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flvol77

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    Realtor, Gym, Florida Living
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    Celebrity, Royal, Princess
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    The ship :)

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  1. I always wear dark jeans, dress shoes, and a polo or button-down, and we have only cruised in an Aqua Class Cabin or Retreat on Celebrity and never had a second look.
  2. It isn’t much work for the cruise line to figure out who you are. I have a new cruise YouTube channel, about a year old; my wife and I were on Celebrity, a concierge walked up to us, said I saw your name on the ship’s manifest and wanted to say we love your channel and welcome aboard. This was one hour of us boarding the ship. Likely though, you are correct, someone complained about them recording. Some other thoughts, I know Ben and David mention their camera is small, and it looks like a full framed camera to me, along with a big gimbal, personally I don’t think that is small. I know others film with big cameras, like Harr Travel, I know he 100% has prior approval and gets on the ship early to record on embarkation day. Ben and David do use a lens that blurs out the background, and IMO it isn’t easy to see anyone’s face. I use two cameras to record on a ship: a GoPro and DJI Action 4 and my DJI Pocket 3. Both are smaller than my iPhone. Both are great quality, and they allow me not to be in people’s faces and attract attention to myself because it's their vacation, and I want to respect their privacy as much as possible. With that said, they are also staying on the ship to do work, they weren’t getting off in the ports so as to film when the ship was empty. IMO, that may have backfired on them because I believe if things were busy, the crew wouldn’t have had the time to mess with them because the crew would have been taking care of the passengers. I am booked in the Yacht club for next year, and because of what has happened with Ben and David, I will be reaching out to MSC to see if there will be an issue with me recording. (I always ask anyway; I never had a cruise line say no. Most ask me to be respectful, and if someone asks not to be recorded, acknowledge and say the footage will be deleted) These are my personal vacations (for now), so if MSC has an issue with me recording with a small camera, then I will cancel, unfortunately. It will be interesting to see what comes of this if anything, It’s a hot topic, I have seen a number of people that have SAID they canceled their MSC cruise because of it, and well, I kind of doubt that but who knows.
  3. Being new to being Diamond, I thought well, this is disappointing, after reading this I see that it doesn't make much difference at all, so thank you.
  4. I just checked - it's listed on their website; they have suites and inside cabins.
  5. Thanks, took your advice and booked it just now!
  6. I asked them that today, and they responded quickly - here was Stacy's response (we are on the Ovation of the Seas from 7 am to 5 pm) I hope this helps - it does for us, and we booked right afterward. Thanks for everyone's help. "Yes, there is time for you to participate in our Bennett Scenic Journey at 7:30am. This tour arrives back to Skagway at approximately 3:30pm. If your cruise ship is scheduled in Skagway at 7:00AM, there is ample time for you to make our 7:30AM departure time. Even though the ship’s schedule is 7:00AM, the cruise ship arrives in Skagway between 5:30AM and 6:00AM. Our local longshoremen spend approximately 45 minutes tying the ship up to the dock and setting the gangway in place so that cruise passengers can disembark promptly at 7:00AM. You merely need to walk to the end of the pier, and we will be there waiting for you carrying a sign with our business name on it."
  7. I'm glad I found this thread - thank you so much. This is our first time in Alaska this summer - it will not be our last as we are already planning for 2025. Now the question is which Chilkoot Charter to pick? We are there from 7 am to 5 pm. BENNETT SCENIC JOURNEY vs. YUKON RAIL & BUS EXCURSION
  8. Interesting, so no window washing is 25% obstructed, and those cabins with the window washing equipment are up to 50%
  9. It also happened on the Wonder of the Seas 3 times in 2023, it just wasn’t the same day as their cruise that passengers learned they didn’t have a cabin like those in Australia. Royal Caribbean apparently has an issue with their booking system. The one out of Australia caught people’s attention because Royal only offered a 25% future credit (along with a full refund) Social media got involved, and the story took off; Royal upped the offer to a 100% refund, 100% future cruise credit, and the beverage package on their next sailing. So I can understand why it would be on cruise passengers' minds.
  10. Thanks for your post We have only sailed in the Aqua Class and only on S-Class - well, our next three or four Celebrity cruises are on the E-Class. We got aggressive with our move-up offer for our cruise in 4 weeks because it was our anniversary, and we use our balcony a lot. I don't think we will be happy with the infinite balcony. If we can get a decent move-up offer for our June cruise, we may try it, but if not, we will do the Aqua class and make adjustments to future bookings from there. I could see us going the way of the Sunset Veranda moving forward.
  11. It's because the balcony has a port hole and is not a full-size open balcony that it's why it's classified as an obstructed view. This isn't for the Beyond, but the Edge, hope the link helps. https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Celebrity/General_Info/Obstructed_Views/02_15_23_FLY_Obstructed_Cabins_EG.pdf
  12. I would say it's because of the Noise from Eden - I can't remember who they were, but I watched multiple YouTube videos, and each of them commented on the noise until late in the evening and strongly recommended going up a deck. That is why we didn't book those cabins. Check out cruisedeckplans.com (I am not sure if it's only for paid subscribers as I bought it MANY years ago), but it gives a link to any YouTube video for cabins that are out there on any ship.
  13. I see a lot of their ads on YouTube. With many people cutting the cord I think many companies are moving the way of social media vs TV.
  14. They had a flash sale three days ago, and the Premium Beverage Package was 69.99 per day plus 20% gratuities. Classic was 59.99 per day plus 20% gratuities.
  15. We had a completely difference experience as we were on the Equinox twice this year, a 6 day and a 8 day cruise, and we enjoyed both of the cruises. We did have an Aqua Spa Cabin, so dining in the blu was always amazing. We are Elite with Celebrity and a couple of cruises shy of Elite on Princess. In contrast, we were on the Caribbean Princess in June, and it doesn't even come close to comparing to the Equinox; I wouldn't go back on the ship if it were free; the sewage smell was god-awful most days, and it was terrible in the gym and spa areas. We hadn't been on a Princess ship in 12 years, and I forgot why: their Caribbean Class is an awful design. The ship was nowhere near as well taken care of as Celebrity Ships. And don't start with me about their smoking casino on a higher deck that permeated the Piazza and surrounding areas. Also, talk about being out of touch; they still print out all their pictures and post them in the main walkway as they did 10 years ago; what waste and this ship was refurbished around the same time as the Equinox. We have booked the new Sun and Star Princess ships, but no more Caribbean Class ships from Princess. We aren't loyal to one brand, as most can see in my signature and I don't think Celebrity is perfect, but we felt the crew, the ship, the food, and overall entertainment were head and shoulders better on the Equinox.
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