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Have they completed the upgrades that were scheduled prior to this 1st Alaska cruise?

We also used this tour provider for our cruise on the Apex in October. They guides are fantastic and very knowledgeable. Each day was 10 to 12 hours due to the distance and traffic.

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We asked for the recipe in the Retreat and the bartender said everyone does it a little differently. If you look at the drink menu for the Retreat it has the ingredients.

The food on Oceania far surpasses Celebrity. Now the ship is smaller and less choice in activities so there is a trade off.

On more than one occasion they lost our food orders. The last time we just got up and left. We did tell the manager on duty about the issues. They sent a bottle of wine and asked us to come back. We didn't since the MDR was better.

I would take Le Petit Chef over Luminae every night. Our Luminae experience on our Apex cruise was a D+ at best.

We are sailing in September and I asked my travel agent if the retreat updates would be done by then. She called Celebrity and they told her that the ship would be revolutionized in May 2023.

The Solstice will be updated in May 2023.

We are currently on the Apex with 2000 guests and not all the stations in the OV Cafe are open. This is due to staff shortages and not being at capacity.

The Celebrity app works fine on my Ipad air.

The cost of Oceania will be more but the food is so much better.

I would pay an extra 20% for this service.

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We are staying and extra day for this very reason.

I think those of us who have lost loved ones to COVID have a different view than what you have experienced.

We have been to Rome before but we have always been rushed through the Vatican so that is going to be our focus this trip. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences.

Has anyone stayed recently at Tmark Hotel Vaticano? We selected it since it was close to the Vatican.

If we just wanted to tour the basilica (we did the museum tour on the last trip) what tickets would we need?

This is the same as other modes of transportation.

Influenza does not have the death rate that COVID has. I find that people that just want to get back to normal were not impacted by COVID by having someone close to them suffer and die.

This virus is not like the common cold. People have do what they are comfortable with and not worry about others opinions.

We did a professional tour of Tallinn and we really enjoyed it.

While these conversations are good to enlighten everyone to the issues, everyone must make their own decisions on where they want to cruise. The last two years has taught us that policies can can quickly and we have to adapt. The bottom line is if you are not willing to take the risk, don't cruise. If you are willing to take the risk then have a plan. We are going on our med cruise in October and we will take all the precautions we can.