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Just now, canes20 said:

Is it tied to your cruise that you had put the glitch on or you individually to use on any cruise?

Not sure if you can use it on any other cruise besides the one that glitched.  I already have Cheers on my other bookings so I can't check.

Just got my email with my code. 

Edit:  It's the same code I saw in someone else's letter posted on Facebook, so it must be tied to your specific account instead of having individual codes.

They just took Cheers off my booking.  It was there earlier this morning but it's gone now.  I imagine that refunds and discount codes should be coming soon.

I saw John Heald respond to someone today that the discount will be 10%.  Remember you can use AARP gift cards to pay even less.

3 hours ago, ZoeyVictoria said:

Royal Caribbean offered something for $89.99 a few months ago that doesn’t even exist and would have been impossible to produce anyway. I booked it for two cruises to see what happened. It was canceled and $50 OBC was given for each booking. Plus quick refunds of the $89.99. 

I bought 2 of those packages (one for me and one for my husband since I wasn't sure if one package would cover us both) and I ended up getting $100 OBC.  I thought that was pretty nice of them since they could've just refunded the money and left it at that.  I did take advantage of the Cheers glitch, even though I expect it to be cancelled.  But on the off chance that it doesn't, great!  You never really know if they're going to honor a glitch or not, so IMO it doesn't hurt to try.

It's 14 days

13 hours ago, Organized Chaos said:

I WON! 😃

 

I didn't win the $1,000 Carnival sweepstakes like I'd hoped, but I won a $500 Carnival card from their cruise contest on their forums. Exciting stuff, I never win anything. If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all. I got the email yesterday and thought it was fake at first, but it had all the right credentials. I replied to confirm that it was me and they sent me the e-gift card less than an hour later. This will go a long way towards my next cruise. Thanks again, AARP!

That's awesome!  Congratulations!

1 minute ago, PTC DAWG said:

I prefer Rustys, both both are good. 

Fishlips for me. 🙂 

14 hours ago, momof3cruisers said:

Any idea when they will announce the CD? I’m hoping for Cookie. He’s my favorite and I know he likes sailing out of Texas.

Cookie is going to Mardi Gras.  I think it'll be Kyndall Fire.  She hasn't announced her next ship assignment yet, and she's also from Texas so I'm sure it would be special for her to be on Jubilee.

19 minutes ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

And me as well.  Finally, a port I can drive to!

Same here!  Port Canaveral is my favorite homeport.  I'm looking forward to having a Celebrity ship there.

56 minutes ago, martincath said:

Personally the only reports I've heard about prebooking Uber/Lyft in Vancouver are just as negative as the cab firms - we are a city of flakes, which when combined with a 'work the hours you like' gig means nobody is getting up early except to go do yoga on mountaintops!!!! Will there be SOME rideshare folks awake and driving at 5am? Almost certainly - but how close to you, how much demand for nice long airport runs instead of short in-town jaunts etc. is hard to predict, and pre-booking is worthless until Uber etc. start actually running their own vehicles with robodrivers... they cannot guarantee any drivers at any given time, and for trips that early many will only work for Surge pricing!

 

Since you're in a hotel, by far the most reliable thing is to leverage them - get them to arrange a cab at Xam, let them worry about how to do it. Cab firms locally are even more dependent on hotel concierges, company contracts for late-working staff etc. then ever now they have to compete with three legal rideshares... they will NOT screw over a hotel request, but they will absolutely throw a private booking under the bus if a driver is sick, car broken etc. such that they have fewer cabs available than requests in time window X. Auberge is also pretty swank, and same building as one of our uber-swank private member clubs - calls from here are NOT ignored by cab companies!!!

 

Transit I don't recommend - SkyTrain doesn't run early enough, and Bus routes are sub-optimal with Nightbuses still running on limited routes that early too. All in all this is a real no-brainer - minimum risk is to use the hotel to arrange a cab if you want to be as certain as possible one will be waiting for you at ~5:15am.

 

But just to put this in perspective, you could walk with your bags from the hotel to the station (downhill!) in a half-hour if you're in vaguely decent shape and able to roll your bags yourself - so if there's some epic disaster involving a strike by all rideshare, cab, and transit drivers simultaneously it would be annoying but feasible to just walk...

 

 

Thank you so much for the insight!  I'm glad I asked because normally I would just book rideshare when I'm ready to leave, but I know not all cities are awake and alive that early in the morning.  Sounds like that will be the case with Vancouver.  So I'll definitely ask the hotel to arrange a cab.  

Thank you all for the responses!

Hi everyone.  Next summer we’re taking an Alaska cruise that ends in Vancouver, and we plan to stay there for 2 days before taking the Amtrak train to Seattle.  I have the Auberge Hotel booked.  We’re taking the morning train, which means we need to arrive at the Vancouver station around 5:30am, according to the Amtrak website.  I’m trying to figure out the most reliable way to get to the station at that time.  Does anyone know if Uber/Lyft drivers are typically available that early in the morning?  Or would you recommend a taxi or public transit (if it even runs that early)?  I just don’t want to be stuck trying to find a way to the station if there are no drivers available.  This will be on a weekday, if that matters.  Thanks!

Thank you all for the recommendations!

My husband and I are taking an Alaska cruise from Anchorage to Vancouver next June.  The plan is to stay in Vancouver for 2 days and Seattle for 1 day after the cruise.  We’re taking the morning Amtrak train from Vancouver to Seattle, which means we should arrive in Seattle around 11:00am.  We would need to store our bags somewhere prior to checking in at the hotel.  We want to visit Pike Place Market and the Space Needle, plus some exploring and walking along the waterfront.  And we would need to haul our luggage to the airport the next morning for our flight back home.  

I’m not sure what is a good location for us to stay in or how we should get to the airport.  I know the Embassy Suites is right next to the Amtrak station, but I’m thinking we should pick a hotel that’s closer to the things we want to visit.  I see a lot of posts asking about pre-cruise hotels, but our cruise ends in Vancouver so we don’t need to be near the port.

Also, what’s the best way to get to SeaTac the next morning?  Uber/Lyft?  Or would the light rail be easier, even with all our luggage?  I’ve been trying to research and figure it all out but my head is swimming with information.  I’m also trying to plan for Vancouver, which is adding to my stress (I’ll likely be making a separate post about Vancouver hotels later lol).  I’d appreciate any guidance to help me sort things out.
 

2 hours ago, Oldgoat61 said:

I am looking at a cruise on the Celebration, and I have a question about deck 15 aft facing cabins.  There is a blocked out section dead center between cabins 15490, and 15507.  Can anyone tell me what is there, and if it creates a noise issue?

 

Thanks!

I was in an equivalent room on Mardi Gras (15499).  There's nothing in that section, at least nothing that you can see.  There's no noise from that area at all.  As far as the pool and chairs above, I personally never heard any chairs scraping, but I did hear water splashing from the pool.  It didn't bother me or my husband, but if you're very sensitive to noise, you should take that into consideration. 

4 hours ago, FloridaMomKW said:

We are going on the Vista the first week in December (12/2-12/10) from Port Canaveral….

See you there! 🙂 

Vista is my favorite ship and I hate hearing about how run-down she looks now.   I haven't been on her since 2017, but I have 3 upcoming cruises booked from Port Canaveral - 1 before the dry dock and 2 after.  I hope she gets a lot of much-needed love during the dry dock.

I had FTTF in December 2022 and my check in was 14 days prior to embarkation.  I actually have never heard of FTTF being able to check in 16 days prior.  My luggage tags also didn't say Priority but they did have the FTTF logo, and my boarding zone just said "FTTF."  I can't speak about luggage since we carry on, but we did have priority boarding with FTTF.  Based on my experience, it sounds like what you're seeing is how it's supposed to be.

14 hours ago, RD64 said:

Be thankful that you do not have an apostrophe in your last name. This causes an inordinate amount of confusion as different computer systems treat it differently.

Same with hyphens. 🙄

11 hours ago, chill6x6 said:

Hey,,,,

Year old post but the subject is on point for me.

 

Deck 15 aft Excel suite- any noise from deck 16.

If not deck 15, which one would you pick?

Presidential suite- does it include any amenities that aren't included with the aft Excel suite?

 

Thanks!

I was in an aft Excel suite on deck 15 a few weeks ago.  Noise was never a problem.  I could hear Bolt every now and then, but it was just a low, soft "zoom" sound.  It took me a while to even realize what it was and it didn't disturb us at all.  I did hear chairs scraping once or twice in the afternoon.  Never heard them in the morning like some people will warn you about, and like I said, it was only once or twice.  We spent a LOT of time on the balcony, so if there were any big noise problems, we would've heard them.  I would definitely book deck 15 again.

I'd do Cheers

5 hours ago, UGACamper said:

Although the differences are likely small,

please opine. 
 

Havana Interior. Specifically looking at horizontal rooms backing up to elevators. 
 

One big plus for Vista is driving distance. That haul to Miami gets rough. 
 

Thanks!

I'm in GA too, and I strongly prefer to drive instead of fly, so my preference is for Vista just based on driving distance.  Port Canaveral always gets my vote over Miami.

Aside from that, they are very similar. Horizon has more Havana cabins and Bonsai Teppanyaki.  Otherwise, the layout is the pretty much same.  

On 6/18/2023 at 10:42 AM, GoBraves said:

A related question but I haven't cruised in quite some time. Does the counterperson have to open the soda? Can I grab more than 1 can of soda at a time? Wondering because it would be nice to have an unopened can or two to keep in my cabin.

IME, they don't open the soda but you can only get 1 at a time.  I would sometimes grab one for my husband to keep in our fridge for later.

Can't wait to see the new menus.  Really glad to hear that bitter n blanc will still be there.  I'm excited to see some changes, even though I've already chosen all of my specialty dining nights based on the old MDR menus lol. 

Cans of soda are free with Cheers.