Jim_Iain

Great to hear you made it. This year is the first time that we began flying in a day early and have certainly been glad we have. Ii is so much more relaxed and give us a nice day to relax and enjoy the departure city. I just booked a flight for April 2023 and booked a day early.

Generally 9:00 but could be slightly earlier or later. They initially make a final call to disembark and then begin the B2B process once they zero out the ship.

The only time I was able to move perks was when I accepted a Shift Offer to the same cruise the next year. Other cruises I received either 100% credit or a 125% FCC. When booking with a FCC no additional perks were shifted.

The only reimbursement I'm missing is the cancelled cruise due to testing positive on the B2B. I immediately got the port and tax but was assured they processed the request. I received back the reimbursements for quarantine etc. but was split in 5 separate refunds which was difficult to match up. I'll ping them again on Monday and see if I can get them moving.

Engagement Center was the group that processed my reimbursement. Gotten about 2/3 of it back so far.

There is no longer testing required to return to the U.S. so they would not require a certificate of recovery or even a test. Back in May when we tested positive that wasn't the case but had to wait until 10 days after testing positive to get a COR.

I was trying to look up your cruise but took some searching to figure it out. Nice cruise for sure. Was it difficult to put all those cruises together? I'm surprised Celebrity isn't selling it as a World Cruise like the Rome to New Zealand in 20223

My experience is that there is no schedule or consistency. It get's more accurate close to final payment date and gets more updates the closer to sailing dates. On a cruise in 60 days they just opened a lot more excursions.

https://www.celebritycruises.com/cruise-packages/vacation-packages/cruise-and-land-tours You can get some of the details from the link ... click the tour and / or destination and follow the links. Will provide lots of information. I dug up some of the documents from our 2016 land tour (old but gives a good idea) This one shows the extra excursions and cost but remember that was 5 years ago. Alaska_Cruisetours_2016-min-1.pdf 15042053_CEL_Alaska_Cruisetour_2016_1B.pdf CruiseTour.pdf 15042053_CEL_Alaska_Cruisetour_2016_1B.pdf

Curious as to you remark about Black Falcon Cruise Terminal is NOT a place where you want to hang out. My one experience was on two cruises with a Stop in Boston and on one grabbed an Uber just outside the port and the other I went on an early morning 10 mile walk returning to the port. I really didn't feel unsafe or in a dangerous area. Having been a former Boston resident you could shed some light to us that may have missed any apparent danger or what we should be aware of.

To my knowledge all the ships have both. By the way they no longer call it Xcelerate and Surf. I guess it caused so much confusion they now call it Basic and Premium. The speed difference is more of a metering system that only allow basic a certain amount of bandwidth. As before speed will also be dependent on number of people using it simultaneously.

My experience is the show immediately on the browser version of Celebrity but don't come over until anywhere between 2 weeks per-cruise up until day of boarding. Never had a problem with them eventually showing up.

Good luck on you flight. I have a little experience flying being a 2 Million Miller on United. Cancellations are really challenging and like other things on re-booking the available flights at your choice are often dependent on your Status and price paid. Suggestions: Have your airline phone preloaded in your phone. Immediately when you hear your flight is cancelled try first to log on via internet and select change reservation. It may or may not let you since your already checked in. If not and a member of the Airline Club head there immediately and see what they can do. At same time try to call the airline (probably long wait time). Finally to give yourself peace of mind go to this website: FlightAware ( you can also load it on your phone. https://flightaware.com/ Search for your flight - You can see the performance of the flight for the past 2 weeks. On the Right under Flight Details it will show Average Delay for both departure and arrivals Now finally what I keep an eye on is right under word Flight Detail... in blue Select Track Inbound Flight. This is where you will get your first clue that something might be problematic. e.g. if you inbound is arriving after your planned departure. Instead of actual flight you can search on Departure and Arrival airport. Looks like a number of American flights cancelled today.

Power-strips with surge protectors are prohibited and are often confiscated and sent to the naught room. I picked up a couple of tese USB ports and then recently discovered Octopus Charging cables and really solved the problem - Each cable has 2x Iphone, 1 Micro USB and 1 type C. They also sell different configuration and one with up to 19 connectors which is in my mind overkill.

While based on opinion (not facts) I would believe like Airlines they keep their newest and best ships on their most profitable links with the likelihood of maximize bookings and profitability.

The menu itself change daily on a 14 day rotation, unusually starting on day 1. In the MDR there are some special items at the bottom of the menu for each theme. These items never change but you can order ones on the other MDR menus even if not in that particular restaurant.

We are avid cruisers and never found any lack of things to do. The ship Activities team have multiple things going on for every hourly slot of the day from early morning group jogs, to paper airplane competitions off the balconies into the foyer. You can also just do all the things you enjoy doing like taking a nap, reading, working out, visiting the salon etc. It can also be a perfect time to spend so special time with the person you love away from the hustle and bustle of real world. I would also say that we have sailed with friends that need someone else to always have something planed for them and they really got antsy by the end of 5 day at sea. Later after hitting a port intensive part of the cruise they said they sure could go for a couple sea days.

I've done it before and all you have to do is call Celebrity if booked with them or your agent. Possible downside is that the price will change to the current price and perks may change to what is currently being offered. I've usually done it with a paid upgrade or in conjunction with a price drop.