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cangelmd

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  1. I’m responding to this post from a cabin on Summit, and I spent a month on the Silhouette this summer, eating in MDR and a few specialty restaurants. The Summit buffet for dinner was good. No obvious cutbacks, it’s a smaller setup, but it is a smaller ship. Maybe there is one less salad station and one less drink station (Summit has stations distributing soft drinks), but the variety is there, with a theme each evening. We are a group of four, one person complained about food being cold, and I had one cold item, the rest of my hot food was hot. I only ate dinner at the buffet once on Silhouette during that month - everything that should have been hot, was cold and half the stations were closed (but it was an overnight port, and I suspect that affected staffing and the number of diners) The Summit MDR now however is almost awful. Very limited and very repetitive. Most nights the only beef dish is the classics steak. Small unattractive scoops of mashed potatoes is the usual veggie, with poorly seasoned green beans. What on earth is so expensive about cheesecake that it came off the classics dessert menu??? Food is cold or near cold and staff is harried. Wine refilled maybe once. If you didn’t know how nice it was even in July, you wouldn’t realize how different it is now, but the Celebrity food is no reason to cruise. We had dinner last night in Sushi on 5, everyone was generally pleased, not the finest sushi, but ok. Why plain ginger salad is not an option is a mystery, but otherwise we were happy.
  2. Thanks for the responses, according to the link someone else posted, we will be at Pier 30, so across the basin. Our issue is that one of our party is recovering from a broken ankle and repair surgery. She’s able to walk a good distance on pavement (2-3 miles), but is still a little uncomfortable with stairs and everyone is worried about the cobblestones. I can see how the bus could be a hindrance if most of the old town is pedestrian. Some of us do want to see the plains of Abraham. We may end up splitting up, or just play by ear. Would taxis help in getting from the old city center to the battlefield park?
  3. I haven’t ridden a HoHo bus in years, but on an upcoming Canada cruise it may be a good option in Quebec City. Does anyone know if the bus comes to the actual port - we are on Celebrity Summitt, so I believe we will be docking at the pier across the basin. Also, can you book after arrival, or should you book ahead of time. I’ve only done HoHo on a land trip, killing extra time at a convention or meeting. Thanks.
  4. Thks, based on this, I will try to book ahead or asap on aboard. We are the g’parents in the suite, I will bring documents to board the older kids with us, do you think I can get the younger one booked into a nursery even if they haven’t yet boarded? Might try that strategy, today is Prime day! Yes, that is the plan - honestly, this is about relaxing with the kids with a floating splash park and no cooking or dishes, our expectations are very low! We booked a suite for the extra space and a bathtub, so adult dinners are down the priority list. I did read on another thread that sometimes one can speak to the maitre d of CK and get a single friend or couple into dinner as a one off, paying a fee for their dinner, but we would be more likely to all 4 go to a specialty together. Thanks for the great responses.
  5. That could be, that makes more sense? The cabanas were I think about $1100 a day for 6-8 people and came with drinks and food, The swimming pool one would likely be best for us.
  6. Thanks for quick response, we are on Allure of the Seas. I was thinking a cabana would be a way to stay out longer. I need deep consistent shade. Will it be hard to get 2 umbrellas together? We are early start people. The sand strollers will be great. Daughter and I thought the youngest would be too young for Adventure Ocean, getting him potty trained so he can do kiddy pool and water play is a goal now. We were hoping for one adult meal for the 4 grownups. It’s only a 4 day cruise, so we may not get off ship except for CocoCay. Another thought - does the shipboard splash area operate while in port?
  7. We are experienced cruisers, but haven’t been on RCL since 2016. Sailing with daughter and husband and their 3 young boys on Allure for a short Bahamas and Coco Cay trip. Several ?s Does Royal have typical sale times for add-ons like drink pkgs, cabanas at CocoCay,etc? We are used to Celebrity that will put those things on sale around Labor Day or Black Friday, we don’t sail until spring 24, so just need to know when to look? Does Royal still have the soft drink machines with the special cups? What is the youngest age for the kids’ club? Can you still get a separate babysitter by the hour? The youngest boy will be just short of age 3, the older 2 are definitely kids club age. We were hoping to rent a cabana (not the over water ones) as a home base for the family, any suggestions or insight related to that? The oldest is only 7, so we are not interested in the big water slides or fast rides, just access to a little sand to dig, a pool and shade for Nana who has to stay out of sun. A location near snacks would be welcome, especially ice cream 🍨. Other than our own stroller, are their wagons or other availabile ways to haul the beach stuff? On the RCL website, most of the cabanas said minimum age was 4? I understand having an adults only quiet area, but that seemed to hold for all the cabana areas I looked at, what am I missing? Any other thoughts would be welcome, the only show we are likely to attend would be the ice show with the big boys, does that need to be reserved ahead? Grandparents and 2 older boys will be in a suite, mom, dad and youngest in a regular cabin - if that changes things with reservations. Thanks in advance.
  8. “Breezy Bay - If this was the only option, I wouldn’t book one. There just seemed like a lot going on in this area (two ships were in port that day and we were the second to arrive). “ First, thank you thank you! I was just about to start searching for various questions on CC (which I hate doing, never works well) and your thread pops up, full of excellent info. Mods should make this one a sticky! In regards to the quote above, can you explain a bit more? I’m assuming your main point is quiet vs noisy, or is it crowds? Why do you say no way? Thanks again, super helpful.
  9. We are on a back to back out of Southampton, planning to go ashore for some sightseeing on turnaround day. Anyone know if we can bring wine onboard then, since it is technically embarkation day?
  10. I can confirm that Luggage Valet was restarted on Equinox in early April - we were on that sailing and received the notice in our cabin. As Silkroad said, most of the other ships left within a week or two of our disembarkation, so I doubt LV was restarted on them.
  11. We had it in Luminae on Equinox at the end of March, first of April. I’ve been in Luminae a few times and this was the first time! My favs though, are the ricotta cheesecake in Luminae, gelato and sorbets, Eden Chico chip cookie and brownies and the ice cream and warm cookie in Lawn Club
  12. Now that I think about it. We had a reservation at Fine Cut that we moved around a couple of times, and when we canceled Fine Cut, I made a reservation on the app at Normandie instead (where we settled after trying the others). BUT, I’m not sure how much flexibility with time you get, because we were happy with 6:30 - the system might not actually let you make “real” reservations at any time you choose. If you can’t pick a time, it’s not much of a reservation.
  13. We did this on Apex last May. You didn’t have to use it, but it was quite easy
  14. That’s an interesting perspective, and one that I may ponder. We are considering other lines, mostly because itinerary, and partly price and value - maybe reluctance to take a risk is what holds us back?
  15. Just checked, wow, there are a lot of suites. A suite guarantee, with Premium drinks and Wi-Fi is a bit over $8000 all in for a couple. Wonder how much the flight home would be?
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