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12 hours ago, Gatordad815 said:

Thanks! I looked at Vrbo today for the first time & there appear to be many options, though none at Marbella for a 2 night stay. But it definitely opened my eyes to some interesting (and more affordable) options I didn’t know about-thanks for the suggestion!

Your welcome and I hope you find something if Coral seas condo and ESJ Azul are available for your dates there nice units also and you can also try Air B&B for properties 

enjoy your cruise

You might want to try VRBO.com  for a condo rental some rentals allow 1 night stay for the perfect condo look for the Marbella East or West  its in Isla Verde right on ocean,  swimming pool 2 block walk to grocery store Walgreens right across street lots of restaurants close by might be an option for you. We are staying in the East building post cruise in March will be our second time staying there and we love it 

Looking forward to following as we are on Epic March 1 sailing and hope to hear about  how your embarkation went and how muster drill is handled and time. Have a great cruise and thanks for doing this for everyone

Were booked on Compass Sailing in March gets great reviews on trip adviser its a mono hull sailboat not a catamaran which suits us better here is there web site  https://www.compassbonaire.com/

I would think things should improve in the new year as Freedom Of The Seas goes into dry dock from Jan 12  2020 to March 8 2020 which will be its first sailing after dry dock unless it comes out early Leaving Epic as the only ship at Pan American Pier in this time frame.  I hope as we are on Epic March 1 2020

On 11/20/2019 at 11:34 PM, mnventure said:

The drink package will be available as soon as you board. Puerto Rico has a sales tax (and is a US Territory) so it is likely that there will be sales tax on the drinks while in port. I will find out for for next month. 😉

We also are sailing out of San Juan on Epic  in March .Last year on Celebrity Summit sailing out of San Juan are drink packages were not taxed extra while in port so very interested to see about Epic.

21 hours ago, iahawkfan21 said:

Amsterdam Manor assuming they’re still doing chair rentals.  Can’t remember prices exactly but I believe a couple years ago 2 chairs and umbrella were $35-40.  Should be within a few dollars of that.

We’re going to be in the area in a couple weeks and if we get down that way I’ll try and check.

Thank you for the information enjoy your trip

If taking the bus where would we want to get off at Eagle beach for good chair rentals food & drink and would you know the cost of chair & umbrella rental thank you

Ill answer my own question seeing no one else could as every answer I received was on how to beat the system. We just returned home from  the March 30 cruise which we had a wonderful time on. The last day before disembarkation Summit offered a 20 min. internet package for $10 which allowed us to book our flight 24hrs before departure and we were able to get B for first leg A for second leg so by doing this we saved $70 over doing the Southwest early boarding and the family all sat together.Hope this information helps others flying Southwest.

Also sitting on the beach in St Croix admiring Summit at port have to say we are having none of the issues mentioned above we are in steerage class lol so maybe our expectations are lower oceanview room lots of storage haven't filled all the cupboards have plenty of room in shower for storage of personal products ,We love the colour scheme and overall layout of the room.Sailed Summit 2 years ago and in our opinion a vast improvement .

Would anyone happen to know what the least amount of time you can purchase in the I lounge would be and price,  as we are flying Southwest and would like to check in at our 24hr window  on flights home so we do not end up with a C seating as we would like to try to keep family sitting together if possible. Trying to determine which would be less in price  getting early check in with Southwest at $20 pp or buying 10 min or smallest time of internet  on ship. Thank you for any replies

Thanks for the photos looking beautiful 1 week today we board her cant wait sailed her 2 years ago so really looking forward to see how the renovation looks in person

3 hours ago, hcat said:

Surprised no cruisers have reported their travel  experiences.

Hopefully that means there have been no issues at all and everything is running smooth 

If your booked on Southwest and your flight will be on a 737 Max 8 Southwest is allowing you to change flights to a non 737 Max 8  flight for no charge just finished changing ours had to wait on phone 90 min to get through to an agent but feel it was worth it

Had the same problem as I put same credit card info for everyone then I only put credit card info for me cash for everyone else and voila took me to next screen Im assuming once i get to terminal I can add everyone back to my card

1 hour ago, Quo Vadis? said:

https://screenshots.firefox.com/gGQhMMwBCr8c5JBZ/www.instagram.com

Thank you for the photo the first of many I hope. Eagerly watching for more in anticipation of our March 30 cruise on her this will be our second cruise on Summit sailed on her two years ago and looking forward to the renovation love what Im seeing so far on Millennium 

Summit arriving Port Everglades now https://www.portevergladeswebcam.com/

thank you Islandstar really appreciate it

On 11/15/2018 at 7:39 AM, IslandStar said:

Grand Anse is a 2 mile long beach - why stay with the crowds. Walk south for 5 minutes and you get hardly any people, beach loungers, bars and fewer vendors.

Islandstar

If we take taxi from cruise port to Grand Anse beach where would we tell driver to let us off so we could be on the section of Grand Anse that you suggest that would have loungers food & drink and restroom facilities

3 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

Technically you have to be on Wifi in order for it to operate but you will be using the Intranet instead of the paid Wifi coverage.  You simply connect to the Celebrity wifi signal and don't need to sign in or have an account.     Works very similar to many of the airlines where you can access some content for free but to browse the internet you have to sing up and pay a fee. 

 

It is important to turn off Data Roaming or you may be in for a big surprise.     I usually put my iPhone on Airplane mode and then go in and turn on Blue Tooth and Wifi while at sea. 

Jim

Thank you for the reply good to know  and yes we always turn data off when leaving Canada

Question on the app do you need to be on  ships wifi  to be able to use the app or is it free to use without wifi

3 hours ago, ubish00 said:

We've been to both Orient Beach and Mullet Bay Beach.  Loved them both but would go to back to Mullet Bay Beach first.  Not to mention it's a much shorter cab ride away.

What would the cost of taxi for 4 people be from cruise port

thank you

3 hours ago, CallyCruzer said:

Was just there two weeks ago.  Frustrating waiting for the water taxis to fill up.  Beach too crowded to be enjoyed.  Was hoping it would be better this time but was actually more crowded than last visit.  Won't return!

 

Could you please tell us how many ships were in port that day thank you

Does the boatyard put the loungers real close together When we went to Harbour Lights 2 yrs ago the loungers were very close to each other hardly any room to walk between them wasn't very nice other than that we did enjoy Harbour Lights

Just curious is Summit going to dry dock in Singapore like Millennium or elsewhere possibly Bahamas