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So I saw a company called shore excursions group and they have an excursion to Jost. Has anyone used this company? I did a quick google search and the first few results weren’t very favorable. Anyone have any other private excursion companies they can recommend

Ok please be kind I tried searching the boards and it just showed me every post with the word excursion. has anyone used shoreexcursionsgroup.com? They have a nice excursion for an upcoming cruise I want to do as the ship doesn’t offer one

Wow thank you for this

Am looking to go on our own for a while. We are there March 27th from 8am to 6pm. We are on Celebrity and don’t see any excursions which go or stop there

Anyone been to the Park Hyatt on Saint Kitts for a day? looking at it for a day pass Thanks

Hi there going to Tortola on Celebrity cruise soon and stopping in Tortola. Have been to the Baths a few times and want to go to Jost Van Dyke. Is it difficult getting there from the cruise port? Any help appreciated

Thank you I didn’t realize this! The savings didn’t look like much and we like to pick our times in advance as well

Going on my 5th celebrity cruise and just saw on the website they have a 3 specialty dining package. We tend to do about 3 specialty restaurants a sailing. I couldn’t make heads or tails of what was included in the package though. Could we dine at Eden on this package? Is the package worth it?

You are correct it was an on board booking well before Celebrity made all their changes so that’s what my travel agent is telling me to do pick a future cruise I want to go on and move the reservation this way I retain all my onboard credit. That’s correct right I maintain all my onboard credit from the previous reservation? A previous post said just cancel and then rebook something when I want. But I know that I want to do this future cruise I’m moving to so I’m thinking it’s more to my advantage to change the booking correct?

So if I’m moving a cruise booking to another cruise and I have the non-refundable deposit do I lose the $200 deposit I have placed in the first cruise plus the $200 change fee? This would be $200 deposit lost plus $200 change fee so I lose $400?

Can you provide a link to the GenerationX’s review you speak of please? I would like to read but haven’t been able to find thank you

So after a fairly disappointing sailing on Celebrity in the Retreat with all their changes people on board we’re suggesting we try the Yacht Club on MSC. Has anyone done both that can give me some comparisons? For when we are looking choices of ships are Divina and Seascape any suggestion as to which ship to choose and why? Any other input appreciated

Agreed 100%. It was a combination on several small things and I didnt want to sound critical as these are really minor issues so I too did not want to sound petty. I was curious to hear from people as at some point these petty things are really what the cost is supposed to be for. In looking at the cost of future cruise the price has gone up substantially along with everything else in life, but it actually had me start wondering where is that point where the higher cost and less benefits and lackluster service makes the Retreat not worth it???

So just got off the Shilouette and we had a sunset sky suite. Upon hearing the news that the were removing the butlers and having a team didnt bother us we tend not to really use a butler. Well we never saw anyone from our butler team. Upon boarding we went to the Retreat Lounge and explained that my wife has a medical issue and drinks a lot of water during the day. We asked if they could put extra bottles of the Evian and a few diet cokes for me in the room and the people at the lounge said NO PROBLEM. I asked the cost and they said no charge. When we went back to the room we saw the stateroom attendant and he said he doesnt have permission to do that without a charge. We told him the Retreat lounge people said it would be ok. He said fine let me call. He called and whoever answered the phone had no idea what he was talking about. So we just waited and later in the evening still no water. Walk back to the lunge and the people there said no problem we will take care of. Next day still nothing I walk down to the lounge again and ask and tip them and then later that day the water appeared. Now before people start saying these are ridiculous problems I offered and expected to pay and either way two days to get something in the room is just not great. It seems all the work is being passed onto the stateroom attendant and poor communication makes the service feel less. Plus a lot of walking back and forth to the lounge just to have them call the attendant since we were in the very back of the ship on a higher deck and and the Retreat Lounge is front on deck 5. Poor planning on our part I guess. Other than that we never saw anyone from our Retreat "TEAM". Honestly we didnt need anything and if we did we were able to handle it ourselves. I dont know how to say it but the service just doesnt feel special anymore. I cant put my finger on why it just seems the staff cuts are actually effecting service. The Retreat sundeck the bartender was amazing. What i dont understand is why is there a kids club right there when they could have put a lounge there that has windows and is close to the sundeck??? Now we just found Celebrity and did 2 cruises on the Edge class in the retreat and maybe we were spoiled??? I knew and DID NOT expect the same Retreat area on this smaller ship but it felt less than. Maybe it was the ship maybe its the cutbacks I dont know. I did look to book another cruise and apparently the Retreat for us anyway we just do Sky Suites, doesnt include gratuities or onboard credit any longer. Three days on the Sundeck the topic of conversation between more experienced cruisers than us was how much better the service was on MSC Yacht Club. We have never experienced it but 3 different people were saying try it. They said outside the Yacht Club is a different feel than Celebrity but for the cost the the Yacht Club was far better. I cant speak to it but I wonder if Celebrity is aware that people on in the Retreat areas having discussion like this. On our first two cruises the topic was always how Celebrity is the best. Anyway we had a nice cruise as anytine on a ship is better than being home. I am no cruise expert just thought I would share and gets some insight from others

Ahhh Thank you the app on my phone only shows the appetizer

We have Murano booked already thanks! is Lawn Club better than Tuscan Grill? It’s only a 4 nighter to try out the ship as we have never been on. We are doing retreat so we want 2 nights at the retreat restaurant

Hi First time sailing on the Silhouette in a few weeks. Looking forward. In looking on the app I see The Porch listed as an additional charge restaurant. The menu in the app just shows shrimp cocktail, Tacos, wings, charcuterie, crudités. Is this restaurant for like a meal or just some snacks? The description says the seafood tower is an additional $15 fee which I don’t mind but it doesn’t tell you what’s on the seafood tower, anyone know? Do they have oysters? In the photo it looks like someone is eating oysters? Any insight appreciated Thank you

I was in error it is out of Vancouver and not Victoria my error. Thanks for all the insight

So we have never done Alaska and our travel agent says Celebrity does not do glacier bay and would recommend another line. In looking I see Celebrity has Dawes Glacier, Southbound glacier, northbound glacier, and Hubbard glacier. She also said that the Seattle to Seattle doesn’t do the inside passage which the itinerary says it does. She said Seattle to Seattle has to go via ocean to make up time and it’s not a scenic. Suggested sailing from Victoria BC so my questions are to those who have done 1. What’s the difference in all these glaciers? Is one better than another? 2. Would prefer flying into and out of Seattle but not a deal breaker do you think the itinerary from Victoria is truly better? We have been to Victoria so don’t feel the need to stay there 3. May is a better time for us to sail but an do June or July is may not a good time to go? 4. Any other insight on Alaska anyone can provide appreciated 5. Is celebrity good for Alaska or would you suggest another line?

If sailing on the Encore on the Alaska inside passage, since close to land is there cellular service from my normal verizon carrier? If not do you feel that the higher speed wifi is necessary just for checking emails and such for work, no streaming etc.

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Hi we did one Celebrity cruise and our next is in 8 days. I have the Celebrity app and my wife downloaded it and is signed in under my username and password. Should she create her own account? If so why? What would the difference be? We seemed to have no issues on our last cruise but have been reading some posts and everyone says we should each have our own wondering why?

So ending a future cruise in Southampton. Going to spend a few nights in London after. Have been to London but it’s been many years. Looking for a hotel that’s centrally located to a lot. Not looking for a “budget” hotel but don’t need a Four Seasons either but prefer a hotel with nicer amenities, a nice hotel lobby and bar etc. Any help appreciated please

Hi I have 2 Cruise Next Haven $500 certificates, Can I transfer them to someone who is not a family member so they can use them as partial payment on an upcoming booking? If so how do you do that????