topic in Royal Caribbean International