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Check out Coki beach dive center,they have a nice beach dive for beginners nice beach too

Just got back from Curacao and went with the dive bus, it was a good experience,their cruise ship passenger dive is on there house reefs, that are just across the street from the shop. They are called pierbaii reef and car pile.you gear up at their shop and walk across the street and go diving,walk back,do your surface interval and do the second dive,I found myself at 105 ft on the first dive on car pile,not bad for a beach dive. There were very friendly and gave a thorough briefing and pointed out stuff of interest as we went. I would use them again.

Try a local shop, getting certified before you go would be great,also you could do the classroom part at a local dive shop and do your checkout dive in the islands

hey all,

I know the cruise ships don’t like dive knives,no problem, I leave them at home. My question is do you think or has anyone brought a small line cutter? Or any other type of cutting tool?

Thanks:D

I do a clean up snorkel at labadee,water is fairly clear and calm and just to get in the water I pick up trash left in the water,I have found all kinds of stuff.

In handicap accessible rooms there are alarms in the bathrooms,like in a hospital room bathroom

Bouillabaisse if you like seafood ,ask for a double portion

The prime rib, and the lobster tails were good too! Didn’t have bad meal in there the whole cruise!

Check out trip advisor. Lots of great suggestions,it all depends on what you like to do

What ever perks you would get in the new cabin are in addition to any you already had, if you upgrade from a balcony to and aqua class you get blu,etc,

I saw them for sale in the open air market as you approach the floating bridge,there were several vendors selling them,no idea on the price.enjoy

Thanks for the review. We have this itinerary booked for October 15. After reading, I'm concerned about the deck chair situation, and I'm wondering if you could ask an attendant to move belongings which are obviously not used for a while or just move them yourself?

 

If someone came up to me and said where are my things, I would say they were moved because you can't save chairs.

 

I have little tolerance for abuse of public space on a cruise. What's the rule for saving?

Not sure what the rules are,but we were always able to find some loungers when we wanted them,but it was a challenge sometimes,but that is to be expected during prime time on a sea day. Didn’t let it ruin my day,lots of other stuff to do,hot tub,pools,when all else failed we spent some nice time on our beautiful balcony,great view and all to ourselves! It was a great cruise!

I was also on this cruise and could not get a lounger on deck for any sea day:((((.

 

A possible resolution would be to provide each guest a non-transferable number (not stateroom number) which is attached to a lounger when occupied. This would prevent selfish "Chair Hogs" from reserving a chair in the sun and the shade at the same time.

 

At the end of the day, Celebrity has shown no effort to address this long standing concern. It is rather obvious the ratio of lounger/guest is much less on S class's ships:(

I agree it would be nice if they did something to help. We spent a lot of time in the solarium and were always able to find either a chair or lounger when we wanted,sometimes we had to wait, but we always found something. Maybe celebrity could encourage folks be better about sharing,but I don’t see them really doing anything. I can’t sit around doing nothing for too long anyway.

Glad you had a great cruise. Was there any mention of who the Captain will be when Kate is on vacation? We are on the June 9 sailing and disappointed she will not be onboard.

Sorry it was never brought up

Just off Equinox 10 day Southern carribean Cruise,Grand Cayman,Aruba,Curacao,Bonaire,Key West. The itinerary was fantastic the abc islands are beautiful and the locals are so nice. As far as the ship goes it was absolutely amazing ! Crew was so great all around. All the officers were at every event,Capt Kate was all over the ship and she thanked and shook everyone’s hand as they left the ship at the end of the cruise.We got an upgrade to aqua through the move up program ended up with a handicap room which was twice the size,we ate at blu every night the food and service was first rate,the blu staff bent over backwards to make you happy. This was one of our best cruises,we are going back to Equinox in September.

If I had one criticism it would be the deck chair situation. Trying to find one on a sea day can be a challenge. Lots of chair saving going on,maybe the need some pool attendants that can help you find a chair,maybe.

Anyway Equinox was great,can’t wait to go back.

Our original cabin was an aft sunset veranda,so upgrade or not we were going to enjoy this cruise

My MoveUp experience,so I got the email,put in several bids we “won” an upgrade to an aqua class cabin,all good,problem started when I went to print new luggage tags. The website wouldn’t let me print them so I called celebrity,they told me I had to call my TA,so I did,my TA told me to wait 24 hrs before they would print. So I waited 24 hrs,website said check in was closed,no luggage tags,called my TA again and was told that I need to get them at the pier. No big deal but why didn’t celebrity tell me this the first time I called or sent this info as part of the winning bid notice. .???? Any way we’re going cruising and eating at Blu ! Luggage tags be damned!

Can you make reservations for blu?

Check out Maya Chan day resort,we had a great day there and are going back in November

Go to CK as soon as you get on board.

Mullet bay beach just down the road from Maho,is a much nicer,larger beach and you can still see the planes take off.

hello all,

Looking for a beach on Aruba that has a dive shop that I can rent a tank and do a beach dive

Thanks!

Cemetery beach is our favorite beach on grand cayman, take a city bus each way,enjoy!

Going to these island and spending your money is a great way to help them recover as well.

We did the culinary food tour,found on trip advisor. Very informative and fun.

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/connect/dive-into-a-new-world-with-royal-caribbeans-padi-scuba-program/

It looks like they are now offering full open water diver certification. It is best to get the book and do the classroom part before you go.

Have fun!