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New PUP survey is interesting. Would like them to status match on Silverseas!

We won’t make it. Scenic have told us that it’s still impassable. Doesn’t make much difference to us as we fly from Munich on weds but the guest going to Nuremberg will have a longer journey. Bussing to Regensburg tomorrow, which is a short ride and have the added bonus of a few hours in Passau

We are currently on the Scenic Amber and have docked at Linz today (from Melk) we are supposed to dock in Regensburg tomorrow but there’s a very strong chance that we will end the trip at Passau as the river is still too high. we have been extremely lucky and mostly unaffected by the high waters. There are a lot of trees still underwater with large branches as debris in the water.

We are due in that area in 5 days...fingers crossed it reduces

My brother is also on this cruise! So VAT is added to the VAT 🤷‍♀️

We've literally just stepped off a Celebrity cruise and never encountered this?

but it doesn't even mention this on new bookings going forward. Someone had an email stating Spanish ports...but it's clearly extending beyond those now

I disagree....If CC knew, then NCL must have also known that this would be introduced or maybe they should start following CC?

As it's VAT, can you claim it back as we are a non EU country?

Sorry, but it's more of a transparency problem. NCL should be emailing people in advance rather than letting the poor staff onboard deal with the aftermath!

Yep, my brother has just boarded in Marseille and is being charged too. They've had enough time to email their clients but haven't? We've just come back from a Celebrity sailing and never had any VAT added...cruising Italy, Greece and Spain. These cruise lines need to be clearer as their drinks prices are already ridiculously priced!

Thank you for posting the review. Like you, we are doing are first ever river cruise in Dec (same itinerary and ship) but adding some Christmas markets. We have also opted for the Marriott extension (this was cheaper booking with Scenic than doing it directly) We've sailed with Celebrity, Viking, NCL etc....but all have been ocean cruises. Glad you enjoyed yourselves.

Thank you, I thought I read $550 but never got to the booking stage

Thank you. It’s hard to know if it’s a good price as we’ve never really looked at Aza before but compared to Celebrity, it seems ok! I think we only have NRD of $550 pp, so cancelling isn’t really an option. the other one we’d considered is Oceania but they don’t have the itinerary that we’d like

Thank you all for the help and insights 🙂 I think the UK price seems similar to the US price (as we don't have a great exchange rate with the rest of the world at the moment) The free upgrade looks to be on 2024 but saying that, the 2025 prices look slightly lower (although there is no exact comparative to our cruise itinerary) I think if the ship was larger, last minute in the UK usually gets a better price but as Azamara has smaller ships, I'd imagine that they fill up quicker? Again, thanks for your help and as the itinerary is just what we are looking for, I may just go ahead and book now 🙂

We've wanted to try a Croatian cruise and Azamara has a great itinerary for this in May 2025. We've sailed Celebrity (Elite), Viking, NCL, MSC, RCL and P&O and I'm assuming that Azamara will be more on par with Viking? The price seems good (although I don't have many comparisons for the itinerary) £2200 pp for 7 nights? Do they ever have a sale or are the prices quite steady (as I've noticed with Oceania)? Finally, I'm assuming that All Inclusive is in fact All Inclusive? Looking at the balcony vs club balcony Thanks fo any help....Off on Celebrity on Monday and think that may be our last with them for a while, due to their high prices.

We have the Reflection booked for this coming Monday and we are Elite status. We have decided not to book any more ocean cruises at the moment and will be trying some river cruises. We have a Xmas markets Scenic river cruise in December, which we are really excited about! Just out of interest, does anyone know who will match a Celebrity loyalty status? We have matched with MSC but no one else.

Ok, thanks...fingers crossed 🙂

It no longer shows any kids Fillet Mignon on the App, so will be interested to see if it's been "pulled" from the options now

Thank you...sometimes it's nice to just have something simple

I've sailed on Celebrity 4 times but have only ever asked this question in Luminae, but in the MDR, if I'm not that hungry, can I just ask for something off of the children's menu? Looking at the menus on the App next week, everything looks the same as previous sailings and sometimes I'd prefer something smaller. Us Brits get embarrassed at asking 😉

Have just seen that the "all inclusive" fare if booked after the 4th Oct will no longer include gratuities 😞 One more cut back! https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Celebrity/General_Info/Flyers/CEL_08_22_23_All_Included_One_Pager.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1EmoLRFxu24KZfCzGHgbql8pMQBZIMHCaVYWznPTtv5rxUiyhxZWi6PUU

They say to limit tourists but won't they just get "bussed" in anyway from other local ports?

Can't help re photos but it looks like you had the pizza at the hotel that we previously stayed at 🙂 Excited to read your reports!

Excited to read your posts. We are doing this Itinerary in Sept on the Reflection...only on a concierge SV cabin though...with friends in the cabin next door.